Tag: consciousness
When Science Turns Mushy
Certain subjects, all posing ultimate questions, reduce much of scientific talk to pablum. Why do you think that is?
Persistently Unconscious Patient Awakened
What if scientists found a way to awaken such patients? That may be on the way.
Astrophysicist Adam Frank: Materialism’s Fatal Flaw Is…Matter
Materialists make a common assumption: that they know what matter is.
At New Scientist, the Usual Reportorial Indifference to Facts
“We have a strong interest in mirroring the views of our own cultural group.” Yes, exactly.
Darwinian Psychologist David Barash Admits the Seeming Insolubility of Science’s “Hardest Problem”
“The hard problem of consciousness is so hard that I can’t even imagine what kind of empirical findings would satisfactorily solve it.”