Tag: Donald Hoffman
Eccentric Theories of Consciousness Are Tolerated; But Why?
The strangest imaginable theory, quantum mechanics, has turned out to be the most experimentally reliable.
Brain Scientist: Consciousness Didn’t Evolve; It Creates Evolution
Donald Hoffman says that even the Big Bang must be understood in a universe where consciousness is fundamental.
How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind
Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans.
Post-Modern Science: The Illusion of Consciousness Sees Through Itself
“It’s quite plausible” is treated as equivalent to evidence, eliding the question of how exactly we come to “consciously believe” anything.
Question for Multiverse Theorists: To What Can Science Appeal if Not Evidence?
They could just as well say that whatever created horses created unicorns, too.