Tag: emotion
The Nazis and Their Transhumanist Delusion
A new series on Netflix shows what can happen when the delusions of transhumanism join forces with an appalling ideology.
What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?
Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice.
Understanding the Limits of Scientism
The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed.
Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution
Despite Miller’s claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes.
Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture
When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity.