Tag: Nautilus
Scientists Examining Consciousness — Here’s the Problem
Many researchers do like to write about consciousness and here are two recent contributions to the accessible literature.
Study: Geological Habitability Parameters Imply Earth is Special and Advanced Life Extremely Rare
One thing that is likely to get some pushback is the study’s claim that modern-style plate tectonics on Earth did not commence until the Neoproterozoic.
Doctor’s Diary: A Truly Fantastic Voyage!
The old movie mostly dealt with the brain, lung, heart, blood vessels (all at the tissue level) and a few scattered cells.
What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?
Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience.
Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?
Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense.