Tag: neuroscientists
Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows
The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence.
Why a “Budding” Neuroscientist Is Skeptical of Brain Scans
A major thrust of neuroscience has been the use of fMRI to correlate brain activity with thinking and to draw conclusions about the physical basis of the mind.
Stifle Your Nausea: Ready for a Dish-Grown Brain?
“We have already genetically engineered babies, the march toward three- (or more) parent human embryos, and radical proposals for creating novel family forms.”
Science, Scientism, and Magic
The scientific culture of the 19th and early 20th century produced three great wizards — Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud.
Between Sapientia and Scientia — Michael Aeschliman’s Profound Interpretation
Science, the dominant way of knowing of our age, now finds itself caught between a rock and (very) hard place.