Tag: reality
Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?
Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong.
Human Brain Shape Has Hardly Changed
The changes in human heads were not driven by a changing brain, researchers say. It was the human face that changed.
Check Their Privilege: Are Squirrels Socially Unjust?
Researchers have long assumed that people think like animals. But now we see that the equation reads the same in reverse: animals think like people.
Professor Explains “How to Be a God”
Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.”
Sara Walker: Intelligent Design without Intelligent Design
We’ll be watching Walker’s publications to see how much farther she can move in the direction of ID.