Tag: Scientific American
Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places
If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t.
As a Cudgel Against Human Exceptionalism, Researchers Push for Bonobo “Theory of Mind”
Is it true that “recognizing when someone else lacks information” has been thought to be a distinctly human trait?
Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)
By the early 1990s, Mims had built a reputation as one of America’s foremost citizen scientists.
Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?
Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body.
By Endorsing Political Candidates, Science Mag “Inflames Disdain for Science,” Says Science Writer
He added, however, “The upside is that it could incentivize needed reforms in our ideologically slanted academic and public health institutions.”