Tag: thought
Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism
Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders.
In Belgium, Subjectivity Triumphs Over Biology
The attitude will metastasize across society and culture, eventually corroding our most fundamental institutions and societal structures.
Human Brain Has Many More Language Connections than Chimp Brain
The researchers were interested in a nerve tract that connects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, the arcuate fasciculus.
Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell
I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning “House of God.”
Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder
She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience?