AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIs free will an illusion?bigthink.com - Dr. Uri MaozPhilosophers have been making the claim that free will is an illusion for hundreds of years. Dr. Uri Maoz shares what modern neuroscience has to say …
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AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNeuroscience says there’s no such thing as free will. A psychologist explains why that might not be truesciencefocus.com - Dr Lisa Feldman-BarrettIt's a hotly debated topic, but the way our brains work can give us some insight. The question of free will is still hotly debated. On the one hand, …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCan Quantum Physics, Neuroscience Merge as Quantum Consciousness?mindmatters.ai - NewsPhysicist and astronomer Marcelo Gleiser offers some thoughts as to the light that quantum mechanics — as opposed to classical physics — can shed on …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCan Quantum Mechanics Explain Consciousness?realclearscience.com - Marcelo GleiserFew mysteries are more persistent and inscrutable than the mystery of who we are. Granted, there are many ways to go about exploring this question, …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNew megacognition research provides insight into how the brain looks at itselfpsypost.org - Tarryn Balsdon and Valentin Wyart, The ConversationIn 1884, while attempting to define the limits of human perception, Charles Pierce and Joseph Jastrow discovered something else: the limits of our …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleAvatarAvatarCould a psychedelic ego death bring you back to life?verified_publisherMic - Melissa PandikaTripping on mushrooms can make you feel at one with everything. Could that help heal mental illness? While Kia Turner was tripping on shrooms in early …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWilliam Shatner cried upon returning from space. The “overview effect” explains whybigthink.com - Ethan SiegelThe "overview effect," experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human. In all of …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleAvatarAvatarAnil Seth Finds Consciousness in Life’s Push Against EntropyQuanta Magazine - Dan FalkHow does consciousness arise in mere flesh and blood? To the neuroscientist Anil Seth, our organic bodies are the key to the experience. Anil Seth …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPeople only pay attention to new information when they want tophys.org - Oxford University PressA new paper in the Journal of the European Economic Association, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that we tend to listen to people who …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIs reality real? These neuroscientists don’t think so.bigthink.com - Big ThinkReality is more distorted than we think. BEAU LOTTO: Is there external reality? Of course there's an external reality. The world exists. It's just that …
AvatarFlaccid SteeleAvatarAvatarThere Really Is Such a Thing as Too Much 'Free Time', According to Scienceverified_publisherScienceAlert - Clare WatsonGot more free time than most folk? Be mindful of how you use it, as new research suggests that having more than two hours of free time a day is no …