In high school biology, you learned that brain cells communicate through electrical impulses, with a current that flowed from neuron to neuron. University of Calgary scientists have come up with a dramatically different idea. They used sophisticated computer modeling to suggest that the brain also uses a system of light-based communication. Think a fiber-optic network […]
The Mind–Body Problem, Scientific Regress and “Woo” – Scientific American (blog)
The Mind–Body Problem The connection between mind and body has been a perennial question for scientists and philosophers to ponder. In the early 1990s the scientist Francis Crick had declared: “You’re nothing but a pack of neurons.” In 2016, the sense of one observer is, mind-body research has regressed instead of progressing. A wide diversity […]
Why We Should Trust the Promise of AI
Machine studying and cognitive methods are actually a major phase many merchandise folks have interaction with each day, however to fully take advantage of the possibility of artificial intelligence, individuals need so much richer methods of communicating with the methods they use. The position of designers is to determine learn how to construct collaborative relationships […]
Does the mind use fibre optics? Calgary team floats ‘out-there’ theory of light communication in the brain – Calgary Herald
With the help of some sophisticated computer modeling, it’s shown it’s at least plausible that photons can run back and forth along biological cables linking parts of the brain. If that’s true, the existence of optical communication channels could help unravel some of the vast unknowns about the mind, including the mystery of how groups […]
Biocentrism: Where The SOUL Goes After Death
Biocentrism offers a springboard to make sense of aspects of biological and physical science which are currently insensible. Natural areas of biocentric research include the realm of brain-architecture, neuroscience, and the nature of consciousness itself. Another is the ongoing research into artificial intelligence. Though still in its infancy, few doubt that this century, in which […]
Human consciousness could be quantum mechanical after all – Blasting News
In the beginning of the 20th century, scientists moved from the classical mechanics of Galileo and Newton into the more uncertain Quantum Mechanics to explain the physical world. Something similar is happening in the science of how the mind works. Since the 1970s, scientists have questioned whether consciousness can be explained just by neurons in […]
An Iconic Physics Experiment Could Unlock a Theory of Everything
A new twist on a legendary physics experiment may hold the key to unlocking the theory of everything. The single particle, double slit experiment is one that proves particles can be waves, as well. This new version of the experiment will have particles redirected after passing through one of the slits, possibly violating the Born […]
What Is Thinking? – The New York Review of Books
Is mind a unique quality of human beings or spread out in the universe? What do we actually know about consciousness, memory and perception that would withstand the scrutiny of philosophers and neuroscientists? Here are some of the thoughts of Riccardo Manzotti, the philosopher, psychologist and robotics engineer. Key Takeaways: I have now suggested to […]
Can Science Crack Consciousness? – The Scientist
What is consciousness? This is a question that scientists are still struggling with. Now a new approach is emerging. Across disciplines, neuroscientists and complexity scientists are coming together, encompassing such fields as mathematics, physics, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy and more. The inter-disciplinary effort asks the same key questions: Is human consciousness different from animal consciousness? How […]
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself, by Sean Carroll – Times Higher Education (The)
People wonder what life is and if there is a God and have many more questions. “The Big Picture” is a book that will explain some of this. Sean Carroll addresses some very important questions we have about life. Carroll says that the laws of physics that govern our lives are completely known. When you […]
