Theories About Human Consciousness There are many crazy theories about how humans perceive consciousness. One of the great things about the subject of human consciousness is that since so much of it is misunderstood, or not understood at all, people are able to make up all sorts of crazy theories about what it means to […]
My Bunk-Bashing Diatribe at a Deepak Chopra Conference
The author of the book “The End of Science,” John Horgan, explains how there may be no more large breakthroughs in scientific study. He talks about individual fields of science, like physics, neuroscience, and technology, and specific theories within these fields, like string theory, and the concept of multiple, parallel universes. He notes that today […]
Does Consciousness Create the Universe?
Does Consciousness Create the Universe? Quantum Mechanics is a field of study that is changing the very nature of our relationships with the world around us. Many things studied using Quantum Mechanics produce different outcomes than what would be expected using our traditional scientific understandings. It’s almost as if we are playing by a different […]
Consciousness, Reality, and The Simulation Hypothesis
“The Simulation Hypothesis,” a film by Kent Forbes, investigates the concept of reality-as-a-simulation. The film argues that, when considering recent findings in modern physics, the universe is best understood as a sort of simulation. Refreshingly, it does not portray the “simulation” of reality as some sort of alien video game, but blends the reality-as-a-sim idea […]
The science of consciousness: Why do we need consciousness science?
Consciousness is the idea that people are aware of themselves and what they are thinking. There are lots of different theories as to how this can happen and how we might need to study it. People have proposed all kinds of different theories and some of them have been explored further and some have been […]
A Simple Test To See How Close You Are To Enlightenment – THE BUDDHIST INFORMATION
How Close You Are To Enlightenment One of the great ideas in Buddhist philosophy is the idea of enlightenment. The notion that you can become one with the universe and everything else. It is in some ways the highest state of being one can achieve. While it is a very spiritual idea, now science might […]
The Illusion Of Time; Does Time Exist In Fundamental Reality?
Does Time Exist In Fundamental Reality? What does the study of quantum mechanics teach us about the concept of time? Is it possible that our linear notions of the progression of time are merely a product of convention and not necessarily grounded in science? In fact, the discipline struggles to define time in absolute terms […]
Quantum Physics Proves That Death Is An Illusion
Death Is An Illusion? Does Quantum Physics prove that death is an illusion? Life and death are some of the most obvious description in our world. It should be pretty clear whether or not something is alive or dead. But while it may seem obvious, like most things in life, quantum studies are changing the […]
Brains, Minds, AI, God: Marvin Minsky Thought Like No One Else (Tribute)
Lots of science fiction writers have written about he idea of artificial intelligence. But out of all of these writers, one of the best was a man named Marvin Minsky. He was a very talented writer who wrote about artificial intelligence in a really interesting way. His writing still holds up today. He was a […]
The science of consciousness: The great transformation in the twentieth century brings more questions than answers
Can we have a science of Consciousness? Advances in science in the twentieth century have greatly changed the way that we view matter. Searching deeper into the building blocks of our world has led to many great innovations that have had a profound effect on everyday life. Isaac Newton laid the principal foundations of modern-day […]
