Tag: consciousness
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Non-local consciousness, NDEs and other arguments against the brain
Author: Spyridon Kakos, PhD, National Technical University of Athens August 2026, Athens, Greece Published at PhilPapers at https://philpapers.org/rec/KAKNCN Abstract: What is consciousness? Even though the current mainstream view suggests that the brain is the producer of consciousness in a materialistic and reductionist context, there is ample evidence supporting an alternative model: that the brain acts as…
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Awareness.
A research indicates that trees might be 'aware' of their size: Scientists found out that birch trees adjust their stem thickness to support their weight. (1) We hold our consciousness so high. Never have we thought to look down to the dirt. Never have we thought that this might be the lowest of the possible…
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Conscious. Unconscious!
What does this mean for the EEG's ability to reflect consciousness? "The study does support the possibility that certain EEG features might not always accurately capture the level of consciousness in surgical patients," says senior author George A. Mashour, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the U-M Department of Anesthesiology. However, "EEG likely does have value in…
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Measuring laws…
One of the fundamental physical constants, the 'weak axial vector coupling constant' (gA), has now been measured with very high precision for the first time. It is needed to explain nuclear fusion in the sun, to understand the formation of elements shortly after the Big Bang, or to understand important experiments in particle physics. With…
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