Tag: consciousness
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Consciousness: Σκέψεις.
We all agree we are conscious beings. But what is consciousness? There are numerous Harmonia Philosophica articles about consciousness and various aspects of that elusive and yet so familiar concept. We know we "are", we know it is "us" who speak and act, we understand and question everything as persons and yet we fail every…
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No! Science has not "proved" that consciousness is generated by the brain.
A simple and yet elusive truth: Science has not proved that consciousness is generated by the brain! And yet. So many people believe that something like this is proved. People who are just not capable of understanding philosophy or who are just lazy to see beyond the veil of materialistic propaganda spread by the media.…
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A mind anticipating everything… A human mind… God’s mind.
Scientists have shown how the brain anticipates all of the new situations that it may encounter in a lifetime by creating a special kind of neural network that is 'pre-adapted' to face any eventuality. A study shows that a seemingly miraculous pre-adaptation comes from connections between neurons that form recurrent loops where inputs can rebound…
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Changing the brain. Closing the TV…
Scientists showed that they could alter brain activity of rats and either wake them up or put them in an unconscious state by changing the firing rates of neurons in the central thalamus, a region known to regulate arousal. The study, published in eLIFE, was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health. (1) Increasing…
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The real meaning of Tao: Everything possible. Illogical. Thus true.
People see patterns and rules everywhere. But these patterns and rules are elusive. A pattern could be there and you could “see” it, but if you interpret the data in a different way or if you examine the context of your observations, you could "know" that there is no pattern and you could stop “seeing”…
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