If a philosopher starts speaking about elementary particles, run.PinterestI recently discovered panpsychism. That’s the idea that… | Continue reading
Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading
If a philosopher starts speaking about elementary particles, run.PinterestI recently discovered panpsychism. That’s the idea that… | Continue reading
Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading
The great mystery of consciousness is why matter lights up with felt experience. After all, we are composed of particles indistinguishable… | Continue reading
In recent years the concept of panpsychism, “which entertains the possibility that all matter is imbued with consciousness,” writes… | Continue reading
Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading
The nature of consciousness seems to be unique among scientific puzzles. Not only do neuroscientists have no fundamental explanation… | Continue reading
If a philosopher starts speaking about elementary particles, run.PinterestI recently discovered panpsychism. That’s the idea that… | Continue reading
The great mystery of consciousness is why matter lights up with felt experience. After all, we are composed of particles indistinguishable… | Continue reading
In recent years the concept of panpsychism, “which entertains the possibility that all matter is imbued with consciousness,” writes… | Continue reading
Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading
The nature of consciousness seems to be unique among scientific puzzles. Not only do neuroscientists have no fundamental explanation… | Continue reading
For someone outside quantum computing, who has encountered “supremacy” mainly in the context of political or current affairs,… | Continue reading
For someone outside quantum computing, who has encountered “supremacy” mainly in the context of political or current affairs,… | Continue reading
It had always been Katherine Goble’s great talent to be in the right place at the right time. In August 1952, 12 years after leaving… | Continue reading
Last year, in late December, Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist, wrote 150 of his friends from medical circles. He said he had seen… | Continue reading
The Omega Team was the soul of the company. Whereas the rest of the enterprise brought in the money to keep things going, by various… | Continue reading
In the early 1980s, the psychologist Harry Heft put a 16 mm camera in the back of a sports car and made a movie. It consisted of a… | Continue reading
Skin may seem like a superficial human attribute, but it’s the first thing we notice about anyone we meet. Nina Jablonski came to… | Continue reading
Last year, in late December, Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist, wrote 150 of his friends from medical circles. He said he had seen… | Continue reading
In the early 1980s, the psychologist Harry Heft put a 16 mm camera in the back of a sports car and made a movie. It consisted of a… | Continue reading
Skin may seem like a superficial human attribute, but it’s the first thing we notice about anyone we meet. Nina Jablonski came to… | Continue reading
Last year, in late December, Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist, wrote 150 of his friends from medical circles. He said he had seen… | Continue reading
In the early 1980s, the psychologist Harry Heft put a 16 mm camera in the back of a sports car and made a movie. It consisted of a… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material… | Continue reading
Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading
Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading
Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading
As a geologist and professor I speak and write rather cavalierly about eras and eons. One of the courses I routinely teach is “History… | Continue reading
Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”So says Count Dracula to the hapless Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker’s… | Continue reading
As a geologist and professor I speak and write rather cavalierly about eras and eons. One of the courses I routinely teach is “History… | Continue reading
Claudius Ptolemy’s monumental astronomy book, the Almagest, established a unified mathematical framework for computing the positions… | Continue reading
Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”So says Count Dracula to the hapless Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker’s… | Continue reading
As a geologist and professor I speak and write rather cavalierly about eras and eons. One of the courses I routinely teach is “History… | Continue reading
Claudius Ptolemy’s monumental astronomy book, the Almagest, established a unified mathematical framework for computing the positions… | Continue reading
Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”So says Count Dracula to the hapless Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker’s… | Continue reading
At best, names for species derived from celebrities and scientists become maps to hidden treasure, rewarding those who follow the… | Continue reading
At best, names for species derived from celebrities and scientists become maps to hidden treasure, rewarding those who follow the… | Continue reading
Could Warren’s political fate in 2020 turn on voters who think she would make a great president choosing another candidate because… | Continue reading
Could Warren’s political fate in 2020 turn on voters who think she would make a great president choosing another candidate… | Continue reading
Could Warren’s political fate in 2020 turn on voters who think she would make a great president choosing another candidate because… | Continue reading
A few years ago, I went to an astrologer as research for a radio show exploring strange beliefs. Vishal knew only my name, and date… | Continue reading
If you ask Siri to show you the weirdest people in the world, what images might you see? In fact, none. Siri showed me different links… | Continue reading
Fame is something that sticks to someone or something, a quality earned or gained for no reason at all. It is also a force of connection.… | Continue reading
A few years ago, I went to an astrologer as research for a radio show exploring strange beliefs. Vishal knew only my name, and date… | Continue reading