Recent discoveries about bodily awareness have changed how scientists think about the nature of consciousness.
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Maybe our understanding of quantum entanglement is incomplete, or maybe there is something fundamentally unique about consciousness.
How to say, “In many ways, Proust is similar to Joyce” and get away with it.
From how life emerged on Earth to why we dream, these unanswered questions continue to perplex scientists.
Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.
“The amount of interest is enormous,” says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. “People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this.”
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
Why “audio gaps” in video meetings wear us out — and why we need the meaningful relationships forged in communal workspaces.
If humanity lives in an otherwise barren Universe, we’ll have to forge philosophy that fills the void.
Maybe the brain isn’t “classical” after all.
Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.
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“All the plausible paths to a really great future, involve the development of machine superintelligence at some point.”
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To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?
Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?
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Here’s the case for why science can’t keep ignoring human experience.
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“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
The heart’s rhythms may play a larger role in shaping psychedelic experiences than previously thought.
Why does the DMT experience feel so familiar to some people — even those who are trying the psychedelic for the first time?
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