Show 86 — Dr. Totton’s Final Journey GoFundMe: Care for Dr. Carl Totton in His Final Days Tod shares an update on Dr. Totton’s health, discusses the show’s future, and looks back at Dr. Carl’s thoughts about the circle of life.
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Why people with religious delusions do fine in everyday life I've finished Steven Pinker's book, Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters. I enjoyed it, though some chapters were a bit tedious. The final chapters, though, held my interest. Here's what I liked most in the...
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Everybody's brain is producing a kind of hallucination Today I finished reading the final pages of Anil Seth's book, "Being You: A New Science of Consciousness." Here's a provocative passage from the Epilogue. Everything in conscious experience is a perception of sorts, and every perception is a kind...
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"Beast machine theory" explains consciousness well Hate to break this to you, if you're a firm believer in immaterial consciousness, but we humans are animals. Specifically, mammals of the primate variety, close relatives of chimpanzees, gorillas, and such. In his book, "Being You: A New Science...
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Free will is part of the human mind, not the universe Free will as people almost always understand it is an illusion. There's little or no doubt about that, as I noted in a recent post. Here's an idea that is well worth pondering. I've enjoyed doing just that as I...
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