‘The hallucination of reality’: Where does consciousness reside — inside or outside the brain?

‘The hallucination of reality’: Where does consciousness reside — inside or outside the brain?

The hard problem of consciousness has puzzled philosophers and neuroscientists alike for decades: consciousness, the hallucination of reality, and whether ...
Gender and consciousness: ‘If you woke up tomorrow without a body, would you be able to guess your gender?’

Gender and consciousness: ‘If you woke up tomorrow without a body, would you be able to guess your gender?’

Olivia Fane | Institute of Art and Ideas | 
Here’s a question I’ve been pitting to friends and family this last month: if tomorrow you woke up without a ...
Viewpoint: ‘Deep artificial intelligence’ — What it is, and we should be cautious about embracing Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant

Viewpoint: ‘Deep artificial intelligence’ — What it is, and we should be cautious about embracing Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant

"Neuralink" is a start-up created by Elon Musk in 2016. The company’s main aim is brain implants development by means ...
DishBrains: Half-living, half-machine neurons learn to play Pong

DishBrains: Half-living, half-machine neurons learn to play Pong

On December 3, 2021 the Australian biological computing startup, Cortical Labs, released a pre-print article stating that it had turned ...
How and when did ‘consciousness’ evolve?

How and when did ‘consciousness’ evolve?

[To find a reliable marker for consciousness,] we looked at genes, proteins, anatomical brain regions and neurophysiological processes, but none ...
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Institute of Art and Ideas: The culture-genetics conundrum

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From criminality to the ...
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Does nature or nurture decide our sexuality? Could it be a little of both?

How much influence do genes have on gender and sexuality? Watch two prominent scientists debate vastly different answers to this ...
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