An interesting video on the real divisions between the left and right brain. It's not what you've historically heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs9WO2B8uI h/t Terra Icognita
Day: May 25, 2014
Self Deception | Conscious Entities
Peter Hankins at Conscious Entities does a book review of 'Kidding Ourselves' by Joseph T Hallinan. Joseph T Hallinan’s new book Kidding Ourselves says that not only is self deception more common and more powerful than we suppose, it’s actually helpful: deluded egoists beat realists every time. Philosophically, of course, self-deception is impossible. To deceive … Continue reading Self Deception | Conscious Entities
Ants, the brain, cancer, and the internet
Deborah Gordon gave an interesting TED talk on ants. Regular readers have seen posts from me before on ants. An ant colony seems to operate as a type of superorganism. I used to wonder if colonies were conscious. (Although I now doubt it since I see consciousness requiring a model of an system's attention, and that … Continue reading Ants, the brain, cancer, and the internet
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