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Some scientists think that the brain itself might be an organic quantum machine. This is the view of Matthew Fisher, a theoretical physicist at [b]UC Santa B
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A controversial alternative to the lock-and-key model suggests our sense of smell arises not just from the shape of molecules, but also from the
I was surprised to find apparently the complete fictional works of the early science fiction writer Olaf Stapledon, together with several works of non-fiction, online at the University of Adelaide website: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stapledon/olaf/
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Mathematics is like nothing else. The truths of math seem to be unrelated to anything else—independent of human beings, independent of the universe. The sum of 2 + 3 = 5 cannot be untrue; this mea
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I suggest that the common unease with taking quantum mechanics as a fundamental description of nature (the "measurement problem") could derive from the use of an incorrect notion, as th
Haven't listened to much of this yet, but I think its probably going to be good. I've enjoyed listening to Ben elsewhere and especially enjoyed is "Wild Ass Shit" video on consciousness and patternism linked in this post here:
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