Category Archives: Intelligence

World Stuff

Posted on April 26, 2016 by

“Human beings are organizations of – do not let us use the philosophically tendentious word ‘matter’, but rather the neutral and philosophically non-committal term translated from the German Weltstoff – the universal ‘world stuff’. But our organization has two aspects … Continue reading →

Posted in Consciousness, Intelligence | 15 Comments

Waking, Dreaming, Being, (Non-Being)

Posted on June 6, 2015 by

In a new book Waking, Dreaming, Being Evan Thompson explores the many states of consciousness from the perspective of neuroscience and Eastern philosophy. Evan Thompson is the son of William Irwin Thompson, the author of At the Edge of History … Continue reading →

Posted in Consciousness, Human Evolution, Intelligence | 12 Comments

Thinking About Thinking

Posted on January 19, 2015 by

The Edge question for 2015 is “What do you think about machines that think?” The first two responses I read were from Sean Carroll and Nick Bostrom. I have been a long time followier of Sean Carroll blog’s Preposterous Universe and have … Continue reading →

Posted in Consciousness, Intelligence, Origin of Life, Quantum Mechanics, Transhumanism | 7 Comments