In his new book, the celebrated author explains why we need ‘consciousness hygiene’ to defend ourselves from AI and ...

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious ...

It sounds like an oxymoron, but we could find the origin of consciousness in our brains using the brains of those who are unconscious.

If artificial consciousness never emerges, safeguards will look cautious but harmless. If it does, safeguards may be the ...

A physicist proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, with matter and spacetime emerging from it.

In grammar, we learn about the past, present, and future tenses from an early age. This shapes our understanding of time as a one-way arrow. Eggs break, but don’t un-break; we grow older, but never ...

In his new book A World Appears, the journalist explores the mysteries of the human brain — and whether computers could ever ...

After changing how we eat and how we trip, the author returns to his garden — and the page — to examine the mystery of ...

Michael Pollan's view of consciousness hygiene is criticized for reinforcing alienation and failing to address the underlying ...

Theorists of consciousness generally focus on sensation – what it's like to, say, experience the color red. Yet what we call the stream of consciousness offers a much richer and more complex blend of ...

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It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.