Researcher Bruno Forti has a hunch that the structure of consciousness is hidden from consciousness itself.
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Expose of materialist campaign on Wikipedia under way
Rampant bias and “sceptical fanaticism” plagues Wikipedia, says a group of writers researching content produced by editor of that website purported to be objectively factual.
Thought-controlled computer puts focus on consciousness
Neuralink’s progress begs answers on the nature of consciousness. Journalists are poised to drive that dialogue through coverage.
Expert meditators shown to enhance cognition
A new study shows experienced meditators have very high theta wave activity, which is linked to disciplined regulation of attention, breath, and body posture.
Prominent sceptic: I may be wrong
Parapsychology research is “a true science”, says Chris French, founder of Goldsmiths’ Anomalist Psychology Research Unit.
Meditation alleviates menopausal depression and anxiety
“General practitioners and healthcare providers often struggle to know what to offer beyond medical treatment. This research will help give practitioners and patients more options”, Dr Desai reports.
Neuropsychiatrist: There is no death
Peter Fenwick was a staunch materialist whose research revealed to him that physical death is not final. At age 88, he holds no fear of it.
New book exposes “blind spot” of mainstream science
A radically renewed scientific worldview is needed now, say an astrophysicist, theoretical physicist and philosopher.
Modern consciousness theory gains support in epilepsy study
“Groundbreaking” study shows states of consciousness correlate to changes in the integration of information.
An attempt to define “average” conscious experience
Frontiers in Psychology has published a collection of studies covering different aspects of the challenge.
People with high self-control seek divine forgiveness
It seems that even among people with a belief in higher powers, seeking divine forgiveness is easier for some than for others.
Variant of panpsychism said to address “hard problem”
Mostyn Jones states that “electrical activity across separate neurons creates a unified, intelligent mind”.
The “consciousness wars” mimic crisis in psychology
At the core of the intellectual battle that has flared up in the research field of consciousness is the fact that consciousness means different things to different people. A similar conceptual divide in psychology can be traced more than a century ago.
New paper defends sentience as basis for ethics
Most philosophers (and others) adhere to the view that moral status is contingent on the degree of consciousness and sentience. But where do we draw a line, if at all? Are fish sentient? Bees? Earthworms?
Why aren’t body parts independently conscious?
A new scientific article defends an argument against physicalism.
Plants communicating captured on video
The recent discovery is described as groundbreaking, although the phenomenon was first documented in the 1980s.
Fibonacci sequence creates new phase of matter
In the quantum world, time, matter and mathematics interact in strange ways.
Americans increasingly say they’re spiritual, not religious
When asked to define spirituality, roughly a quarter of respondents make references to religious elements, whereas a third define it as a belief in a higher power, the unseen or the otherworldly.
The “consciousness wars” explained in Nature
The in-depth review of materialist theories also describes “adversarial collaboration,” a new type of research study.
Initiative to achieve world peace through mass meditation
A two-week meditation, involving 10,000 participants, just concluded to demonstrate the process and effects.
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