During the 20th century, researchers pushed the frontiers of science further than ever before with great strides made in two very distinct fields. While physicists discovered the strange ...

Learn about Nobel laureate Roger Penrose's idea of how consciousness is caused by quantum processes. Nobel laureate Roger Penrose is widely held to be one of the most brilliant living physicists for ...

The ability to transcend what is illusory and get connected to what is more real is central to what wisdom means and is central to regarding one’s life as meaningful. This blog was co-authored with ...

An international study involving Monash physicists has confirmed a new approach to measure consciousness, potentially changing our understanding complex neurological problems. The study published ...

In the 1990s Australian philosopher David Chalmers framed the challenge of distinguishing between the “easy” problems and the “hard” problem of consciousness. Easy problems involve explaining behavior ...

Teorema: Revista Internacional de Filosofía, Vol. 27, No. 3, La conciencia fenoménica y el naturalismo contemporáneo (2008), pp. 167-180 (14 pages) Los intentos recientes por mostrar que el ...

Tam Hunt is an affiliate in Jonathan Schooler's META Lab in UC Santa Barbara's Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. He has no financial conflicts with respect to the work discussed in this ...

Do you not sometimes wish to be free of the prison cell of your own ego? This blog was co-authored with Professor John Vervaeke*, and the quote is from the 11th Episode of Awakening from the Meaning ...