Where does mental illness reside?
Human cognitive powers do not reside in brains only; all clouds are part of my decentralised mental ability. So does the illness. Continue Reading
Neuroscience
Can we reach our consciousness?
If qualia are quantum entities, unmeasurable but objective, then suddenly intersubjectivity comes into play, and the fake news question disappears. Continue Reading
Qualia
There is no qualia and no nevron corelates of personal experience. Continue Reading
Harari and Dataism
Above: IRWIN 2021 Homo Deus, A Brief History of Tomorrow is not the latest book by Yuval Noah Harari. Still, since it develops all the crucial concepts later presented in his 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, it is like… Continue Reading
Big Brother is theoretically impossible
Do not be afraid: digital world forgets as much as you and me. Continue Reading
Limitations of science; argument for dualism
In today’s society, science tends to be the only proper heuristic method of explaining reality. If a particular assertion cannot be falsified, then the object of that assertion cannot be proven to exist. According to this view, there is only… Continue Reading
Emergence upgraded
It is not a heresy any more to use quantum mechanics concepts in neuroscience, humanities and philosophy. Emergence, wave function, entanglement work. Continue Reading
The Root of Contemporary Political Blindness
If there is one question that permeates last 50 years of western political philosophy, then this is the one: How come that liberalism that used to understand all levels of liberal attitude towards social structures, civil society including commercial enterprises… Continue Reading
Is learning hardwired in human brain?
While there are so many proofs that animal and human behaviour is largely hardwired, there still lurks a question of learning. While it is true that we act faster than we think while confronted with certain danger, we still learn… Continue Reading
Branding with physics and Chinese room
Let me confess, that writing this blog I feel like I would feed Chinese sentences to John Searle sitting in his Chinese room. I know that I should not start a post by a sentence that refers to something that… Continue Reading