Tag: consciousness
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Do jumping spiders dream spider dreams?
Scientific American is reporting on the research of behavioural ecologist Daniela Rößler into the sleep behaviours of jumping spiders. After first observing that these spiders would occasionally hang motionless (and presumably asleep) on the ends of their silk threads, Rößler noticed something interesting.From time to time they would display a distinct twitching. Hmmm, she thought,…
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Is there something inside a fish other than fillets?
This article published in Aeon looks at the question of sentience in fish. In me at least, when I really stop and think about it, this raises a creeping feeling of unease. There is definitely an increasing body of evidence that challenges our sapien-centric claim to being the consciousness boss of things around here. If…
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The Galileo Commission Report.
The Galileo Commission Report is a paper written by Prof Harald Walach in consultation with a panel of 90 scientists, researchers and academics. It examines the current role of science in our society, and whilst fully supporting the scientific method it questions the rise of scientism, a fundamentalist approach that refuses a priori to examine…
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Movie: Dominion
It’s OK, you do not have to watch this movie. I give this 4.5 stars out of five. But you probably won’t want to watch it. It contains explicit scenes of animal cruelty and is morally confronting. The film covers common, routine practices that are a part of the commercial food chain that puts bacon,…
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Documentary: How to change your mind.
I have been waiting for this for a while. The new documentary series from Netflix based on Micheal Pollans groundbreaking book ‘How to Change Your Mind’ has dropped. The book was a total phase shift for me. I rate it in the top 5 books I have ever read. After working in a busy Emergency…
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When Time Slows Down.
You may have heard someone recount a harrowing story where the events seemed to unfold around them in syrupy slow motion. You may have had such an experience yourself. I have. Such moments of altered perception are known as Time Expansion Experiences (TEEs). I have always thought that they were just the way we remembered…
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MK Ultra.
I first heard about MK Ultra when listening to a Joe Rogan podcast a couple of years back, and immediately threw it in my cognitive wastepaper basket as being yet another fringe conspiracy theory. Into the loony bin with you. But it turns out this improbable and implausible story is totally true. And it all…
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Are the people you meet in your dreams actually conscious?
OK then. You are dreaming. And you meet this woman.She has a conversation with you, and then she suddenly points across at a mountain you had not noticed up until that very moment. The question is: Who is controlling the behaviours of this dream woman? Why did she suddenly point? Is a part of your…
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I’ll see you on the other side of sesshin.
Well Im about to go off grid for a week. I will be attending the yearly sesshin (an intensive 7 day meditation retreat. Sesshin literally means: touching the heart-mind) with the Black Mountain Zen group. The retreat is being held at a beautiful location beside Lake George just outside of Canberra. I’m all packed for…
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