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Back View of a Primitive Prehistoric Neanderthal Child in Animal Skin Draws Animals and Abstracts on the Walls at Night. Creating First Cave Art with Petroglyphs, Rock Paintings Illuminated by Fire.

The Hard Problem of Consciousness Remains Inescapable

Neuroscientist Francisco Aboitiz starts by offering to tell us how consciousness evolved but then makes a critical concession
Aboitiz concludes, “In the end, the dualistic dilemma between subjective experience and mechanistic explanations seems to me inescapable.” Read More ›
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An Atheist Argues Against Reason

And thinks it is the reasonable thing to do

Justin Smith is leading the way to the abandonment of rationality. There’s not a shred of reason in his essay.

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