People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...

In his new book, “A World Appears,” Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a ...

In his new book A World Appears, the journalist explores the mysteries of the human brain - and whether computers could ever catch up ...

"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...

Cicero insisted that doing good is doing well—that moral rectitude is always what is personally expedient, even if something else seems to be expedient. Dan Klein exposits and explores Cicero’s famous ...

“Alive” is obviously a loaded term; the more frequently used word is “conscious.” If you ask Anthropic if the company thinks Claude is alive, the company will flatly deny it, but stop short of saying ...

My daughter Freya was three when she first told me about 'Margozita'. We were in the kitchen having breakfast at the time, and I was asking her who she wanted to invite to her birthday party.

Oklahoma lawmakers advanced a bill that would create an income tax deduction for members of a community-based option to cover medical expenses, called health care sharing ministries. These ministries ...

Oklahoma lawmakers advanced a bill that would create an income tax deduction for members of this community-based option to ...

Grammar pro June Casagrande writes on when, how and why to use "whom," while also providing examples from great writers like Shakespeare who eschewed it in their works.

Dario Amodei told Nikhil Kamath that there will continue to be demand for human‑centred work, even as AI systems advance. 'So the most highly technical part of the job is going away, but there is ...