Colin MathersDegrees of separation: Bacon, Erdös, Einstein, and moreEveryone is interconnected.Aug 13Aug 13
Colin MathersConsciousness: natural, real, and a big dealDo Prudence Louise and I agree or disagree about the likely nature of consciousness?Aug 34Aug 34
Colin MathersFree will: the compatibilist scamHow compatibilists redefine free will to mean something other than its ordinary definitionJul 72Jul 72
Colin MathersConsciousness and the illusion of free willThe objective and subjective evidence together make a strong case that free will in the ordinary sense does not exist.Jul 23Jul 23
Colin MathersAnnaka Harris on the fundamental mystery of consciousnessThe mystery of consciousness is intimately bound up with the mysteries of time, of free will, and of the nature of reality.Jun 214Jun 214
Colin MathersConsciousness: natural or supernatural?Consciousness is real, the supernatural is not.May 2215May 2215
Colin MathersAnil Seth and the “real” problem of consciousnessA leading neuroscientist’s take on the hard problem of consciousness.May 145May 145
Colin MathersDavid Chalmers and the hard problem of consciousnessA review David Chalmers’ 1996 book The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory.May 74May 74
Colin MathersDaniel Dennett and the hard problem of consciousnessConsciousness Explained … or consciousness ignored?Apr 226Apr 226
Colin MathersThe widening gulf between values in Red and Blue states of the USAA comparison of the modernity of values of Democrats in Blue states and Republicans in Red states over the last three decades.Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023