That’s the crux of Pop Mech ’s new story, “Human Consciousness Comes From a Higher Dimension, Scientist Claims—Meaning It ...

New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how Earth's history led to the formation of our own minds. The book reveals the ...

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

Academic leaders from around the world penned an open letter calling on artificial intelligence developers to learn more about consciousness as artificial intelligence (AI) systems advance rapidly, ...

In the ongoing discussions about artificial intelligence, one of the most provocative questions has been whether large language models might one day achieve consciousness. However, perhaps the more ...

There is a new review of books in Nature, Consciousness: what it is, where it comes from — and whether machines can have it, where the author wrote, “I consider the indicators as signifying the ...

Consciousness is primarily experienced internally, but the phenomenon of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) challenges this assumption. Although scientists have developed biological-based explanations for ...

There’s an almost fretful anxiety in the voices and writings of materialists when they discuss consciousness. Inevitably, they become frustrated and angered when theists point out science’s inability ...

From the vantage point of the Unified Theory Of Knowledge (UTOK), we can frame the root of many modern philosophical confusions via the "Enlightenment Gap." This refers to the fact that the ...