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fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Can Science Explain Consciousness?

Michael Pollan explores consciousness through examining plant sentience, AI potential consciousness, thought generation, and the nature of self, while acknowledging science may not definitively answer these fundamental questions.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago
Science

The (Perhaps) Unsolvable Mysteries of Consciousness

Consciousness remains unresolved: neuroscience has advanced many insights, but the subjective 'hard problem' linking brain activity to experience still eludes explanation.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Can Science Explain Consciousness?

Michael Pollan explores consciousness through examining plant sentience, AI potential consciousness, thought generation, and the nature of self, while acknowledging science may not definitively answer these fundamental questions.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

I'm the psychedelic confessor': the man who turned a generation on to hallucinogens returns with a head-spinning book about consciousness

Several years ago, Michael Pollan had a disturbing encounter. The relentlessly curious journalist and author was at a conference on plant behaviour in Vancouver. There, he'd learned that when plants are damaged, they produce an anaesthetising chemical, ethylene. Was this a form of self-soothing, like the release of endorphins after an injury in humans? He asked Frantisek Baluska, a cell biologist, if it meant that plants might feel pain. Baluska paused, before answering: Yes, they should feel pain.
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Music
fromOpen Culture
4 months ago

The 1976 Synth Album That Promised to Help Your Plants Grow: Discover Mother Earth's Plantasia

Plants were portrayed as capable of emotion and sentience, shaping 1970s popular culture and inspiring multimedia works including electronic Moog-based music.
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