brain

The issue has arisen of whether all facets of life, including the mind and emotions, can be described logically in terms of standard scientific terms. This would be both reductionistic and materialistic. The benefit of this discussion is for artificial intelligence (AI). If an architecture...

The thread title is not intended as anything I might recommend for certain recent frequenters of the R&P forum. Tempting, and well overdue, though it may be. Picked this up at New Scientist: Brain Transplantation Question: I had heard of similar research previously, but had no idea it was so...

So what caused the brain to come into existence? Could it be it that it came about (designed and/or evolved) in order to provide the means by which to channel consciousness which, was pre-existent? What would be the difference between that and say designing an amplifier in order to reproduce...

Is there any reason why so little is known about the brain, or is it my imagination that more is known about other fields of science/areas of study than is known about psychology? It appears to me like there's alot of speculation when the subject of "how the brain works" comes up. Maybe it's...

Argh! Ever heard of "E.V.P."? Electronic Voice Phenomena as the rationally challenged call this bunk is the belief that the dead try to communicate with us, using the static and white noise of modern technology (just like in "Poltergeist" the movie). Much info from the believers can be found...

I'm not very familiar with brain activity issues, so I'd like to ask here for more info in addition to the web searching I'm about to embark upon. Seems my step-brother collapsed Friday afternoon (2 days ago). He's in intensive care with no brain activity. My father just found out a few minutes...

So, how much do we use? Randi says the number has increaed dramatically as of late, but by how much? How do we tell? And lastly, is there any literature online I can point to to show that people use a certain amount? I'd really, really like to see a site that says 100%. Really.

This post could have gone either in this Philosophy forum, or in the science forum. Anyway, people often say that philosophy is BS or mental masturbation, that it doesn't do anything, is worthless, etc. Well, I think our big brains, brought about by evolution, enable us to be more...

http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39182&pagenumber=2 I'm not explaining myself well here, so if anybody knows a lot about the brain please chime in. Let me know if I'm making an @ss of myself too :) My thought is that the brain is where all thought patterns are...

Study: The brain prefers working over getting money for nothing

Anybody know anything about the veracity of this? Brain Types Sounds awfully fishy to me, but I'm not exactly a brain scientist. :p Lots of testimonials, big friggin' whoop, most of them are pro athletes and sports execs, but the one from Dr. Bob Arnot, from NBC, makes me a little less...

Like the sensationalist thread title? OK, the BBC actually reported: The researchers go on to say that it is too soon to say for sure that brain damage will be caused by such devices, and that the study needs replication, etc. Interestingly, the article ends: How long before the...

A controversial technique for identifying a criminal mind using involuntary brainwaves that could reveal guilt or innocence is about to take centre stage in a last-chance court appeal against a death-row conviction in the US. Tested by the FBI!

Well, way too much God. From our friends at RaptureReady we have this sad piece of dementia from "IN-HIM": Am I the only one who thinks this is both sad and funny? IN-HIM's satan-rebuking sounds like a problem I have sometimes when I have to shoo my dog repeatedly from the coffee table to...

I want to have a discussion on this topic because I believe the statement is true. Please, I'm not saying that I think it is exactly 10%. What I'm saying is that the general notion is correct, mainly, that we use very little of our brain power.

I have a problem with the idea that experiences are brain processes. If we consider any particular experience existing in the universe or set of experiences and the claim that they only have an objective existence in the form of a brain process then one fundamental question poses itself - where...

This thing is one of those that keeps puzzling me. What would happens if we could completely desconect the brain from the bodie's senses? Like somehow the brain doesn't hear, see, feel anything. Beeing completely alone with your thoughts, what would happens? Will it make you sleep and don't...

This page just gave me a thought: What would be the implications of microchips being implanted in our brains which would upload images we see in our direct perceptions and even our dreams to the internet, so people can download in real time what we are directly perceiving in their...

Lincoln Beachley, a '20's barnstormer, raced automobiles with his airplane. The following brain teaser has fooled some Boeing aerodynamicists: Assume an automobile of limited power can go exactly 100 mph in still air. The car is a very sophisticated car with steel wheels and magnetic bearings...

There is some research showing that we are hardwired to believe in God. Some evidence shows parts of the brain when stimulated, cause a religion experience. 99% of humans believe in God, that is normal. So if you don’t believe in God then there is something wrong with your brain, you have a...

Has anyone heard of any research, articles, etc that delve into the possibility to use stem cells to repair brain damage?

Is the mind the same as the brain, or different?

[/B] Interesting, and no doubt going to stir up some crap... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2865009.stm

Those of you in the UK and Europe that can get BBC 2 might like to know that tonight (Thursday 20th) at 21:00 there is showing an episode of "Horizon" (a science programme) that explores the theory that people's belief in god(s) is biologically based. According to the blurb on the BBC's...