The fashion-conscious actor is in the running for Best Actor courtesy of his critically acclaimed performance in a contemporary rendering of Chekov masterpiece Uncle Vanya.

Some scientists believe more strange stuff than most will believe before getting out of bed on a Saturday morning, but the thrust of Caroline Delbert’s piece is panpsychism where the mysticism of consciousness gets diminished with the application of staid materialism. From our point of view it’s like rejoindering to “Black Lives Matter” with “All […]

Do you see what I see? Probably not since consciousness as we know it is subjective and eggheads like Sirui Liu are trying to puzzle out the mystery. For example are you really seeing what’s in the real world, because what’s seen has already been heavily processed by the brain before it hits the frontal […]

So much for plant based diets being the gentler, kinder way to live on this mostly-water-covered rock. Evidently our little green darlings are more aware than we ever gave them credit for, so now we have to ask ourselves: do they feel pain? Should we knock them out before meal preparation? Oh the ethical conflict! […]

Everything old is new again with consciousness, beginning with the resurgence of phrenology and why legit scientists are taking it seriously. This isn’t your great-grandpa’s phrenology, according to Peter Hankins, so leave the calipers up in your attic. If that doesn’t tickle your fancy, Olivia Goldhill reflects upon panpsychism, The Idea That Everything From Spoons […]

We were off the templin hwy north exit at one of our favorite fishing creeks, simply sitting in our truck anticipating the sunrise so we can start our hike to catch fish.The glowing lights in the night sky caught my attention but there was enormous denial for very long.When i first noticed it, i believe […]

It’s consciousness all the way down, as Philip Goff proposes another hypothesis for panpsychism without addressing the impracticality nor implausability. The argument is we already know consciousness because we’re conscious, but there are things we don’t understand about matter despite being composed of the stuff. Peter Hankins distills how Goff opens the door for consciousness […]

Much like dead Cthulhu, sleeping in his house in R’lyeh, many unfortunate souls lay in dreamless slumber. Their horror isn’t tentacles but knowing what’s going on around them and being unable to do a thing. The diagnosis of “minimally conscious” ain’t new, but folks like Constance Gustke and medical doctors are pushing the boundaries of […]

Are we living in a simulation? No, argues Peter Hankins, as he tackles the philosophical underpinnings of reality. In fact it all comes back to the challenge presented by consciousness, along with the necessity for consistency with an absence of evidence. Far less scholarly is Ryan Mandelbaum’s screed, “Think We’re Living In A Computer Simulation? […]