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Book Review: The Perpetual Now

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 Gabrielle Torre 1 Comment Brain book, Consciousness, Henry Molaison, Hippocampus, Lonnie Sue Johnson, medial temporal lobes, Memory, Michael D. Lemonick, Patient H.M., Short-term Memory, The Perpetual Now, Viral encephalitis

en years ago, in December 2007, an artist named Lonnie Sue Johnson lost her short term memory. She was admitted to the emergency room in the midst of a blizzard… Read more

Brain Books Consciousness Philosophy

Double Book Review: The Emperor’s New Mind and Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

January 13, 2016July 10, 2017 Joel Frohlich 1 Comment Artificial Intelligence, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Book, Brain book, Can machines think, cognitive science, Douglas Hofstader, Escher, Gödel, Hofstadter, Is the brain a computer, Kurt Gödel, logic, mathematician, mathematics, mind, Neuron, paradox, physicist, quantum, riddle, Roger Penrose, Shadows of the Mind, Stuart Hammeroff, The Emperor's New Mind, theorem, Tubulin

“A barber (who is a man) shaves all and only those men who do not shave themselves. Does he shave himself?” If you can’t solve the above riddle, don’t worry… Read more

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