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Does Free Will Exist?

April 27, 2016July 10, 2017 Joel Frohlich Addiction, Alexander Batthyany, algorithm, Arthur Schopenhauer, Benjamin Libet, Brain, cellular automata, Daniel Dennett, determinism, Dice, Dopamine, EEG, Fate, Free Will, Huntington’s disease, Jack the Ripper, John-Dylan Haynes, Libet, Michael Gazzaniga, neurodegenerative, Nucleus accumbens, Philip K. Dick, Pierre-Simon Laplace, quantum indeterminacy

It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon. Professor Freeman is enjoying the Southern California weather on Professor Domino’s patio. Domino: Will it be Coke or Pepsi, Dr. Freeman? Freeman: That’s an easy… Read more

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Gliders, Blinkers, and Pulsars: Complexity and the Game of Life

March 16, 2016March 5, 2017 Joel Frohlich A New Kind of Science, cellular automata, Game of Life, Graph Theory, John Conway, Microtubules, Model, Quantum computer, Roger Penrose, Self-organized criticality, SOC, Stephan Wolfram, Stuart Hammeroff, The Emperor's New Mind

Previously on Knowing Neurons, we considered self-organized criticality (SOC) and network science (AKA graph theory) as two possible sources of complex behavior in the brain and other physiological systems. As… Read more