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Does Free Will Exist?

April 27, 2016July 10, 2017 Joel Frohlich 1 Comment 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 2 Comments 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

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