"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a ...
“The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.” —Sigmund Freud How can we know if we are ...
The science of consciousness has not lived up to expectations. Over the summer, the neuroscientist Christof Koch conceded defeat on his 25-year bet with the philosopher David Chalmers, a lost wager ...