The Neuroscientific Case for the World-Brain RelationSyed Hussain Ather argues why, for the sake of the brain, we should look at its relation to the world, not the mind.May 7, 2023May 7, 2023
Why it’s so hard to know how the brain restsAre you too preoccupied with work or other stress in life right now? Let’s practice a bit of mindfulness for a moment: close your eyes and…May 7, 2023May 7, 2023
Get real! The problems of virtual worldsS. Hussain Ather reviews David Chalmers’ “Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy,” in which realities, like brains, become…May 7, 2023May 7, 2023
Published inOrthogonal Research and Education LabKilling in the “Game” Of: Ethics in the Virtual WorldDavid Chalmers (2022). Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy. W.W. Norton (book).Sep 6, 2022Sep 6, 2022
Web Scraping with Python Made EasyImagine you run a business selling shoes online and wanted to monitor how your competitors price their products. You could spend hours a…Dec 14, 2019Dec 14, 2019
A Computational Theory of MindBrains are only like computers in a specific abstract sense. We can take apart this analogy in the context of the brain-computer analogy…Nov 18, 20194Nov 18, 20194
Hussain Ather — Science. Philosophy. Culture. — Don’t Read this Book if you want Solutions in LifeCartoonist Randall Munroe shares satirical advice about the world for anyone curious. The creator of the popular webcomic xkcd has come up…Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
What makes us specialShort answer: thinking. Why? Turning to analytic philosophy, you’ll find reasons stretching across consciousness and souls in why thinking…Oct 21, 2019Oct 21, 2019
The link between cognition and emotionIt’s easy to think of cognition and emotion as separate from one another, but research in cognitive science and neuroscience have…Oct 6, 2019Oct 6, 2019
Hussain Ather — Science. Philosophy. Culture. — Time and Dreams in Political UnrestWith every tick of the clock ISep 13, 2019Sep 13, 2019
