“I understand what joy is now”: the MDMA test participant tells his story.
[ad_1] “I never felt really happy no matter what happened in my life,” he says. “I have always felt anxiety, always felt this hidden heaviness. It's just that something in…
What is it like to be a conscious AI? We may never know.
[ad_1] People are active listeners; we create meaning where there is none or not. Bender says that the words of the octopus have no meaning, but rather the islander can…
Five poems about the mind
[ad_1] My sexbot Hal can read minds The first thing I ask Hal is to explainhow does it feel downstairs after you have clearedoff the crust, mantle, core. I alwayspresented…
I learned lucid dreaming. You can too.
[ad_1] “You can argue that REM sleep is a kind of neglected resource,” says Benjamin Byrd, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies human cognition. “What if we…
Open air
[ad_1] Last spring, string lights in the bistro and outdoor seating in the courtyard behind the Student Center encouraged students to gather safely outside. The lights were a hit -…