Σάββατο 15 Δεκεμβρίου 2012
2005 Skeptics Society Conference: Brain, Mind and Consciousness
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| Results from an fMRI experiment in which people made a conscious decision about a visual stimulus. The small region of the brain coloured orange shows patterns of activity that correlate with the decision making process. Crick stressed the importance of finding new methods to probe human brain function. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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The Brain, Mind & Consciousness conference, on what Nobel Laureate Francis Crick called "the greatest unsolved problem in biology," was held over the weekend of May 13--15, 2005 at Caltech.
Research on the brain, mind, and consciousness was given a significant boost by Nobel laureate Dr. Francis Crick in 1994, when he wrote in his book, The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul, "that 'you,' your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules."
This is what is called "the hard problem"—explaining how billions of neurons swapping chemicals give rise to such subjective experiences as consciousness, self-awareness, and awareness that others are conscious and self-aware; that is, not only the ability to wonder, but the ability to wonder why we wonder, and even wonder why others wonder why....
Explaining each of the functional parts of the brain is the easy problem, such as the differences between waking and sleep, discrimination of stimuli, or the control of behavior. By contrast, what has come to be known as the hard problem in consciousness studies is experience: what it is like to be in a given mental state? Adding up all of the solved easy problems does not equal a solution to the hard problem. Something else is going on in private subjective experiences—called qualia—and there is no consensus on what it is.
Dualists hold that qualia are separate from physical objects in the world and that mind is more than brain. Materialists contend that qualia are ultimately explicable through the activities of neu- rons and that mind and brain are one. Our speakers, some of the top neuroscientists in the world, will address these and other problems, such as the evolution of the brain, and how and why it got to be so large. Skeptics will get a chance to interact with these world-class scientists on the breaks, during meals, and in a formal discussion period. We will also consider the implications of this new brain research to better understand apparent paranormal phenomena, as well as how and why people believe weird things.
Lectures included: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach with Dr. Christof Koch, Children as Scientists: How the Brain Learns to Think with Dr. Alison Gopnik, In Search of Memory — True, False, Repressed, Recovered with Dr. Richard McNally, Sleep, Dreams, and the Subconscious with Dr. Terry Sejnowski, Exploring Altered States of Consciousness with Dr. Susan Blackmore, The Search for the Neurological Basis of the Social Emotions with Dr. John Allman, From Whence Trust Comes: Oxytocin and Behavioral Economics with Dr. Paul Zak, Consciousness is Nothing But a Word with Dr. Hank Schlinger, and From Biology to Consciousness to Morality with Dr. Ursula Goodenough.
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The Brain, Mind & Consciousness conference, on what Nobel Laureate Francis Crick called "the greatest unsolved problem in biology," was held over the weekend of May 13--15, 2005 at Caltech.
Research on the brain, mind, and consciousness was given a significant boost by Nobel laureate Dr. Francis Crick in 1994, when he wrote in his book, The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul, "that 'you,' your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules."
This is what is called "the hard problem"—explaining how billions of neurons swapping chemicals give rise to such subjective experiences as consciousness, self-awareness, and awareness that others are conscious and self-aware; that is, not only the ability to wonder, but the ability to wonder why we wonder, and even wonder why others wonder why....
Explaining each of the functional parts of the brain is the easy problem, such as the differences between waking and sleep, discrimination of stimuli, or the control of behavior. By contrast, what has come to be known as the hard problem in consciousness studies is experience: what it is like to be in a given mental state? Adding up all of the solved easy problems does not equal a solution to the hard problem. Something else is going on in private subjective experiences—called qualia—and there is no consensus on what it is.
Dualists hold that qualia are separate from physical objects in the world and that mind is more than brain. Materialists contend that qualia are ultimately explicable through the activities of neu- rons and that mind and brain are one. Our speakers, some of the top neuroscientists in the world, will address these and other problems, such as the evolution of the brain, and how and why it got to be so large. Skeptics will get a chance to interact with these world-class scientists on the breaks, during meals, and in a formal discussion period. We will also consider the implications of this new brain research to better understand apparent paranormal phenomena, as well as how and why people believe weird things.
Lectures included: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach with Dr. Christof Koch, Children as Scientists: How the Brain Learns to Think with Dr. Alison Gopnik, In Search of Memory — True, False, Repressed, Recovered with Dr. Richard McNally, Sleep, Dreams, and the Subconscious with Dr. Terry Sejnowski, Exploring Altered States of Consciousness with Dr. Susan Blackmore, The Search for the Neurological Basis of the Social Emotions with Dr. John Allman, From Whence Trust Comes: Oxytocin and Behavioral Economics with Dr. Paul Zak, Consciousness is Nothing But a Word with Dr. Hank Schlinger, and From Biology to Consciousness to Morality with Dr. Ursula Goodenough.
Παρασκευή 14 Δεκεμβρίου 2012
Άγαλμα Διός και Χριστός (Φειδία Ένθρονος Δίας)
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| Zeus (Photo credit: crafterm) |
Και κατά μία υποψία τους, νιώθουν ξένοι των ειδώλων και των προσώπων τους, έχοντας τον "αληθινό" θεό, που "γνώρισαν και είδαν" και κατέγραψαν οι πινελιές τους.
Πολύ εν Δια φέρουσα άπ Οψη!
Richard Dawkins Destroys The 10 Commandments
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| English: Atheist Bus Campaign creator Ariane Sherine and Richard Dawkins at its launch in London. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
San Diego, Ca. Friday, April 6th, 2012
Belief in God: Prohibitive or Liberating? Lawrence Krauss & Uthman Badar...
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| Partical physics & cosmology at the Wellcome Collection, due to be broadcast on the World Service on 9 Dec 09. Brain melting. Also: good hair, Grayling. Well done. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Is belief in God rational or irrational? What role should religion play in our private and public lives? Is science sufficient to make religion redundant? Is the way forward for humanity in the 21st century a return to God or the completion of secularisation process of modernity?
Speakers:
Dr Lawrence Krauss (U.S)
Dr Krauss is an international renowned theorectical physicist. He is Foundation Professor at the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Dept., Co-director, Cosmology Initiative and Director, Origins initiative at Arizona State university. He was visiting Australia to speak at the Atheist Convention in Melbourne. Facebook: http://on.fb.me/HPPPIG
Uthman Badar (Australia)
Uthman is a Muslim activist and public speaker based in Sydney. His areas of expertise and theology, logic, jurisprudence, politics, and economics. He is currently at the University of Western Sydney completing a PhD, and has engaged in many debates and discussion forums with advocates of atheist and secular ideology. Connect with Uthman Badar on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/Agq3zk) and/or Twitter (http://bit.ly/HzGtyk).
Format
Introduction
Initial remarks
Uthman Badar - 6:15
Lawrence Krauss - 27:26
Moderated discussion - 47:25
Q&A from audience - 1:43:45
Closing remarks
Uthman Badar - 2:10:00
Lawrence Krauss - 2:15:05
Τετάρτη 12 Δεκεμβρίου 2012
'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009
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| Dr. Lawrence Krauss (Photo credit: GeorgeNemeth) |
Physicist Lawrence Krauss gives a lecture on cosmology, including recent advancements and their possible implications for origins of the Universe, to the Richard Dawkins Foundation at the 2009 Atheist Alliance International conference. Dr. Krauss has since written the New York Times best-selling book "A Universe From Nothing", expanding on these topics. The lecture starts at 3:00 and ends at 53:35, preceded by an introduction by Richard Dawkins and followed by a few questions from the audience.
I'm slowly working to correct the captions that were generated automatically by YouTube, but I'm very busy and this is a very long video.
Πόσος είναι ο ετήσιος τζίρος συναλλαγής νομισμάτων (Forex) στον πλανήτη;
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| Image used to convey the idea of currency conversion (originally from en.wikipedia). The signs are (clockwise from top-left): dollar, euro, pound, shekel, đồng, yen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Μόνο στο Λονδίνο οι συναλλαγές νομίσματος προς εμπορικές συναλλαγές είναι της τάξης των 2 τρις ημερησίως ήτοι περί τα 700 τρις δολάρια ετησίως. Και αυτό όπως είπα μόνο στο Λονδίνο.
Υπάρχουν και άλλα συναλλακτήρια με 860 δις ημερησίως στις ΗΠΑ, 280 δις ημερησίως στο Τόκυο, και τουλάχιστον άλλα 200 δις ημερησίως σε άλλα χρηματιστήρια. Συνολικά σε ημερήσια βάση έχουμε 3340 δις συνάλλαγμα εμπορικού σκοπού και το ετήσιο ποσό συναλλαγών ανέρχεται στα 1,176,000 δις δολάρια.
http://www.babypips.com/blogs/espipionage/forex-trading-volumes-from-around-the-world.html
Τρίτη 11 Δεκεμβρίου 2012
BEST 9/11 DOCUMENTARY EVER!(FULL MOVIE)
ZERO HOUR BEST 9 11 DOCUMENTARY EVER!(FULL MOVIE)
Where Tomahawk Cruise missiles used against their own army.
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Slavery By Consent (Full Version)
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| Julian Assange (Photo credit: acidpolly) |
http://rt.com/news/wikileaks-revelations-assange-interview/
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