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Below are blog posts I’ve written on consciousness, free will and other mind-related mysteries. Please let me know about missing stories, broken links or other problems. See also my free online book Mind-Body Problems. –John Horgan
Mind–Body Problems: My Meta-Solution to the Mystery of Who We Really Are
The Mind–Body Problem, Scientific Regress and "Woo"
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Why the Mind–Body Problem Can't Have a Single, Objective Solution
Who Invented the Mind–Body Problem?
Jellyfish, Sexbots and the Solipsism Problem
Can Art Solve the Hard Problem?
Can Integrated Information Theory Explain Consciousness?
Why information can't be the basis of reality
A Super-Simple, Non-Quantum Theory of Eternal Consciousness
The Singularity and the Neural Code
Can a Single Brain Cell “Think”?
Oneness, Weirdness and Alienation
Is Scientific Materialism "Almost Certainly False"?
World's Smartest Physicist Thinks Science Can't Crack Consciousness
Christof Koch on Free Will, the Singularity and the Quest to Crack Consciousness
David Chalmers Thinks the Hard Problem Is Really Hard
My Testy Encounter with the Late, Great Gerald Edelman
The film Inception Is a Clunker, but Lucid Dreaming is Cool
TUCSON CONSCIOUSNESS CONFERENCE
Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 1
Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 2
Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 3
Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 4
Flashback: My Report on First Consciousness Powwow in Tucson
STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS WRITINGS
What a science writer thinks about on his morning commute
Stream of Thought Description of Teaching James’s “Stream of Thought”
Science, History and Truth at the Faculty Club
What a Science Writer Thinks on a Ferry to Manhattan
The Great Hunger and the Randomness of the World
Bloomsday Appreciation of James Joyce, Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever
FREE WILL
Will This Post Make Sam Harris Change His Mind about Free Will?
Our Wills Aren’t As Free as We (or I) Would Like to Believe
New Year’s Resolution: I Will Believe in Free Will
Scientific Seeker Stuart Kauffman on Free Will and Other Mysteries
Christof Koch on Free Will, the Singularity and the Quest to Crack Consciousness
Why New Year Resolutionaries Should Believe in Free Will
Need a New Year’s Resolution? Believe in Free Will!
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