By Jennifer Cobb Kresiberg — 1995
An obscure Jesuit priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, set down the philosophical framework for planetary, Net-based consciousness 50 years ago.
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The brain mechanisms of consciousness are being unravelled at a startling pace, with researchers focusing on eight key areas
It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be.
Our perception of the world around us, and ourselves within it, are ‘controlled hallucinations’ that the brain uses to help keep itself alive