zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 2 days agoMind-Body ProblemSo there's literally tons of stuff I could write about, but there are two things that attract my attention like nothing else. Well... three actually; I shouldn't forget my better…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 days agoFilling The GapsIt's what we're constantly doing. Or it's what our minds are constantly doing; we're constantly "auto-correcting" what we see and hear to conform to sounds, words and images that…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 5 days agoFBI And The Phantom SelfSorry, this is not some conspiracy starring the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI stands for Full Body Illusion in this title. In my regular pondering over what is real and…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 13 days agoWant To "Own" A Bored Ape?This article is going to contain a step-by-step instruction on how you, and anyone else, can get the Bored Ape from Paris Hilton, or any other NFT "art" on your own computer. And…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 14 days agoThere Is No CloudI'm sure you've heard this saying before: "There is no cloud. It's just someone else's computer." I don't know exactly when or where it appeared originally, I only know it's been…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 17 days agoControlled HallucinationWe do not perceive reality in its true form; there's a difference between what the eye sees and what the brain perceives. Evolution has given each conscious creature its own…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • last monthUnderground SabertoothIn many ancient mythologies we see creatures that are made up of parts of different species glued together, often but not always containing the human animal as part of the…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • last monthEvolved MoralityWhat does it mean to be good? This is a question philosophers, scientists and religions have struggled with throughout recorded history. The least satisfactory answers, in my…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • last monthHorrors Of PseudoscienceWe live in an age of misinformation and disinformation, an age of mass delusion even. An increasing number of people are inclined to believe things that do not conform with…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 2 months agoEvolution Of WhalesThis should be of interest to everyone here on Steemit or Hive. The evolution needed to become a whale has been shrouded in mysteries for years, but now we (think we) know, so…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 2 months agoDeep MysteryIt's such a pleasure to not know everything. I really mean that. Just imagine how boring everything would be were we to know everything, if there were nothing left to learn or…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 2 months agoGreen CommunicationIt's something most of us don't think about very often, but plants are actually not passive at all and have a very busy life full of communication, partnerships and territorial…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 2 months agoOxygen Catastrophe (repost)How a single celled organism almost wiped all life on earth during the first mass-extinction by giving us oxygen. source: [Wikimedia Commons](zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 months agoAge Of Consciousness (repost)What I want to focus on in this post is the question of the literal age of consciousness, how long it has existed, how old it is. The conclusion I've reached for myself is that…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 months agoCollective MindThat's not science fiction. And I'm also not specifically talking about the vast amount of data and knowledge stored in the electronic global brain called "the internet." No, I'm…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 months agoHolocene Extinction (repost)Did you know that 98% of all species that have ever lived on earth are now extinct? Almost every species of bacterium, plant, fish or animal that's ever lived is no longer with…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 months agoFirst Cause?Science, in its quest to shed light on the true nature of reality, has for hundreds of years held the belief that the principle of causality is at the foundation of all there is.…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 3 months agoFlat-Earth FallacyTemperatures have been rising over the centuries. In the same time the number of pirates has decreased. Therefore we need more pirates to combat global warming. The very first "debate" I remember having was with my next door neighbor friend. We must have been seven or eight years old and we were debating one of humanities oldest…zyx066 in #hive-122315 • 4 months agoEinstein's Common SenseIt's so easy to say or write these words: "time", "space" and "common sense". We all know what they mean; it's currently 11:58 PM, 2 February 2022, and I'm sitting in my attic…
