Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Delving Deeper into the Subject of Binaural Beats

Posted on February 2, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Scheme showing the course of the fibers of the lemniscus; medial lemniscus in blue, lateral in red. (Superior olivary nucleus is labeled at center right.) The superior olivary nucleus is considered part of the pons and is a part of … Continue reading →

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The Fundamentals of Consciousness?

Posted on January 30, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Ian Waldie/Getty Images Science also lacks even a back-of-the-envelop concept explaining the emergence of consciousness from the behavior of mere matter. We have an elaborate understanding of the ways in which experience depends on neurobiology. But how consciousness arises out … Continue reading →

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Geometry Expressed, Hidden In Ancient Design

Posted on January 26, 2013 by PlatoHagel

If the late character of our sources may incite us to doubt the authenticity of this tradition, there remains that, in its spirit, it is in no way out of character, as can be seen by reading or rereading what … Continue reading →

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Materialism/Physicalism

Posted on January 23, 2013 by PlatoHagel

In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that the only thing that exists is matter or energy; that all things are composed of material and all phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material interactions. In other words, matter is … Continue reading →

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Charging Stations

Posted on January 22, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Public charging stations in San Francisco 2009 Some of these special charging stations provide one or a range of heavy duty or special connectors and/or charging without a physical connection using parking places equipped with inductive charging mats. Okay you … Continue reading →

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Quantum Consciousness (Stuart Hameroff)

Posted on January 21, 2013 by PlatoHagel

  See Also:   See:  Nikola Tesla – Wardenclyffe Tower Dialogos of Eide

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The Observer

Posted on January 17, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Thomas Kuhn However, the incommensurability thesis is not Kuhn’s only positive philosophical thesis. Kuhn himself tells us that “The paradigm as shared example is the central element of what I now take to be the most novel and least understood … Continue reading →

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Stuart Kauffman on Beyond Reductionism

Posted on January 14, 2013 by PlatoHagel

“It is very good that <a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/smolin/smolin_p1.html&quot; target="_BLank" title="A Possible Solution For The Problem Of Time In Quantum CosmologyBy Stuart Kauffman and Lee Smolin [4.7.97]”>Stu Kauffman and Lee are making this serious attempt to save a notion of time, since … Continue reading →

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First Room Temperature Superconductor

Posted on January 14, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Superconductors.ORG herein reports the 28C room-temperature superconductordiscovered in December 2011 has been successfully reformulated to produce a critical transition temperature (Tc) above 30 Celsius (86F, 303K). This new material has a nominal formula of Tl5Pb2Ba2Mg2.5Cu8.5O17+ and a Tc near 30.5C. … Continue reading →

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Visible Earth

Posted on January 9, 2013 by PlatoHagel

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ (Click on Image for Larger Viewing) See Also: Blue Marble Navigator Spaceship Earth: Who Is In Control?  http://www.overviewinstitute.org/  http://www.overviewthemovie.com/ Dialogos of Eide

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