1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (441+ words) On his February 22, 2026 blog the estimable evolutionary biologist, outspoken atheist, and (relevant here) staunch defender of determinism, Jerry Coyne, takes me to task for presenting "a muddled argument" in my case for compatiblism (in an excerpt in Quillette), which was…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (174+ words) What is consciousness, really? Why does it not simply switch on at a single moment? Neuroscientist Niko Kukushkin explains how even single cells can show primitive forms of memory and agency, why the human mind is not a mysterious force…...