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Michael Pollan: 'Consciousness is really under siege'

A psychedelic experience set author Michael Pollan on a quest to understand consciousness in his new book A World Appears. He tells Olivia Goldhill what he learned – and how it changed him

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EAF952 the end of the road where a road dead ends into the Salton Sea with a sign and barrier

Mind

Want to live forever? There are major questions to confront, first

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The simple questions cracking the hard problem of consciousness

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The simple questions cracking the hard problem of consciousness

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Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?

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Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?

Culture

Scientists inside a science base in the Moon conduct a variety of humorous experiments. We see a cat chasing after a giant laser beam; a scientist being eaten by a venus fly trap, a star falling through a Christmas tree as a scientist tries and fails to put it on top, a scientist going to a 'moonshine' bar, robots attending a seminar, a scientist trapping a human brain in a forcefield, and scientists stepping through portals. In the sky above the spaceship, Santa is being abducted by aliens.

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

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What we’re learning about consciousness from master meditators’ brains

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What we’re learning about consciousness from master meditators’ brains

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Provocative book sets out to solve the hard problem of consciousness

Culture

What 350 different theories of consciousness reveal about reality

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What 350 different theories of consciousness reveal about reality

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Leaf cutter ants carrying sections of leaves

Life

Why you should assume that even the simplest animals are conscious

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Mind

Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it anyway

We are often warned of the consequences of knowing too much, but even when scientific ideas have the potential to be harmful we should still seek to understand them

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Electrical synapses genetically engineered in mammals for first time

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Largest mammalian brain map ever could unpick what makes us human

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What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will

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How studying babies' minds is prompting us to rethink consciousness

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