On Sleep and Dreams

by John Wilson

 I have been fascinated by sleep and dreams ever since I was a small boy in the 1950s. Continue Reading »

29 Jul 2022

Supple Mind

by Nicholas Carr

The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousnessby david gelernterliveright, 320 pages, $26.95 What in the end makes The Tides of Mind a brave and exemplary book is not so much Gelernter’s conclusions as his method. It has become fashionable among computationalists and others to argue . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2016

A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma

by Stephen M. Barr

The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory by David Chalmers. Oxford University Press, 414 pages, $29.95. Physics cannot explain why an apple looks red. This will surprise some people, but it is a fact that can hardly be disputed. Physics does indeed tell us why an apple reflects red . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1997