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Marcelo Gleiser

Professor of Physics and Astronomy | Dartmouth College
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Science and the Mystery of the Mind

We are still as ignorant about the "passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness" as John Tyndall and his Victorian colleagues were.
December 6, 2017

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PostedDecember 6, 2017
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Tagsmind, brain, John Tyndall

Life and Mind at Dinner: An Allegory

Marcelo imagines a conversation between a geneticist, a Buddhist, a physicist, a psychologist, and a theologian about life and the future of humanity.
April 5, 2017

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PostedApril 4, 2017
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Tagspsychologist, theologian, geneticist, buddhist, physicist, mind, brain, philosophy, life

The Immortal Brain: Would You Go For It?

Let's assume that we could preserve someone's brain after death — and reconstruct the architecture of the brain in great detail. This would be only part of the task.
September 29, 2015

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PostedSeptember 29, 2015
AuthorScienceSites
Tagscryogenics, brain, immortality

The Brain's Remarkable Sculpting of Memories

Some memories persist for a lifetime, even if sometimes only at the level of uncertain contours. How does the brain do that?
July 22, 2015

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PostedJuly 21, 2015
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Tagssynapses, neurons, memories, brain

Our Brain, the Trickster

Don't get fooled into believing you know what reality is. Marcelo suggests it's a trick the brain plays on us, an illusion spun together out of our many bodily senses.
June 11, 2014

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PostedJune 11, 2014
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Tagsvisual perception, perception, brain

Is Freedom Just An Illusion? Maybe We Don't Want To Know

As we learn more about the brain, we should ask whether learning too much might, ultimately, compromise our freedom. Simulating reality could be a threat to reality.

March 12, 2014

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PostedMarch 11, 2014
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Tagsplato, nick bostrom, brain, reality, the matrix
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Flying low over clouds and myst…
Happy Mother’s Day! For all biological mothers and the mother of us all 🌍
My Twitter post on ChatGPT went viral…I hope fascination means more ethical care on how AI is trained
A trail run for Mother’s Day!
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Flying low over clouds and myst… Happy Mother’s Day! For all biological mothers and the mother of us all 🌍 My Twitter post on ChatGPT went viral…I hope fascination means more ethical care on how AI is trained

Recent Activities

Recent Activities
Why We Are the Only Humans in the Universe and Why It Matters to Our Collective Future

Marcelo was a presenter at Nature, Earth and Humanity: The Evolution of Connection, an international forum on consciousness.

Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement

Marcelo was director of The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE) — a nucleus of intellectual and spiritual transformation, a bridge between the sciences and the humanities that people can cross in both directions and, in doing so, enrich themselves and their worldview.

13.8: Science, Culture, Meaning

Marcelo has relaunched the 13.8 blog, where he writes about science and culture with physicist and 13.8 co-founder Adam Frank.

Question Reality! Science, Philosophy, a Search for Meaning

Trace philosophy and science through the ages in Marcelo’s newest MOOC.

How to Ignite Secular Spirituality

In this virtual meeting, convened by Synergos, Marcelo Gleiser discusses how Covid-19 is impacting our worldviews and ways to co-create a new world through our individual and collective actions.

NYAS Panel Discussion: The Enigma of Life

Marcelo analyzes the impact of awe and wonder on his own work and on the mindsets of his colleagues carrying out cutting-edge scientific research.

The Origins of Life

In this TEDxEast talk, Marcelo tells the 13.7-billion-year story of our universe in 18 minutes.

How We Make Sense of the World: Information, Map-Making, and The Scientific Narrative

A new paper by Marcelo and Damian Sowinski on applying information theory to how we make sense of the world.


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Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum. Listen to the program ➞

Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum.
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