Marcelo Gleiser 12/6/17 Marcelo Gleiser 12/6/17

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

Marcelo Gleiser 4/4/17 Marcelo Gleiser 4/4/17

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

Marcelo Gleiser 9/29/15 Marcelo Gleiser 9/29/15

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

Marcelo Gleiser 7/21/15 Marcelo Gleiser 7/21/15

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

Marcelo Gleiser 6/11/14 Marcelo Gleiser 6/11/14

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

Marcelo Gleiser 3/11/14 Marcelo Gleiser 3/11/14

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