Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Why I don’t root for the Many Worlds team

What Is Intelligence? At a church in Italy, we sought to shed an old definition for one that could save us.

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Hundreds of physicists (and a few journalists) journeyed to Helgoland, the birthplace of quantum mechanics, and grappled with what they have and haven’t learned about reality.

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You have never read a science book like this

The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind

On seeing and believing

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This paper began as a set of notes introducing quantum physicists of the QBist persuasion to enactive theory. Unlike mainstream cognitive science, which views cognition as computations on internal rep...

Drastic polar ice melt is slowing Earth’s rotation, counteracting a speedup from the planet’s liquid outer core. The upshot is that we might need to subtract a leap second for the first time ever with...

Motor cognition involves the process of planning and executing goal–directed movements and recognizing, anticipating, and interpreting others’ actions. Motor cognitive functions are generally asso...

Large language models (LLMs) are impressive technological creations but they cannot replace all scientific theories of cognition. A science of cognition must focus on humans as embodied, social animal...

Anthony Chemero is professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include nonlinear dynamical modeling, ecolo...

Converging lines of research suggest that we might be misunderstanding something we do every night of our lives.

Editor’s note: Since 2015, the Simons Foundation has supported the “It from Qubit” collaboration, a group of scientists drawing on ideas from quantum information theory to address deep issues in...

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Michael Levin is uncovering the incredible, latent abilities of living things.