Emmy Noether and the Reason Energy Is Conserved
Why is energy conserved? Not luck, not a measured habit of the world. A mathematician barred from a paid job proved it's because the universe has no favourite moment.
- Thermodynamics
- Philosophy
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Is the Brain a Quantum Computer?
The idea is seductive: consciousness is mysterious, quantum mechanics is mysterious, so maybe one explains the other. Here's why physicists mostly say no — and what quantum biology really shows.
- Neuroscience
- Quantum Physics
- Philosophy
The Hard Problem: Why There's Something It's Like to Be You
We can explain what the brain does — process, react, report. We cannot explain why any of it is accompanied by an inner experience. That gap has a name, and it may be the deepest question in science.
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy