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WiFi WOES

The Rollout of 5G Reawakens Wireless Fears

Not sure what to think of 5G? We have the answers in the current issue of SKEPTIC magazine (27.1), available now in print and digital editions: (Illustration by Izhar Cohen)

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EPISODE # 259

Ogi Ogas — Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

Why do you exist? How did atoms and molecules transform into sentient creatures that experience longing, regret, compassion, and even marvel at their own existence? What does it truly mean to have a mind―to think? Science has offered few answers to these existential questions until now.

Michael Shermer speaks with computational neuroscientist, Ogi Ogas, about his unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, self-awareness, and civilization arose incrementally out of chaos, and how leading cities and nation-states are developing “superminds,” and perhaps planting the seeds for even higher forms of consciousness.

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Two Profiles in Courage

The story of sculptor Franc Epping is a reminder of how much moral progress has been achieved over the past century

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