Steve Paulson
Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show To the Best of Our Knowledge. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, here.
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Roger Penrose On Why Consciousness Does Not Compute
The emperor of physics defends his controversial theory of mind.
The Spiritual, Reductionist Consciousness of Christof Koch
What the neuroscientist is discovering is both humbling and frightening him.
My Life with the Physics Dream Team
Freeman Dyson on working with the greatest physicists of the 20th century.
The Philosopher Who Says We Should Play God
Why ethical objections to interfering with nature are too late.
Ingenious: David Krakauer
The systems theorist explains what’s wrong with standard models of intelligence.
To Understand Religion, Think Football
Sacred beliefs likely arose out of prehistoric bonding and rituals.
Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science
How the unlikely and unexplainable, strange and terrifying, spawned the age of science.