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ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2011) - Darwin's notion that only the fittest survive has been called into question by new research published in the journal Nature. A collaboration between the Universities of Exeter and Bath in the UK, with a group from San Diego State University in the US, challenges our current understanding of evolution by showing that biodiversity may evolve where previously thought impossible.

Brain, bodily awareness, and the emergence of a conscious self: these entities and their relations are explored by Germanphilosopher and cognitive scientist Metzinger. Extensively working with neuroscientists he has come to the conclusion that, in fact, there is no such thing as a "self" -- that a "self" is simply the content of a model created by our brain - part of a virtual reality we create for ourselves. But if the self is not "real," he asks, why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct the self? In a series of fascinating virtual reality experiments, Metzinger and his colleagues have attempted to create so-called "out-of-body experiences" in the lab, in order to explore these questions. As a philosopher, he offers a discussion of many of the latest results in robotics, neuroscience, dream and meditation research, and argues that the brain is much more powerful than we have ever imagined. He shows us, for example, that we now have the first machines that have developed an inner image of their own body -- and actually use this model to create intelligent behavior. In addition, studies exploring the connections between phantom limbs and the brain have shown us that even people born without arms or legs sometimes experience a sensation that they do in fact have limbs that are not there. Experiments like the "rubber-hand illusion" demonstrate how we can experience a fake hand as part of our self and even feel a sensation of touch on the phantom hand form the basis and testing ground for the idea that what we have called the "self" in the past is just the content of a transparent self-model in our brains. Now, as new ways of manipulating the conscious mind-brain appear on the scene, it will soon become possible to alter our subjective reality in an unprecedented manner. The cultural consequences of this, Metzinger claims, may be immense: we will need a new approach to ethics, and we will be forced to think about ourselves in a fundamentally new way. At

Stem cell research is one of the most fascinating areas of medical science. Mahendra Trivedi has done cancer research through his thoughts, i.e. Trivedi Effect.

Horse Gram is very popular in the hilly regions in India. Horse Gram project was conducted in Dr. B. S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli and due to Mahendra Trivedi's thought transmission its growth had been drastically improved.

Incredible growth of Sponge Gourd with The Trivedi Effect, a unique thought transmission process of Mahendra Trivedi! It has been observed by various studies and researches.

Incredible growth of maize plant by The Trivedi Effect! This unique thought transmission of Mahendra Trivedi has a huge impact on the growth of maize plant.

Everyone could join Mahendra Trivedi at the specialized two-hour live webcast "Empower your Magnetism" on February 11, 2015, at 9PM ET. Where they could hear his thought-provoking discourse and will communicate with him together with thousands of individuals from across the globe.

Trivedi Effect is a well-known phenomenon of transmitting Universal Intelligence power through the power of thoughts to create transformation.

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced remarkable growth and development in recent years, pushing the boundaries of what was once thought possible. In this article, we'll explore the current state of AI evolution and where this fascinating field is heading in the future. We'll delve into various aspects of AI development, including machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, and AI ethics, as well as the role of quantum computing in AI's future.

AI Evolution: Unraveling the Future of Artificial Intelligence

For more than a century, neuroscientists believed that the brains of humans and other mammals differed from the brains of other animals, such as birds (and so were presumably better). Researchers have now found that a comparable region in the brains of chickens concerned with analyzing auditory inputs is constructed similarly to that of mammals.

I thought of the Aurora Borealis as a slow motion version of what we cannot see with the naked eye. Particles coming together in an astounding manner and in a sequential order as we understand it. Is this Emergence?

How to tap the wisdom of the crowd in your head

"(PhysOrg.com) -- People naturally sort words and objects into categories, a key process in forming memory. But when it comes to how things are mentally organized, cultures dramatically differ in their strategies."