This book takes readers to meet the presumed experts on how the brain works, but demonstrates that we cannot absolutely understand what is happening inside our heads, that science has achieved virtually nothing in explaining the mind and that science cannot define what makes us human.
John Horgan Books
John Horgan is a science journalist whose work often explores the intricate connections between scientific understanding and the profound questions of human existence. His writing has appeared in leading global publications, and through his essays, he prompts readers to consider the boundaries of science and its impact on our perception of the world. Horgan's investigative journalism delves into the essence of scientific discovery and its implications.
The End of Science
Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age
- 324 pages
- 12 hours of reading
As a writer for Scientific American, the author is regularly afforded the opportunity of interviewing comtemporary scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Hawking and Noam Chomsky. In this work, he discusses with them whether all the big scientific questions have been answered and all the knowledge worth knowing become known. Will there eventually be a theory of everything that signals the end? In a time where scientific rationality is under fire from many quarters, Horgan provides an overview of current scientific enterprise as he discusses God, Star Trek, superstrings, quarks, consciousness and many other topics.
The Future of Terrorism
- 244 pages
- 9 hours of reading
These papers are from a meeting at University College Cork, Ireland, at which terrorism experts from academia and law enforcement presented and dicussed their views on future developments in terrorism.