Superconscious – Matthew G McKay Evolving

4 07, 2018

WestWorld and Consciousness

By Matthew G McKay| 2018-07-04T11:59:08+00:00 July 4th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Christianity, Conscioiusness, Dualism, Ethics, Evolved, Metaphysics, Neurology, Pleroma's Void, Psychology, Spiritual, Superconscious, Supraconscious|2 Comments

The interpretation of consciousness in WestWorld, like Evolved and my current project Pleroma's Void, asks deep questions about the nature of the mind. What is consciousness? Is it simply a result of all the physical stuff going on in our heads? Or, is there something else, non-physical? These questions drill down into questions like: What [...]

26 01, 2018

The Coming Emotional Superconscious

By Matthew G McKay| 2018-01-26T14:10:17+00:00 January 26th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Buddhism, Christianity, Conscioiusness, Metaphysics, Neurology, Psychology, Science, Self, Superconscious|0 Comments

How Emotions Are Made Is an emotional superconscious in our future? A networking of our brains through artificial intelligence? If so, what does it mean for our us, as individuals and as a society and culture? To help guide me on this quest, I read How Emotions Are Made by Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, a University [...]

11 01, 2018

Emotional Responsibility and Justice

By Matthew G McKay| 2018-01-11T13:47:08+00:00 January 11th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Conscioiusness, Memory, Neurology, Self, Superconscious, Supraconscious|21 Comments

Neurology of Emotions What are emotions? As Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett describes them: guesses, created by billions of neurons. In the featured image of the mannequins, your brain may have had conflicting emotions about it. Happiness, community, laughter, excitement, attraction, weird and kooky may have all found an emotional outlet. Yet, a repulsion to the [...]

6 01, 2018

Fundamental – Space OR Time?

By Matthew G McKay| 2018-01-06T22:34:16+00:00 January 6th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Buddhism, Christianity, Conscioiusness, Evolved, Hindu, Judaism, Metaphysics, Muslim, Native American, Neurology, Quantum Physics, Self, Spiritual, Superconscious, Supraconscious, Technology|2 Comments

Our Place in Space What is our place in space? We're so caught up in the temporal, saving for the future and managing our calendar, that maybe we're missing something fundamental. Reading God is Red by Vine Delora, Jr., who was named by Time magazine in 1974 one of the influential religious thinkers of the [...]

19 12, 2017

Murdering Your Memories and Fake News

By Matthew G McKay| 2017-12-19T20:37:00+00:00 December 19th, 2017|Conscioiusness, Evolved, Memory, Self, Superconscious|0 Comments

Memory Ethics Critical To Our Future "Memory is not for bystanders. It seduces us, haunts us, goads us, and ensnares us. It shows us who we are, what we care about, and what we’ll fight for." - Dr. Ravit Reichman In my last post I highlighted how scientific advancements are unraveling the riddle of how [...]