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Lazy science and the mystery of consciousness

(NaturalNews) If you asked a scientist where consciousness comes from, you’ll probably a receive very scientific response. By that I mean, he’ll probably give you a very mechanistic explanation of our reality. He’ll tell you that our self-awareness and creativity is produced by neurons…

Unrelated 'next of kin' may lead to legal confusion

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – When hospitalized patients list nonrelatives as next of kin, state laws might interfere with those patients’ wishes – and a new study suggests the situation isn’t rare. In Connecticut, where researchers looked at medical charts of nearly 110,000 hospitalized veterans, eight percent had specified someone other than a close family member as next of kin – in conflict with the state’s “default surrogate consent”