<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Consciousness on Ghafoor's Personal Blog</title><link>https://ghafoorsblog.com/tags/consciousness/</link><description>Recent content in Consciousness on Ghafoor's Personal Blog</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><managingEditor>hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)</managingEditor><webMaster>hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)</webMaster><copyright>Copyright © 2024-2026 AG Sayyed. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:29:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ghafoorsblog.com/tags/consciousness/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Is the Mind More Than the Brain</title><link>https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/consciousness/02-mind-beyond-the-brain/001-mind-beyond-the-brain/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)</author><guid>https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/consciousness/02-mind-beyond-the-brain/001-mind-beyond-the-brain/</guid><description>&lt;p class="lead text-primary"&gt;
Is consciousness produced by the brain, or does the brain only tune into it? These shorts tour bold ideas about mind, meaning and memory, and keep asking what is actually known and what is only an open question.
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&lt;h2 id="the-brain-as-a-receiver"&gt;The Brain as a Receiver&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published 2026-06-26 · &lt;a
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&lt;p&gt;The short says some researchers wonder whether consciousness is produced by the brain or whether the brain works more like a receiver. It states plainly that this is not fact and not settled, only an honest question.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Observation and Time</title><link>https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/quantum-physics/01-perception-and-reality/001-observation-and-time/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)</author><guid>https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/quantum-physics/01-perception-and-reality/001-observation-and-time/</guid><description>&lt;p class="lead text-primary"&gt;
Measuring something can change it, and the way we experience time may not be the whole story. Two short ideas from physics and fiction ask how much of reality is shaped by the way we look at it.
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&lt;h2 id="the-observer-effect"&gt;The Observer Effect&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published 2026-10-29 · &lt;a
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&lt;p&gt;The observer effect is often misread as human consciousness magically changing reality. The real idea is more modest: in some quantum experiments, the act of measuring a system can change it, because the measurement interacts with the particles. When scientists observe extremely small particles such as electrons, the light or energy used to measure them disturbs the system.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>