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Güneş Taylor
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Gunes Taylor is a training fellow at the Francis Crick Institute, the London-based biomedical research centre. Her research predominantly focuses on the the genetic formation of ovaries and testes. Gunes has debated the implications of genome editing in forums such as Fertility Fest, the Festival of Genomics, and Virtual Futures, and is fascinated by our cultural and ideological responses to our genetic makeup.
As a molecular biologist she uses many cutting-edge technologies to understand how reproductive systems are built. Güneş is a highly experienced public speaker, who has interviewed Richard Dawkins, Yuval Harari, Slavoj Zizek, Robert Plomin, Simon Baron-Cohen and Lord Robert Winston.

Gunes Taylor is a training fellow at the Francis Crick Institute, the London-based biomedical research centre. Her research predominantly focuses on the the genetic formation of ovaries and testes. Gunes has debated the implications of genome editing in forums such as Fertility Fest, the Festival of Genomics, and Virtual Futures, and is fascinated by our cultural and ideological responses to our genetic makeup.
As a molecular biologist she uses many cutting-edge technologies to understand how reproductive systems are built. Güneş is a highly experienced public speaker, who has interviewed Richard Dawkins, Yuval Harari, Slavoj Zizek, Robert Plomin, Simon Baron-Cohen and Lord Robert Winston.
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In Search of the Self
Are you an illusion?

The Limits of Logic
Should we embrace the irrational?

The Fractured Mind
Bence Nanay | Should we avoid temptations?

The Dance of Life
Is experience all that we have?

In Search Of Ourselves
Is self-discovery a desirable and vital goal?

Neuroscience vs. Philosophy
Explaining the secrets of the mind

The Limits of Reason
Is knowledge stranger than reason?

The Illusion of Sense
Do our senses radically limit our understanding?

How to be a Stoic
Live your Best Life

Knowing Others and Knowing Oneself
Are the minds of others profoundly unknowable?

The Mind and the World
Raymond Tallis | The issue with neuromania

The Limits of Freedom
Is there such a thing as too much freedom?

The Secrets of Consciousness
Can the brain explain experience?

Matter and Mind
Is consciousness inexplicable?

Hearts and Minds
Should intuition or reason guide us?

The Story of I
Where does the narrative of the self come from?

The Chemistry of Freedom
Is free will an illusion?

Mind and the Universe
Is consciousness stranger than we thought?

Fate, Freedom, and Neuroscience
The science of free will

Truth, Lies and Self-Deception
Can we see ourselves clearly if we want to?

Secrets of the Mind
Can science explain consciousness?

The Mind's Eye
Consciousness and the soul

The Extended Mind
Is consciousness confined to the body?

Owning Ourselves
Are our bodies our property?

Being Conscious
The science and philosophy of consciousness

On Having a Mind, Having a Body, and Being a Person

The Fragility of the Human Personality

Dangerous Convictions
Frank Furedi | Could we live without certainty?

Actual Consciousness
The Limits of Human Consciousness and Thought

Stories of Desire
Can desire help us make sense of the world?

At One With Ourselves
Are meditation and mindfulness just myths?

Mind in the 21st Century

The Tyranny of Freedom
Do we have too much choice?

The Evolution of Consciousness
The transformative ideas of Owen Barfield

The Edge of Reason
Beyond the limits of rationality

Metaphors of the Mind
Does metaphor hold the key to consciousness?

The Road to the Good Life
Is reason the key to a better world?

Are Selves Unreal?
Debunking the establishment's attack on the Self

Animal Reason
Is consciousness unique to humans?

Inside the Mind’s Eye

Catching Sight of Ourselves
Who looks back in the mirror?

The Philosopher’s Guide to Style
Why appearance matters

The Ego Trick
Is the self an illusion?

Sensuality and Deception

Who Looks Back in the Mirror
Are we any closer to understanding the self, and what makes each one of us who we are?

Outrageous Fortune
Fate in modern society

The Architecture of Being
Navigating our relationships

Entering the Unknown
What can we know of ourselves and the world?

Thinking Afresh
Is consistency consistent?

The View From Outside
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CRISPR's Brave New World

Science is based in metaphor

Rewriting the code of life

The moral case for eugenics?

The false promise of human gene editing

A new paradigm to understand pain

Euthanasia isn't a slippery slope

Looking at genes through a human lens

The mystery and origins of play
Biology's Uncertainty Principle

The fight for the future of biology

Nature didn't make us human, culture did

From Darwin to Derrida: evolution as interpretation

Too much pleasure causes pain

How science makes politics absurd

Cracking the creation of life

The ocean is the engine of the Earth

The microorganism that shaped humanity

We risk turning life into an illness

The post-antibiotic apocalypse is here

The mystery of living things

A new theory of matter may help explain life

The mind-body problem is ruining our health

Suspended Ethics?

Entering the Soul Niche

A New Science of Life

The Persecution of Heretics

Who First into the Ark?

An Enemy of The Open Society

Life, agency, and the evolution of free will