<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Searching For Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scientific exploration of mind at all scales of the universe]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:54:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.searchingformind.com/zh/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[ATP and Adenosine—Fundamental Cellular Communication Signals]]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than a century, neuroscience has been built around a neuron-centered worldview. The heroes of this story are familiar neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, glutamate, and GABA. Textbooks describe neurons communicating across synapses in brain circuits using these specialized chemical messengers. The vast ‘connectome’ network of axons and dendrites was believed to determine mental events. Neurons were viewed as the only true information-processing...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/atp-and-adenosine-fundamental-cellular-communication-signals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a399d1e72415ea9e53b5406</guid><category><![CDATA[Humans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Cells]]></category><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:34:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_2eaa8b49b14a4646ba42f5ea5c9697e1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Cells Thinking in Light? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than a century, biology has largely viewed cellular communication as a chemical process. This chemical view has been very helpful in describing a large number of cellular signaling pathways. However, modern cell biology increasingly reveals a deeper reality. Cells are not simply bags of chemicals. They are highly organized information-processing systems operating across many scales simultaneously.   Within every cell, billions of molecules continuously exchange information through a...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/are-cells-thinking-in-light</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a25bf9fbcf454bfefd92d08</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Cells]]></category><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mysteries]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:17:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_a960d58db9a24936a216649a18dec84f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molecular Mind in Cellular Motors 7: The Society of Cell Motors and Tracks]]></title><description><![CDATA[When most people imagine a living cell, they picture a microscopic bag of organic materials. In fact, as described in prior posts, a cell is a vast, organized society whose members constantly communicate, cooperate, negotiate, compete, and adapt to changing conditions. At the center of this society lies a remarkable transportation system: an immense network of molecular tracks, scaffolds, motors, signaling complexes, organelles, and regulatory molecules that continuously exchange information...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/molecular-mind-in-cellular-motors-7-the-society-of-cell-motors-and-tracks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a22f6693919feaaedf8e4e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:46:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_4c95ecdefc134d9aba0aa342996f0a66~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molecular Mind in Cellular Motors 6: The Very Talented Dynein Motor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dynein is a vastly more complex motor than kinesin. It walks along microtubules carrying vesicles, RNA granules, mitochondria, signaling complexes, and even large full chromosomes. It moves the entire cell nucleus during immune cell movement and manages the extraordinarily complex choreography of chromosome separation during cell division. It is a motor with awareness of what each situation requires.   Dynein is enormous. Including its essential additional dynactin complex, it has 21,000...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/molecular-mind-in-cellular-motors-6-the-very-talented-dynein-motor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18a3f5c2da9ec2684a7f73</guid><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 20:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_f02670a74acf485dbc8cfdc59905d56d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molecular Mind and Cellular Motors 5: Kinesin Motors––Walking, Communicating Molecular Creatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kinesin is an individual cellular motor made of just four protein chains that senses, navigates, makes decisions, and walks with two feet, step by step like a human. It picks up a variety of cargo, such as vesicles, mitochondria, molecular complexes, or messenger RNA and walks, one deliberate step at a time, along a highway of protein cables toward a precise destination.   Walking upright on two legs is rare in nature—humans, ostriches, penguins, kangaroos, and a few others—each evolved this...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/molecular-mind-and-cellular-motors-5-kinesin-motors-walking-communicating-molecular-creatures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a14a16cf3bc0136e51b8345</guid><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 20:51:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_8978b387a5464d2ca8ee8f4e691b756e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molecular Mind in Cellular Motors 4: The City Inside the Cell––An Infrastructure that Thinks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of the cell’s most important functions occur through the actions of a huge, dynamic, complex scaffold that extends throughout the cell. It consists of tracks along which molecular motors walk and carry necessary cargo everywhere in the cell. This scaffold is not made like rigid, passive railroad tracks, but tracks that grow, shrink, and bend—precisely organized, but dynamic and instantly responsive. The tracks stretch from the cell's center outward like spokes, providing routes along...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/molecular-mind-in-cellular-motors-4-the-city-inside-the-cell-an-infrastructure-that-thinks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0a1cf1d7b330c99a63524b</guid><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 20:38:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_9241c5c1edd44331aec68de74179ffbc~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_559,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molecular Mind in Cellular Motors 3: Disordered Dancing Molecules Allow for Infinite Agility and Creativity ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since DNA’s discovery, molecular biology had operated on reassuring assumptions: every protein folds into one precise, stable shape; shape determines its function; and shape is determined by a sequence of amino acids produced by a sequence of DNA letters. It was a clean idea. The holy grail of bioscience for decades was finding the shapes of proteins and the DNA codes that determine that shape. It is very difficult to determine the shapes of any protein from the sequence of amino acids and...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/molecular-mind-in-cellular-motors-3-disordered-dancing-molecules-allow-for-infinite-agility-and-cre</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04f0952fe6e98eed483e3f</guid><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:19:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_73d17d38b9f648fdac86d5412aeedb89~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_960,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molecular Mind in Cellular Motors 2:  Water, The Universal, Dynamic, Non-covalent, Weak Bonds for all of Life’s Activity ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Water is the medium that makes life possible. Water is so ordinary that we rarely think of it as doing anything. But inside a living cell, water is not a passive background—it is an active participant in nearly every molecular event and every cellular structure. The water molecule has a peculiar geometry. One oxygen atom pulls so strongly on two hydrogen atoms that it ends up slightly negative, while the two hydrogens are left slightly positive, which results in four partial charges pointing...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/molecular-mind-in-cellular-motors-2-water-the-universal-dynamic-non-covalent-weak-bonds-for-al</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a00d4cbb1ac8cd94fa71c1f</guid><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf835_7e8119ecb85a4d168bebc428d44d26c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_841,h_726,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molecular Mind in Cellular Motors 1: Chemical Bonds for Agile, Ingenious, Perceptive, Resourceful Behavior.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people picture molecules as rigid, locked-together structures — like tiny pieces of stone. But the molecules inside every living cell are something far more remarkable: they hold together loosely and temporarily on purpose. The strongest molecular bonds—called covalent bonds—share electrons so firmly that breaking them requires a serious chemical event. These strong bonds produce the stable structures of large molecules like DNA, RNA, lipids, and proteins. When the DNA/RNA/Protein dogma...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/molecular-mind-in-cellular-motors-1-chemical-bonds-for-agile-ingenious-perceptive-resourceful-be</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fe49d64f7ebdc9f6ab0702</guid><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_e2503062ee474f729eea71d4d15d27fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_243,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jonlieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Rocks Have Minds in FMT?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The short answer is yes but not very complex minds.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/do-rocks-have-minds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0e699ff2e2005e9262691</guid><category><![CDATA[FMT]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:10:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_32516a6b3250666148336f~mv2_d_5184_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are AIs Conscious in FMT?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The short answer is no, AI's are mindless.  But the computers they run on host trillions of independent minds.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/ais-are-less-conscious-than-rocks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0eb79ff2e2005e9262a09</guid><category><![CDATA[FMT]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:11:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_695bc7ce47f54a17ae426f023486c46b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Electromagnetic Field Grounds, Combines, and Powers Living Matter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Studies of worms and tadpoles suggest that cells communicate and coordinate their activities electromagnetically]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/cells-communicate-electromagnetically</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e4ed46a96d49e56ec2c80e</guid><category><![CDATA[Animals & Insects]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:14:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cerebral Cortex Does Not Generate the Human Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Infants born without a cerebral cortex demonstrate that they still have a variety of conscious experiences.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/the-human-mind-is-not-generated-by-the-cerebral-cortex</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e3ac651810622e926d0f8b</guid><category><![CDATA[Humans]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:36:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_73020fd830e04b489cfe293b0a9a35f1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_247,h_175,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physics is Incomplete at Every Scale of the Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Physics is incomplete fat every scale of reality.  This is true from the quantum scale, to the scale of life and mind, to  cosmological scales.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/physics-is-incomplete-at-every-scale-of-the-universe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de7c81c87c857db1f70f70</guid><category><![CDATA[Mysteries]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_20815d17cc6442bc9899367bf7e7384c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_488,h_260,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electromagnetic Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reprint of Cellular Mind chapter 5 which makes the case that the electromagnetic force combines and powers increasingly complex forms of matter and mind.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/the-electromagnetic-force-combines-matter-and-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de7a48c87c857db1f708cf</guid><category><![CDATA[Mysteries]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:39:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution Does Not Require Natural Selection]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Tufts University experiment on worms directly challenges modern evolution theory.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/evolution-does-not-require-natural-selection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697b8eb0c1bd63f263ffbd53</guid><category><![CDATA[Mysteries]]></category><category><![CDATA[Animals & Insects]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:49:45 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolving the Mind Combination Problem with Existing Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two thought experiments involving mind as a fundamental property of matter or as a quantum field resolve the combination problem.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/resolving-the-mind-combination-problem-with-universal-scientific-laws</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6976ca21d87a58890160e691</guid><category><![CDATA[Mysteries]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:59:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_2721afbe12234df5bf7931fd2e0877df~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Existing Physics Cannot Resolve the Hard Problem of Consciousness]]></title><description><![CDATA[The true scope of the hard problem is not recognized by the scientific and philosophical communities.]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-requires-new-physics-to-resolve</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696d68583d420427946de09d</guid><category><![CDATA[Mysteries]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:35:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_50d1c7abb1d34e31b1636ac1a8ba430f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_808,h_410,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Rowen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vast Complexity of Alternative Splicing in Neurons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alternative splicing of messenger RNA has been shown to be critical for the development of the human brain. The ability to make many new and complex proteins allowed the development of the enormous molecular complexity in different neurons and in different regions. For some reason, in evolution humans developed the ability to use alternative splicing much more than other species. This ability is most prominent in the brain. This post updates the most recent understanding of how the human...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/vast-complexity-of-alternative-splicing-in-neurons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697fb7c5bb104146c0d0c557</guid><category><![CDATA[Humans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Molecules]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 03:45:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_cb28b63ffe82486a981c28c7c575839f~mv2.gif/v1/fit/w_300,h_144,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lieff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Virus Signals]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is only recently that scientists have been able to observe tiny viruses and their behavior. Bacteria are a thousand times larger than viruses, and our human cells are a thousand times larger than bacteria. We still don’t know what viruses are and how they can have such a complex lifestyle while consisting of just a piece of RNA or DNA and a handful of proteins. With everyone focused on SARS-CoV-2 virus, it is important to realize that much is being learned about how viruses can communicate...]]></description><link>https://www.searchingformind.com/post/understanding-virus-signals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697fbc87471736d6bff4d868</guid><category><![CDATA[Viruses]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:47:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36b122_9697835ea7064a3da209c9727a25351d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_216,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Lieff</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>