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The Contested Mind. Neuroscience, AI, and the Field of Consciousness. The Struggle for Dominance.: The Great Illusion of Control.
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Series: Quantum Physics and Metaphysics. Texts by Bruno del Medico in English. (Ing)
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ISBN13: 9791282549387
Publisher: Pensarediverso
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Pensarediverso
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From cutting-edge neuroscience to artificial intelligence capable of analyzing emotions, habits, and thoughts, today the mind has become the decisive battleground of the new global competition. Yet, despite increasingly invasive technologies, something continues to elude us. An irreducible, unpredictable, unprogrammable core.
The Contested Mind rigorously and clearly examines historical and contemporary attempts to read, predict, and influence human consciousness. It debunks myths, reveals limitations, and opens up a surprising perspective: the mind may not be a product of the brain, but a window onto a broader Field of Consciousness, an informational dimension to which every individual is connected.
Through a journey that weaves together science, technology, philosophy, and history, the book shows why consciousness remains the ultimate unconquerable frontier. And why, in an age of algorithms and invisible manipulation, this elusiveness is our greatest guarantee of freedom.
The book unfolds like a major journalistic and philosophical investigation. It begins with the history of attempts at mind control, from the origins of psychology to political propaganda, from secret Cold War programs to today's surveillance and profiling technologies. It reconstructs the current state of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, clearly demonstrating what these disciplines can truly achieve-and what remains beyond their reach.
At the heart of the essay lies a turning point: the idea that the mind is not identical to the brain. Cognitive anomalies, altered states, atypical clinical cases, and the limitations of materialist theories suggest that consciousness may be broader than its biological basis. With rigor and intellectual openness, the author introduces the possibility of a Field of Consciousness a non-local informational dimension to which the brain connects as an interface. This is not a mystical proposition, but a hypothesis compatible with the still-unresolved paradoxes of contemporary science.
The text operates on three levels: historical, scientific, and speculative. It analyzes the convergence between AI and neuroscience, the technological and geopolitical risks associated with mind control, new theories of consciousness, and the cultural and spiritual implications of a world in which the mind has become the ultimate battlefield. In the second, broader, and more interdisciplinary part, it explores the cultural roots of the idea of universal consciousness, the marginal evidence that challenges the materialist model, and future scenarios for a science capable of incorporating the inner dimension.
The final thesis is both reassuring and revolutionary: however powerful they may be, technologies and neuroscience cannot capture or program consciousness, because the human mind draws from a vaster, deeper, and irreducible source-a source of that guarantees the individual an intrinsic, inalienable freedom.
The Contested Mind is aimed at a cultured and curious audience: readers interested in neuroscience, AI, the philosophy of mind, the politics of technology, and the big questions about human identity. It offers a lucid, critical yet non-ideological perspective, capable of speaking to both skeptics and those open to a non-dogmatic spirituality.
Thus, a book that contributes to the contemporary debate on who we are, what we are becoming, and what forces are seeking to redefine the human being. A guide to understanding the present and navigating the future of consciousness.
Through a journey that weaves together science, technology, philosophy, and history, the book shows why consciousness remains the ultimate unconquerable frontier. And why, in an age of algorithms and invisible manipulation, this elusiveness is our greatest guarantee of freedom.
The book unfolds like a major journalistic and philosophical investigation. It begins with the history of attempts at mind control, from the origins of psychology to political propaganda, from secret Cold War programs to today's surveillance and profiling technologies. It reconstructs the current state of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, clearly demonstrating what these disciplines can truly achieve-and what remains beyond their reach.
At the heart of the essay lies a turning point: the idea that the mind is not identical to the brain. Cognitive anomalies, altered states, atypical clinical cases, and the limitations of materialist theories suggest that consciousness may be broader than its biological basis. With rigor and intellectual openness, the author introduces the possibility of a Field of Consciousness a non-local informational dimension to which the brain connects as an interface. This is not a mystical proposition, but a hypothesis compatible with the still-unresolved paradoxes of contemporary science.
The text operates on three levels: historical, scientific, and speculative. It analyzes the convergence between AI and neuroscience, the technological and geopolitical risks associated with mind control, new theories of consciousness, and the cultural and spiritual implications of a world in which the mind has become the ultimate battlefield. In the second, broader, and more interdisciplinary part, it explores the cultural roots of the idea of universal consciousness, the marginal evidence that challenges the materialist model, and future scenarios for a science capable of incorporating the inner dimension.
The final thesis is both reassuring and revolutionary: however powerful they may be, technologies and neuroscience cannot capture or program consciousness, because the human mind draws from a vaster, deeper, and irreducible source-a source of that guarantees the individual an intrinsic, inalienable freedom.
The Contested Mind is aimed at a cultured and curious audience: readers interested in neuroscience, AI, the philosophy of mind, the politics of technology, and the big questions about human identity. It offers a lucid, critical yet non-ideological perspective, capable of speaking to both skeptics and those open to a non-dogmatic spirituality.
Thus, a book that contributes to the contemporary debate on who we are, what we are becoming, and what forces are seeking to redefine the human being. A guide to understanding the present and navigating the future of consciousness.
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