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1. spodek+9D[view] [source] 2020-04-27 00:30:28
>>qqqqqu+(OP)
Consciousness.

How is it possible that the thread is up 5 hours and ctrl-f consciousness returns nothing?

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2. Jabavu+zH[view] [source] 2020-04-27 01:16:16
>>spodek+9D
Because no one knows what it is or even agrees on a definition. Consciousness is a pre-scientific concept at this point.

There are attempts to rigorously define it. I'm currently reading this paper, but not really convinced: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/jo...

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