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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by naeemtee on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @01:06PM (#32400655)
> Dr. Edelman distinguished between primary consciousness, which came first in evolution, and that humans share with other conscious animals, and higher order consciousness, which came to only humans with the acquisition of language.

Interestingly, this is (roughly) the Qur'anic explanation for the genesis of human consciousness.

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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by aaaaaaaaaaab on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @01:24PM (#32400912)
A broken clock is right twice a day.
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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by chimineycricket on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @02:19PM (#32401741)
Quran also states that the big bang is real[0]. Make that 3 times a day

[0]: https://quran.com/21/30

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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by 22122 on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @02:25PM (#32401812)
the quran also has a math error in its inheritence laws: https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/comments/98rpd8/qurans_mat...
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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by mtlmtlmtlmtl on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @02:52PM (#32402270)
It makes a statement that can be interpreted that way with some help, sure. Sort of like how the ancient greeks came up with atoms, evolution etc. But it was just a vague idea, really, nothing very concrete.
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