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Re:Decades-long bet on consciousness ends – it’s philosopher... by ix-ix on Saturday June 24, 2023 @06:56AM (#36457498)
While we don't understand all parts of consciousness, we understand an incredible amount compared to 25 years ago. So we are much closer today than 25 years ago.

There is a fallacy among non-scientists that if we don't understand absolutely all of it, it means we understand none of it. We understand most of it already.

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Re:Decades-long bet on consciousness ends – it’s philosopher... by smif on Saturday June 24, 2023 @07:16AM (#36457627)
We don't understand most of it already though. We understand virtually none of it. This is why they're still looking for evidence in support of IIT and global workspace theory as talked about in the article.
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