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Re:A New Proposal for How Mind Emerges from Matter by geuis on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:04AM (#43192037)
Consciousness is not philosophy. In the past, it was. People didn't have the tools or theoretic background to even approach it in an empiric way.

However we now have at least the basics to hypothesize and perform experiments. So it's no longer philosophy and is in the realm of understanding what actually are the mechanisms of consciousness.

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Re:A New Proposal for How Mind Emerges from Matter by drupe on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:32AM (#43192157)
We can find "neural correlates" of consciousness, but nothing we do right now can prove that experience/awareness is taking place somewhere other than where oneself is experiencing/being aware.
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