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Consciousness expanded.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) 10 Jul 2021
Medium (Periodical) New scientist.
Classif 500 NEW
Subject Science and technology
Page 34 - 43
Authors Young, Emma
Ananthaswamy, Anil
Robson, David
Douglas, Kate
Notes

How a physical brain creates the feeling of being is one of life's greatest mysteries - but one we are starting to crack. This article answers 10 questions that reveal how our everyday experience of reality is more mind-blowing than we imagine.

1. Whay is consciousness.

2. How many states of consciousness do humans have?

3. Can physics explain consciousness?

4. What is consciousness like in other animals?

5. When did consciousness evolve?

6. How could we have known if a machine were conscious?

7. What is consciousness for?

8. Is conscouness detectable in the brain?

9. Is the universe conscious?

10. Does consciousness make reality?

 

 

 

Contents

How a physical brain creates the feeling of being is one of life's greatest mysteries - but one we are starting to crack. This article answers 10 questions that reveal how our everyday experience of reality is more mind-blowing than we imagine.

1. Whay is consciousness.

2. How many states of consciousness do humans have?

3. Can physics explain consciousness?

4. What is consciousness like in other animals?

5. When did consciousness evolve?

6. How could we have known if a machine were conscious?

7. What is consciousness for?

8. Is conscouness detectable in the brain?

9. Is the universe conscious?

10. Does consciousness make reality?

 

Keywords
Brain     Consciousness