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maxerickson on June 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Decades-long bet on consciousness ends

Analogy doesn't really inform us about the unknown.

If we knew what consciousness is, we could make sweeping assertions about what is possible.

We don't know what consciousness is.

Kim_Bruning on June 24, 2023 [–]

I don't disagree!

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