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Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe? (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] maporita@unilem.org 6 points 11 months ago

We don't have all the answers yet but we're making progress in finding them.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7597170/#:~:text=A%20crucial%20element%20in%20connectionists,as%20to%20sustain%20conscious%20experiences.

All the evidence so far seems to indicate that consciousness is a purely physical phenomenon .. despite the fact that it may not seem so to us