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Letter: Do mini-brains create a consciousness dilemma?

Published 3 August 2022

From Eric Kvaalen, Les Essarts-le-Roi, France

If consciousness arises out of brains, then we should stop experiments with brain organoids (23 July, p 38). If it doesn’t, then we should reject materialistic theories of consciousness.

Issue no. 3398 published 6 August 2022

New Scientist issue 3398 cover

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