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Pondering the big question of consciousness is a welcome distraction

Pondering the big question of consciousness is a welcome distraction

29 April 2020

Our best mathematical theory of consciousness is sparking a rethink of one of science’s hardest problems – how simple matter gives rise to a complex mind
Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths

Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths

29 April 2020

The question of how the brain gives rise to subjective experience is the hardest of all. Mathematicians think they can help, but their first attempts have thrown up some eye-popping conclusions

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