Consciousness Here There Everywhere T-Shirt
๐ฌ The science of consciousness ๐ has advanced greatly by focusing on the behavioural ๐งโโ๏ธ and neural correlates ๐ง โก of experience
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โก While neural and behavioural correlates are important for progress ๐ง โก๏ธ, they are not enough to explain even basic mysteries ๐ค.
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Why does the cerebral cortex give rise to consciousness ๐, while the cerebellum โ with even more neurons โ does not? โ๏ธ
โCorrelates also fall short in situations where we want to know whether consciousness is present:
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๐งโโ๏ธ Patients with only small islands of functioning cortex
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๐ถ Premature infants
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๐ฆ Non-mammalian species
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๐ค Machines outperforming humans in driving ๐, face/object recognition ๐๏ธ, and answering complex questions โ๐ก


