Date: 23/06/2018 18:30:30
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1243442
Subject: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

Harvard Scientists Think They’ve Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

Scientists have struggled for millennia to understand human consciousness – the awareness of one’s existence. Despite advances in neuroscience, we still don’t really know where it comes from, and how it arises.

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Date: 23/06/2018 18:38:11
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1243446
Subject: re: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

Tau.Neutrino said:


Harvard Scientists Think They’ve Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

Scientists have struggled for millennia to understand human consciousness – the awareness of one’s existence. Despite advances in neuroscience, we still don’t really know where it comes from, and how it arises.

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Its dated 2016 at the bottom of the article.

I wonder where they are now with this research?

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Date: 23/06/2018 18:59:09
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1243450
Subject: re: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

> Despite advances in neuroscience, we still don’t really know where it comes from, and how it arises.

Why not? Just look at thew brain usage of someone who has no awareness of his/her own existence.

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Date: 23/06/2018 19:35:08
From: poikilotherm
ID: 1243457
Subject: re: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

mollwollfumble said:


> Despite advances in neuroscience, we still don’t really know where it comes from, and how it arises.

Why not? Just look at thew brain usage of someone who has no awareness of his/her own existence.

How will you know they have no awareness of their own existence?

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Date: 23/06/2018 19:38:34
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1243458
Subject: re: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

poikilotherm said:


mollwollfumble said:

> Despite advances in neuroscience, we still don’t really know where it comes from, and how it arises.

Why not? Just look at thew brain usage of someone who has no awareness of his/her own existence.

How will you know they have no awareness of their own existence?

It’s an interesting question, isn’t it. How would you answer it?

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Date: 23/06/2018 19:54:35
From: poikilotherm
ID: 1243462
Subject: re: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

mollwollfumble said:


poikilotherm said:

mollwollfumble said:

> Despite advances in neuroscience, we still don’t really know where it comes from, and how it arises.

Why not? Just look at thew brain usage of someone who has no awareness of his/her own existence.

How will you know they have no awareness of their own existence?

It’s an interesting question, isn’t it. How would you answer it?

None of us can ever be truly sure of the any others awareness or lack thereof.

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Date: 23/06/2018 21:50:31
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1243514
Subject: re: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

poikilotherm said:


mollwollfumble said:

poikilotherm said:

How will you know they have no awareness of their own existence?

It’s an interesting question, isn’t it. How would you answer it?

None of us can ever be truly sure of the any others awareness or lack thereof.

Not even if they preen themselves in a mirror?

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Date: 24/06/2018 01:58:11
From: transition
ID: 1243583
Subject: re: Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

just a flicker, but as I got to the end of that article I thought I could have been doing something else instead, but I probably was anyway, so no harm done.

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