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Asking A Theoretical Physicist About The Physics Of Consciousness | Roger Penrose & Jordan Peterson

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The Potential Necessary Function of Consciousness

The purpose of consciousness, although he might have used thought, was to increase the number of things that we can do without consciousness or thought. But as you pointed out, the cerebellar activity doesn't seem to be conscious at all. And it too, because often becoming consciously aware of a highly functional, unconscious system actually impairs its function rather than improving it. That could be quite sure what tells us about consciousness. It's just telling us that certain things are not conscious, which are controlled by neurons in the brain. Right. Well, just yes or no. I guess I look forward to something like the potential necessary function of consciousness.

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