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Anil Seth explores the mystery of consciousness

The TED Interview

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Is There a Difference Between Intelligence and Consciousness?

I think consciousness and intelligence are probably what we would say doubly dissociable. You can have one without the other. I don't think you have to be intelligent or an organism doesn't have to be smart to suffer. If you are intelligent, it gives you more ways of suffering. But it's not necessary. And it's also not sufficient. We're going to over attribute consciousness to things that are not just because they seem smart," he says.

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