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Donald Hoffman Λ Joscha Bach on Consciousness, Free Will, Gödel, and Computational Reality

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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Neurons Aren't Special in Thesis

In the casethe cells on the brain, i would just mention something that's very interesting. They use gap junction communication electric so they're effectively a doing what neurons do, but in a very, very different way. And tat they can learn, they can retain memories, and they can be very intelligent. So even as neuro scientists, we may find that we'll have to expand our horizons beyond nero scienceN understandif i were a reductionist and trying to do biological reduction, i would, at this point, with mike leavin's stuff, be interested to say, well, maybe i wouldn't necessarily reduce consciousness to neural activity. But all stop unless you respond

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