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282. Anil Seth on the Hard Problem of Consciousness, the Self, and the Essence of Volition

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The Fundamental Problem of Consciousness

consciousness is what goes away when you fall into a dreamless sleep. Why are some things conscious, having subjective experiences, and why are others not? The philosopher tom nagele puts it best in when he says for a conscious organism, there is something it is like to be that organism,. But there's nothing it's like to be a table or a chair. That's the problem, the fundamental problem of consciousness. There's as many theories as you want. We did not know about it. If it got about, we didn't have space. It's amazing. And this paper just came out to day year, we had a table was with about 20, maybe that's the

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