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The Russell Brand Interview

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is There a Consciousness in Complex Organisms?

The more complex an organism is, the more evidence of function in rational consciousness there is. We simply don't know at what point consciousness emerges and but it is possible that single cells are conscious in some way. But how far down that goes is anybody's guess. And intuitions really divide. So if you ask most neuro scientists or philosophers of mind, is there something that it's like to be a fly the earth hat's got a hundred thousand neurons in its rain people just a kind of coin toss rit? Now i think there's. Canwe we simply don’t know atWhat point consciousness emerges ? It would be genuinely mysterious. Riina like that wouldn't, you

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