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261. Jim Al-Khalili on the Joy of Science

The Michael Shermer Show

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The Moon Doesn't Exist Unless You Look at It

consciousness is a phenomenon that emerges through the complexity of the workingsf all the neurons in our brain, says Sirsa. It's not like here's a brain with lots of electrical neurona, neuronal wiring, and then you sprinkle pixy dust over it, and suddenly it becomes alive,. subjects to the laws of physics and chemistry, whatever they are. And we're a long way from being able to understand it, i think, but we will do.

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