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What Don't We Know?

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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The Importance of Complexity in Biology

Steve Wozniacki: The philosophy of science is a contradiction in terms. He says the brain consists of an awful lot of neurons and synapses. But consciousness will have you emerge from that, he adds. 'But however many small bits you chop a brain down into, you will not understand consciousness' And what would it cost to make a human being? "12 pounds, eight and four pounds"

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