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The world, the universe and us

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The Science of Consciouss

The science of consciousnesss has moved ahead in many imp i ways. We're on the way to understanding, though, yuknow, the correlations between brain and consciousness better. But that doesn't solve the big question, why is there consciousness in the first place? So far, no one has been able to explain how it is that consciousness at the bottom level of physical reality could add up to a consciousness like ours.

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