Are You Conscious of Your Time?

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Ito, so computers could be conscious? Nn a, they had a screen, a programme enough neural networks. Or whateverexactly, michael, something is happening. Olgy screen, it says that i know it. It's blocking, you know. Yor oashe the i don't know. Everything is ok on my and i think we're all right. I want to be conscious of your time too. I just want to ask you, you have a real job. Since i have have such a legendary thinker on his show here, i can't let you go without asking a few of the big questions, like free will and determinism. How do

In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the problem of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings across multiple scientific disciplines have given us a way to understand consciousness and its significance for human life. In his latest work, Feeling & Knowing, Damasio helps us understand why being conscious is not the same as sensing, why nervous systems are essential for the development of feelings, and why feeling opens the way to consciousness writ large. He combines the latest discoveries in various sciences with philosophy and discusses his original research, which has transformed our understanding of the brain and human behavior.