Neuroscience is pre-paradigmatic. Consciousness is why
Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science
Tim Baynetheconversation.com
We used to think that the earth is flat. Galileo was convicted of heresy for teaching that the earth isn’t the center of the universe and that it revolves around the sun. We used to ridicule scientists claiming that invisible germs could harm us (until we could see them through advanced microscopes). The list could go on and on. It’s easy in
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An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two prominent, competing scientific theories: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT).
- IIT suggests that consciousness emerges when information inside a system (like the brain) is highly connected