Sublime

When posed with even the deepest questions about reality, human brains tend towards story.

“toy” models of economies—simple models that are so abstract they bear little resemblance to reality.

One way to change the nature of these relationships, then, is to change the way we think about intelligence: what it is, how it acts on the world, and who possesses it. Beyond the narrow framing put forward by both technology companies and the doctrine of human uniqueness (the idea that, among all beings, human intelligence is singular and pre-emin

It dawned on me that there was a need for a comprehensive summary, written for a general audience. It needed to be written by an outsider who hadn’t been tainted by biases of mainstream science. It needed to be written by a nonscientist and a nonphilosopher—someone who simply examines evidence and is unconcerned with what the data suggests, even if

Traditionally, science seeks order by understanding the simplest parts of a system. How does a single gas particle behave given a certain temperature? Which gene in our DNA determines eye color? Scientists then try to develop theories that explain more general observations based on their detailed understanding of the individual parts.

Turns out Chalmers went on to become a leading disrupter in consciousness research.