When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

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Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.

In a groundbreaking paper, Professor Maria Strømme presents a radical theory suggesting that consciousness is a fundamental aspect of the universe, asserting that it exists independently of the brain.

New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.

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Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

Calling consciousness an "entropic engine" points to something psychologically obvious: selfhood costs energy. Maintaining a stable "me" model across time, contexts, and internal contradictions ...

When David Luke committed to studying psychedelics and parapsychology, it felt like double career suicide. Today, elite ...

The question of consciousness has puzzled scientists for decades, but new research suggests the answer lies not in what consciousness is, but rather in what purpose it serves. According to Professors ...