It is impossible to imagine a master chef who doesn’t know how to cook, a cabinet maker who doesn’t know anything about carpentry, or a pianist who can’t read music. All three sound like ...

As I note in the post, 10 problems with Consciousness, there are a number of complicated issues swirling around. But here I am honing in on the hard problem and the key point that it really is two ...

What if our puzzlement about consciousness is itself a clue? A physicist turns the hard problem into a striking argument ...

“A FASCINATING BUT elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.” That is how “The International Dictionary ...

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting ...