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11mins
The Big Think Interview
The hard problem of consciousness
"Everything that we care about, everything we experience, everything we know, we know it through our conscious awareness of it."
Annaka Harris
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10mins
The Big Think Interview
The mystery at the heart of consciousness
"Is it possible that consciousness is a much more basic phenomenon in nature and is essentially pervading everything?"
Annaka Harris
a close up of a brain on a blue background.
8mins
The Big Think Interview
Are conscious machines possible?
A University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible.
Michael Wooldridge
A vintage illustration of a person's head in profile, with diagrams of astronomical and conceptual systems overlaying the brain to evoke themes of consciousness, set against a yellow background.
8mins
The Well
Why consciousness is one of the most divisive issues in science today
Is science destined to crack the code of consciousness—and how would we even go about it?
Max Tegmark
John Templeton Foundation
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