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Neuroscientist Claims Brains Create Zero Conscious Experiences Despite Decades of Research
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Evolution Designed Your Senses to Hide Reality | Donald Hoffman
"There are all these theories of consciousness and not a one of them can explain a single conscious experience. We've been at this for decades. And the reason you can't do it is not because they're not smart. They're brilliant. And you just can't do that. You can't start with non-conscious ingredients and boot up consciousness."
Despite decades of neuroscience research by brilliant scientists, Hoffman asserts that no existing theory—including integrated information theory or quantum microtubule theories—can explain even one conscious experience like the taste of mint. He argues this failure proves consciousness cannot emerge from physical brain processes, challenging the physicalist foundation of mainstream neuroscience.
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