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Please Help Me Understand Consciousness

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Please Help Me Understand Consciousness
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RE: Please Help Me Understand Consciousness
March 6, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Victor Stenger wrote a book or paper on the subject, but I haven't read it. He would be a good source for the skeptical viewpoint on the subject though. I know Sam Harris has also made occasional comments on the subject, but I don't know if he's written anything extensive on the subject. Quantum consciousness, like many ideas on consciousness, involves vague intuitions about "what must be" without an actual theoretical mechanism for making that happen.
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Please Help Me Understand Consciousness - by Mudhammam - March 6, 2014 at 5:44 am
RE: Please Help Me Understand Consciousness - by Angrboda - March 6, 2014 at 1:31 pm
RE: Please Help Me Understand Consciousness - by Cinjin - March 8, 2014 at 3:24 am
RE: Please Help Me Understand Consciousness - by fr0d0 - March 8, 2014 at 3:19 pm

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