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SCOUT· 63%32m·2023-07-21·ScienceWeekly: How to measure consciousness; Nature-made graphene; New sabretooth cats
The World, the Universe and Us · 206
New Scientist Weekly #206 A major theory of consciousness is being put to the test with brain scans. Integrated information theory proposes a value called "phi" to represent consciousness and in a new experiment, it seems to work. Does the discovery bring us any closer to solving the elusive “hard problem” of…
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