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Is your brain really necessary for consciousness? (cognitive design and engineering) - C C - Aug 9, 2025 https://iai.tv/articles/is-your-brain-really-necessary-for-consciousness-auid-3280?_auid=2020 INTRO: We think that the bigger the brain, the more developed the consciousness. Humanity prides itself over the rest of the animal kingdom for having larger brains, but neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga and his colleague Bridget Queenan explore cases of people living full lives with shockingly little brain matter. Challenging the “more is better” bias, they suggest consciousness may be less about structures, and more about harmony and improvisation... (MORE - details) RE: Is your brain really necessary for consciousness? (cognitive design and engineering) - Magical Realist - Aug 12, 2025 Quote:We tend to talk about consciousness as an object: you can have it or not, you can lose it, you can regain it, you can acquire it. But consciousness is not an object—it’s a rhythm. This is simply mindboggling. It raises all sorts of questions about the modular theory of brain functioning, the location of memories, the electrochemical origin of feeling and moods and emotions, the physiology of pain, and tons of other issues. What is consciousness if NOT the brain? The rhythm or count of the "conductor". IOW, a clock or time itself as happening for us in our brains. Time, which is the reciprocal of frequency, as the essence of consciousness? With the brain, as Chalmers says, it's all about access to, not generation of, of experiences. The brain is a mansion of many doors. And consciousness is the master key that unlocks all of them! |