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An interesting short article about two conflicting theories about consciousness:

Consciousness: why a leading theory has been branded ‘pseudoscience’ - Durham University

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07095-8 "On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes" bring back tails, damit!

Hello World! Not my first post but just joined Nostr yesterday after reading a post from Derek Ross. New to social media, never used Twitter and still learning the nuts and bolts of how this all works. Hope I can contribute a little to grow the network in the future. #introductions

I went into neuroscience because I wanted to understand why we are the way we are. Especially if and how Intelligence and Consciousness are inter-related. With the recent rise of AI and whether or not at some point in the future machines would become conscious, I was reminded of Roger Penrose's theory of the mind,in particular that consciousness was not only a algorithmic function but that quantum superposition is a contributing factor. Could it happen that AI can become hyper-intelligent but will forever remain "non-conscious"? What would be the implications of such a new form of intelligence? An interesting review about this: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2022.869935/full: "Consciousness, Cognition and the Neuronal Cytoskeleton – A New Paradigm Needed in Neuroscience"