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nickpsecurity on May 26, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Has there been progress in philosophy?

Did you say an on-off switch for consciousness? There may be one for humans.

https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-researchers-disrupt-consciousness...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S152550501...

CuriouslyC on May 26, 2018 [–]

That area may be important for higher brain functioning and memory. I don't think those are equivalent to consciousness though.

nickpsecurity on May 26, 2018 | [–]

I think it's likely an emergent phenomenon. Still, being able to turn it on and off with specific components hints they're either the source of conciousness or a big part of it.

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