RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Daily beats from a quieter Manhattan.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

hard problem of consciousness

Is Consciousness Stuck In Your Brain? What We Think Now

The exploration of consciousness has long been the domain of philosophers, psychologists, and neurologists, each bringing unique perspectives to this complex and mysterious phenomenon. Let’s take a deeper dive. Consciousness, at its core, is our subjective experience of the world….

The Hard Problem of Consciousness, Now Explained “Simply”

In 1995, the great philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers published a paper that included what has come to be known as “the hard problem of consciousness.” This is the problem of explaining how it is that we have subjective…

My cat’s perspective on the hard problem of consciousness

It happened again, this morning. My cat Max taught me that what conservative scientists’ call the “hard problem” of consciousness is not that. It’s a hard problem of accepting what cats already know. They don’t even bother thinking about it….