Will Solving The ‘Hard Problem’ of Consciousness Unweave the Rainbow?

Some say in fifty years or so we’ll have enough neuro-scientific evidence to completely describe the functioning of the brain.

Consciousness

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Some say in fifty years or so we’ll have enough neuro-scientific evidence to completely describe the functioning of the brain. The question is, will this mountain of evidence be enough to explain the emergence of human consciousness? Consciousness. This familiar yet indescribable experience we all have, an awareness, something we can’t physically point to nor experience from another’s viewpoint.

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