What If the Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? The Mystery of Being Alive
What If the Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? A gentle conversation about the strangest thing we experience: being alive Let me ask you something today that sounds simple but is actually rather difficult. What makes you conscious? Don't worry. I'm not going to ask you to write an essay about it. Just sit with the question for a moment. Right now, you are reading these words. You can see them. You can understand them. Perhaps you're thinking about something I said. Maybe you're wondering where I'm going with this. But here's the strange part: Who is doing the experiencing? We usually give a very quick answer. "My brain." And that's a perfectly reasonable answer. After all, your brain is involved in almost everything you experience. It helps you see, hear, remember, speak, move, feel emotions and make decisions. But scientists and philosophers have been wrestling with a much deeper question: Does the brain actually create consciousness, or do...
