@grin

> The false “hard problem of consciousness” assumes upfront that there exists a metaphysical gap between mind and body. But this contradicts everything we have learned about nature in the last centuries. > So, there is no “hard problem of consciousness.” Our mental life can very well be of the same nature as any other phenomenon of the universe. The more interesting challenge is not to speculate about a “hard problem,” it is to try hard to understand more about the functioning of our brain and body without postulating that our soul is transcendent or different in kind from the rest of nature. https://www.noemamag.com/there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness/

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