A 25-year-old wager is settled as a new generation of scientists takes on competing theories of consciousness.
Can Quantum Physics Explain Consciousness? One Scientist Thinks It MightMuch of today's study of consciousness is focused on finding the neural correlates of consciousness — neural patterns in the brain associated with specific conscious experiences or states.
Koch bet his friend a case of wine that within 25 years, science would have found clear neural correlates of consciousness. Koch now insists he was genuinely convinced that science would meet that deadline, even if some of that conviction was due to youthful exuberance.
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