> Christof Koch wagered David Chalmers 25 years ago that researchers would learn how the brain achieves consciousness by now. But the quest continues.
Ehhhh the title is a click bait imho.
Ehhhh the title is a click bait imho.
Which is just scientist for "eh, anything can happen in 25 years"
Whereas Chalmers' whole career long project is very much dependent on his "hard problem" and other neo-dualist ideas, so of course he would make this bet.
Pretty boring stuff as far as bets between academics go.
And follow up thoughts were along the lines of “did we uncover some fundamental truth of the brain?”.
I got flagged and cant respond, yet again.