Wow! 124 brain researchers call out what journalists call the "leading theory of consciousness" (integrated information theory, IIT) as pseudoscience.
https://psyarxiv.com/zsr78/
💯: We need testable theories about the brain to move forward. Every theory starts as a proto-theory (and that's fine). But when theories are not even wrong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
we must acknowledge that.
Especially when the stakes are as high as they are here, with big ethical implications (eg for organoids and coma patients, as the authors describe).
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