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Is human consciousness encoded in DNA?
Human DNA contains roughly 3 Billion base-pairs. That is 1.5 Gigabytes of data. This can easily fit onto a small usb memory stick.
Can something as complex as a human consciousness be derivable from ...
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What is the actual process of realization?
What is the actual process of realization? What are the factors that must coexist at the same time in order to set the brain's state of realizing something?
I found that In probability and ...
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Why are humans risk-averse? [closed]
The economic theory and much of the decision theory are based on the assumption that we are risk-averse creatures; in the sense that we are more sensitive to bad outcomes than the good ones and so ...
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Sentience vs. consciousness vs. awareness
Dictionary definitions such as this one often seem to use the terms sentience, awareness, and consciousness as if they are synonymous with each other. Is this really the case? If not, how do they ...
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What are the arguments against the emergence of mind?
There are theories that state that a mind or human consciousness emerged from the properties of underlying systems, e.g. physical properties of the atoms of the brain, or biological properties of the ...
