Articles for tag: Consciousness, human awareness, Neuroscience, self-awareness

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Why consciousness exists at all

Suhail Ahmed

  Some scientific questions feel big; others feel almost indecent to ask out loud. Why does consciousness exist at all – why is there a felt, inner movie rather than just blind electrical activity in a lump of tissue? For more than a century, neuroscience has mapped brain regions, charted neurons, and built ever-faster scanners, ...

Could Consciousness Be a Force of Nature?

Could Consciousness Be a Force of Nature?

Gargi Chakravorty

Imagine a universe where consciousness isn’t just an accident of evolution, but as fundamental as gravity or electromagnetism. This isn’t science fiction anymore. Scientists and philosophers are seriously exploring whether awareness itself might be woven into the fabric of reality. The question sounds outrageous at first. How could consciousness – something we associate with complex ...