Why is there unity of consciousness?
We experience consciousness as a unified whole, rather than as flickering fragments, except perhaps when waking up or returning to...
Could a machine be conscious?
We know, subjectively, that a brain can be conscious, using neurons as its building blocks, and firing of neurons to represent and...
How do we become conscious of an apple?
To be conscious of something is to know that we know of it. Let's follow through how this works in the simple case of becoming conscious...
How fast can we speak, and why?
The speed at which we are able to speak and be understood falls within quite a tight range, even across different languages, with typical...
3 reasons why AI needs to be conscious
1 Our systems need to know what 'good' looks like and act accordingly, without us leading them every step of the way. In the context of...
Attention in the cake shop of the mind
In a cake shop different cakes are arrayed for us to select from. We point to the one we want and describe it - the long one with...
Why do things feel the way they do?
There is ‘something it is like’ to have a particular conscious experience, and the term ‘qualia’ is sometimes used for these properties...
A conscious brain is a thing-as-a-whole
In an instant of frozen time a brain is just a sack of fragmented material, each part of which has not had time to interact with any...
Where next?
Our brain is constantly trying to determine our next step on the (actual or metaphorical) route that will lead us to the high peaks of...
Attention!
This is the lovely view from an ancient pathway near an iron age fort above our farm. You did notice the fairy, didn't you? If not, look...
