Does Consciousness Require Metabolism? Anil Seth Debates Skeptics

A philosophical debate over whether consciousness requires metabolism drew in neuroscientist Anil Seth, with skeptics arguing that reward-driven agents or energy-monitoring machines could be non-biological equivalents.

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