MIT View: The Hard Problem of Consciousness Doesn't Exist
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-07-17
An opinion reshared by an MIT-related account argues that the so-called "hard problem of consciousness" does not exist. The gap between mechanistic brain explanations and subjective experience is considered a cognitive bias rather than an actual rupture in reality.
The core stance treats the "hard problem" as a self-reinforcing narrative rather than a phenomenon requiring additional ontological explanation.
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