A consciousness debate asks whether biological properties are really necessary
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-07-27
This thread continues a debate about consciousness, computation, and biological naturalism.
The author argues that being biological does not by itself solve the question of consciousness and says the claim that some biological properties are necessary for consciousness remains open. The exchange pushes back on the idea that the brain must be “massively wrong” in order for biological naturalism to be plausible, keeping the focus on what kind of causal or computational architecture a brain might implement.
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