Researcher Urges Rapid Push to Solve Consciousness, Warning of Bad Futures for Humanity
erikphoel · x · 2026-10-02
erikphoel of Bicameral Labs argues that solving consciousness as rapidly as possible is of immense moral and civilizational urgency, warning of multiple bad futures—including one where the importance of humans gets minimized—and inviting people to reach out at [email protected].
He quotes a satirical tweet that reduces human pain to voltage-gated sodium and potassium ion exchanges, using that reductionist stance to underscore why the consciousness question deserves serious research rather than dismissal.
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