Consciousness paper sparks live peer review debate: does public commentary count?
seemaychou · x · 2026-10-18
Seemay Chou and neuroscientist Tim Behrens clash over a paper claiming to have found consciousness. Behrens calls real-time public commentary "a market for favour-currying and attention-grabbing" and argues such a major claim deserves formal peer review. Chou counters that peer review doesn't need journals to gate who weighs in—public expert commentary now is peer review.
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