05-08-2016 12:41 via theguardian.com

Big unknowns: what is consciousness? - podcast

What does it mean to be you? And how can science unpick the age-old debates around conscious experience? Join us for a journey into the unknownEver since Descartes famously split the world into “mind” and “‘matter”, the debate amongst philosophers and thinkers about conscious experience has raged. And with recent advances in brain imaging technologies, scientists now offer a new and exciting viewpoint on this quintessential human phenomenon. But are we any closer to
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