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		h1karu on July 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in bra... exactamondo, but isn't science merely an epiphenomenon of consciousness ? If so isn't this a case of the snake trying to eat it's own tail ?

RivieraKid on July 6, 2014 [–]

> If so isn't this a case of the snake trying to eat it's own tail ?

Pretty much. Consciousness is one level above science in a way, so every attempt to only use science to explain consciousness will fail. Consciousness is a metaphysical concept, "meta" = an abstraction layer above.

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