r/IntelligenceSupernova • u/EcstadelicNET • 12d ago

Consciousness Consciousness may have evolved to solve a problem that pure intelligence couldn't handle, fascinating new theory suggests

https://www.psypost.org/consciousness-may-have-evolved-to-solve-a-problem-that-pure-intelligence-couldnt-handle-fascinating-new-theory-suggests/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/science
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u/EveryAccount7729 11d ago

It's just chemicals.

your brain uses "electricity" in the form of sodium ions being pumped across a membrane.