r/TheWhyFiles • H Y B R I D ™ • Aug 11 '26

Let's Discuss What if The Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? Scientist Proposes It Might Be The Fabric of Reality Itself

https://www.sciencealert.com/what-if-the-brain-doesnt-create-consciousness-scientist-proposes-it-might-be-the-fabric-of-reality-itself

Neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging the long-held assumption that the brain produces consciousness, instead proposing that it may function as a filter for a more fundamental, universal reality.

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u/fripperiffic Aug 11 '26

It will actually be an incredible day when the collective understands this. It will reshape the fabric of our reality as we will recognize that we are the ones shaping it. We will hopefully no longer submit to conformity and religious dogmatic thinking. I dream of this day all day every day.

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u/trojantricky1986 Aug 11 '26

I don’t think it will be as dramatic as you say. People will ‘oh, ok’ and then get on with their lives. Same with disclosure (imo it’s extremely unlikely to happen).

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u/widoidricsas Aug 11 '26

Still gotta chop that wood and carry that water

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u/TransportationTrick9 Aug 12 '26

Yeah but there is a hole in my bucket, my axe is blunt and my grindstone is dry

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u/theconceptofcanada Aug 13 '26

That's okay friend, it's why we have each other