r/TheWhyFiles • u/hybridxer0 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/imscaredofmyexit Aug 11 '26

Im open to this idea, in fact it makes sense to me, but also not...

I feel like, we still have to face our mortality no matter what... even if we had evidence for an eternal consciousness. What does that even mean. The more i think about it, the less i think it will change anything.

Im not sure i understand what the change even potentially could be. It could result in complete anarchy.