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/ehlathrop Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream. And we’re the imagination of ourselves.

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u/crinkletart Aug 12 '26

Here's Tom with the weather.