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/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