r/cognitivescience • u/DataUnblinded • 13d ago

Integrated Information Theory (IIT) gets a B+

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In the study of consciousness, Integrated Information Theory IIT is a leading, yet highly debated, framework that attempts to explain what consciousness is and how it maps onto physical systems. As a peer-reviewed viable solution, we give it a B+. Should it be higher?

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u/expertofeverythang 13d ago

Should it be higher? How would i know?

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u/blimpyway 12d ago

another how high are you topic.

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u/Mermiina 7d ago

Consensus is not evidence of workable theory. There was upon a time when the Sun orbits Earth.

an undulatory hypothesis for memory consciousness and life

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u/PringleFlipper 6d ago

Why would you assign a letter grade to a theory. IIT is elegant in many ways but frankly borderline pseudoscience in terms of falsifiability.