Account Quote by Paul Bloom

When I read philosophy or neuroscience papers about consciousness, I don't get the sense we're any closer to understanding it than we were 50…

— Stuart J. Russell

Anyway, there is a lot of really interesting work going on in the neuroscience and psychology of consciousness, and I would love to see…

— David Chalmers

When brains get sufficiently big, presumably, as human brains have, consciousness seems to emerge.

— Richard Dawkins

Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been…

— David Chalmers

Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth…

— Stuart Sutherland

I believe consciousness is brazenly physical, a raucous mirage the brain creates to help us survive.

— Diane Ackerman

Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the…

— David Chalmers

The universe is biased toward consciousness because the universe wants to be noticed. It's a way into existential hope that doesn't have too much…

— John Green

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

— Robert Anton Wilson

Consciousness is the creative element in the universe. Without it, nothing would appear.

— Fred Alan Wolf

There is no scientific theory that could lead us from a detailed map of every single neuron in someone's brain to a conscious experience.…

— Stuart J. Russell

Consciousness exists beyond your head, between our heads, and it can manifest harmony.

— Russell Brand