Complexes Quote by William James

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

— Richard Dawkins

“Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain's simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.”

— Richard Dawkins

One of the many conditions that have to be met for a brain to become a mind, and therefore have consciousness, is 'the analog…

— Aleksandar Hemon

“The brain itself does not produce consciousness. That it is, instead, a kind of reducing valve or filter, shifting the larger, nonphysical consciousness that…

— Eben Alexander

Consciousness, for me, is a manifestation of complexity in biology. It's an emergent property.

— Gregory Stock

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

Consciousness conceives, governs, constructs, and becomes the activity of the body.

— Deepak Chopra

Many people mistakenly suppose that the essence of consciousness is that of a control mechanism

— John Searle

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

— Diane Ackerman

Consciousness is a disease.

— Miguel de Unamuno

“Like any organic entity, a system of consciousness manifests itself through the orderly, differentiated development of a certain unifying reality.”

— Kitaro Nishida

“consciousness has a precise role to play in the computational economy of the brain—it selects, amplifies, and propagates relevant thoughts.”

— Stanislas Dehaene