There is a community of scientists and scholars who are exploring the nature
of consciousness. They want to know such things as follows: what physical
structures underlie our consciousness and our awareness of our consciousness;
how does the brain create such elements of consciousness as the color red; is
it possible to construct an artificially conscious being and, if so, what is
minimally necessary to do so; in what way do prevalent folk and traditional
spiritual perspectives correlate with scientific perspectives. There are a
great variety of perspectives that take all views and the resulting discussion
is lively and fascinating.
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