Consciousness as a state of matter

We examine the hypothesis that consciousness can be understood as a state of matter, "perceptronium", with distinctive information processing abilities. We explore four basic principles that may distinguish conscious matter from other physical systems such as solids, liquids and gases: the...

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Main Author: Tegmark, Max Erik (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2017-09-13T14:51:23Z.
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