Men of Action
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS
The problem of consciousness may just be a semantic one. The brain absorbs a sea of sensory input, the tiniest fraction of which reaches the shore of our awareness. We pay attention to what is most novel, most necessary at the time. At its most reductive, the word ''consciousness'' refers to the synchronized firing of neurons across multiple areas of the...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS
The problem of consciousness may just be a semantic one. The brain absorbs a sea of sensory input, the tiniest fraction of which reaches the shore of our awareness. We pay attention to what is most novel, most necessary at the time. At its most reductive, the word ''consciousness'' refers to the synchronized firing of neurons across multiple areas of the...
