“If you want to understand what is consciousness, a good place to start is studying what can turn it off”. -Penrose

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8 hour netflix binge

24 hours at least

Lack of sleep can be an option

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Spit or swallow?

A bit of both in parallel.

The brain, consciousness, and their underlying neural mechanisms are fascinating rabbit holes. I could spend endless hours reading about conditions that disrupt consciousness, like anesthesia or brain trauma, looking for any glimpse into how awareness is constructed and maintained.

Brain fog for example. It helped me to understand it 🤣

Is this quotation from Roger Penrose?

yes it was during an episode with lex fridman

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