Anil Seth
Anil Seth is a neuroscientist, author, and public speaker who has pioneered research into the brain basis of consciousness for more than 20 years. He is the author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness.
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Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.