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Jun 28, 2023

A brain scientist and a philosopher have resolved a 25-year-old wager on consciousness

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A case of wine was put on the line.

This is according to a report by Science Alert published on Tuesday.


A 25-year-old wager on the source of consciousness between German-American computational neuroscientist Christof Koch and Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers has come to a close with the first one admitting defeat.

In 1998, Koch ventured a guess that the neurological underpinnings of the brain’s experience of the Universe would be understood within 25 years by putting a case of wine on the line.

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