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Why the Problem of Consciousness Is so Hard

I just read a great article in The Guardian about the struggle of scientists and philosophers to understand consciousness (link at the end). The Guardian article covers the history of the quest to understand consciousness as well as some of the currently posited explanations, ranging form materialism (“there is no consciousness”) to panpsychism (“this is only consciousness”). After reading it, I had to email my…