Consciousness: Spirit or Simulation?

Three theories that brain simulations explain the conscious self.

**Does the baboon simulate its conscious reality or tune-in to the infinite? What about you?** Artwork: Ted Wade

“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.” — Anaïs Nin
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear as it is, infinite.” — William Blake

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