Ep.52 What Makes a Theory of Consciousness Scientific? With Dr. Joel Snyder

12/05/2025 1h 4min Episodio 52
Ep.52 What Makes a Theory of Consciousness Scientific? With Dr. Joel Snyder

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In this episode, Dr. Joel Snyder joins us to unpack his recent Nature Neuroscience paper challenging Integrated Information Theory (IIT). We dive into the limits of testability, the allure of elegant models, and whether systems like the brainstem’s respiratory rhythm generator might force us to rethink where consciousness begins.

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