V.S. Ramachandran on the evolution of consciousness

"What is consciousness? This really breaks down into two questions: The first is the nature of qualia--how does the awareness of sensations like bitter, or painful, or red arise from the activity of neurons? The second: How does the sense of self—the person who experiences qualia—arise?"

Esteemed neurologist V.S. Ramachandran suggests what the answers to these questions might be in this brief article for the excellent Seed Magazine.

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