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So we talked about some general discussions surrounding consciousness last time.

Let's talk about some actual theories now.

If you were born into today's day and age, statistically, the most likely thing you're

probably going to be when it comes to your thoughts about consciousness is some version

of a physicalist or a materialist.

Meaning that you believe that consciousness is probably reducible to material or physical

properties of the brain.

Usually that would mean that you're a pretty big fan of science too.

Usually that would mean that you're probably going to be the kind of person that says stuff

like, I think, one day, we're probably going to find that there were some internal mechanisms

that are going on in the brain.

That if only we study them enough.

Let's be real.

We're probably going to be able to know everything about consciousness one day.

And if you said something like that, nobody in their right mind would be mad at you for

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