Do neural spikes cause consciousness? Discussion with Albert Gidon, Jaan Aru, Matthew Larkum.

Discussion with Albert Gidon, Jaan Aru, Matthew Larkum about their paper:
Does brain activity cause consciousness? A thought experiment. Plos Biology, 20(6), e3001651 (2022).

[@moormanjean5636]

This is a fascinating thought experiment. Personally, I think that if every neuron in the brain was decoupled then one would not have consciousness.

[@mindsindialogue]

Nothing fascinating in this thought for it is the very a priori of any organism, individual cells that integrate into a whole to form a bigger markov blanket.