Eli5: Why is consciousness such a hard thing to study?
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The main problem is that there’s no single universally accepted scientific definition of what consciousness is.
Outside of science, especially in philosophy, there are several related and partially overlapping definitions. Several of them don’t lead to something that can be scientifically tested.
Individual scientists have offered different scientific definitions of consciousness which can be tested, but there’s no agreement on which one definition to use.
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