Eli5: Why is consciousness such a hard thing to study?
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Its hard to study something like that, that isnt physical in nature. Brain is physical, but consciousness isnt.
Now the most sane and logical explanation is, consciousness is an emergent property of the complexity of brain. But it cant be pinpointed. And even if it is an emergent property of brain itself, it would be gargantuan in complexity. I personally think its as close to impossible as something can get to be explained. Not because its mystical or supernatural, but simply because of its scale and complexity. Its just too much.
Other explanations exist, in the realm of spiritual and supernatural even, and, however unlikely some of them may seem to be, i keep my reservations regarding them, dont wanna dispose of them, because i dont want to make claims about an area in which i dont know how much i dont know.
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