Consciousness — the hard problem · Frontiers of knowledge

SIMULATING CONSCIOUSNESS — THE HARD PROBLEM

▸ Building a living neural network (measurable)…

▸ Wiring the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC)

▸ Installing the subjective-experience screen (qualia)

▸ Placing the ❓ "explanatory gap" in the middle

▸ Loading theories (GWT · IIT — all HYPOTHESES)…

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

Neural indices (measurable)

🧠 synchrony · Φ integration

State—

Sync / Integration—

Theory in view—

Problem—

Measurable?—

Viewing—

The honest boundary

We can measure the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) — objective, third-person. BUT why physical activity produces subjective experience ("the feeling") has NO solution — the "hard problem" (Chalmers 1995). Every theory below is a HYPOTHESIS under study.

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LEFT = brain (measurable) · RIGHT = subjective experience · MIDDLE = ❓. Toggle "State" (awake/anesthetized) or pick a "Scenario"; click a concept for details. Theories = HYPOTHESES.

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Neural activity / synchrony over time (EEG-like) awake = strong, regular · anesthetized = weak, fragmented