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The Economist asks: What is consciousness?

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Where does human consciousness arise from? Was there an evolutionary moment when the light switched on? Are animals conscious, too? We ask the philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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