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Consciousness

The capacity to experience: to see a colour, to feel pain or joy from the inside, not just to react.

Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy, David Chalmers

Explained in

• Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy, David Chalmers
• Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, Yuval Noah Harari

  The ability to experience something from the inside: to feel pain, joy, taste. Harari separates it from intelligence, which is the ability to solve problems.

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