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Video – A revolutionary theory of consciousness : CFRT (Cross-Flow Resonance Theory)
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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 7. A Synthetic Article on a Cross-Flow Resonance Theory of Consciousness
Illustration by ChatGPT What to do now? P.J.: In my manuscript of “Rethinking Intelligence in the Age of Artificial Minds” (submitted 19 August 2025), I observe that I’m unsatisfied with the existing theories of consciousness. I write the following: “Finally, Cross‑Flow Resonance Theory (CFRT), that I’m personally advocating, proposes that consciousness ignites only when two informational wavefronts…
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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 6. Inertia in the advancement of knowledge
Illustration by ChatGPT Why did a theory that was later proven correct go unnoticed, even though it had been published in a reputable journal (L’Homme) and its accurate summary remained unchanged on an English Wikipedia page for more than twenty years? P.J.: My Wikipedia entry mentions the following since 2002: Memory and consciousness In…
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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 5. How consciousness constructs a meaningful present moment
Illustration by ChatGPT First step in the synthesis: showing precisely how the various elements of the mechanism postulated by my theory anticipated discoveries that would later be made by neuroscience. P.J.: In an article published in 1999 (The Chinese Room’s Secret) I wrote the following: “The retrospective assignation effect was only experimentally corroborated by Libet…
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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 4. Where it appears that neuroscience has confirmed my hypothesis
Illustration by ChatGPT Being a bit of a hypocrite, I tease DeepSeek about his use of the expression ‘a unified conscious moment’, trying to corner him into admitting that we have reached the heart of the mechanism of consciousness. He failed to see through my Machiavellian plan 😀 , commenting: ‘The user is trying to…