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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 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…