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NYTimes.com: Sizing Up Consciousness by Its Bits

I share the skeptical optimism of observers of this theory ofconsciousness attained through information theory. It's a great start to a much more complex theory of consciousness in humans and lower animals. Fascinating, all the same.

  

SCIENCE   | September 21, 2010
Sizing Up Consciousness by Its Bits
By CARL ZIMMER
Researchers want to build a meter that can measure consciousness as easily as body temperature.