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Consciousness: unicellular organisms know the secret

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  1. Arthur S. Reber

    1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

  2. William B. Miller

    1. Bioverse Foundation, Paradise Valley. Arizona, USA.

  3. František Baluška

    1. University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

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In 1998, neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that it would be known by 2023 how the brain achieves consciousness. In June, Koch agreed that Chalmers had won the wager (Nature 619, 14–15; 2023). This was no surprise to us, given that Koch’s aim relied on unpacking the workings of the most complex organ in the known Universe.

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Nature 620, 37 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02437-4

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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