Alex Gomez Marin, a neuroscientist who has had near-death experiences and psychedelic insights, argues there is a 'war on consciousness' being waged by Silicon Valley and AI advocates who promote a physicalist materialist agenda claiming humans are machines, which is unscientific and represents an assault on consciousness.

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Michael Pollan

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He spoke at the Science of Consciousness Conference last year, and he said sort of time's up. I can sort of start sort of doing my work as a scientist, but the thing's becoming political now. There's a war on consciousness.

Source

Micheal Pollan On The Mystery Of Consciousness.Essentia Foundation
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:27:20 PM

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