The 'real problem' of consciousness (contrasted with the hard problem) focuses on explaining the nature of specific experiences (why vision differs from emotion, why we have a sense of free will) rather than just what people report or do; progress is being made on this real problem through neuroscience and comparative study of different conscious experiences.
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Anil SethEvidence Quote
“I think I call the real problem mainly because to emphasize that we can still talk about the nature of experience rather than just what people do or or say we can try and explain why vision is the way it is different from emotion different from experiences of Free Will”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:02:17 PM
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