Francis Crick, the discoverer of DNA's double helix structure, responded to Metzinger's philosophical questions about the definition and scope of consciousness research by dismissing the need for definitions early in science, implying philosophers should not interfere with empirical work—but this avoided addressing fundamental conceptual issues.
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“He said, 'What's your What's your definition? What do you What are you trying to solve?' Yeah. 'Says this to Crick as a good, you know, a good philosopher's question. And Crick is like, 'I don't We shouldn't be We shouldn't define things too early, you know, it's early in the process.'”
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