Leibniz's mill argument—that examining the gears of a physical system cannot explain consciousness—remains valid because physical explanations cannot bridge the explanatory gap between mechanism and subjective experience, making it logically impossible to derive consciousness from unconscious physical substrates.

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Speaker

Donald Hoffman

Evidence Quote

I claim that it's not logically possible to start with unconscious ingredients and to have Consciousness emerge not possible [1:19]

Source

Donald Hoffman Meets Stephen Wolfram For the First Time on TOECurt Jaimungal
Created: 8/10/2026, 4:04:02 PM

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