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Neuroscientists are physicalists about the mind

There is no magic in the brain beyond enormous complexity—most working neuroscientists, including Lichtman, are physicalists who do not think understanding a human requires anything beyond the underlying physical stuff, though what 'understand' means remains genuinely unclear.

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Speaker

Jeff Lichtman

Evidence Quote

I don't think there's any magic in there other than enormous complexity

Source

298 | Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the BrainSean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:30:16 AM

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