Critics of IIT who claim it is pseudoscience because it starts from introspectively-derived qualities of consciousness rather than purely external observations are themselves employing ad hominem arguments that signal desperation, since any theory of consciousness must start by describing what consciousness actually is.
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Bernardo KastrupEvidence Quote
“IIT starts from the qualities of experience that we can discern introspectively... If you want to explain consciousness, you need to first describe what it is... When you see scientists applying a blow below the waistline... that's a sign of despair.”
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