Berlinski responds skeptically to consciousness as a philosophical problem, saying that it is a 'fashionable' claim to be puzzled by it, and that the fact that he cannot experience others' sensations is not itself a philosophical problem—it is merely a fact of sensory privacy.

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Speaker

David Berlinski

Evidence Quote

someone says i'm deeply puzzled about consciousness everybody says that that's a very fashionable thing they say in teen vogue for heaven's sakes but i would like to have a better sense of what is prompting the puzzlement

Source

Mathematical Challenges to Darwin’s Theory of EvolutionHoover Institution
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:19:54 PM

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