Will Mayner
@wgpm.bsky.social
neuroscience · scientific computing
In case you missed it, the infamous “IIT is pseudoscience” letter has been published in
@natureneuro.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ecZIL), along with our reply (rdcu.be/ec7QV) and an excellent nonpartisan commentary from Àlex Gómez-Marín and @anilseth.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ec7XF)
@natureneuro.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ecZIL), along with our reply (rdcu.be/ec7QV) and an excellent nonpartisan commentary from Àlex Gómez-Marín and @anilseth.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ec7XF)
What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?
Nature Neuroscience - Theories of consciousness have a long and controversial history. One well-known proposal — integrated information theory — has recently been labeled as...
rdcu.be
March 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In case you missed it, the infamous “IIT is pseudoscience” letter has been published in
@natureneuro.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ecZIL), along with our reply (rdcu.be/ec7QV) and an excellent nonpartisan commentary from Àlex Gómez-Marín and @anilseth.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ec7XF)
@natureneuro.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ecZIL), along with our reply (rdcu.be/ec7QV) and an excellent nonpartisan commentary from Àlex Gómez-Marín and @anilseth.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ec7XF)
New preprint out with @algarwegian.bsky.social and Giulio Tononi arxiv.org/abs/2412.21111
Some questions we address 👇 🧵
@joannaszczotka.bsky.social @renzocom.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @davidchalmers.bsky.social @romainbrette.bsky.social
Some questions we address 👇 🧵
@joannaszczotka.bsky.social @renzocom.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @davidchalmers.bsky.social @romainbrette.bsky.social
Intrinsic meaning, perception, and matching
Integrated information theory (IIT) argues that the substrate of consciousness is a maximally irreducible complex of units. Together, subsets of the complex specify a cause-effect structure, composed ...
arxiv.org
January 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New preprint out with @algarwegian.bsky.social and Giulio Tononi arxiv.org/abs/2412.21111
Some questions we address 👇 🧵
@joannaszczotka.bsky.social @renzocom.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @davidchalmers.bsky.social @romainbrette.bsky.social
Some questions we address 👇 🧵
@joannaszczotka.bsky.social @renzocom.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @davidchalmers.bsky.social @romainbrette.bsky.social
Excellent post from Larissa Albantakis on some criticisms of IIT and replies to them: www.consciousnessrealist.com/IIT-criticis...
IIT criticisms and replies (a non-exhaustive list)
In light of recent events, I have thought quite a bit about constructive ways to address some of the concerns raised about Integrated Information Theory (IIT). At least for the time being, I refer to ...
www.consciousnessrealist.com
October 25, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Excellent post from Larissa Albantakis on some criticisms of IIT and replies to them: www.consciousnessrealist.com/IIT-criticis...