Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) / quote 117 of 171

Consciousness anticipates the environment

Human consciousness then is something that the brain does, but not in response to the environment. Consciousness anticipates the environment. The environment only sets certain limits on the contents of our waking consciousness—or biases us to experience our representations in a useful way.

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