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One of the difficulties with studying consciousness
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The Most Unknown

One of the difficulties with studying consciousness is that it is a private phenomenon

One of the difficulties with studying consciousness is that it is a private phenomenon

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One of the difficulties with studying consciousness
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is that it is a private phenomenon.
Duration
7 seconds
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41
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:04
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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VICE Media

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The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousnes
I think you are conscious, because you behave in ways - The Most Unknown 00:05
I think you are conscious, because you behave in ways
Expect to be associated with consciousness, - The Most Unknown 00:05
Expect to be associated with consciousness,
But, the point is I do not have access - The Most Unknown 00:06
But, the point is I do not have access
No, but... But if you're willing, - The Most Unknown 00:05
No, but... But if you're willing,
Robotic hand move by your thoughts. - The Most Unknown 00:04
Robotic hand move by your thoughts.
I always thought I would've donated my brain to science. - The Most Unknown 00:06
I always thought I would've donated my brain to...
[Axel] What we're trying to do here, through learning - The Most Unknown 00:14
[Axel] What we're trying to do here, through learning
The argument, the crucial argument, - The Most Unknown 00:04
The argument, the crucial argument,
Agency is part of what it means to be conscious. - The Most Unknown 00:04
Agency is part of what it means to be conscious.
Each three seconds, - The Most Unknown 00:06
Each three seconds,
Given that this is a right robotic hand, - The Most Unknown 00:06
Given that this is a right robotic hand,
Do you now feel you have some control over that hand? - The Most Unknown 00:05
Do you now feel you have some control over that hand?
-But there's also... -If I can really focus, - The Most Unknown 00:10
-But there's also... -If I can really focus,
Four of five movements right. - The Most Unknown 00:04
Four of five movements right.
-Yeah. It's fragile. -It's fragile, then I lose it. - The Most Unknown 00:05
-Yeah. It's fragile. -It's fragile, then I lose...
But, so the idea is that it gets less and less fragile, - The Most Unknown 00:05
But, so the idea is that it gets less and less fragile,
All this effortful thinking - The Most Unknown 00:07
All this effortful thinking
It's important in this context to remember that - The Most Unknown 00:06
It's important in this context to remember that
It's different kinds of mechanisms - The Most Unknown 00:10
It's different kinds of mechanisms
If you're an empirically-oriented scientist, - The Most Unknown 00:06
If you're an empirically-oriented scientist,