my current readings mostly cover materialistic rationalizations of the conventional ideas of consciousness. 'consciousness is just a functional state of the brain' (so would that mean that it is possible to reproduce consciousness?)

another interesting point that got brought up was that fetuses show the signs of REM sleep(dreaming?) after the first 30 weeks... earlier it was said that dreaming was solely based on existing memories in the brain... then what would fetuses dream about, if they did in fact dream?

the author went on to imply that the reason for REM sleep brain activation in a fetus was for building self-awareness etc... basically that the brain was programming itself... quite interesting. I'm starting to love this course.

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