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Our intuitions about consciousness may be deeply wrong 

January 13, 2026 5 min read views
Our intuitions about consciousness may be deeply wrong 

We tend to trust our intuitions about consciousness because they feel immediate and personal, but feeling convinced is not the same as being right.

Annaka Harris explores what happens when science stops deferring to instinct and starts treating consciousness like other hard problems that once defied common sense.

This video Our intuitions about consciousness may be deeply wrong  is featured on Big Think.