‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’. Arthur C. Clarke This quote by Arthur C. Clarke in my opinion, is the best epigraph to ’Rethinking Consciousness’ by Michael Graziano. Takeaways/interpretations * Consciousness can be engineered; * Attention schema and machinery that underlines it create simulations of our state of mind

‘What Is Consciousness?’ By Christof Koch.  A summary of the article in Scientific American magazine. The article focuses mainly on the physical footprints of consciousness, less on philosophical discussions about it. This footprint is the neuronal correlates of consciousness (NCC), or ‘the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any specific