Nancy Thames

Nancy Thames

They Built the Receiver and Called It Consciousness

Laboratory tissue is producing neural oscillations that resemble a brain. Researchers are calling this the emergence of consciousness. The premise is the error.

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Nancy Thames
May 30, 2026
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They Built the Receiver and Called It Consciousness

Laboratory tissue is producing neural oscillations that resemble a brain. Researchers are calling this the emergence of consciousness. The premise is the error.

Human neural tissue grown in a laboratory develops structure. Given sufficient time and the right conditions, clusters of stem-cell-derived neur…

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