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by strogonoff 775 days ago
Consciousness is perhaps the most glaring one (as far as current models offered by natural sciences are concerned), if nothing else then because we deal with it every moment of existence or because it is what natural science itself stems from, is shaped by, is dependent on and exists because of.

Of course, whether it is the only unknown is unknown.

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Have you read Dennett's book?
No, but I’m familiar with his take on consciousness and it is more or less what I mean by thinking in the box of existing models and trying to explain away something inconvenient to them.
Maybe you should actually read the book before you pass judgement on it.
I’ve read enough in-depth takes about it that I’ll pass for now.
How ironically hypocritical of you.
When have I ever criticized a book I haven't read?