combination problem

noun

Etymology

This name was coined by William Seager in 1995.

Definitions

  1. A problem arising from the tension between the seemingly irreducible nature of…

    A problem arising from the tension between the seemingly irreducible nature of consciousness, and its ubiquity. If consciousness is ubiquitous, and every atom (or every bit, depending on the theory) has a minimal level of it, then it is not clear how these tiny consciousnesses combine to create larger experiences.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for combination problem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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