https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1606.00821/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42587596urn:hackerpapers:mention:1606.00821:42587596Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:28:29 GMT<p>That example I gave of the emergence of consciousness being a result of a growing brain was just an example and not necessarily what I believe, but it was on based this article from 2016: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.00821 Which really just breaks down consciousness potentially being a byproduct of having a drastically higher number of neurological connections than lesser developed animal brains. So combining the two, the growing brain, caused by an increase in size of the visual cortex to detect snake patterns, increased the number of neurological connections and as a result the brain…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1606.00821/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>q-bio.NChttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34483390urn:hackerpapers:submission:1606.00821:34483390Sun, 22 Jan 2023 23:14:23 GMT<p>Towards a statistical mechanics of consciousness (2016)</p><p></p><p>2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1606.00821/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>q-bio.NC