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Released
2017 · FILM

What Is Consciousness? What Is Its Purpose?

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Runtime
68 min
Documentary

Synopsis

A probe into what modern neuroscience can tell us about consciousness and analyzes the implications of the cultural lens through which we tend to perceive it, revealing logical answers to some of humanity's oldest existential questions.

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Edited by Reese Leysen

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