Why forgetting a thought in a doorway points to consciousness (scientificamerican.com)
Hold a thought, walk through a doorway, lose it. Birmingham philosopher Henry Taylor says consciousness ignites when working memory hands its contents to attention, which broadcasts them brain-wide.
His proof cases include a study where 75% of phone-distracted walkers missed a unicycling clown. A neuropsychiatrist in the thread calls working memory mere CPU cache, wired beside consciousness, not its source.
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