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“ [I]t appears that crossword-puzzle percolation comprises a new type of universal behavior,” he writes. This means Hartmann’s new formula is unique among all other known percolation problems.

Chalmers was right. Consciousness is a hard problem. It may mark the limits of what science can explain. This is a work in progress. A version of this post also appears in The Globe and Mail.

But during the pandemic, science has been moving at light-speed. Yesterday's discoveries can be quickly rebuked and rebutted -- or spun out of control in the 24/7 news cycle.

"Evidence of conscious-like activity in the dying brain." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 1 May 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 05 / 230501163628.htm>.