Great New York Times article written by Carl Zimmer about the work of Dr. Giulio Tononi from the University of Wisconsin.

Tononi wants to develop a way to objectively measure levels of human consciousness, largely based on Claude Shannon's information theory.

There is much discussion on the brain, sleep, models of neural networks, and an acceptance that the human brain is likely much more complicated than a photodiode, for better or for worse. Enjoy.

Tags: Giulio Tononi, Carl Zimmer, Claude Shannon, information theory, consciousness, sleep, psychology, ne,

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