Jaron Lanier - Is Consciousness an Ultimate Fact?

Is there something special about consciousness? Can our inner subjective experience—the sight of purple, smell of cheese, sound of Bach—ever be explained in purely physical terms? Even in principle? Most scientists see consciousness as a science problem to solve. Some philosophers claim that consciousness can never be explained in terms of current science. Free access to Closer to Truth’s library of 5,000 videos: Watch more interviews on consciousness: