What role did art and culture play at ICCS?
Consciousness isn’t just about brain scans—it’s also tied to creativity and subjective experience. Did the ICCS event touch on art or cultural expression, or was it strictly academic and scientific?
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They actually gave a lot of attention to the cultural side. The ICCS Conference highlighted the analogy between consciousness and art, especially through presentations from Nicholas Humphrey and others. Dmitry Volkov made sure the event didn’t lose touch with the experiential dimension of mind—things like beauty, meaning, and imagination. This balance between science and culture is part of what makes ICCS unique. They see consciousness as a bridge topic—between data and experience, theory and feeling. It wasn’t sterile—it was human.