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[[File:Luke Muehlhauser.jpg|thumbnail|225px|right|Luke Muehlhauser (pictured on the left) and Brad Voytek (pictured on the right).]]

[[File:Luke Muehlhauser.jpg|thumbnail|225px|right|Luke Muehlhauser (pictured on the left) and Brad Voytek (pictured on the right).]]

'''Luke Muehlhauser''' is a Senior Research Analyst at the Open [[Philanthropy]] Project.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref><ref>[http://lukemuehlhauser.com/about/ Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>  His investigative research spans a wide range of topics - especially the [[social science]]s, global catastrophic risks, and technical and [[Philosophy|philosophical]] issues that are relevant to Open Philanthropy’s overall giving strategy.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref>

'''Luke Muehlhauser''' is a Senior Research Analyst at the Open [[Philanthropy]] Project.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref><ref>[http://lukemuehlhauser.com/about/ Luke Muehlhauser]</ref>  His investigative research spans a wide range of topics - especially the [[social science]]s, global catastrophic risks, and technical and [[Philosophy|philosophical]] issues that are relevant to Open Philanthropy's overall giving strategy.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/luke-muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser - Senior Research Analyst]</ref>

He is an [[Atheism|atheist]] who owns the website Common Sense Atheism.<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> He is an outspoken advocate of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> Previously, he was an [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical Christian]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref>

He is an [[Atheism|atheist]] who owns the website Common Sense Atheism.<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> He is an outspoken advocate of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref> Previously, he was an [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical Christian]].<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?page_id=3 Common Sense Atheism - About]</ref>

{{Cquote|I assume that some seemingly-core features of human conscious experience are illusions, and thus need to be “explained away” rather than “explained.”...

{{Cquote|I assume that some seemingly-core features of human conscious experience are illusions, and thus need to be “explained away” rather than “explained.”...

Similarly, I think some core features of consciousness are illusions, and the job of cognitive scientists is not to explain how those features are “real,” but rather to explain why they seem to us to be real (even though they’re not). For example, it seems to us that our conscious experiences have “intrinsic” properties beyond that which could ever be captured by a functional, mechanistic account of consciousness. I agree that our experiences seem to us to have this property, but I think this “seeming” is simply mistaken.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/2017-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood 2017 Report on Consciousness and Moral Patienthood] by Luke </ref>}}

Similarly, I think some core features of consciousness are illusions, and the job of cognitive scientists is not to explain how those features are “real,” but rather to explain why they seem to us to be real (even though they’re not). For example, it seems to us that our conscious experiences have “intrinsic” properties beyond that which could ever be captured by a functional, mechanistic account of consciousness. I agree that our experiences seem to us to have this property, but I think this “seeming” is simply mistaken.<ref>[https://www.openphilanthropy.org/2017-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood 2017 Report on Consciousness and Moral Patienthood] by Luke</ref>}}

For more information, please see: [[Atheism and consciousness#The atheist Sam Harris on the problem of consciousness for an atheistic worldview|The atheist Sam Harris on the problem of consciousness for an atheistic worldview]]

For more information, please see: [[Atheism and consciousness#The atheist Sam Harris on the problem of consciousness for an atheistic worldview|The atheist Sam Harris on the problem of consciousness for an atheistic worldview]]

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