Scientist Proposes Consciousness Might Be the Fabric of Reality Itself(sciencealert.com) |
Scientist Proposes Consciousness Might Be the Fabric of Reality Itself(sciencealert.com) |
The latter is the the mainstream view in neuroscience and analytic philosophy of mind.
The former isn't a new idea, but it is a minority one. Panpsychists like Philip Goff argues for it, William James floated something like it in the 1890s, etc.
The mainstream view is that index cards or switchboard connections can get so many and complicated consciousness “emerges.”