What makes us truly conscious
What is science, really—and where is it taking us?
In this sweeping journey across five millennia, 5000 Years of Science traces the rise of human understanding, from ancient Mesopotamian star charts to cutting-edge theories of artificial intelligence and quantum consciousness. This is not just a history of inventions and discoveries—it’s a bold reinterpretation of science as the evolving expression of our deepest survival instincts, cognitive tools, and existential questions.
Explore how early civilisations laid the mathematical and astronomical foundations of science. Witness the intellectual explosions of the Scientific Renaissance and Enlightenment. Follow the dramatic revolutions of chemistry, physics, biology, and computing. And then step into the future—with explorations of AI, neuroscience, quantum biology, and the search for a unified theory of consciousness.
Introducing a bold new theory of consciousness. Affective Survival Theory(AST), the science of why feel to survive. Built on Darwin’s theory of evolution. Consciousness didn’t evolve to think but to feel. This theory reframes the greatest mystery in Science.
Reframing the “Hard problem of consciousness” as to “Hard advantage of feeling”
AST proposes a pragmatic reformulation. From an evolutionary standpoint, the question is not “why does it feel like something to be conscious?” but “what does feeling do?” The answer is that feeling provides the internal compass by which organisms evaluate and respond to environmental threats and opportunities. It renders behaviour more flexible and context-sensitive, especially in social and ambiguous environments.
A Bold New Theory Of Consciousness by
Shaji Sreedharan
Affective Survival Theory: A Darwinian Framework for Consciousness as Emotionally Guided Adaptation
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