# Intelligence vs Consciousness

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**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/intelligence-vs-consciousness/2595 "2017-07-26T22:14:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/intelligence-vs-consciousness/2595/56 "2018-06-22T21:19:38Z")

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I have a working theory that many of the “mind-boggling” theories are put forward in such a way as to sound more profound than they really are.

This comes up a lot in philosophy, social sciences, quantum mechanics, psychology, cosmology, and art.

I have been unable to determine if this is to impress the coeds or to get tenure or to gain notoriety or some combination of these goals.

I am perfectly comfortable with describing all three of Marr’s levels of description and applying them to a variety of systems.

This applies equally to silicon computers or wetware.

When we veer into “hard problems” - well - see my opening statement.

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