On the Hard Problem of Pain

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Argues that agony requires two specific mechanisms: two generators of pain — a global broadcast that forces processors to interrupt tasks (attention) and a world-model that labels damage as self (awareness). Uses a concrete CTM brain framework, rejects a purely deterministic CTM, embraces a probabilistic CTM that students stress-tested (25 projects failed to break it). Cites infant behavior, clinical pain asymbolia cases, mirror‑test fish, and dream reports as empirical handles.

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1. 0:00Introduction to the topic
2. 5:26The CTM framework
3. 12:32Developing the CTM model
4. 20:49Infant consciousness
5. 23:12Learning and pain
6. 24:58Pain asymbolia
7. 28:05Generating agony
8. 30:12Self-labeling and models
9. 40:22Dreams and discussions