# The mystery of consciousness

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 28, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-consciousness/792330 "2017-07-28T15:49:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-consciousness/792330/41 "2017-08-25T12:29:42Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> Actually it was something of a rhetorical question as the question of how matter feels pain is indisputedly not known at this time.  
> I’m (loosely) familiar with the concept of supervenience, but in this case it seems it’s just restating the problem. Yes pain is a phenomena that somehow comes about from the neural structure of our brains. How?

I’m afraid that question is above my pay grade.

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