https://matthiasgruber.com/blog/tags/theory/ Recent content in Theory on Matthias Gruber — Blog Hugo en Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://matthiasgruber.com/blog/four-model-theory-introduction/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://matthiasgruber.com/blog/four-model-theory-introduction/ <p>You are not conscious.</p> <p>Something inside your skull is running a real-time simulation of you, and <em>that</em> is conscious. The real you — the neurons, the electrochemistry — has never experienced a single thing.</p> <p>This is the core claim of the Four-Model Theory (FMT). It sounds radical, but it follows from a structural observation about how brains work — an observation that dissolves the so-called &ldquo;hard problem&rdquo; of consciousness and generates testable predictions, several of which have been independently confirmed.</p>