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• https://mountainsrivers.com/2026/03/07/a-visit-to-uluru-and-kata-tju%e1%b9%afa-the-olgas/#comments
• A visit to Kings Canyon in Central Australia – Part 2
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• 2017 interview with Chalmers
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• https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14040395
• https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1606798
• https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00020/full
• https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197501665.001.0001
• https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20553
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/cross-check/david-chalmers-thinks-the-hard-problem-is-really-hard/
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310466128_The_Invention_of_Consciousness
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.04.023
• https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0873
• https://www.anilseth.com/being-you/
• https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants10100238
• https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants3020394
• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527610341
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.111926
• https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-58782007000100009
• https://doi.org/10.25310/GLOL7776
• https://doi.org/10.25310/MXFR3061
• https://doi.org/10.25310/YWQZ9375
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• The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
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