I am Daniel Böttger 1 . In 2023, my review of On The Marble Cliffs took second in the ACX book review contest, and Scott offered me the right to pitch him more essays. I have worked as a neuroscientist, so in 2024 I pitched a post with my theory of consciousness . Later that year, my connection to neuroscience took an unexpected turn, and I wrote about my experience getting diagnosed with brain…
