Regina Barber

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Short Wave · How should we decide who, or what, is conscious? · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

Regina Barber here with our next installment of Shortwave's summer series, Tech Camp. matched

Every Monday, check this feed for a new episode about the technological frontier, tracking down the breakthroughs, experiments, and innovations that could change everything. matched

And today, producer Rachel Carlson is here to talk about consciousness. matched

Okay. matched

So was she conscious? matched

So today on the show, measuring consciousness. matched

You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR. matched

So, Rachel, we're talking about consciousness, but I'm not totally sure I know exactly what that word describes. matched

So consciousness is everything, like our experiences, our emotions. matched

Yeah. matched

But like you said earlier, researchers are experimenting with new ways to get information about these different levels of experience, right? matched

I want to hear about this magnet. matched

I'm trying to imagine this. matched

So it's like if you touch a block of jello and it like jiggles. matched

Yeah. matched

So what do other researchers think about this test? matched

Okay, so she's saying this is one option, but we should use it with other things, things like that imagination exercise we heard about earlier. matched

Oh, OK. matched

I know we talked about the medical reasons a test for consciousness would be helpful, but I imagine this could go south like pretty quickly. matched

So are there any reasons we shouldn't have tests like these? matched

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