Behind the Blog: Big Questions of Consciousness

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Behind The Blog # Behind the Blog: Big Questions of Consciousness

· May 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM

This week, we discuss a wild message, a new anthology, and a visit to a museum.

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_This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss a wild message, big questions about consciousness, and a visit to a museum._

JASON:I got an extremely funny Signal message yesterday after I published my most recent article about Flock. Like, very confused Signal message from someone who ostensibly thought maybe they were a source? We do sometimes get article tips that are like “Off the record, not to be quoted, confidential source:” and then the entirety of the message is like “did you see this article in _The New York Times_?”