Science limits Memes

The hard problem of consciousness remains the ultimate flex on physicists. We've split atoms, detected gravitational waves, and photographed black holes, but ask us to explain why you experience the color blue and suddenly we're all "well, technically, quantum superposition suggests..." Just admit it—your subjective experience is the universe's way of keeping our egos in check. The mind-body problem: where physics goes to get humbled since 1641.