# You Can Simulate a Rainstorm by Christof Koch > "You can simulate a rainstorm, but it never gets wet inside the computer." > **— Christof Koch**, *2024, Nautilus consciousness interview* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [Neuroscientist Christof Koch On His New Book About Consciousness and IIT](https://nautil.us/what-counts-as-consciousness-579734) — contains the quoted wording and identifies its publication, interview, testimony, or event context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine|The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Executable Brain Model|Executable Brain Model]] - [[wiki/Whole Brain Emulation|Whole Brain Emulation]] - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|Consciousness Indicators]] - [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Hard Problem of Consciousness|Hard Problem of Consciousness]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "You can simulate a rainstorm, but it never gets wet inside the computer." — Christof Koch, 2024, Nautilus consciousness interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-christof-koch-simulate-rainstorm ```