# What Can a Conscious Mind Do That an Unconscious Mind Cannot by Richard Nisbett > “What does the conscious mind do that is impossible for the unconscious mind?” > **— Richard Nisbett**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Richard Nisbett](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27464) — Richard Nisbett's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-250). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **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]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “What does the conscious mind do that is impossible for the unconscious mind?” — Richard Nisbett, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-richard-nisbett-conscious-mind-that-unconscious-mind ```