Consciousness Unmasked

Consciousness Unmasked is a fearless exploration of the most elusive machinery within us — the restless mind, the hidden subconscious, and the mysterious inner forces that shape our thoughts, dreams, and choices. Rejecting romanticized portraits of the human psyche, the authors examine consciousness as a flawed evolutionary tool: ingenious, yet inconsistent; powerful, yet often beyond our control. This book dismantles comforting illusions and invites the listener to confront the structure of their own inner world with unshielded honesty. Through philosophy, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and real scientific discoveries — from quantum observer effects to animal cognition — it uncovers the strange architecture of consciousness and the unconscious processes that silently govern our lives.

Boris Kriger brings the critical, interdisciplinary perspective of a philosopher who has spent decades studying the mind from many angles. Co-author Maria Kozlova, PhD, contributes her expertise in biology and environmental systems, strengthening the scientific foundations of the book and expanding its scope into evolutionary logic and cognitive complexity across species.

Provocative, accessible, and deeply original, this book is an invitation to understand the mind not as a mystical essence, but as a system that can be examined, questioned, and, perhaps, improved.