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Sept. 23, 2023

How Do Dreams Relate To Consciousness? Why We Dream & The Felt Uncertainty Theory | Mark Solms

Professor Mark Solms has spent his entire career investigating the mysteries of consciousness. Best known for identifying the brain mechanisms of dreaming and for bringing psychoanalytic insights into modern neuroscience, he is director of Neuropsychology in the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments…

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Sept. 16, 2023

Are There Good Reasons For Bad Feelings? The Evolution of Mental Disorder | Randolph Nesse

🌟 Unraveling the Complex Web of Evolution and Mental Health with Professor Randolph Nesse 🌍 Step into the world of evolutionary medicine and psychiatry with Professor Randolph Nesse, a renowned expert who has dedicated his career to exploring the intricate relationship between evolution, human psychology, and mental health. 🎓 📖…

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Sept. 10, 2023

How Does Each Brain Make A Mind? Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) & Consciousness | Stephen Grossberg

Stephen Grossberg is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics & Statistics, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He is Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems & Director of the Center for Adaptive Systems. He is a Cognitive Scientist, Theoretical and Computational Psychologist, Neuroscientist, Mathematician, Biomedical Engineer, and…

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Sept. 3, 2023

Why Do The Rational Believe The Irrational? Biases, Fallacies, & Skepticism 101 | Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain, Why Darwin…

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Aug. 27, 2023

Are We Living In A Simulation? Consciousness & A Theory Of Everything | Tom Campbell

Thomas Campbell is a Nuclear Physicist, Lecturer, and Author of the "My Big T.O.E." (Theory of Everything) trilogy. He worked as a physicist in technology development and complex-system risk analysis for both government and industry. In addition, he championed for more than 50 years the scientific, drug-free research into altered…

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Aug. 19, 2023

What Is The Field Of Diverse Intelligence (DI)? All Possible Intelligent Agents | Michael Levin

Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University. He holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. Prior to college, Michael Levin worked as a software engineer…

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Aug. 12, 2023

How Did Evolution Give Us Free Will? Free Agents & Cognitive Realism | Kevin Mitchell

Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. He is a graduate of the Genetics Department, Trinity College Dublin (B.A., Mod. 1991) and received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley (1997), where he studied nervous system development with Prof. Corey Goodman. He…

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Aug. 5, 2023

Was Einstein Wrong? Bell's Inequality & Universal Non-Locality | Tim Maudlin

Tim Maudlin is an American philosopher of science who has done influential work on the metaphysical foundations of physics and logic. He studied physics and philosophy at Yale University, and history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he received his PhD. He taught for more than…

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July 28, 2023

How Did Thinking Emerge From Chaos? Journey Of The Mind, Supermind & Beyond | Ogi Ogas

Ogi Ogas is a Mathematical Neuroscientist and Author. He attained his PhD in Computational Neuroscience at Boston University. He was a United States Department of Homeland Security Fellow during his graduate studies, and is the director of the Dark Horse Project in the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality at…

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July 22, 2023

Is The Self An Illusion? Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood & Epistemic Agent Model | Thomas Metzinger

Thomas Metzinger is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. He is the author of The Ego Tunnel and Being No One (MIT Press), the coeditor of Open MIND, and the editor of Neural Correlates of Consciousness (both MIT Press). His research focus lies in analytical philosophy of…

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July 14, 2023

What is Mind-Body Solution? A Quest to Conquer the Mind-Body Problem | Tevin Naidu

Special thanks to @Carlos.Explains for allowing me to re-post this wonderful interview on Mind Body Solution. Formerly named “The Truth”, Carlos' channel (“Sigma Series”) seeks to better understand the fundamental nature of reality through philosophy, science, & art. His channel uncovers concepts from psychology, mythology, spirituality, literature, media, and more.…

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July 9, 2023

Are We Dissociated Alters Of A Universal Mind? Understanding Analytic Idealism | Bernardo Kastrup

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist,…

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July 1, 2023

Is The Universe A Cosmic Hologram? The Holographic Principle & Infodynamics | Jude Currivan

Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, author, previously one of the most senior business women in the UK and co-founder of WholeWorld-View. She holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Reading in the UK researching ancient cosmologies and a Masters Degree in Physics from Oxford University…

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June 26, 2023

Did Religions Evolve To Exploit Us? God's Memes & Consciousness Delusionism | Susan Blackmore

Susan Blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer, broadcaster, and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth, UK. She has a degree in psychology and physiology from Oxford University (1973) an MSc and a PhD in parapsychology from the University of Surrey (1980). Her research interests include memes, evolutionary theory, consciousness,…

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June 18, 2023

Can Consciousness Create Reality? New Experiment to Test Conscious Realism | Donald Hoffman

Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including “The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes.”…

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June 9, 2023

Is The Brain A Statistical Organ? The Free Energy Principle & Active Inference | Karl Friston

Professor Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at University College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, and pioneers the…

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June 2, 2023

What Is The Role Of Qualia? Phenomenal Intentionality Theory & Consciousness | Angela Mendelovici

Angela Mendelovici' is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Philosophy at The Australian National University, a graduate student at the Department of Philosophy at Princeton University, and an undergrad at McGill University. She is the author of "The…

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May 21, 2023

Can Consciousness Be Quantified? Integrated Information Theory & Neural Correlates | Christof Koch

Professor Christof Koch is the Chief Scientist of the MindScope Program. He received his baccalaureate from the Lycée Descartes in Rabat, Morocco, his B.S. and M.S. in physics from the University of Tübingen in Germany and his Ph.D. from the Max-Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics in 1982. Subsequently, he spent…

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Jan. 31, 2023

Do We Have Free Will? Moral Responsibility & The Meaning Of Life | Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history. He is a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. Known as "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field…

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Oct. 25, 2022

Is Everything Consciousness? One Unbounded Ocean Of Consciousness | Tony Nader

Tony Nader is a Medical Doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD. in Neuroscience), and a globally recognised Vedic Scholar. Dr Nader is an author and fellow podcaster, with his book titled: "One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness" and his podcast titled: "Consciousness Is All There Is".…

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Sept. 14, 2022

What's The Matter with Matter & Why Does It Matter? The Mind-Body Problem | Rebecca Goldstein

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a novelist, public intellectual and Professor of Philosophy. She has written ten books, both fiction and non-fiction. She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College, receiving the Montague Prize for Excellence in Philosophy, and immediately went on to graduate work at Princeton University, receiving her Ph.D.…

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Aug. 29, 2022

Is Consciousness The Fundamental Reality? Analytic Idealism & The Cosmic Mind | Bernardo Kastrup

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist,…

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Aug. 11, 2022

Is Everything Conscious? Panpsychism & The Purpose Of The Universe | Philip Goff

Philip Goff is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Durham University, UK. His main research interest is consciousness, although he also has a sideline in political philosophy (taxation, globalisation, social justice). He blogs at Conscience and Consciousness, and his work has been published in The Guardian and Philosophy Now, among others.…

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July 24, 2022

Is Consciousness Everything? Quasi-Berkeleyan Idealism Without God | Helen Yetter-Chappell

Helen Yetter-Chappell is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. She received her PhD from Princeton University, and has since been a Bersoff Fellow at NYU and a lecturer at the University of York. She is currently writing a book, titled "The View From Everywhere: Realist Idealism…

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