Christof Koch: why you can't squeeze consciousness out of a brain
This is a really fun conversation with one of the most influential living scientist. is neuroscientist pioneering th the neural bases of consciousness. He is the president and chief scientist of the in Seattle. In this conversation we...
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Show Notes
This is a really fun conversation with one of the most influential living scientist. Dr. Christof Koch is neuroscientist pioneering th the neural bases of consciousness. He is the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. In this conversation we discuss...
- Christof's journey into the brain sciences and work with Francis Crick
- what is the 'integrated information theory' of consciousness
- russellian monism and the panpsychist revival
- contrasting consciousness and intelligence
- can a machine become conscious
- the possibility of artificial intelligence
- the love of dogs and becoming a vegetarian
- how practices open up different worlds
- defending the depths for human existence
- Iain Banks' novels
- adversarial experimentation and the problem of conscious
- beginning with phenomenology in the explanation of consciousness
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