Season 1 · Episode 16
On consciousness - with Christof Koch - #16
Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast · Gaute Einevoll
August 3, 20242h 4m
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Show Notes
The greatest mystery of all is why a group of atoms, like the ones constituting me, can feel anything. The mind-brain problem has puzzled philosophers for millennia.
Thanks to pioneers like Christof Koch, consciousness studies have recently become a legitimate field of scientific inquiry.
In this vintage episode, recorded in February 2021, we discuss many aspects of the phenomenon, including an intriguing candidate theory: Integrated Information Theory.