Human Consciousness

Human Consciousness

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53mins
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“Our conscious awareness is everything. And the fact that it's still so mysterious to scientists and to all of humanity, the fact that it's still one of the great unsolved mysteries makes it something that everyone can be excited about and that inspires awe in everyone.”
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11mins
"Everything that we care about, everything we experience, everything we know, we know it through our conscious awareness of it."
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10mins
"Is it possible that consciousness is a much more basic phenomenon in nature and is essentially pervading everything?"
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3mins
Journalist Steven Kotler on digital immortality and the tech that could keep us “alive,” forever.
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3mins
What is perception, really? Philosopher Alva Noë on why perception is a puzzling phenomenon:
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5mins
Do humans share one consciousness? This psychologist says yes.
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8mins
A University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible.
5mins
Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
6mins
Debates about the existence of free will traditionally have been fought by two competing camps: those who believe in free will and those who don’t because they believe the Universe […]
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8mins
Is science destined to crack the code of consciousness—and how would we even go about it?
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4mins
From superstition to religion, we are surrounded by supernatural thinking. Is that a bad thing?
John Templeton Foundation
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