I’m proud to share a discussion of my book by the wonderful Maria Popova on her “Brain Pickings” blog!
I’m proud to share a discussion of my book by the wonderful Maria Popova on her “Brain Pickings” blog!
I spoke with Scott about why I wrote CONSCIOUS, the hard problem, the function of consciousness, free will, and other topics.
I’m happy to announce that I’m currently working on a documentary podcast series about consciousness—featuring audio from my recent conversations with prominent scientists and philosophers such as Sean Carroll, Daniel Chamovitz, David Eagleman, Brian Greene, Philip Goff, Adam Frank, Donald Hoffman, Janna Levin, Christof Koch, Susan Blackmore, Lee Smolin, Anil Seth, George Musser, and others.
The project will take about a year to complete, but I’ll continue to announce updates on my website and on social media. Thanks for staying tuned!
I’m an admirer of Coleman’s work, and it was a thrill to hang out in person when I was in NYC and talk consciousness!
If we want to explain consciousness as an emergent phenomenon, we have to think carefully about what this means…