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Considering Consciousness | Dr Heather Berlin | Modern Wisdom Podcast 146

Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine. All humans have a subjective experience of reality, but why? What does it mean that a collection of atoms, arranged into a particular configuration, is able to consider its own existence? How can it dream, reflect and not only be a passenger within its environment but to also become captain of the ship and affect its own destiny? Get Surfshark VPN - https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter Promo Code MODERNWISDOM for 83% off & One Extra Month Free) Extra Stuff: Follow Heather on Twitter - https://twitter.com/heather_berlin Check out Heather's Website - https://heatherberlin.com/ Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom #consciousness #psychology - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Heather BerlinguestChris Williamsonhost
Feb 27, 20201h 5mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
February 27, 2020
Duration
1h 5m
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Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine. All humans have a subjective experience of reality, but why? What does it mean that a collection of atoms, arranged into a particular configuration, is able to consider its own existence? How can it dream, reflect and not only be a passenger within its environment but to also become captain of the ship and affect its own destiny? Get Surfshark VPN - https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter Promo Code MODERNWISDOM for 83% off & One Extra Month Free) Extra Stuff: Follow Heather on Twitter - https://twitter.com/heather_berlin Check out Heather's Website - https://heatherberlin.com/ Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom #consciousness #psychology - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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  • Heather Berlin

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  • Chris Williamson

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Heather Berlin and Chris Williamson, Considering Consciousness | Dr Heather Berlin | Modern Wisdom Podcast 146 explores neuroscientist Explores Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, and the Self Dr. Heather Berlin discusses what consciousness is, how subjective experience arises from the physical brain, and how much of our behavior is driven by unconscious processes. She explains current theories of animal and human consciousness, the neural basis of mental illness, and why mental disorders should be seen as brain-based conditions rather than personal failings.

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