Is Reality Just A Hallucination In The Brain? - Anil Seth

Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscientist at the University of Sussex, co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, and an author. What is the Self? What does it mean that we are the same person we were 10 years ago? Why do we have a subjective experience of reality at all? Is consciousness created or perceived? These are fundamental questions that philosophers and neuroscientists have been trying to answer for centuries. So can a new science of consciousness give us the answers? Expect to learn why answering the problem of consciousness is such a difficult challenge, why you wake up as the same person everyday, whether we know for a fact that animals are conscious, why perception often is divorced from objective reality, just how reliable our memories are, how to trust your brain even when it's incredibly fallible and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #consciousness #self #psychology - 00:00 Intro 00:28 The Real Problem of Consciousness 04:39 Why is the Self Rooted in Consciousness? 13:10 Thought Experiments to Understand Consciousness 19:39 Are We Experiencing a Controlled Hallucination? 22:40 Looking at Perception Through an Evolutionary Lens 32:29 Studying How to Alter the Predictive Brain 41:17 Where Does Consciousness Arise? 45:38 Testing the Consciousness of Lower Animals 49:36 The Most Common Definitions of Consciousness 59:10 The Challenge of Testing the Internal Processes of Animals 1:05:32 Anil’s Experience with LSD 1:11:04 How Anil’s Studies Have Impacted His Outlook 1:15:58 Where to Find Anil - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Anil SethguestChris Williamsonhost

Jul 3, 20231h 16mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: July 3, 2023
Duration: 1h 16m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscientist at the University of Sussex, co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, and an author. What is the Self? What does it mean that we are the same person we were 10 years ago? Why do we have a subjective experience of reality at all? Is consciousness created or perceived? These are fundamental questions that philosophers and neuroscientists have been trying to answer for centuries. So can a new science of consciousness give us the answers? Expect to learn why answering the problem of consciousness is such a difficult challenge, why you wake up as the same person everyday, whether we know for a fact that animals are conscious, why perception often is divorced from objective reality, just how reliable our memories are, how to trust your brain even when it's incredibly fallible and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #consciousness #self #psychology - 00:00 Intro 00:28 The Real Problem of Consciousness 04:39 Why is the Self Rooted in Consciousness? 13:10 Thought Experiments to Understand Consciousness 19:39 Are We Experiencing a Controlled Hallucination? 22:40 Looking at Perception Through an Evolutionary Lens 32:29 Studying How to Alter the Predictive Brain 41:17 Where Does Consciousness Arise? 45:38 Testing the Consciousness of Lower Animals 49:36 The Most Common Definitions of Consciousness 59:10 The Challenge of Testing the Internal Processes of Animals 1:05:32 Anil’s Experience with LSD 1:11:04 How Anil’s Studies Have Impacted His Outlook 1:15:58 Where to Find Anil - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Anil Seth
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Chris Williamson
host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Anil Seth and Chris Williamson, Is Reality Just A Hallucination In The Brain? - Anil Seth explores anil Seth argues reality and self are brain’s controlled hallucinations Anil Seth explains his “real problem of consciousness” approach, which focuses on explaining the features and mechanisms of conscious experience rather than solving the abstract “hard problem” outright.

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