Show Notes
Mark Solms is a celebrated neuroscientist known for his discovery of the brain mechanisms of dreaming. His work with Karl Friston and others has had a profound influence on our understanding of consciousness.
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Today’s topics include:
* Consciousness in non-human animals
* Historical paradigms in our understanding of consciousness
* The source of consciousness in the brain stem
* The “hard problem” of consciousness
* The possibility of engineering consciousness in non-biological substrates
* The ethical implications of synthetic and non-biological systems
… and other topics,
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