Is There a Memory Mechanism in the Brain of Rats?

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Recent claims about very locations for memories on specific neuro networks, or in specific structures inside the neuron arepubis with big claims behind them. And the only certainty we have is that they cannot be all true. No, iam, not gong. You are a scientist. I cannot evaluate. Butphymically, physically speaking, i think it's, it's irrelevant. Amaze that he knew how to navigate, so he remembered how to navigate.

In this expansive conversation, Michael Shermer speaks with Bernardo Kastrup, the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). Shermer and Kastrup discuss: materialism, idealism, dualism, monism, panpsychism, free will, determinism, consciousness, the problem of other minds, artificial intelligence, out of body and near-death experiences, model dependent realism, and the ultimate nature of reality.