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A psychedelic trip into the mind with Dr. Anil Seth

The Rational View podcast with Dr. Al Scott

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What Is Consciousness?

Theory of consciousness is based on the idea that our brains are a prediction machine. The brain uses sensory signals to calibrate its best guesses and what we consciously experience is not a readout of data it's predictions, says author Andrew Keen. Keen: Consciousness has implications for how we think about human AI or even in other animals.

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