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119 - Mark Solms: Neuropsychoanalysis and the Source of Consciousness
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The Evolution of Consciousness
Many scientists and philosophers believe consciousness doesn't have a purpose so in philosophical jargon we might say it's epiphenomenal. But what then granted everything we've just been discussing about affect for instance that's where affective consciousness stems in the upper brain stem. What is the purpose then that consciousness has and how does this maybe relate to its evolutionary origin? Okay, thank you. Let me start by saying that the fundamental difference between living and non living things is that living things resist the second law of thermodynamics. In other words, they don't dissipate. They work at staying within certain parameters. So for example, we have to stay within a certain temperature range. We have to
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