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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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How Did You Become Interested in Consciousness?

David Wheeler is the author of two books and has given 13 million TED talks. He says he became interested in consciousness as a child, but it wasn't part of his curriculum at university. His research was funded by scientists like Francis Crick who co-discovered DNA. The idea that we can have conscious experience came to him through reading about this topic.

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