Is There a Solution to the Problem of Consciousness?

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Do you think religion will simply fall into disuse or be replaced by secular institutions? Do we even need to replace it? Paul kirtz have this idea we need to build a seculare, the equivalent of secular church in every city where can get buried and married. And ki self foting, but i'm not sure about t. I don't understand what a solution to the problem of consciousness would even look like.

In episode 205, Michael Shermer speaks with Richard Dawkins, the author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society’s Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor’s Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is a Fellow of New College, Oxford and both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the world’s top thinker in Prospect magazine’s poll of 10,000 readers from over 100 countries.

This episode is heavily edited because Dawkins was having trouble with his voice, and Shermer tried to speak a little more to give Dawkins a chance to let his voice rest.