Asi arquel is a research professor at tuff's university right now. He was lucky enough to be able to work on the very frontier of people trying to come up with a scientific theory of consciousness, which we still don't have for th we don't know any lawful relationships between experiences like the taste of coffee and neural events in your brain. This field was so intellectually stimulating and brought up huge questions, not just about science, but also about humanity. How humans orientate themselves towards mystery, how humans pursue this field at a very high level, is very difficult. It's very controversial. There's a lot of egos involved. But i thinkthat you can, if you
Erik Hoel is a neuroscientist and an author. Erik often writes about the intersection of humanities and science, and his debut novel "The Revelations" is a tale of science, murder, and consciousness. Our discussion with Erik includes topics like:
- Are humans really "conscious"?
- Different theories of consciousness
- Neural pruning in babies
- How emotions drives scientific progress
- Accepting the flaws in each of us
- And MUCH more!
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