The Michael Shermer Show 221. Antonio Damasio — Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious
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Oct 26, 2021 AI Snips
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Feeling Precedes Emotion and Consciousness
- Feeling is about the body's state and is distinct from emotions, which are about actions.
- Consciousness begins with feeling internal bodily states necessary for survival.
Plants Lack Consciousness
- Plants lack neurons and thus mental representation and self-awareness.
- Nervous systems enable complex maps and consciousness not present in plants.
Elastic Self Through Maps
- Consciousness arises from maps of maps creating an elastic self-representation.
- Attention shifts dynamically depending on current interests and affects conscious experience.