This 'New Thinking Allowed' video above really seems to go together with my last post about Jamie Foxx and his recovery from a brain bleed, but while it was a good talk about the brain by Jill, I'm not so sure it explains the "soul", like the time when I was around 11 and had an OBE, and seemed to be out of my body and observing it from above.
I can't help thinking that the brain and the thinking part of "us" are two different things, with the brain being more of a connecting mechanism between the body and "soul".
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| Jamie Foxx (born December 13, 1967) |
I hope you live to see many more.
Cheers.
Hola Darren, sobre el tema de la consciencia, me acabo de leer el libro "Being you" de Anil Seth (Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex), que tal vez capte tu interés, te dejo una sinopsis detallada:
ReplyDeleteSeth explains that the brain doesn’t just process information from the world but actively "constructs" it through constant predictions.
He uses the term "controlled hallucination" to describe how perceptions are interpretations generated by the brain, refined by sensory data.
He distinguishes between different levels of consciousness: basic awareness (being awake), perception of the world, and self-consciousness.
Seth explains that the sense of "self" is also a construction of the brain, integrating information about the body, emotions, and interactions with the environment.
The book explores how our brains interpret internal signals (like heartbeat and breathing) to create a feeling of being "embodied."
Seth highlights that body awareness is fundamental to the sense of self and illustrates how conditions like phantom limb syndrome alter this perception.
Seth argues that emotions are ways of interpreting internal bodily states.
He presents a model where emotions are not simple reactions but predictions made by the brain about what’s happening inside us.
He explains how what we perceive as "reality" is an internal model created by the brain based on predictions and sensory inputs.
Through optical illusions and other phenomena, he demonstrates how perception can be deceived.
Seth examines whether we truly control our decisions or if our actions are determined by unconscious processes in the brain.
He suggests that free will might be an illusion constructed by our conscious mind.
The book discusses how advances in understanding consciousness could impact fields like artificial intelligence, animal rights, and clinical neuroscience.
Seth questions what it means to be "conscious" and how this definition might apply to future technologies.