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Consciousness, Distributed Cognition, and the Meaning Crisis
07:21 - 39:52 (32:30)
In this episode, the speaker discusses the problems with attributing consciousness to distributed cognition and the difficulties of understanding the nature of consciousness. He also explores the meaning crisis and the historical and existential factors that contribute to it.
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Jordan Peterson discusses the meaning crisis and how it intersects with historical factors and perennial problems that exist, as well as proposing a metaphysical claim regarding meaningfulness in life.
07:21 - 25:41 (18:19)
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Jordan Peterson discusses the meaning crisis and how it intersects with historical factors and perennial problems that exist, as well as proposing a metaphysical claim regarding meaningfulness in life.
ChapterConsciousness, Distributed Cognition, and the Meaning Crisis
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PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The possibility of building machines that are conscious is a question that has intrigued a lot of people in the field of cognitive science.
25:41 - 39:52 (14:11)
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The possibility of building machines that are conscious is a question that has intrigued a lot of people in the field of cognitive science. While machines can have intelligence, building consciousness into them would require a deep understanding of how our own human consciousness works.