In order to progress in consciousness studies, it is important to acknowledge and question illusions and false intuitions that may be hindering our understanding of the nature of consciousness, and to let evidence guide us towards reframing our worldview.
In this podcast episode, the speaker discusses the possibility of taking consciousness and the question of free will from the realm of philosophy into the realm of science and engineering, and how it relates to intelligence.
The limitations of our understanding of the brain shows that we still have much to learn about how our universe works.
The origins of life is still a mystery, as we have different schools of thought such as prebiotic chemists, biologists, and people trying to understand the origin story to say what general process gave rise to life.
In this episode, the host discusses the concept of emergent complexity in the universe and its implications on the understanding of our place within it.