Stuart Hammerof - Does Brain Make Mind?

The mind consists of sensations, thoughts, cogitations, intentions, feelings. How could these inner mental capacities, these felt experiences, be produced by the three pounds of rubbery moist meat encased in our skulls? What must the brain do to generate the mind? Is it even possible for mental experiences to be produced by physical brains alone?



Stuart Hameroff, MD, is a physician and researcher at the University Medical Center at the University of Arizona.


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[mar]

My daughter catches me watching this and says “Why do you watch that? They never answer anything.” 🤷‍♂️

[mickeymoon]

Be skeptical, but be open minded. Sometimes it's hard to find the right balance.

[SarcastSempervirens]

You're a great interviewer, I like you challenging a man not about him but about him explaining the stuff he claims. Good video!

[arturolopez]

I'm on the 24th time of watching this video and I am happy to announce that I finally understood the entire first sentence.

[craigw]

Bernardo Kastrup deserves to have an opportunity to be on this show. The guy is a genius and his opinions on consciousness are brilliant

[TheGrscott]

I'd really like to see a video of Robert interviewing himself. He doesn't often share his own opinions but he clearly has a towering intellect in his own right and has probably talked to more of the eminent scientists, mathematicians and philosophers than anyone alive.

[patientson]

The best of the best conversation about what is possible in the world of the impossible.

[BlessedMarkOnAir]

For me the best Interview on this channel so far. Thank you for sharing!

[StallionFernando]

Alot of people that have clinically died and been revived have claimed to still be fully conscious while being dead. There's been several studied conducted on this and it's a pretty interesting topic. Too still be aware during death defies so much and begs alot of questions.

[sulinderkaresh]

Please please please bring eben Alexander

I’d like for you to get into the real neuroscience behind his claims and how he can think consciousness is not dependent on the brain, if damage to certain parts of the brain effect consciousness, memory, personality etc

I think he is a brilliant neurosurgeon.

[horizonbrave]

Oh man I love how he takes him to task!

[edenrosest]

Be healthy Robert. This channel wouldn't be great without you.

[jimjackson]

We can’t rule out consciousness out of the brain until we understand it in the brain.Yo I like this guy .

[groduzzz]

Obviously impossible to settle on a theory this early in human history, but it’s an interesting discussion! To me, consciousness seems to be an insane outlier in science. Experience itself is so alone and unique, and we have no explanation for it. In a world where science can explain so much, it’s fun to still have something that’s borderline supernatural where we have no answer. Gives us room to wonder.

[business]

Consciousness is most definitely influenced by time and space. Consciousness is also bound by form. I.e. There is no free floating consciousness, nor is it outside of existence. Amazingly, consciousness, as amazing as it is, most definitely arose from matter/energy/information and its properties within the universe. We must also realize that the ability to describe personal consciousness is an evolutionary adaptation. I also think it would be best to first adequately explain abiogenesis. I believe the translation from inorganic matter to organic matter is an important key to the mechanism of the illusion of conscious.

[phaidonsofianos]

Very interesting !!! By the way, it's not about 'answers' - the 'questions' are the intriguing "X"factor. Thank You both.

[tourdeforce]

Robert Kuhn is really a master at getting information out of his guest speakers

[julianmann]

I agree with most of what Stewart says. The only point I would add is that Consciousness is non physical and non local. The brain acts as a filter for our higher awareness. Bruce Grayson says that events that reduce brain function such as drugs and trauma, actually increase consciousness, which is counter intuitive. This has been demonstrated by alszheimers patients who when approaching death actually begin speaking to visiting relatives again. There have also been observed restoration of some physical function in patients approaching death. For instance bedbound individuals walking again.

[petermiesler]

We can imagine a lot, but how about sticking to what we can witness - 'Consciousness is a result of life interacting with its environment.' It's that straightforward. At the tiny scale, life already exhibits an impulse to keep on keeping-on, seeking nutrients and shunning danger. As creatures grow in complexity that innate drive (pre-consciousness) evolves an awareness, then with time a self-awareness. I like how Dr. Mark Solms points out, that "consciousness" is basically the inside reflection of your body dealing with itself and its surrounding circumstances (environments).  
Then Philosophers get into the game, it's the questions that matter, and the joy of letting one's mind soar into endless chatter, if of little pragmatic resolution.
Back to the big questions, consider: Brain/Body...Mind ~ Magnet/Metal...Electricity It's not that mysterious.  
Look up the Connectome Project and Allen Institute, our body brain produces our mind.

You'll learn more about consciousness by studying the Evolutionary progression of life into complex creature upon this Earth,

[Tom-spgy]

Fantastic and mind blowing conversation