Mark Solms, Anil Seth, Iain McGilchrist, and Donald Hoffman - New Consciousness Paradigms

Embark on a profound exploration of consciousness with Mark Solms, Anil Seth, Iain McGilchrist, and Donald Hoffman in this captivating compilation. Delve into the perplexing question of how conscious experience emerges from the intricate dance of neurons and synapses, challenging conventional notions.

Join these esteemed minds as they unveil the brain's role as a predictive engine, crafting our perceptions instead of passively processing external inputs. Traverse discussions on perception, time, emotions, and the intricate interplay between matter and consciousness. Discover the universe of creativity and resistance shaping our reality. Engage in conversations about the deep connections between life, intelligence, and consciousness, gaining insights into our existence as both individuals and integral parts of the broader cosmos.

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Dr Iain McGilchrist

Anil Seth

Donald Hoffman

Prof. Donald Hoffman, PhD received his PhD from MIT, and joined the faculty of the University of California, Irvine in 1983, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences. He is an author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence, and The Case Against Reality. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. You can watch his TED Talk titled “Do we see reality as it is?” and you can follow him on Twitter @donalddhoffman.

Mark Solms

Professor Mark Solms is best known for his discovery of the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming, and for his pioneering integration of psychoanalytic theories and methods with those of modern neuroscience. He holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology). His other positions have included: Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at St. Bartholomew’s & Royal London School of Medicine, Director of the International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Centre, London, and Director of the Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuro-Psychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. Professor Solms’ books include: Clinical Studies in Neuro-Psychoanalysis (winner of the NAAP’s Gradiva Award Best Book, Science Category in 2001), The Brain and The Inner World (2002), and most recently: Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness (2021).

[farzadmahootian]

This is one of the best collections of pertinence statements, regarding consciousness, and the world that I’ve ever seen. No fluff. Also, the arrangements in the order of presentation was very helpful to its integrity.

[brucebirch]

Great compilation and juxtaposition of conceptual frameworks. Much appreciated. Well done!

[Loneranger]

Thank you, this is great information.

[mikey]

We'll never be able to answer the question of what consciousness really is or how it arises just like we'll never be able to say exactly what gravity or electromagnetism is. Scientific investigation of these phenomena allow us to see HOW they work in ever more detail and complexity – much to our technological advantage – but the questions of WHY or WHAT (in a fundamental sense) are and always will be the realm of faith.

[taojones]

All edges are open there is no inside or outside only what is. Consciousness projects itself into itself everythign is consciousness. You can't stand otside of it to know it. Intimacy is the way of knowing it not through concepts.

[simonFellows-pc]

whom has spent months or years in silence understands Jacksons point cited by Solms vis how neuroscientists prattle on never seeming to grasping an aspect of ourselves borne of being able to sit in silence.Proust nailed it.

[peterblock]

About "time" scientists start to consider that consciousness may be more fundamental than matter or spacetime.

Also that human consciousness may be only one possible phase or state of consciousness.

[lizleclair]

Hi! What does CPD stand for with respect to your certification program?
Thank you for your channel. So good
I do a form of IFS with clients.

[HairyPinkTroll]

0:57 I always feel drawn to Benjamin Franklin discovering electricity…. Any new science on that?

[pantherstealth]

Can tell Don’s voice without his image 😂

[optimusprimevil]

the hard problem of consciousness is the second most profound question in the universe, closely behind the question of why there is anything at all, and the fact that we can patently never answer these questions brings us to god.

[johnmartin]

Eugene Wigner was one of the first physicists to point out that CONSCIOUSNESS MODIFIES QUANTUM WAVES, THUS ALTERING THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

“…. Furthermore, the modified wave function is generally unpredictable before the impression obtained has entered consciousness: it is the very entrance of an impression into our consciousness that will change the wave function, as it will modify our assessment of the probabilities related to different impressions that we expect receive in the future. It is at this point that, inevitably and unalterably, consciousness enters the theory.”
EUGENE WIGNER
(Nobel Prize in Physics (1963)
Symmetries and Reflections (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1967)

[philmcdonald]

"i regard consciousness as fundamental." max planck.

[cpamfly]

I was trying to find the quote about the most important influence on life or personality? is whether you think life is good or hostile? does anyone know this quote? I thought Don Hoffman referenced it.

[marygee]

❤Perhap, less talk and more experience of our consciousness 👌 enjoy.

[Dischordian]

22:40 the Planck "constant" (physics joke).... 😅

[bretnetherton]

Awareness is known by awareness alone.

[infinitygame]

You all are great, salute your understanding, lets dive bit deeper in love

[kirstinstrand]

The person who I think was omitted from the conversation is Sir Roger Penrose - he has done much research into cosmology and physics - why? He has an open mind. He also has insinuated that the Big Bang may not be correct. Life is only about discovery and correcting our mistakes. Perfection will never be complete.

[АлександрГодзиковский-ьр]

The observer matters. We just still can’t prove it. Space/time rolls out only with the observer.