#1082 - Is Consciousness a Miracle? | Harvard’s Cognitive Scientist Prof. Steven Pinker & Sadhguru

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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🗓️ 2 December 2023

⏱️ 112 minutes

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"Is consciousness a miracle?” Join Sadhguru and Harvard cognitive scientist Prof. Steven Pinker as they explore this profound question at a fascinating discussion on science and spirituality, hosted by the Sadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Moderated by Harvard Medical School's Dr. Bala Subramaniam, this thought-provoking conversation explores consciousness through the lenses of ancient wisdom and modern science. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.org Sadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	slash i.e.e.e.
1:03.0	e. Welcome to the podcast, Sadguru, of Mystics and Mistakes.
1:17.0	So, before we decided what should we talk about and after going through Dr. Pinker's profile,
1:30.0	we went back and forth on what title we should keep.
1:33.1	So Dr Pinkett shows his consciousness is a miracle.
1:38.7	We were giving him consciousness a miracle.
1:40.8	So he just put a question mark on that and you tweeted last night so I
1:44.1	would love to hear from you what in your view consciousness means and why the
1:50.0	question mark. Yeah there is a some of you may have heard of Betrich's law of headlines, which is that in a newspaper
1:58.1	magazine, any headline that begins with a question mark has the answer no.
2:03.4	And I think that applies to our, at least to my opinion of the resolution for today,
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