#146 - Dr Heather Berlin - Considering Consciousness

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine.

All humans have a subjective experience of reality, but why? What does it mean that a collection of atoms, arranged into a particular configuration, is able to consider its own existence? How can it dream, reflect and not only be a passenger within its environment but to also become captain of the ship and affect its own destiny?

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0:00.0	Oh yes, hello humans of podcast land, welcome back.
0:04.1	My guest today is Heather Bolyn.
0:06.2	She is a cognitive neuroscientist and a psychologist.
0:10.3	And I had one question that I wanted to ask,
0:12.1	which was what is consciousness?
0:14.7	We all have a subjective experience of reality around us,
0:18.2	but we've just got this big mess of fat and water
0:21.4	inside of our heads that makes all the magic happen.
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