Mysteries of the Mind: A Journey into Consciousness with Erik Hoel

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Dr. Amy Robbins

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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MYSTERIES OF THE MIND: A JOURNEY INTO CONSCIOUSNESS WITH ERIK HOEL

Do you ever wonder about the mysteries of consciousness and the secrets it holds? Today, we're diving deep into this fascinating subject with Erik Hoel, a renowned neuroscientist and author.

Erik Hoel is a neuroscientist and author known for his groundbreaking work in consciousness research. With a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and research experience at prestigious institutions, he's on the cutting edge of unraveling the enigma of consciousness.

Join us as Erik Hoel shares insights into the current state of consciousness research. He explores the definition of consciousness, its challenges in the scientific world, and the intriguing idea that some aspects of the universe may forever remain unknown.

Topics We Discuss:

[0:00] Lack of scientific theory of consciousness

[8:18] Intrinsic and extrinsic perspectives on consciousness

[14:14] Neuroscience's need to address consciousness

[18:47] Uncertainty is a fundamental aspect of existence

[19:19] The quest for knowledge may be a defense against uncertainty

[27:55] Explaining mediumship and near-death experiences

[39:23] Living in the mysticism and magic of the unknown

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0:00.0	not have a satisfactory scientific theory of consciousness.
0:03.5	So when people are making claims like that, they're making claims off of their intuition
0:07.5	or sort of making like very broad base claims off of their metaphysical claims.
0:12.3	They're not saying, right, they're not saying that we have a firm scientific theory of consciousness
0:18.2	and then I can reason from that and deduce that there's nothing that happens after we die.
0:29.3	Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins, and welcome to life, death, and the space between.
0:35.4	Today, I have an interview that I know is going to blow your mind because
0:39.8	just reading this book, The World Between the World, blew my mind. Eric Howell is one of Forbes
0:48.6	30 under 30 in science and also a New York City emerging writers fellow.
0:56.0	Howell received his PhD in neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:01.0	and has been a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, a visiting scholar at the Institute
1:09.0	for Advanced Study at Princeton, and a research professor at Tufts University.
1:13.6	His new book, The World Behind the World, is out now,
1:18.6	and we are going to delve into consciousness, neuroscience,
1:23.6	and the overwhelming limits of science in general.
1:29.1	So I'm really excited for this conversation.
1:32.3	I feel like I was back in school reading this book,
1:35.6	and now I'm going to get a personal kind of mentorship from the professor.
1:41.7	So I get to ask all my questions directly to you. So welcome, Eric. Oh, thank you.
1:47.8	Thank you so much, Amy, for that wonderful introduction. And I'm so glad that you got a kick out of the book.
1:53.8	It was quite an experience to write. And it summed up a lot of my thinking for the past 10, 20 years,
2:00.3	as long as essentially I've been a scientist.
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