Podcast Episodes

The Turing Test vs The Garland Test: Murray Shanahan on Consciousness in Ex Machina

Murray Shanahan is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London and a principal research scientist at Google DeepMind. Educated at Imperial College (BSc(Eng) computer science) and Cambr…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Life is Simple: Science is Occam's Razor | Johnjoe McFadden

Johnjoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. He obtained his BSc in Biochemistry at the University of London, and his PhD at Imperial College Londo…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

James Cooke: How Did Matter Become Conscious & Alive? Living Mirrors Theory & The Dawn of Mind

Episode 77

Dr James Cooke, PhD trained is a neuroscientist, speaker, and writer. He holds three degrees from Oxford University (a PhD and Masters in Neuroscience & a BA in Experimental Psychology). He has condu…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iain McGilchrist Debunks Pop Psychology Myths About Brain Hemisphere Differences

Iain McGilchrist is a Consultant Emeritus of the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital, London, a former research Fellow in Neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, a former Fellow…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

A Synopsis of Spinoza's Metaphysics | Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes

Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, Bergson, and Spinoza—and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, ment…

Published on 7 months ago

Stuart Hameroff: Is Consciousness a Quantum Orchestra? Microtubules, Objective Reduction, & Orch OR

Episode 76

Stuart Hameroff MD is Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology, and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Hameroff became interested in intelligen…

Published on 7 months ago

Does Science Need Philosophy? Tim Maudlin on Physics & Philosophy

Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzEazFNqOMk Title: "Tim Maudlin: Was Einstein Wrong? Bell's Inequality & Universal Non-Locality" CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/ - Podcast:…

Published on 7 months ago

Rescuing the Self from the Philosophers | Raymond Tallis

Raymond Tallis is Professor Emeritus of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. He is a philosopher, poet, novelist, cultural critic, and a retired physician and clinical neuroscientist. …

Published on 7 months ago

Denis Noble & Raymond Noble: Is Life Purposeful? A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Living Systems

Episode 75

Denis Noble is Emeritus Professor and co-Director of Computational Physiology who held the Burdon Sanderson Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford. He is one of the pioneers …

Published on 7 months ago

Michael Levin Addresses Consciousness & the Mind-Body Problem

Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMxTS7eKkNM Title: "Michael Levin: What Is The Field Of Diverse Intelligence (DI)? All Possible Intelligent Agents" CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnai…

Published on 7 months ago