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  • Sean Carroll's Mindscape Anil Seth on Emergence, Information, and Consciousness (Season 1, Episode 168)
  • Podcast Episode | 85 min | Talk-Show

Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Anil Seth on Emergence, Information, and Consciousness (Season 1, Episode 168)
Podcast Episode | 85 min | Talk-Show
Those of us who think that that the laws of physics underlying everyday life are completely known tend to also think that consciousness is an emergent phenomenon that must be compatible with those laws. To hold such a position in a ...See moreThose of us who think that that the laws of physics underlying everyday life are completely known tend to also think that consciousness is an emergent phenomenon that must be compatible with those laws. To hold such a position in a principled way, it's important to have a clear understanding of "emergence" and when it happens. Anil Seth is a leading researcher in the neuroscience of consciousness, who has also done foundational work (often in collaboration with Lionel Barnett) on what emergence means. We talk about information theory, entropy, and what they have to do with how things emerge. See less
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