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Sources and link to book by Rupert Glasgow: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-consciousness Consciousness is perhaps the biggest riddle in nature. In the first part of this three part video series, we explore the origins of consciousness and take a closer look on how unaware things became aware. This video was made possible by […]
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In the third presentation of the ‘Science of Consciousness’ conference 2021, Prof. dr. Heleen Slagter, Principal Investigator of the Cognition & Plasticity Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, talks about the predictive mind: the ability of our cognitive systems to not only perceive the world, but also infer what the […]
Head to https://squarespace.com/bigscientificquestions to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIGSCIENTIFICQUESTIONS *Does the human brain create consciousness, or does consciousness create the human brain?* Exploring this question unravels the intricate dance between the brain’s physical structure and the ethereal nature of consciousness, sparking […]
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