theories of conciousness from physists [676c6a83]

Tags: physics, episteme, cognition

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=efVBUDnD_no
• talks about integrated information theory

• also talks about how conciousness from quantum effects in the brain due to microtubules

  • put forward by roger penrose and stuart hamaroff
  • tim palmer also thinks quantum fluctuations has something to do with it, but thinks that noise created in quantum fluctations is what gives rise to conciousness
• ramon erra talks about how watching people's brain in seizures to understand conciousness
• jonathan mason talks about seeing conciousness like reading from a CD
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness