WSU: The Biology of Consciousness with Christof Koch

27 thoughts on “WSU: The Biology of Consciousness with Christof Koch”

1. A mistake Christof makes is his assertion that it is a fact that the brain causes consciousness rather than just a popular mainstream theory. He largely dismisses the hard problem of consciousness, which is still unsolved within the physicalist paradigm, that is no one has been able to show how consciousness arises out of matter. In this regard he makes an obvious mistake in his interpretation of Neural correlates of consciousness, by describing these lit up areas of the brain as being causal rather than correlations (as in the name). I would suggest that anyone with a genuine interest in gaining a deeper understanding of consciousness should look up Bernard Kastrup.

2. Does it ‘feel like something to be a brain’?

3. His outfit is legit

4. "Your dog doesn't sit there and think to itself, 'I'm a dog'"… that's a rather bold, assured statement from someone who, in the very same lecture, discussed the solipsistic idea that the only thing you can ever know is that you exist

5. More so, I think this cruel man should be tagged by the animal rescue brigade, or just use him instead of mice to do the meaningless low life unintelligent lab experiments.

6. Good overview of consciousness

7. "A lot of perception is a con job"

8. It is not yet answered how consciousness is generated and more importantly what consciousness is. What if brain does not generate consciousness? It is time to open our mind to more nuanced approaches.

9. Nobody knows where consciousness comes from and what happens to it after we die.

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11. This was easily one of the best lectures I’ve seen in a while. Great job everybody

12. I was very intrigued by the name of this conversation… I have to say that this was a big waste of time. It started good but very soon seemed that the point of the conversation was too much for the time that he had it… would I watch another conversation from this source… perhaps.

13. Hey I have a question let’s say two people have the same level of anxiety and both experience the same type of effect that triggers said anxiety. Would this preclude that both are going to react and process it the same way?

14. Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

15. I Know one thing,….. my wife wouldn't be conscious if I left the house dressed like Christof….excellent lecture……., I'll always look at my Newfoundland dog as a Buddhist, now…..

16. I've always wondered, what is the significance of memory in structuring human consciousness. I know that as a baby, I probably didn't know "red" is called "red", and soon a neural correlate of red developed in my head that would go on to be identified with every "red" I see. But the fact that there is something like "red", the ineffable characteristics of redness that are incident upon my state of being when I see a "red" object, has no analog to it, other than "redness" itself. Where did this "original red" come from? From genetics? I don't think that is the answer because genetics are molecules, and every combination of molecules can only result in a combination, nothing more. This is just one experience. The same can be said about sound, touch, and even the sense of self. Without being conscious yourself, you are unable to understand what the word even means. Is it a mathematical object? A state of matter? The very quantum of reality? Nonetheless, very mysterious indeed.

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18. I love WSF with all my brain! Thank you Christoff for a great talk.

19. Consciousness is an endlessly fascinating phenomenon. I cannot think of anything nearly as interesting.

    And so here is my "random guy" take. It seems to me that consciousness, at it's most distilled, is merely "that which observes", nothing more nothing less. I posit that consciousness has no agency whatsoever and that it merely observes that which the meat machine of our brains presents to it. I further posit that consciousness is indeed a fundamental aspect of matter (or a necessary response to events which occur) and that the brain evolved to make use of it. Maybe it turns out that there is evolutionary advantage for the brain to identify as the observer and the instigator, building an internal model of itself and then reflecting it off consciousness.

    I apologise for the word salad but I hope whoever reads this can make sense out of what I am trying to convey.

20. If you were born without the ability to sense taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing, temperature, or pressures of any type, would there even be a state of consciousness?

21. Could you turn "on" the part of the brain that "sees red" and make the person see red even though they are not, in fact, seeing red? O_O;

22. The Heart feels and we have gut feelings. We are electrical beings with energy fields. Who is to say our consciousness is located in the brain. Could it be flowing through our torus shaped electrical field?

23. This should be fun. 😀

24. Don't mind me, just reminding everyone that Joe "if you don't vote for me, then you ain't black" Biden is a corrupt piece of garbage with actual evidence against him. I don't care who you vote for, but if you have a conscience, avoid voting for him.

25. I don't think it's possible to probe consciousness directly. You can probe cognitive processes at the neural level, but you're still not probing the bit that's observing those cognitive processes that are occurring.

26. Acually humans become self aware or "self conscious" at 18 months.

27. So happy to see these talks again!!!

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