Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas Metzinger

Some call it the "psychedelic renaissance." In the last decade or so, interest in psychedelic drugs has surged—and not just among Silicon Valley types and psychiatrists and neuroscientists. It's also surged among a stereotypically soberer crowd: academic philosophers. The reasons are clear. With their varied and sometimes transformative effects, psychedelics raise ethical questions, epistemological questions, metaphysical questions, questions about the nature of experience and the nature of the mind. My guest today is Dr. Chris Letheby. Chris is a philosopher of cognitive science at the University of Western Australia and the author of the 2021 book, Philosophy of Psychedelics. Here, Chris and I talk about the so-called classic psychedelics—LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, and others—and how interest in them has gone through three distinct waves. We discuss the effects that these substances seem to have, in particular their capacity to treat certain psychiatric conditions and their tendency to induce "mystical-like" experiences. We consider the idea that psychedelics might serve as agents of moral enhancement. And we dig into the psychological and neural mechanisms by which psychedelics seem to have their diverse—and often salutary—effects. Along the way, we talk about ontological shock, comforting delusions, brain plasticity, unselfing, microdosing, placebo effects and adverse effects, physicalism and idealism, the REBUS model, environmental virtues, plant consciousness, meditation, and much more. Maybe this is obvious but this episode is not just for the seasoned psychonauts out there. Whatever your personal experience with these substances, they offer a distinctive window into the mind—a new way of grappling with big questions. Perhaps this much is also obvious but we're not encouraging or endorsing the use of psychedelics here—just offering a little fuel for your intellectual fires! Alright friends, on to my conversation w/ Dr. Chris Letheby. Enjoy!   A transcript of this episode will be posted soon.   Notes and links 4:00 – For a brief historical overview of research into psychedelics, see this paper. 8:30 – For work by an early trailblazer in the philosophy of psychedelics, see Thomas Metzinger's Being No One. 12:30 – For our earlier episode on the psychology and philosophy of visual illusions, see here.  18:00 – For a history of the concept of “set and setting,” see here. 19:00 – A 2024 review of “adverse events” in classic psychedelics. 26:00 – A blog post on the history of the term “psychedelic.” 27:00 – A recent review and meta-analysis of the use of psychedelic therapy for depressive symptoms. 31:00 – On mystical experience see Walter Stace's classic work, Mysticism and Philosophy. On the measurement of mystical-type experiences, see, e.g., Walter Pahnke's paper here. 36:00 – On the idea of “psychoplastogens,” see here. 39:00 – See our earlier audio essay on placebo effects. 41:00 – For the study using Ritalin as an active placebo, see here.  44:00 – Michael Pollan's book on psychedelics is here. 48:00 – On the idea of “idealism,” see here. 50:30 – For the 2021 study on psychedelics' capacity to alter metaphysical beliefs, see here. 54:00 – For Dr. Letheby and collaborators' paper about the “mysticism wars,” see here. 1:02:00 – For a popular article on the possibility that psychedelics reduce fear of death, see here. 1:03:00 – For Dr. Letheby's paper on psychedelics and the fear of death, see here. 1:11:00 – The phrase “comforting delusion” comes from an article by Michael Pollan. 1:15:00 – For the “REBUS model,” see here. 1:20:00 – On the idea that psychedelics could serve as agents of moral enhancement, see the paper by Brian Earp here. 1:21:00 – For Dr. Letheby's paper on psychedelics and environmental virtues, see here. For his paper on psychedelics and forgiveness, see here. 1:23:00 – On the subfield of “virtue ethics,” see here. On the virtue of “living in place,” see the paper by Nin Kirkham here. 1:28:00 – For the New Yorker article, by Matthew Hutson, on how psychedelics led him to see trees as smart, see here. For the study, led by Sandeep Nayak, on psychedelics leading people to expand their attributions of consciousness, see here. 1:32:00 – For a first paper by Dr. Letheby on the comparison between meditation and psychedelics, see here.   Recommendations Psychedelic Experience, Aidan Lyon Varieties of Psychedelic Experience, Robert Masters & Jean Houston The Antipodes of the Mind, Benny Shanon   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, which is made possible by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation to Indiana University. The show is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from Assistant Producer Urte Laukaityte and with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd. Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala.   Subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter here! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com.    For updates about the show, visit our website or follow us on Twitter (@ManyMindsPod) or Bluesky (@manymindspod.bsky.social).

Unser mediales Umfeld hat heute hohes Stress- und Suchtpotenzial. Wie können wir angesichts disruptiver Technologien einen klaren Geist bewahren?Veronika Bonelli spricht mit Martin Tauss über Bewusstseinskultur. Er leitet die Ressorts Wissenschaft und Lebenskunst bei der österreichischen Wochenzeitung „Die Furche“ und hat sich sowohl wissenschaftlich als auch privat mit Achtsamkeit und Meditation beschäftigt. Einen aktuellen Artikel zum Thema finden Sie auf www.furche.at)Den Begriff "Bewusstseinskultur" geprägt hat der Philosoph Thomas Metzinger. Er widmet sich u.a. der Verbindung von Achtsamkeit und Ethik. Thomas Metzinger, "Bewusstseinskultur" (Verlag Piper)Stellungnahme der Wissenschaftsakademie Leopoldina: www.leopoldina.orgHier geht es zur ersten Sendung mit Martin Tauss über Achtsamkeit.

Welcome to the complete Iceberg of Consciousness. As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOE Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join --------------------- LAYER 1 01:31 – Introduction to Layer 1 01:38 – What Is Consciousness? 04:20 – The Mind-Body Problem 06:02 – Sleep, Dreams, and Altered States 08:53 – Free Will vs. Determinism 10:58 – The Self and Identity LAYER 2 12:56 – Introduction to Layer 2 13:02 – The Hard Problem of Consciousness 16:59 – Qualia and Phenomenal Consciousness 19:27 – Advaita Vedanta (Non-Dualism) 22:59 – John Vervaeke's Relevance Realization 24:45 – Panpsychism and the Combination Problem 26:58 – Buddhist Consciousness (Yogācāra & Madhyamaka) 29:04 – Global Workspace Theory 31:59 – Carl Jung's Explanation for Consciousness LAYER 3 36:03 – Introduction to Layer 3 36:47 – Heidegger's Concept of Dasein 39:28 – Attention Schema Theory (Michael Graziano) 42:53 – EM-Field Topology & Boundary Problem (Andrés Gómez Emilsson) 46:49 – Joscha Bach's Theory 53:41 – Donald Hoffman's Theory 57:47 – Nir Lahav's Relativistic Consciousness LAYER 4 01:05:46 – Introduction to Layer 4 01:06:25 – Douglas Hofstadter's Strange Loops 01:11:50 – Penrose's Quantum Consciousness 01:16:04 – Christopher Langan's CTMU 01:20:31 – Johnjoe McFadden's CEMI Field Theory 01:24:24 – David Chalmers' Extended Mind Hypothesis 01:29:18 – Iain McGilchrist's Relational Dual-Aspect Monism LAYER 5 01:33:04 – Introduction to Layer 5 01:34:35 – Bernardo Kastrup's Analytic Idealism 01:38:54 – Karl Friston's Enactive Approach / Free Energy Principle 01:42:12 – Alfred North Whitehead's Pan-Experientialism 01:46:56 – Mark Solms' Felt Uncertainty & Affective Theory 01:51:20 – Thomas Metzinger's Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood --------------------- Support TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs #science #consciousness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Genom historien har människan försökt hitta ett svar på vad jaget är. Finns jaget eller är det en illusion? Vad får synen på jaget för konsekvens för moral och politik? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Det sägs ofta att vi lever i en jagfixerad tid. Jaget exponeras i sociala medier, i litteraturens autofiktion och i vår individualistiska kultur ska vi utveckla våra jag. Samtidigt finns strömningar som går åt andra hållet och som snarare vill lösa upp jaget, ofta med inspiration från österländsk filosofi. Men vad är jaget? Finns det ett fast jag i varje människa eller skapas det i relation till andra och är i ständig förändring? Hallucinerar vi fram ett jag?Jakten på jaget genom historienNär 1600-tals filosofen Descartes formulerade “jag tänker, därför är jag” pekade han ut förnuftet som jagets fundament, en själ åtskild från kroppen. Några hundra år senare gav Freud jaget snarast rollen som mellanchef, klämd mellan det stränga överjaget och de otyglade drifterna. Den nutida tyska filosofen Thomas Metzinger anser att jaget är en illusion som skapas av processer i hjärnan.Hur påverkar synen på jaget hur vi ser på oss själva och på samhället? Om vi skulle får ett svar på vad jaget är – skulle det ha någon betydelse?Medverkande: Johan Brännmark, docent i filosofi och Carin Franzén, professor i litteraturvetenskap, båda vid Stockholms universitet.Programledare: Cecilia Strömberg WallinProducent: Marie LiljedahlVeckans tips:Bok:Konturer - Rachel CuskFöreläsning:Politiques de lámour - Patrick BoucheronLänk:Politiques de l'amour (första delen) (på franska)

In this episode I speak with Professor Thomas Metzinger about how our strong, consciously experienced subjectivity emerges out of objective events in the natural world. According to Thomas, no such things as selves really exist in the world: nobody ever had or was a self. All that exists are what he calls `phenomenal' selves which our brains fabricate. In this episode I try to unpack what this means exactly, and what the implications are.  Note: The first question of this interview has been re-filmed after the interview. Thomas has a new book, which he made open access for everybody to read for free. You can find it here:  https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5725/The-Elephant-and-the-BlindThe-Experience-of-Pure  ►Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KdHxUo8wRpY These conversations are supported by the Andrea von Braun foundation (http://www.avbstiftung.de/), as an exploration of the rich, exciting, connected, scientifically literate, and (most importantly) sustainable future of humanity. The Andrea von Braun Foundation has provided me with full creative freedom with their support. As such, the views expressed in these episodes are my own and those of my guests.  

Thomas Metzinger ist einer der meistzitierten Gegenwartsphilosophen Deutschlands. Er engagiert sich für die interdisziplinäre Bewusstseinsforschung. Im Gespräch mit FURCHE-Redakteur Martin Tauss geht es um die Themen Meditation und das "Reine Bewusstsein".

What if our goal had not been to land on Mars, but in pure consciousness? The experience of pure consciousness—what does it look like? What is the essence of human consciousness? In The Elephant and the Blind. The Experience of Pure Consciousness: Philosophy, Science, and 500+ Experiential Reports (MIT Press, 2024)," influential philosopher Thomas Metzinger, one of the world's leading researchers on consciousness, brings together more than 500 experiential reports to offer the world's first comprehensive account of states of pure consciousness. Drawing on a large psychometric study of meditators in 57 countries, Metzinger focuses on “pure awareness” in meditation—the simplest form of experience there is—to illuminate the most fundamental aspects of how consciousness, the brain, and illusions of self all interact. Starting with an exploration of existential ease and ending on Bewusstseinskultur, a culture of consciousness, Metzinger explores the increasingly non-egoic experiences of silence, wakefulness, and clarity, of bodiless body-experience, ego-dissolution, and nondual awareness. From there, he assembles a big picture—the elephant in the parable, from which the book's title comes—of what it would take to arrive at a minimal model explanation for conscious experience and create a genuine culture of consciousness. Freeing pure awareness from new-age gurus and old religions, The Elephant and the Blind combines personal reports of pure consciousness with incisive analysis to address the whole consciousness community, from neuroscientists to artists, and its accessibility echoes the author's career-long commitment to widening access to philosophy itself. Jeff Adler is an ex-linguist and occasional contributor to New Books Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

What if our goal had not been to land on Mars, but in pure consciousness? The experience of pure consciousness—what does it look like? What is the essence of human consciousness? In The Elephant and the Blind. The Experience of Pure Consciousness: Philosophy, Science, and 500+ Experiential Reports (MIT Press, 2024)," influential philosopher Thomas Metzinger, one of the world's leading researchers on consciousness, brings together more than 500 experiential reports to offer the world's first comprehensive account of states of pure consciousness. Drawing on a large psychometric study of meditators in 57 countries, Metzinger focuses on “pure awareness” in meditation—the simplest form of experience there is—to illuminate the most fundamental aspects of how consciousness, the brain, and illusions of self all interact. Starting with an exploration of existential ease and ending on Bewusstseinskultur, a culture of consciousness, Metzinger explores the increasingly non-egoic experiences of silence, wakefulness, and clarity, of bodiless body-experience, ego-dissolution, and nondual awareness. From there, he assembles a big picture—the elephant in the parable, from which the book's title comes—of what it would take to arrive at a minimal model explanation for conscious experience and create a genuine culture of consciousness. Freeing pure awareness from new-age gurus and old religions, The Elephant and the Blind combines personal reports of pure consciousness with incisive analysis to address the whole consciousness community, from neuroscientists to artists, and its accessibility echoes the author's career-long commitment to widening access to philosophy itself. Jeff Adler is an ex-linguist and occasional contributor to New Books Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

What if our goal had not been to land on Mars, but in pure consciousness? The experience of pure consciousness—what does it look like? What is the essence of human consciousness? In The Elephant and the Blind. The Experience of Pure Consciousness: Philosophy, Science, and 500+ Experiential Reports (MIT Press, 2024)," influential philosopher Thomas Metzinger, one of the world's leading researchers on consciousness, brings together more than 500 experiential reports to offer the world's first comprehensive account of states of pure consciousness. Drawing on a large psychometric study of meditators in 57 countries, Metzinger focuses on “pure awareness” in meditation—the simplest form of experience there is—to illuminate the most fundamental aspects of how consciousness, the brain, and illusions of self all interact. Starting with an exploration of existential ease and ending on Bewusstseinskultur, a culture of consciousness, Metzinger explores the increasingly non-egoic experiences of silence, wakefulness, and clarity, of bodiless body-experience, ego-dissolution, and nondual awareness. From there, he assembles a big picture—the elephant in the parable, from which the book's title comes—of what it would take to arrive at a minimal model explanation for conscious experience and create a genuine culture of consciousness. Freeing pure awareness from new-age gurus and old religions, The Elephant and the Blind combines personal reports of pure consciousness with incisive analysis to address the whole consciousness community, from neuroscientists to artists, and its accessibility echoes the author's career-long commitment to widening access to philosophy itself. Jeff Adler is an ex-linguist and occasional contributor to New Books Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

What if our goal had not been to land on Mars, but in pure consciousness? The experience of pure consciousness—what does it look like? What is the essence of human consciousness? In The Elephant and the Blind. The Experience of Pure Consciousness: Philosophy, Science, and 500+ Experiential Reports (MIT Press, 2024)," influential philosopher Thomas Metzinger, one of the world's leading researchers on consciousness, brings together more than 500 experiential reports to offer the world's first comprehensive account of states of pure consciousness. Drawing on a large psychometric study of meditators in 57 countries, Metzinger focuses on “pure awareness” in meditation—the simplest form of experience there is—to illuminate the most fundamental aspects of how consciousness, the brain, and illusions of self all interact. Starting with an exploration of existential ease and ending on Bewusstseinskultur, a culture of consciousness, Metzinger explores the increasingly non-egoic experiences of silence, wakefulness, and clarity, of bodiless body-experience, ego-dissolution, and nondual awareness. From there, he assembles a big picture—the elephant in the parable, from which the book's title comes—of what it would take to arrive at a minimal model explanation for conscious experience and create a genuine culture of consciousness. Freeing pure awareness from new-age gurus and old religions, The Elephant and the Blind combines personal reports of pure consciousness with incisive analysis to address the whole consciousness community, from neuroscientists to artists, and its accessibility echoes the author's career-long commitment to widening access to philosophy itself. Jeff Adler is an ex-linguist and occasional contributor to New Books Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/neuroscience

Thomas Metzinger ist analytischer Philosoph und emeritierter Professor an der Gutenberg-Universität zu Mainz. Seit ca. 1985 widmet er sich der Erforschung des Bewusstseins. Darüber hinaus meditiert er seit 47 Jahren zweimal täglich. In seinem neuen Buch »Der Elefant und die Blinden« (2023) geht es darum, über die genaue Untersuchung der Erfahrung des reinen Bewusstseins in der Meditation einen neuen Ansatz für die Bewusstseinsforschung zu entwickeln.  Ein unbestechlicher Denker, der offen für die Spiritualität ist, ohne sich in Aberglaube zu flüchten. Seine drei Grundthesen: [1] Das Gegenteil von Religion ist nicht Wissenschaft, sondern Spiritualität. [2] Das ethische Prinzip der intellektuellen Redlichkeit kann man als einen Sonderfall der spirituellen Einstellung beschreiben. [3] Die wissenschaftliche und die spirituelle Einstellung entstehen in ihren Reinformen aus derselben normativen Grundidee. Das Interview erscheint in Tattva Viveka 98 (März 2024) und 99 (September 2024) (in Vorbereitung). Hier die Buchbesprechung, das Interview als Video und Links zu weiteren Texten: https://www.tattva.de/der-elefant-und-die-blinden/  

Immer mehr Menschen entdecken eine jahrtausendjahralte Tradition: Meditieren. Um was es dabei genau geht und warum, es sinnvoll ist, damit beschäftigt sich der Neurophilosoph Thomas Metzinger schon lange. Für sein neues Buch hat er das Meditieren wissenschaftlich erforscht ...

"Bewusstseinskultur" ist ein Vorschlag des Philosophen Thomas Metzinger, wie wir trotz künftiger Klimakrisen und sonstiger Katastrophen ein gutes und würdevolles Leben führen können. Wir müssen unser Bewusstsein kultivieren und eine gesellschaftliche Debatte darüber beginnen, was positive Bewusstseinszustände sind und wie wir sie fördern können. Dieser Beitrag als Blogpost⁠ ⁠Mein Youtube-Kanal⁠ ⁠Mein Instagram

Schon 1978 bemerkte der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Osmo Wiio treffend: “Human communications usually fail except by accident.”Der erfahrene IT-Experte Marcel Koch beleuchtet mit uns die Herausforderungen der Kommunikation in der Informationstechnologie. Marcel diskutiert Lösungsansätze für das allgegenwärtige Dilemma menschlicher Interaktion.Ähnlich wie beim Debugging von Software, analysiert Marcel, wie wir auch in der Kommunikation mit Kolleg:innen, Kund:innen und uns selbst vorgehen können. Er untersucht die Anwendung von Ich-Botschaften und der Sandwich-Technik als mögliche Werkzeuge für eine effektive Kommunikation. Am Ende der Folge wirst du mindestens einen Ansatz mitnehmen können, den du nahtlos in deinen beruflichen Alltag integrieren kannst, um die Qualität deiner Interaktionen zu verbessern.Picks of the Day: Marcel: Konflikte lösen mit gewaltfreier Kommunikation – In diesem Grundlagenbuch von Marshall B. Rosenberg, dem Erfinder der Gewaltfreien Kommunikation, geht es um die Überwindung von Aggressionen durch das Ausdrücken von Gefühlen, das Klären von Bedürfnissen und das Finden gemeinsamer Lösungen. Das Buch betont die Bedeutung von Empathie, Wertschätzung und Respekt in Konfliktsituationen und bietet eine faszinierende Alternative für mehr Mitgefühl und Menschlichkeit. Marshall B. Rosenberg war ein international anerkannter Psychologe und Konfliktmediator, der das Konzept der Gewaltfreien Kommunikation entwickelte und weltweit erfolgreich anwandte. How to Win Friends and Influence People – "Wie man Freunde gewinnt und Menschen beeinflusst" ist ein Selbsthilfebuch von Dale Carnegie aus dem Jahr 1936. Mit über 30 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren weltweit zählt es zu den meistverkauften Büchern aller Zeiten. Das Buch entstand aus Carnegies Kursen zur Unternehmensbildung und zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen und wurde 1936 erstmals veröffentlicht, gefolgt von einer überarbeiteten Ausgabe 1981. Es gilt als einflussreiches Werk und bietet Ratschläge zur zwischenmenschlichen Kommunikation und Führung. Bewusstseinskultur – Dieses Buch fordert ein neues Leitbild angesichts der planetaren Krise, da das bisherige Modell des ungehemmten Wirtschaftswachstums die Umwelt bedroht. Autor Thomas Metzinger betont die Notwendigkeit von intellektueller Redlichkeit, Mitgefühl und innerer Bewusstheit für mentale und politische Resilienz. Er plädiert für eine "Bewusstseinskultur" als Grundlage für eine dringend benötigte Debatte und betont die Bedeutung von Mitgefühl und radikaler Selbstachtung für die Bewältigung der globalen Herausforderungen. Thomas Metzinger ist ein renommierter Philosoph und Neurowissenschaftler, der sich intensiv mit Fragen des Bewusstseins und der Ethik auseinandersetzt. Schreibt uns! Schickt uns eure Themenwünsche und euer Feedback: podcast@programmier.barFolgt uns! Bleibt auf dem Laufenden über zukünftige Folgen und virtuelle Meetups und beteiligt euch an Community-Diskussionen. TwitterInstagramFacebookMeetupYouTubeMusik:

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This month's episode of Brain Science features Thomas Metzinger, author of "The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self." Metzinger is a philosopher with a longstanding interest in Philosophy of Mind with a focus on incorporating the findings of neuroscience. We discuss the implications of the discovery that consciousness is a biological process generated by the interaction of the brain, body, and external world. Metzinger also emphasized the importance of considering altered states including dreaming, out of body experiences, and even virtual reality. Links and References: The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self, by Thomas Metzinger. Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity, by Thomas Metzinger. Blanke, et al., "Stimulating Illusory Own-Body Perceptions," Nature, 419:269-270 (2002)   O. Blanke & T. Metzinger,"Full-Body Illusion and Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood," Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience 13(1):7-13 (2009). T. Metzinger, "Out of Body Experiences as the Origin of the Concept of a 'Soul,'"  Mind and Matter 3(1):57-84 (2005) Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out of Body Experiences by Susan Blackmore  Please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com for additional references and episode transcripts. Announcements: Please FOLLOW the Brain Science podcast channel on YouTube. The mobile app has been updated and is now called Brain Science Podcast. The app is free and MyLibsyn Premium subscribers can use it to access transcripts and other premium content. Dr. Campbell's arrived in Auckland, New Zealand on August 10, 2023. She is working at Tōtara Hospice. Please reach out if you live in New Zealand or Australia. Please subscribe or follow Brain Science in your favorite audio app and please share it with others. Get free gift "5 Things You Need to Know about YOUR Brain when you sign up for the free Brain ScienceNewsletter to get show notes automatically every month. You can also text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Support Brain Science by buying Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD. (Autographed copies are available) Learn more ways to support Brain Science at https://brainsciencepodcast.com/premium Connect on Social Media: Mastodon: https://neuromatch.social/@docartemis Twitter: @docartemis Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/brainsciencepodcast Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com

Thomas Metzinger is a philosopher and author whose work focuses neuroethics, neurotechnology, and the philosophy of mind. Thomas is the author of books on the philosophy of mind, consciousness, and the self, including the Ego Tunnel, Being No One, and The Elephant and the Blind.Today's topics include the prospects for engineering post-biotic conscious systems, and the ethical implications of doing so; psychedelic drugs and psychedelic experiences, and what these might teach us about the nature of the mind; the range of possible conscious experiences available to human beings and other systems; climate change; intellectual honesty; and other topics.Links:* Twitter: @ThomasMetzinger* WebsiteSUPPORT & CONNECT:- Follow and leave a 5-star review- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewgeleta/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewGeleta- Donate: https://bit.ly/donate-to-paradigmPODCAST INFO:- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MatthewGeleta/featured- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3IVDF2W- Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3oEZYmJ- Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/paradigm-on-googleChapters:0:00:00 Intro0:02:10 Postbiotic conscious systems0:13:00 The Ego Tunnel0:20:15 Space of possible experiences0:29:13 Psychedelics and epistemology0:36:17 Ethical obligations to explore phenomenal state space0:50:36 Climate change & culture of consciousness1:00:45 Can we pull back from the brink?1:09:00 AI ethics & suffering AI1:27:20 Minimal forms of consciousness1:35:40 Book recommendations1:37:00 Advice (meditate!) Get full access to Paradigm at paradigmpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Wie schafft die Menschheit den Ausstieg aus dem Wachstumsmodell angesichts der drohenden globalen Katastrophe? Mit Selbstachtung und Mitgefühl, mit einer neuen Bewusstseinskultur, die Gottesglaube und organisierte Religionen entschieden ablehnt. So das Plädoyer des Philosophen Thomas Metzinger. Innerhalb der nächsten beiden Jahrhunderte erwartet Thomas Metzinger den «globalen Panik-Punkt», also die Erkenntnis, dass die Katastrophe über die Menschen herfallen wird. Energieverbrauch, Wasser- und Flächenverbrauch, Treibhausgas-Emissionen, die Versauerung der Ozeane, der Verlust der Tropenwälder, das Artensterben: Man hätte den Übergang von einem wachstumsorientierten, durch Gier, Neid und Dominanzstreben motivierten Wirtschaftsmodell zu einer funktionierenden Suffizienz-Ökonomie nicht geschafft, also zu einer wirklich nachhaltigen und entschleunigten Form des Wirtschaftens. Wenn es um die Klimakatastrophe geht, sei es heute intellektuell nicht mehr redlich, noch optimistisch zu sein. Zu lange schon würde sich die Menschheit «in die Tasche lügen». Metzinger plädiert für eine neue Bewusstseinskultur, ohne Gott und ohne Religion, für eine neue, säkulare Spiritualität, auch mittels Meditation, für eine Geisteshaltung, die westliche Wissenschaft mit östlichen Meditationspraxen verknüpft. Wie soll diese gestaltet sein? Warum besitzen Theologien, Religionen, Glaubensgemeinschaften keine Redlichkeit und keine Überzeugungskraft? Und wie wird die neue Bewusstseinskultur die Menschheit samt Planeten noch retten können? Ein Gespräch unter der Leitung von Ahmad Milad Karimi. Diese Sendung ist eine Wiederholung vom 23. April 2023.

Sam Harris speaks with Thomas Metzinger about the scientific and experiential understanding of consciousness. They also talk about the role of intuition in science, the ethics of building conscious AI, the self as an hallucination, how we identify with our thoughts, attention as the root of the feeling of self, the place of Eastern philosophy in Western science, and the limitations of secular humanism. Thomas Metzinger is full professor and director of the theoretical philosophy group and the research group on neuroethics/neurophilosophy at the department of philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. He is the founder and director of the MIND group and Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Germany. His research centers on analytic philosophy of mind, applied ethics, philosophy of cognitive science, and philosophy of mind. He is the editor of Neural Correlates of Consciousness and the author of Being No One and The Ego Tunnel.   Episodes that have been re-released as part of the Best of Making Sense series may have been edited for relevance since their original airing.  

Thomas Metzinger is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. He is the author of The Ego Tunnel and Being No One (MIT Press), the coeditor of Open MIND, and the editor of Neural Correlates of Consciousness (both MIT Press). His research focus lies in analytical philosophy of mind and cognitive science, as well as in connections between ethics, philosophy of mind and anthropology. He is the recipient of several awards and Fellowships, including a Fellowship by the Gutenberg Research College and a Research Professorship from the German Ministry of Science, Education and Culture. He was the Director of the Neuroethics Research Unit in Mainz and Director of the MIND Group at the FIAS. He is past president of the German Cognitive Science Society and of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. He was a key member of the EU's High-level Expert Group on artificial intelligence. A life-long meditator himself, Metzinger contributes widely to the scientific and philosophical understanding of contemplative practices. He is the founder and director of the MPE-project, a network of more serious researchers investigating the experience of pure awareness in meditation. EPISODE LINKS: - Thomas' Website: https://www.grc.uni-mainz.de/prof-thomas-metzinger/ - Thomas' Books: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Thomas-Metzinger/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AThomas+Metzinger - Thomas' Publications: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=x_CsYPMAAAAJ&hl=en - Thomas' Forthcoming Book "The Elephant and the Blind": https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547109/the-elephant-and-the-blind/ CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (0:33) - What is Consciousness? (6:30) - What is the Self? (10:12) - The Mind-Body Problem (24:56) - Christof Koch & David Chalmers - "the infamous bet" (27:34) - New Approaches to Consciousness (Karl Friston, Computational Modeling etc.) (34:11) - Philosophy of Psychiatry & Philosophy's Implications on Mental Health (44:48) - Daniel Dennett & Illusionism (49:17) - Epistemic Agent Model, Introspection & Mind Wandering (1:04:36) - More on Illusionism (1:14:13) - Panpsychism & Existence Bias (1:24:52) - Bewusstseinskultur, Negative Egalitarianism & Practical Ethics (1:41:39) - "The Elephant and the Blind" (forthcoming book) (1:50:04) - Differences & Similarities to Mark Solms' "The Hidden Spring" (1:55:58) - Thomas' Philosophers/Scientists recommendations (2:00:06) - A better Culture of Consciousness (2:05:07) - Applied Ethics (2:11:50) - Religious World-views & the Naturalist Turn (2:14:35) - Conclusion

In this episode, we traverse a decade of Sam's conversations on the topic of meditation.  We start with the very first recorded episode from the archives: a conversation with Sam's meditation teacher and friend, Joseph Goldstein. Goldstein recalls how his thinking was unlocked—allowing him to fully realize the power of the practice—by the utterance of one single word. We then hear from author Richard Lang as he guides us towards a strangely obvious insight that came to be known as “the headless way.” Next, philosopher and neuroscientist Thomas Metzinger employs his vast expertise in both neurobiology and meditation to show how our brains generate a model of the world and self, and how meditation can help us catch that process in the act. Psychiatrist Judson Brewer then shifts the conversation to some very practical applications of mindfulness meditation, addressing the problem of addiction to things like food, smoking, or drugs by retraining the reward centers in our brains. Next, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson dig into the neuroscience of meditation and discuss how experienced meditators may actually be physically altering their brains.  We then listen in on Sam's conversation with author Robert Wright, who defends the claim that “Buddhism is true.” Sam and Wright discuss the validity of this claim while ensuring they keep it separate from the political and moral behaviors of Buddhist nations and individuals. We conclude with Sam delivering the answer to a question posed by the Belgian neuroscientist Steven Laureys. In doing so, Sam provides a comprehensive tour of his philosophies. He ties together his personal brand of moral analysis, his reverence for science and truth seeking, and his reasoning as to why he still meditates and why he proudly promotes the practice.   About the Series Filmmaker Jay Shapiro has produced The Essential Sam Harris, a new series of audio documentaries exploring the major topics that Sam has focused on over the course of his career. Each episode weaves together original analysis, critical perspective, and novel thought experiments with some of the most compelling exchanges from the Making Sense archive. Whether you are new to a particular topic, or think you have your mind made up about it, we think you'll find this series fascinating.  

In this episode, we traverse a decade of Sam’s conversations on the topic of meditation. We start with the very first recorded episode from the archives: a conversation with Sam’s meditation teacher and friend, Joseph Goldstein. Goldstein recalls how his thinking was unlocked—allowing him to fully realize the power of the practice—by the utterance of one single word. We then hear from author Richard Lang as he guides us towards a strangely obvious insight that came to be known as “the headless way.” Next, philosopher and neuroscientist Thomas Metzinger employs his vast expertise in both neurobiology and meditation to show how our brains generate a model of the world and self, and how meditation can help us catch that process in the act. Psychiatrist Judson Brewer then shifts the conversation to some very practical applications of mindfulness meditation, addressing the problem of addiction to things like food, smoking, or drugs by retraining the reward centers in our brains. Next, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson dig into the neuroscience of meditation and discuss how experienced meditators may actually be physically altering their brains. We then listen in on Sam’s conversation with author Robert Wright, who defends the claim that “Buddhism is true.” Sam and Wright discuss the validity of this claim while ensuring they keep it separate from the political and moral behaviors of Buddhist nations and individuals. We conclude with Sam delivering the answer to a question posed by the Belgian neuroscientist Steven Laureys. In doing so, Sam provides a comprehensive tour of his philosophies. He ties together his personal brand of moral analysis, his reverence for science and truth seeking, and his reasoning as to why he still meditates and why he proudly promotes the practice. About the Series Filmmaker Jay Shapiro has produced The Essential Sam Harris, a new series of audio documentaries exploring the major topics that Sam has focused on over the course of his career. Each episode weaves together original analysis, critical perspective, and novel thought experiments with some of the most compelling exchanges from the Making Sense archive. Whether you are new to a particular topic, or think you have your mind made up about it, we think you’ll find this series fascinating.

Es ist wieder Zeit für eine Spezialfolge von «Ausgeglaubt»: Verschiedene Zeitungsartikel und Blogbeiträge haben sich in den letzten Tagen mit der ökologischen Verantwortung der Kirche auseinandergesetzt. Die einen finden, besonders die reformierte Kirche habe sich längst einer totalitären Klimareligion verschrieben, die anderen beklagen, dass sich die Kirchen nicht beherzter und radikaler auf die Seite der Klimaschützer schlagen und ihren eigenen Beitrag leisten. Manuel und Stephan steigen mit einer biblisch-theologischen Herleitung ein, die zeigt, wie ambivalent das christliche Erbe im Blick auf die «Bewahrung der Schöpfung» – welche Spuren der Wertschätzung nicht-menschlicher Geschöpfe aber auch in den biblischen Texten schon angelegt sind. Am Beispiel des neusten Buches von Thomas Metzinger plädieren sie für die Notwendigkeit einer neuen «Bewusstseinskultur» – und diskutieren, was den nun die gesellschaftliche und politische Verantwortung der Kirchen wäre. Sollten wir klare Abstimmungsempfehlungen durchgeben oder uns aus den politischen Debatten raushalten?

Wie schafft die Menschheit den Ausstieg aus dem Wachstumsmodell angesichts der drohenden globalen Katastrophe? Mit Selbstachtung und Mitgefühl, mit einer neuen Bewusstseinskultur, die Gottesglaube und organisierte Religionen entschieden ablehnt. So das Plädoyer des Philosophen Thomas Metzinger. Innerhalb der nächsten beiden Jahrhunderte erwartet Thomas Metzinger den «globalen Panik-Punkt», also die Erkenntnis, dass die Katastrophe über die Menschen herfallen wird. Energieverbrauch, Wasser- und Flächenverbrauch, Treibhausgas-Emissionen, die Versauerung der Ozeane, der Verlust der Tropenwälder, das Artensterben: Man hätte den Übergang von einem wachstumsorientierten, durch Gier, Neid und Dominanzstreben motivierten Wirtschaftsmodell zu einer funktionierenden Suffizienz-Ökonomie nicht geschafft, also zu einer wirklich nachhaltigen und entschleunigten Form des Wirtschaftens. Wenn es um die Klimakatastrophe geht, sei es heute intellektuell nicht mehr redlich, noch optimistisch zu sein. Zu lange schon würde sich die Menschheit «in die Tasche lügen». Metzinger plädiert für eine neue Bewusstseinskultur, ohne Gott und ohne Religion, für eine neue, säkulare Spiritualität, auch mittels Meditation, für eine Geisteshaltung, die westliche Wissenschaft mit östlichen Meditationspraxen verknüpft. Wie soll diese gestaltet sein? Warum besitzen Theologien, Religionen, Glaubensgemeinschaften keine Redlichkeit und keine Überzeugungskraft? Und wie wird die neue Bewusstseinskultur die Menschheit samt Planeten noch retten können? Ein Gespräch unter der Leitung von Ahmad Milad Karimi.

Wie schafft die Menschheit den Ausstieg aus dem Wachstumsmodell angesichts der drohenden globalen Katastrophe? Mit Selbstachtung und Mitgefühl, mit einer neuen Bewusstseinskultur, die Gottesglaube und organisierte Religionen entschieden ablehnt. So das Plädoyer des Philosophen Thomas Metzinger. Innerhalb der nächsten beiden Jahrhunderte erwartet Thomas Metzinger den «globalen Panik-Punkt», also die Erkenntnis, dass die Katastrophe über die Menschen herfallen wird. Energieverbrauch, Wasser- und Flächenverbrauch, Treibhausgas-Emissionen, die Versauerung der Ozeane, der Verlust der Tropenwälder, das Artensterben: Wir hätten den Übergang von einem wachstumsorientierten, durch Gier, Neid und Dominanzstreben motivierten Wirtschaftsmodell zu einer funktionierenden Suffizienz-Ökonomie nicht geschafft, also zu einer wirklich nachhaltigen und entschleunigten Form des Wirtschaftens. Wenn es um die Klimakatastrophe geht, sei es heute intellektuell nicht mehr redlich, noch optimistisch zu sein. Zu lange schon würde sich die Menschheit «in die Tasche lügen». Metzinger plädiert für eine neue Bewusstseinskultur, ohne Gott und ohne Religion, für eine neue, säkulare Spiritualität, auch mittels Meditation, für eine Geisteshaltung, die westliche Wissenschaft mit östlichen Meditationspraxen verknüpft. Wie soll diese gestaltet sein? Warum besitzen Theologien, Religionen, Glaubensgemeinschaften keine Redlichkeit und keine Überzeugungskraft? Und wie wird die neue Bewusstseinskultur die Menschheit samt Planeten noch retten können? Ein Gespräch unter der Leitung von Ahmad Milad Karimi.

Die Klimakrise ist zur Realität geworden. Und es scheint nicht so, als würden der Menschheit angemessene Reaktionen gelingen. Das hat vor allem mit Trägheit zu tun, sagt der Philosoph Thomas Metzinger. Er schlägt eine neue Bewusstseinskultur vor, um der Krise zu begegnen – oder mit ihr umzugehen. Studiogast: Thomas Metzinger, Philosoph; Moderation: Jürgen Wiebicke Von WDR 5.

Dr. Thomas Metzinger is a renowned philosopher and professor of theoretical philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. He also serves as a member of the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence. Our eye-opening conversation with Dr. Metzinger explored a range of favorite topics all centered on the question: what does it mean to be a human in the post-modern landscape of for-profit healthscare, algorithmic decision-making, and endless war. We also discuss how the brightest future might result from the tiniest changes at the level of the individual, despite the self's inevitable recession into the increasingly totalitarian, yet inevitably unstable, global industrial-state machinery. Support the scientific revolution with a monthly donation: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Or pick up Dr. Metzinger's book: https://amzn.to/3H5HBO5 As always, let us know what you think in the comments! #self #consciousness #selfcare Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Filmmaker Jay Shapiro has produced a new series of audio documentaries, exploring the major topics that Sam has focused on over the course of his career. Each episode weaves together original analysis, critical perspective, and novel thought experiments with some of the most compelling exchanges from the Making Sense archive. Whether you are new to a particular topic, or think you have your mind made up about it, we think you'll find this series fascinating. In this episode, we survey the landscape of consciousness and get acquainted with the mystery of the mind. We start with an attempt to define consciousness–and veterans of conversations on consciousness will know that this is a huge part of the challenge.  David Chalmers begins with his conception of what he coined “The Hard Problem of Consciousness” and a famous question offered by the philosopher Thomas Nagel.  We then construct a “Philosophical Zombie” before the philosopher Thomas Metzinger explains why he is thoroughly unimpressed by the ability to imagine “such a thing,” while he simultaneously warns us against ever attempting to build one. Anil Seth brings some hope of whittling away the intuition gap of the hard problem by pursuing the “easy” problems, with clear scientific reasoning. Later, Iain McGilchrist lays out the intuition-shattering implications of the famous Roger Sperry experiments with split brain patients that suggest that consciousness can be cut with a knife… at least temporarily. Annaka Harris then shifts the conversation to the realm of panpsychism, which suggests that consciousness is nomologically fundamental and potentially permeates all matter.  Finally, Don Hoffman explains that consciousness is not only fundamental and non-illusory, but that the physical world we appear to be navigating is merely a virtual space-time interface, which has evolved to hide the true nature of reality from us.

Filmmaker Jay Shapiro has produced a new series of audio documentaries, exploring the major topics that Sam has focused on over the course of his career. Each episode weaves together original analysis, critical perspective, and novel thought experiments with some of the most compelling exchanges from the Making Sense archive. Whether you are new to a particular topic, or think you have your mind made up about it, we think you’ll find this series fascinating. And make sure to stick around for the end of each episode, where we provide our list of recommendations from the worlds of film, television, literature, music, and art. In this episode, we survey the landscape of consciousness and get acquainted with the mystery of the mind. We start with an attempt to define consciousness–and veterans of conversations on consciousness will know that this is a huge part of the challenge. David Chalmers begins with his conception of what he coined “The Hard Problem of Consciousness” and a famous question offered by the philosopher Thomas Nagel. We then construct a “Philosophical Zombie” before the philosopher Thomas Metzinger explains why he is thoroughly unimpressed by the ability to imagine “such a thing,” while he simultaneously warns us against ever attempting to build one. Anil Seth brings some hope of whittling away the intuition gap of the hard problem by pursuing the “easy” problems, with clear scientific reasoning. Later, Iain McGilchrist lays out the intuition-shattering implications of the famous Roger Sperry experiments with split brain patients that suggest that consciousness can be cut with a knife… at least temporarily. Annaka Harris then shifts the conversation to the realm of panpsychism, which suggests that consciousness is nomologically fundamental and potentially permeates all matter. Finally, Don Hoffman explains that consciousness is not only fundamental and non-illusory, but that the physical world we appear to be navigating is merely a virtual space-time interface, which has evolved to hide the true nature of reality from us.

In June, a Google employee who claimed the company had created a sentient artificial intelligence bot was placed on administrative leave. Blake Lemoine, part of Google's Responsible AI (“artificial intelligence”) program, had been interacting with a language AI known as “Language Model for Dialogue Applications,” or LaMDA. When the algorithm began talking about rights and personhood, Lemoine decided his superiors and eventually the public needed to know. To him, it was clear the program had become “sentient,” with the ability to feel, think, and experience life like a human.   Google denied the claim (which is exactly what they would do, isn't it?). “There was no evidence that LaMDA was sentient (and lots of evidence against it),”  said a spokesperson.  The Atlantic's Stephen Marche agreed: “The fact that LaMDA in particular has been the center of attention is, frankly, a little quaint…. Convincing chatbots are far from groundbreaking tech at this point.”   True, but they are the plot of a thousand science fiction novels. So, the question remains, is a truly “sentient” AI even possible? How could code develop the capacity for feelings, experiences, or intentionality? Even if our best algorithms can one day perfectly mirror the behavior of people, would they be conscious?   How one answers such questions depends on one's anthropology. What are people? Are we merely “computers made of flesh?” Or is there something more to us than the sum of our parts, a true ghost in the machine? A true ghost in the shell?   These kinds of questions about humans and the things that humans make reflect what philosopher David Chalmers has called “the hard problem of consciousness.” In every age, even if strictly material evidence for the soul remains elusive, people have sensed that personhood, willpower, and first-person subjective experiences mean something. Christians are among those who believe that we are more than the “stuff” of our bodies, though Christians, unlike others, would be quick to add, but not less. There is something to us and the world that goes beyond the physical because there is a non-material, eternal God behind it all.  Christians also hold that there are qualitative differences between people and algorithms, between life and non-living things like rocks and stars, between image bearers and other living creatures. Though much about sentience and consciousness remains a mystery, personhood rests on the solid metaphysical ground of a personal and powerful Creator.  Materialists have a much harder problem declaring such distinctions. By denying the existence of anything other than the physical “stuff” of the universe, they don't merely erase the substance of certain aspects of the human experience such as good, evil, purpose, and free will: There's no real grounding for thinking of a “person” as unique, different, or valuable.   According to philosopher Thomas Metzinger, for example, in a conversation with Sam Harris, none of us “ever was or had a self.” Take brain surgery, Metzinger says. You peel back the skull and realize that there is only tissue, tissue made of the exact same components as everything else in the universe. Thus, he concludes, the concept of an individual “person” is meaningless, a purely linguistic construct designed to make sense of phenomena that aren't there.   That kind of straightforward claim, though shocking to most people, is consistent within a purely materialist worldview. What quickly becomes inconsistent are claims of ethical norms or proper authority in a world without “persons.” In a world without a why or an ought, there's only is, which tends to be the prerogative of the powerful, a fact that Harris and Metzinger candidly acknowledge.   In a materialist world, any computational program could potentially become “sentient” simply by sufficiently mirroring (and even surpassing) human neurology. After all, in this worldview, there's no qualitative difference between people and robots, only degrees of complexity. This line of thinking, however, quickly collapses into dissonance. Are we really prepared to look at the ones and zeros of our computer programs the same way we look at a newborn baby? Are we prepared to extend human rights and privileges to our machines and programs?  In Marvel's 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron, lightning from Thor's hammer hits a synthetic body programmed with an AI algorithm. A new hero, Vision, comes to life and helps save the day. It's one of the more entertaining movie scenes to wrestle with questions of life and consciousness.  Even in the Marvel universe, no one would believe that a mere AI algorithm, even one designed by Tony Stark, could be sentient, no matter how sophisticated it was. In order to get to consciousness, there needed to be a “secret sauce,” in this case lightning from a Nordic hammer or power from an Infinity Stone. In the same way, as stunning as advances in artificial intelligence are, a consciousness that is truly human requires a spark of the Divine.  

And for an applied ethics perspective, I think the most important thing is if we want to minimize suffering in the world, and if we want to minimize animal suffering, we should always, err on the side of caution, we should always be on the safe side. Thomas MetzingerShould we advocate for a moratorium on the development of artificial sentience? What might that look like, and what would be the challenges?Thomas Metzinger was a full professor of theoretical philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz until 2019. He was the president of the German cognitive science society from 2005 to 2007. And of the association for the scientific study of consciousness from 2009 to 2011, as of 2011, he is an adjunct fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for advanced studies, a co-founder of the German effective altruism foundation, president of the Barbara Wengeler foundation, and on the advisory board of the Giordano Bruno foundation. In 2009, he published a popular book, The Ego Tunnel: the science of the mind and the myth of the self, which addresses a wider audience and discusses the ethical, cultural, and social consequences of consciousness research. And from 2018 to 2020 Metzinger worked as a member of the European Commission's high level expert group on artificial intelligence. Topics discussed in the episode:0:00 introduction2:12 Defining consciousness and sentience9:55 What features might a sentient artificial intelligence have?17:11 Moratorium on artificial sentience development37:46 Case for a moratorium49:30 What would a moratorium look like?53:07 Social hallucination problem55:49 Incentives of politicians1:01:51 Incentives of tech companies1:07:18 Local vs global moratoriums1:11:52 Repealing the moratorium1:16:01 Information hazards1:22:21 Trends in thinking on artificial sentience over time1:39:38 What are the open problems in this field, and how might someone work on them with their career?Resources discussed in the episode are available at https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/podcastSupport the show

This week @EchoChamberFP https://www.instagram.com/echochamberfp/ is a 'TwO Parter'!!! In 'Part One', we have a climate documentary, we finally look at the twenty fifth Bond installment, AND, we have the new Nicolas Cage dose of crazy! Today we have: 12th Hour Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/P70wWCAhDvU Digital Release Date: 22nd April 2022 Director: Susan Kucera Cast: David Morse, Dr. Paul Piff, Dr. Maureen O'Hara, Dr. Thomas Metzinger, Dr. Bruce M. Hood, Dr. Jorgen Randers, Dr. Azim Shariff, Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Dr. Ugo Bardi, Dr. Michael Ranney, Dr. Kari Norgaard, Pete Russell, Dr. William Catton, Dr. Dario Maestripieri, Richard Dawkins, Dr. Joseph Tainter, George Dyson, Paul Roberts, Dr. William Calvin, Dro. Robert Trivers, Dr. Stephan Lewandowsky, Dr. Brian Fagan, Jay Julius, Dr. Sue Blackmore, Rob Hopkins Credit: Rangeland Productions, Video Project Genre: Documentary Running Time: 52 min Cert: 12a Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/xWBc_r1gyHg Website: Here. https://www.12thhourfilm.com/ Twitter: @12thhourfilm https://twitter.com/12thhourfilm Facebook: Here. https://www.facebook.com/12thhourfilm/ Instagram: @12thhourfilm https://www.instagram.com/12thhourfilm/ ------------ No Time to Die Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/YoLJNdqd9bs Theatrical UK Release Date: 28th September 2021 Theatrical USA Release Date: 8th October 2021 Digital Release Date: 20th April 2022 Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Rory Kinnear, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen, Ana de Armas, David Dencik, Dali Benssalah, Ralph Fiennes Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Eon Productions, Universal Pictures, United Artists Releasing Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller Running Time: 163 min Cert: 18 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/N_gD9-Oa0fg Watch via Prime Video USA: Here. https://www.primevideo.com/detail/No-Time-To-Die/0SILOEE0B6Y2YL1HOCOU40O6L1 Watch via Prime Video UK: Here. https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Time-Die-Daniel-Craig/dp/B09LRC7WSJ Website: Here. https://www.007.com/no-time-to-die/ Twitter: @007 https://twitter.com/007 Facebook: Here. https://www.facebook.com/JamesBond007GB/?brand_redir=266350353379883 Instagram: @007 https://www.instagram.com/007/ YouTube: Here. https://www.youtube.com/c/007 ------------ The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/aHtW1y6E6gY Digital Release Date: 22nd April 2022 Director: Tom Gormican Cast: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Lily Mo Sheen, Ike Barinholtz, Paco León, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Neil Patrick Harris, Katrin Vankova, Tiffany Haddish Credit: Saturn Films, Burr! Productions, LionsGate Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller Running Time: 107 min Cert: 18 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/CKTRbKch2K4 Website: Here. https://www.nickcage.movie/ Twitter: @NickCageMovie https://twitter.com/NickCageMovie Facebook: Here. https://www.facebook.com/NickCageMovie Instagram: @nickcagemovie https://www.instagram.com/NickCageMovie/ ------------ *(Music) 'Luchini aka This Is It' by Camp Lo - 1997 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eftv/message

To conclude this special limited series on Mormon Book Reviews, Nathan Smith rejoins host Steven Pynakker to discuss one more book that has shaped Nathan personally. In a desire to become “acquainted with all good books” (LDS D&C 90:15) and to seek “out of the best books words of wisdom” (LDS D&C 88:118), Nathan takes us through The Ego Tunnel, by German philosopher Thomas Metzinger, which explores what modern neuroscience tells us about the human mind and consciousness. I want to thank Nathan for joining me to produce these segments. Hopefully these conversations can help all who are on a journey for wisdom and knowledge.PatreonThe Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the SelfNathan Smith can also be found on Medium, where he has written about the intersections of psychology, philosophy, and religion

"Das Dienen geht weiter" ist ein Hörspiel über Baden als Konzeptalbum zwischen Pop, Elektronik und Indiegrade; dazu Interviews mit Badenern aus Bühl, Freiburg und anderswo, die Kenner badischer Genussmittel sind. Vorsicht: Satire! | Mit: Smudo, Hans Zippert, Sebastian Hülk, Matthias Zimmer, Roger Ditter, Peter Fey, Jad Fair, Thomas Hintner, Thomas Metzinger, Felix Schmid, Alexandra Kayser, Joe Wentrup, Ralf Summer, Mehmet Kucin, Baco, Brigitte Hallbauer, Thomas Gsella, Franz Veith, Stefan Veith, u.a. | Konzept und Realisation: Peter Fey und Stefan Veith | Produktion: SWR 2017

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Alla tycker sig ha ett jag men ingen - vare sig medvetandefilosofer eller neuropsykologer - kan riktigt förklara vad jaget är. Filosofiska rummet talar med den tyske filosofen Thomas Metzinger som nyligen var i Lund och presenterade sin forskning samt Peter Gärdenfors, filosof och kognitionsvetare och Mathias Osvath, som forskar på kognitiv evolution genom att jämföra olika djurarters förmågor. Programledare är Lars Mogensen, reporter Paulina Witte och producent Thomas Lunderquist.

Pflegeroboter, autonom fahrende Autos und beseelte Wesen – dies sind nur wenige von vielen spannenden Themen, die Schülerinnen und Schüler gemeinsam mit Experten in der letzten Folge der ersten Podcast-Staffel „Selbstbewusste KI“ diskutiert haben. Dabei kamen einige der Podcast-Gäste aus den vergangenen Folgen noch einmal zusammen, um mit den Schülerinnen und Schülern in einen Dialog auf Augenhöhe zu treten. Gesprächsgäste: Andreas Eschbach, Thomas Fuchs, Janina Loh, Thomas Metzinger, Ralf Otte, Christian Vater und Joachim Weinhardt Herausgeber: Karsten Wendland Redaktionelles Konzept: Tannaz Afshari Bakhsh, Franka Bockrath, Laura Müller, Anna Pallakst, Lea Riemann, Emma Rönnebeck, Eva Russow, Tamás Svajda und Renée Weisbach Moderation: Lara Wolf und Luis Tillmann Aufnahmeleitung: Karsten Wendland Produktion: Tobias Windmüller Feedback-Kanal: www.ki-bewusstsein.de/podcast Twitter: twitter.com/KIBewusstsein Licence: CC-BY Folgende weiterführende Quellen wurden in der Podcast-Folge genannt: Michael Chrichton: Prey, Harper Collins New York 2002. Leseprobe Fraunhofer Care-O-bot: Mobile Roboterassistenten zur aktiven Unter-stützung des Menschen im häuslichen Umfeld. TED-Talk von Kate Darling (MIT): Why we have an emotional connection to robots. TA-Swiss: Robotik in Betreuung und Gesundheitsversorgung, vdf Hochschulverlag 2013, S. 192. JürgenHabermas(1981): Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns. Band 2 Zur Kritik der funktionalistischen Vernunft. 8. Aufl. Frankfurt/a.M 1981. Martin Krammer: "Unser Schreibzeug arbeitet mit an unseren Gedanken". Beitrag der Universität Wien über Friedrich Nietzsche. Stefan Krempl: Ethikrat: Erosion von Verantwortung bei Robotereinsatz in der Pflege verhindern (Artikel bei Heise vom 11.03.2020). Thomas Fuchs: Verteidigung des Menschen. Grundfragen einer verkörperten Anthropologie, Suhrkamp 2020.

#42 Thomas Metzinger on his Philosophical Journey by Om filosofers liv och tankar

"Die Gedanken sind frei!", dahinter steht die Idee, dass ich Frau bzw. Herr meiner eigenen Gedanken bin. Eine schönes Ideal. Doch in der Alltagswirklichkeit werden wir manipuliert oder lassen unsere Gedanken ziellos schweifen. Was können wir tun, um geistige Autonomie zu erlangen? Studiogast: Thomas Metzinger, Philosoph; Moderation: Jürgen Wiebicke

In this week's episode Tim and Jeremy are tuning in and dropping out as we talk all things Acid. We hear a history of the psychedelic movement within the Anglophone world, taking in the accidental maiden trip of chemist Albert Hoffmann, the activities of Timothy Leary at Millbrook and the Merry Pranksters on their Magic Bus, and The Beatles' musical rendering of the classic trip. Tim and Jeremy also consider how dancing is incorporated into the Acid experience, with a grateful nod to the role played by the Dead and their sound engineer Owsley Stanley, and draw out the tensions between the post-war consumer culture and the emergent psychedelic movement that rendered Acid such a uniquely potent political - as well as pharmacological - phenomenon. Note: At Love is the Message, we don't encourage our listeners to take Acid, which is of course illegal! Also, more prosaically, in this episode Jeremy refers to Ralph ‘Metzinger' - he is of course talking about Ralph Metzner, the American psychologist and not Thomas Metzinger the contemporary American philosopher. Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They've been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they're inevitably launching a podcast. Produced and edited by Matt Huxley. We are committed to making Love is the Message free to everyone who wants it, but if you have the means, please become a supporter by visiting www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod for as little as £3 a month so we can stay free. Tune in, Turn on, Get Down! Tracklist: Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar - Raga Palas Kafi The Grateful Dead - Alice D. Millionaire The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows Country Joe and the Fish - The Acid Commercial Country Joe and the Fish - Colours for Susan Charles Earland - Leaving This Planet

Wir brauchen nicht zwingend tierisches Eiweiß - und trotzdem sterben 88 Milliarden Tiere für eine Generation Deutscher. Ohne Not bringen wir damit milliardenfach Leid auf die Welt. Dürfen wir das?

Episode #31 Hypnosis to help Control Your Blood Pressure Performed by Thomas Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/support

Test Anxiety Hypnosis By Daniel Portner, PhD Adapted by Thomas Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/support

Visit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episodeSelected References:2:41 - The Darwin Fish2:59 - “...you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone” (BobDylan.com) from “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (YouTube video)3:18 - See “What is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution” (LiveScience, 2018) and “Darwin and His Theory of Evolution” (Pew Research Center)7:23 - Charles Darwin10:33 - See “Darwin on a Godless Creation: “It’s like confessing to a murder”” (Scientific American, 2009)10:42 - The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin12:40 - The best current fossil evidence suggests that the divergence of humans and chimps began as early as 13 million years ago but it was not a clean split and some hybridization may have been occurring as late as 4 million years ago, so the 6-7 million year number stated in the podcast should not be taken as definitive in any way, for more see the “Chimpanzee-human last common ancestor” Wikipedia entry and “Fossil Reveals What Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes Looked Like” (Scientific American, 2017)12:51 - See the “Tree of life” Wikipedia entry and “What is the Tree of Life?” (Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History)  14:33 - The “Copernican Revolution” (Wikipedia) actually began during the 16th century, approximately 300 years before Darwin’s time, but certainly did alter human perception of our place in the Universe, for more see “Copernicus’ revolution and Galileo’s vision, in pictures” (EarthSky.org)18:38 - Naturalism18:53 - The mind being a product of the brain is a somewhat controversial assertion, although basically accepted by naturalists who root all causes in the physical, but for more see the “Mind-body problem” Wikipedia entry22:34 - See “Galileo vs The Inquisition: The Real Story”, excerpted from The Patterning Instinct by Jeremy Lent23:05 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 02 - “Our Back Pages”23:33 - See Hamnet (Goodreads), and “The Real 'Hamnet' Died Centuries Ago, But This Novel Is Timeless” (NPR, 2020)29:07 - Existentialism29:53 - See “Maybe You're Not an Atheist–Maybe You're a Naturalist Like Sean Carroll” (Wired, 2016), and “Existential Therapy from the Universe: Physicist Sean Carroll on How Poetic Naturalism Illuminates Our Human Search for Meaning” (Brainpickings)31:09 - The Big Lebowski35:41 - See the “Film noir” Wikipedia entry, “Essential Noir Films: Sean Geraghty on THE BIG LEBOWSKI” (The Black List), and “Is The Big Lebowski a Great Noir Film? A New Way to Look at the Coen Brothers’ Iconic Movie” (Open Culture)36:19 - Kurzgesagt (YouTube Channel) and Kurzgesagt website36:35 - “How Evolution Works” by Kurzgesagt (YouTube video)36:42 - “Optimistic Nihilism” by Kurzgesagt (YouTube video)36:57 - The absurd37:52 - See the entry on Sisyphus from the Ancient History Encyclopedia and The Myth of Sisyphus Wikipedia entry40:00 - Watch the final scene of The Big Lebowski (YouTube video)42:37 - “...it’s alright, Ma, it’s life, and life only” (BobDylan.com) from “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” (YouTube video)43:20 - Listen to the section of “Part of Your World” (YouTube video) from The Little Mermaid starting at 1:24 in the linked video43:38 - Listen to the section of “Space Oddity” (YouTube video) by David Bowie starting at 3:2244:55 - According to Joni Mitchell’s official website the line is actually “I don't know who I am, But you know life is for learning” - listen to the Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young cover of “Woodstock” (YouTube video) from their brilliant 1970 classic album Deja Vu (All Music)48:40 - See “Are you sleepwalking now?” (Aeon, 2018) by Thomas Metzinger, who notably is not a neuroscientist as stated in the podcast, but is actually a theoretical philosopher who does work on neuroethics and neurophilosophy 55:47 - Listen to episode 40 of the It’s Not What It Seems podcast where Darron discusses Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert with his brother Doug57:12 - See the “Intellectual humility” Wikipedia entry, “Intellectual Humility: A Guiding Principle for the Skeptical Movement?” (Skeptical Inquirer, 2020), “Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong” (Vox, 2019), and “How ‘Intellectual Humility’ Can Make You a Better Person” (New York Magazine, 2017)1:00:34 - The Big Picture by Sean Carroll and the concept of Poetic Naturalism1:02:30 - See Poetic Naturalism on Sean Carroll's website Preposterous Universe1:03:57 - See “Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man” by philosopher Wilfird Sellars 1:05:10 - Sean Carroll’s Mindscape Podcast1:06:16 - See “Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice” from Scientifc American, excerpted from Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman1:08:30 - See “What Does It Mean to Live the Good Life?” (ThoughtCo), “The Philosophy of the Good Life” (The Gifford Lectures), and “What is the Good Life? Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, & Kant’s Ideas in 4 Animated Videos” (Open Culture)

In Teil 2 des Gesprächs mit Prof. Thomas Metzinger sprechen wir über die Willensfreiheit und was unsere Vergänglichkeit mit unserem Selbstmodell macht. Details zur Episode

Motivational Hypnosis By Leslie Riopel Adapted by Thomas Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt Music: Born of Wild Wonder Written By Stephen Keech Performed By Stephen Keech Produced By Stephen Keech --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/support

Im Gespräch mit Prof. Thomas Metzinger über seine Forschung zum Bewusstsein und das phänomenale Selbstmodell. Details zur Episode

Hypnosis to help with Enuresis / Bed Wetting Dry Bed Hypnosis By Faith Waude DHP Acc. Hyp. Adapted by Thomas Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/support

Anxiety Release Script By Faith Waude DHP Acc. Hyp. Adapted by Thomas Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt Music: Fading Light Written By Charles Daniel Lowell Performed By Holiday On The Moon Produced By Holiday On The Moon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/suggestiblemind/support

Für den Philosophen Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger von der Universität Mainz ist es keineswegs ausgeschlossen, dass Künstliche Intelligenz irgendwann Bewusstsein haben könnte. Schon jetzt sollten wir uns Gedanken über unsere Verantwortung und zur Ethik machen, etwa in Form einer globalen Charta mit KI-Regeln, die auch das Bewusstseinsthema umfassen. KI-Systeme lernen viel über uns Menschen lernen, müssen aber nicht immer an das Gemeinwohl gekoppelt sein. Es hängt von uns ab, unsere Digitale Souveränität wiederzuerlangen. Fragensteller in dieser Folge: Dipl.-Phys. Michael Mörike, Integrata-Stiftung für humane Nutzung der Informationstechnologie Autor: Karsten Wendland Redaktion, Aufnahmeleitung und Produktion: Robert Sinitsyn Licence: CC-BY, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000124512 In dieser Folge erwähnte Quellen: René Descartes: Die Leidenschaft der Seele (Les passions de l'âme), L. Heimann 1870. The Minimal Phenomenal Experience (MPE) Project unter Leitung von Thomas Metzinger. Artikel von Thomas Metzinger bei Spektrum.de zu maschinellem Bewusstsein mit Bezug auf den amerikanischen Philosophen Hilary Putnam und seine Einstellungen zu Rechten von Robotern. Europäische High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence. Thomas Metzinger: Der Ego-Tunnel: eine neue Philosophie des Selbst. Von der Hirnforschung zur Bewusstseinsethik, Piper Verlag 2014. Digitalisierung und der Green Deal der EU-Kommission. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger auf der Homepage der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: https://www.philosophie.fb05.uni-mainz.de/arbeitsbereiche/theoretische/thmetzinger/

Die Diskussion, ob wir rein materielle Wesen sind, ist natürlich nicht bei Descartes und La Mettrie stehen geblieben. In dieser Episode thematisiere ich zwei aktuelle Positionen aus der Debatte. Thomas Nagel vertritt den Eigenschaftsdualismus. Er bestreitet den materialistischen Reduktionismus. Trotzdem existiert ihm zufolge nur eine Substanz, die Materie, die aber grundverschiedene Arten von Eigenschaften hat. Eine Gegenposition vertritt Thomas Metzinger in seinem Buch „Der Ego-Tunnel“. Dort entwickelt er eine systematische Beschreibung des Bewusstseins aus materialistischer Perspektive. Das „Selbst“ ist ihm zufolge eine komplexe Simulation, die sich im Bewusstsein in mehreren Stufen vollzieht.

Ed. Materia Oscura: David Wiehls Abraham Cordero Editorial de literatura y filosofía, Madrid. Viernes, 3 de julio de 2020 -Abraham Cordero: Colaborador de Materia Oscura Título “Shestov desencadenado. Tanatofilia, o por una filosofía de la muerte.” - David Wiehls: Colaborador de la Editorial Materia Oscura. Título de David Wiehls “Sub specienihili” Moderador: Fernando Manjarrés (Editor Materia Oscura) Duración del episodio 01:29:00 Resumen En la primera de las intervenciones que dirige la editorial Materia Oscura, con el editor Fernando Manjarrés junto a los filósofos David Wiehls y Abraham Cordero, nos adentraremos dentro de la filosofía del límite, el realismo especulativo, el horror en la filosofía, el aceleracionismo y el CCRU (Unidad de Investigación de Cultura Cibernética). Ambos filósofos son de la Universidad de Barcelona y compañeros del grupo de investigación Límite. A su vez, colaboran con Materia Oscura y nos exponen su caso más relevante: Los Escritos del CCRU 1997-2003. Haremos un viaje desde Parménides, Deleuze, Heidegger a Quentin Meillassoux, Eugene Thacker, Ray Brassier, Thomas Metzinger, Lev Shestov, Miguel de Unamuno y Nick Land, entre otros muchos. Abraham Cordero Graduado en Filosofía y máster en Pensamiento Contemporáneo y Tradición Clásica por la Universitat de Barcelona, donde actualmente cursa sus estudios de doctorado. Su investigación gira en torno a las principales corrientes de pensamiento actuales desde un marco existencialista, con un claro enfoque en el aceleracionismo y el realismo especulativo. Tras colaborar varios años con el grupo de investigación GIRCHE y trabajar desde un cuadro postdisciplinar cuestiones en relación con la globalización, el laicismo o la filosofía de la religión, formó junto a otros tres compañeros el grupo de investigación Límite; desde entonces organiza e imparte un seminario en la Universitat de Barcelona centrado en la vanguardia del pensamiento filosófico, abordando dichas corrientes desde una perspectiva clásica y ecléctica. También ha trabajado como traductor para Materia Oscura Editorial, en un esfuerzo por acercar los Escritos del CCRU (traducción y prólogo) al público de habla hispana. David Wiehls Graduado en Filosofía y estudiante del máster de Pensamiento Contemporáneo y Tradición Clásica en la Universidad de Barcelona. En 2019 formó junto a otros tres compañeros un grupo de trabajo e investigación bajo el nombre Límite, el cual pretende fomentar la producción de un pensamiento filosófico original en un diálogo con las corrientes filosóficas de vanguardia. Este trabajo cristalizó en el seminario Filosofías por venir, en el que se exploraron el realismo especulativo, el aceleracionismo y el pesimismo moderno, así como una relectura de Deleuze bajo la tesis de la antropología como pensamiento caníbal. Sus líneas de investigación se centran en los debates en torno a los nuevos materialismos, el idealismo alemán y la relación entre ontología y matemáticas. Además, ha traducido y prologado los Escritos del CCRU en la editorial Materia Oscura, con la que colabora como redactor en su blog. https://materiaoscuraeditorial.com/ ________________________________________________________________ Organiza Facultad de Bellas Artes Universidad de Granada Colabora Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria y Patrimonio Unidad de Cultura Científica y de la Innovación FECYT-Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Master Producción e Investigación en Arte. Universidad de Granada Producción de Sonido Andrés Cándido Música José López Montes - Funky Riff https://www.lopezmontes.es/ Identidad Patricia Crespo Robles Divulgación RRSS Raquel Victoria Rodríguez

Michael Madary (along with fellow philosopher, Thomas Metzinger) penned the first Code of Ethical Conduct for virtual and augmented realities. Blake Collier and Matt Ruff explore the ethics of technology and what it looks like to attempt to prophecy all of the potential negative elements of an industry that is still largely in its infancy. We dig into subjects like avatar ownership, failures at switching between “realities,” and embodied persuasion via advertisement and other embedded messages. We then dive into some of the potential negative ramifications of VR/AR for governments and militaries along with the more intimate elements of interpersonal interactions online. This is a fascinating and important discussion for our times. We hope you enjoy.  Michael Madary is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of the Pacific. He specializes in the ethics of emerging technology as well as cognitive science. Madary co-authored the first code of ethics for immersive technology. His first book, Visual Phenomenology, was published in 2017 with MIT Press.

Lectura comentada sobre el cuento “Auténtico amor” de Isaac Asimov. Dialogamos el amor y la inteligencia artificial desde el psicoanálisis, la liquidez, la filosofía de Luc Ferry y Thomas Metzinger.

Vi samtalar om falskhet, om den nu finns. Litteraturtips:Klabautermannen, Aksel Sandemose; Forum 1969Paradisets vägar, Peter Cornell; Gidlunds 1987The ego tunnel, Thomas Metzinger; Basic Books 2010Oskuldens tid, Edith Wharton; Modernista 2017Kejsaren av Portugallien, Selma Lagerlöf; Klassikerförlaget 2012 

Robert Weber traf Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger am Rande des Maschinenbaugipfels in Berlin. Metzinger ist Mitglied der High Level Group on Artificial Intelligence der Europäischen Union. Er ist ein deutscher Philosoph und Professor für theoretische Philosophie an der Universität Mainz. Seine Hauptarbeitsgebiete sind die Philosophie des Geistes, die Wissenschaftstheorie der Neurowissenschaften und die Neuroethik.

Risto Uuk rääkis selles taskuhäälingu osas Jaan Tallinna, Oliver Laasi ja Tanel Tammetiga. Jaan Tallinn on Skype'i ja Kazaa kaasasutaja ning kaasasutas ka eksistentsiaalseid riske uurivad organisatsioonid Centre for the Study of Existential Risk ja Future of Life Institute. Oliver Laas on mitmes erinevas asutuses filosoofia külalislektor, näiteks Tallinna Ülikooli Humanitaarteaduste instituudis. Tanel Tammet on arvutiteadlane ja Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli võrgutarkvara professor. Nad vestlesid selle üle, kui palju peaks tehisintellekti ohtude pärast muretsema ja mida me nende vähendamiseks tegema peaksime. Allikad, mis vestlust toetasid või jutuks tulid: - Eksistentsiriske uuriv organisatsioon: Future of Life Institute: https://futureoflife.org/ - Tehisintellekti ohtude müüdid: https://futureoflife.org/background/aimyths/ - Nick Bostromi tehisintellekti ekspertide küsitlus: https://nickbostrom.com/papers/survey.pdf - Teine tehisintellekti ekspertide küsitlus arvamustest, millal saavutatakse inimtasemel tehisintellekt: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.08807.pdf - Allan Dafoe tehisintellekti poliitikakujundamisest: https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/allan-dafoe-politics-of-ai/ - Alan Turing tehisintellekti ohtudest: https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Turing-Can-Computers-Think.pdf - Max Tegmarki raamat "Life 3.0”: https://www.rahvaraamat.ee/p/life-3-0/1040763/et?isbn=9780141981802# - Miks prioriseerida kaugtulevikku: https://reg-charity.org/why-we-prioritize-the-long-term-future/ - Ülevaade tehisintellekti probleemidest: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.01109.pdf - Suuremad ja väiksemad tehisintellekti äpardused: https://novaator.err.ee/842085/graafikulugu-tehisintellekti-13-suuremat-ja-vaiksemat-apardust - Karjäärinõu jagav veebileht 80,000 Hours: https://80000hours.org/ - Thomas Metzinger anti-natalistlikust AI riskistsenaariumist: https://www.edge.org/conversation/thomas_metzinger-benevolent-artificial-anti-natalism-baan

In this lecture, Justin Bullock gives an overview of Part III The Consciousness Revolution from Thomas Metzinger's book The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

In this lecture, Justin Bullock provides a discussion of Thomas Metzinger's detailed description of consciousness and the appearance of a world for the Decision Making in Public Service course.

“Welcome to the, Decision Making in Public Service course. My name is Justin Bullock and I will be the professor for this course I have been very much looking forward to this course and preparing these lectures. Decision making is a topic that I have been fascinated with since grad school and up through my latest research in artificial intelligence. How and why decisions are made and how this process impacts public service and public servants While I will give you a broad introduction lecture at the beginning of this course, much of the content of the lectures will be wrestling with and discussing the material from the four books that have been selected for this course. These four books are also used to broadly structure the course. The first book that we will cover is Thomas Metzinger’s The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. I would also recommend Ray Kurzweil’s How to create a mind: the secret of human thought revealed. Your brain structures your mind and who you identify yourself and how you make decisions, so we begin with developing a better understanding of what neuroscience and philosophy have to tell us about us, the individual decision maker. We move from here to an extended treatment of Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow. It is here where the worlds of economics, psychology, and decision-making crash into one another. Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel prize winning economist and does a wonderful job conveying much of his life’s work in this wonderful book. You will be introduced to system I and system II thinking, how systematically irrational and biased we are, how this has consequences for decision making, and much much more From here we incorporate machines into the decision-making conversation, as machine intelligence or artificial intelligence has continued to develop and substitute for human intelligence. For this treatment, we will read Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence, which is a serious treatise on the decision-making space and how artificial intelligence performs in comparison to human intelligence and what that looks like. I will also pull from some of my own work with co-authors on this topic and how it influences public service decision making Finally, we turn to the concept of administrative evil, and here we turn from individual behavior or market behavior to more specifically some of the factors or organizations that lead them to engage in behavior that needlessly harms people, or as Danny Balfour and Guy Adams put it in their book, administrative evil. This concept looks at how some of the factors that influence individual decision making can be broadly influence by professional norms, tribal identities, and dehumanization. It is at this level, that the role of decision making becomes unmistakably important in the delivery of public services I intend to publish a lecture just before each class. For those of you taking the course, the expectation is that you listen to the lecture before class and come prepared to discuss the content along with the assigned readings for class that week. For those of you following along who are not taking the course. I hope you enjoy the content as well! I will be publishing the first lecture on decision making which will be called Decision Making: Basic Concepts later this week. For the in-person students, you will need to listen to this as well before our first class. My general plan moving forward is to release the lecture on Sundays. I hope you enjoy the lectures on decision making! Thanks for your time. “

We've read Children of Time (https://amzn.to/2QqYKII), and boy do we have a lot to say about it! This episode we discuss the structure of the book, whether novels need strong characters, how animal consciousness might differ from our own, and how to stock a ship designed to re-seed the human race on another planet. Adrian gets to jabber on about the Baldwin Effect & octopuses, and Matt makes some sharp points about the importance of empathy. Truly this podcast represents the future liberals want.  As always, here's a list of stuff we discuss in the episode. If the links don't show up in your podcatcher, they will on spectology.com. All links are referral links. * Startide Rising by David Brin * The Bees by Laline Paull * The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy * Watership Down by Richard Adams * The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov * Goedel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter  And finally, a few books on consciousness, language, and evolution that weren't mentioned by name, but which Adrian recommends: * Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith (octopus researcher mentioned)* Adam's Tongue by Derek Bickerton (language evolution & the Baldwin Effect)* The Crucible of Consciousness by Zoltan Torey (language & consciousness) * The Perplexities of Consciousness by Eric Schwitzgebel (essays on the difficulty of introspecting consciousness) * The Ego Tunnel by Thomas Metzinger (laying out the ideas behind the phrase "consciousness is an illusion" for a lay audience) --- We'd love to hear from you, either by chatting with us on twitter at @spectologypod, sending us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submitting the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

Brad Warner discusses Thomas Metzinger's book "The Ego Tunnel" and how zazen differs from "standard" modes of meditation - just as Buddha suggested it should. Recorded live at ACZC

Thomas Metzinger and Michael W. Taft discuss having moral integrity with yourself, intellectual honesty in the pursuit of spirituality, the overlapping goals of science and spirituality, the possibility of a fully secularized spirituality, neurofeedback and virtual reality, mortality denial, the simulation hypothesis, and a whole bunch more.Thomas Metzinger is full professor and director of the theoretical philosophy group and the research group on neuroethics/neurophilosophy at the department of philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. He is the founder and director of the MIND group and Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Germany. His research centers on analytic philosophy of mind, applied ethics, philosophy of cognitive science, and philosophy of mind. He is the editor of Neural Correlates of Consciousness and the author of Being No One and The Ego Tunnel.Thomas Metzinger’s website.A video of Metzinger’s Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty talk.Read an interview with Thomas Metzinger, entitled “What Is the Self?“Show Notes0:25 – Introduction2:53 – Interesting times in the world4:12 – Summary of Thomas’ talk, “Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty”7:46 – Impact and divided reactions to “Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty”12:43 – Internal moral integrity: belief formation & authority17:05 – Needing a teacher, master or guru21:10 – Surrender, Western enlightenment and the “crazy corner”24:13 – Getting science to say something interesting about human experience26:08 – Neurofeedback glasses for walking meditation; taking meditation into life30:00 – Virtuality and nothingness, consciousness as virtual reality34:03 – Suchness; spirituality as de-immersion from conscious experience, meditating on artifacts36:20 – The feeling of being real, transparently and opacity38:55 – Hyperreality & derealization: hallucinogens, religious ecstasy and seizures40:42 – VR meditation, getting in touch with virtuality42:28 – Reaching earlier brain processing stages through meditation or hallucinogens45:43 – The Ruining Innocence podcast: a half-serious criticism of taxonomies and discussing meditation49:33 – Thomas’ thoughts on the Arrow of Attention; correlates in neuroscience53:20 – Mindfulness of inattention and avoidance, pitfalls of mindfulness56:07 – Discussing Douglas Harding: the Headless Way and immersion; more discussion of the Arrow of Attention1:00:14 – The self as a visual metaphor; the pre-3D lump of sensations and motor babbling1:03:23 – Thomas’ recent studies of subjectivity: the epistemic agent model of self1:09:48 – How it transpires that the Self is not conscious1:11:34 – Questioning science’s value for practice; the moral imperative of trying to improve contemplative practice1:15:12 – Thomas’ critique of the perennial philosophy; strategies of mortality denial1:22:07 – The simulation hypothesis; thoughts in the mind of god1:25:41 – Is suffering real, and how deep does reality go?1:29:05 – A hypothetical merging of science and subjectivity1:31:29 – OutroYou can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Thomas Metzinger about the scientific and experiential understanding of consciousness. They also talk about the significance of WWII for the history of ideas, the role of intuition in science, the ethics of building conscious AI, the self as an hallucination, how we identify with our thoughts, attention as the root of the feeling of self, the place of Eastern philosophy in Western science, and the limitations of secular humanism. You can support the Making Sense podcast at samharris.org/support.

3D-Festival BEYOND 2016 | Symposium Lecture/Talk 28.09.2016 to 02.10.2016 ZKM_Media Theater The festival’s theme of »Future Design Thinking« is mainly reflected in the symposium. As a result, it fits into the series of symposiums of past events, which established the main title »Future Design« and pursued the aim of exhibiting and developing perspectives for the future together. The addition of »Future Design Thinking« now introduces the aspect of thinking, which facilitates an idea of the future, free from restrictions, physical or social parameters. Experts from various specialist fields are eagerly awaited, who will think ahead to the future together. /// Vortrag/Gespräch 28.09.2016 bis 02.10.2016 ZKM_Medientheater Das Festivalthema »Future Design Thinking« spiegelt sich hauptsächlich im Symposium wider. Damit fügt es sich in die Reihe der Symposien vergangener Veranstaltungen ein, welche den Leittitel »Future Design« etablierten und das Ziel verfolgten, gemeinsam Zukunftsperspektiven aufzuzeigen und weiterzuentwickeln. Der Zusatz des »Future Design Thinking« bringt nun den Aspekt des Denkens ein, welcher eine Idee der Zukunft, frei von Restriktionen, physikalischen oder gesellschaftlichen Parametern, ermöglicht. Mit Spannung werden Koryphäen diverser Fachbereiche erwartet, die gemeinsam die Zukunft weiterdenken.

Thomas Metzinger, Professor für Philosophie, erläutert das neue Konzept säkularer Spiritualität, um Unsicherheiten, Irritationen und Ängsten unseres Zeitalters entgegenzuwirken.

Thomas Metzinger, Professor für Philosophie, erläutert das neue Konzept säkularer Spiritualität, um Unsicherheiten, Irritationen und Ängsten unseres Zeitalters entgegenzuwirken.