Michael Levin Λ Karl Friston Λ Chris Fields on The Meta Hard Problem, Consciousness, and Babbling
Michael Levin Λ Karl Friston Λ Chris Fields on The Meta Hard Problem, Consciousness, and Babbling  
Podcast: Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Published On: Wed Jun 29 2022
Description: In this episode Michael Levin, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields tackle the meta hard problem of consciousness, exploring self‑organization, babbling, and the emergence of cognition. They debate whether society functions as a giant brain and examine the role of quantum randomness in consciousness.- 0:00:00 - Introduction- 00:03:20 - Levin: respect for Chris/Karl- 00:04:45 - Fields: respect for Michael/Karl- 00:05:45 - Friston: respect for Chris/Michael- 00:07:46 - Self‑organization and autopoiesis- 00:12:11 - Emergence of cognition- 00:14:18 - Perception of independent things- 00:18:40 - Cognition vs consciousness- 00:22:03 - The Meta Hard Problem- 00:30:37 - Complexity and awareness- 00:35:56 - Society as a brain?- 00:44:17 - Agency duality- 00:51:32 - Babbling and self- 01:11:22 - 300 ms unit of consciousness- 01:15:49 - Quantum babbling- 01:21:49 - Randomness vs quantum randomness- 01:30:03 - External vs internal reality- 01:33:41 - Studying consciousness and existential dread- 01:48:19 - Levin: deep importance- 01:51:12 - Science starts with faithSPONSORS:- Brilliant: 20% off at https://brilliant.org/TOE - NordVPN: Exclusive deal at https://nordvpn.com/theories - Manscaped: 20% off and free shipping with code [EVERYTHING20] at Manscaped.com - Wren: plant 10 extra trees when you sign up at wren.co/theories - Trade Coffee: $30 off first order plus free shipping at drinktrade.com/everything - ButcherBox: two New York strip steaks and lobster claw free with first order at butcherbox.com/THEORIES RESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/J6eJ44Jq_pw - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything - Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch - Curt's AMA #:3 https://youtu.be/SX9q2D6b5bc - Karl Friston #2: https://youtu.be/SWtFU1Lit3M - Karl Friston #1: https://youtu.be/2v7LBABwZKA - Michael Levin: https://youtu.be/Z0TNfysTazc - Better Left Unsaid documentary: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices