Imaginal Inspirations with Mario Beauregard
David Lorimer's guest today is Dr. Mario Beauregard, a neuroscientist currently affiliated with the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona. He received a bachelor degree in psychology and a doctorate degree in neuroscience from the University of Montreal. Dr. Beauregard is the author of more than 100 publications in neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry.
Cracking consciousness: how do our minds really work? – Kit Wilson
With scientists mapping our neurons in ever greater detail, and companies like Google claiming they’re close to creating human-level artificial intelligence, the gap between brain and machine seems to be shrinking — throwing the question of consciousness, one of the great philosophical mysteries, back into the heart of scientific debate. Will the human mind — that ineffable tangle of private, first-person experiences — soon be shown to have a purely physical explanation? The neuroscientist Steven Novella certainly thinks so: ‘The evidence for the brain as the sole cause of the mind is, in my opinion, overwhelming.’
Galileo Commission Summit V: Spiritual Awakenings Book Launch
This series of round-table discussions, which will take place over the course of two days, will mark the launch of a new collaborative book by the Galileo Commission and the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (AAPS): Spiritual Awakenings: Scientists and Academics Share Their Experiences - edited by Marjorie Woollacott and David Lorimer, Co-Chairs of the Galileo Commission. You may find out more about the book by visiting: https://spiritual-awakenings.net.
Imaginal Inspirations with Mario Beauregard
David Lorimer's guest today is Dr. Mario Beauregard, a neuroscientist currently affiliated with the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona. He received a bachelor degree in psychology and a doctorate degree in neuroscience from the University of Montreal. Dr. Beauregard is the author of more than 100 publications in neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry.
Cracking consciousness: how do our minds really work? – Kit Wilson
With scientists mapping our neurons in ever greater detail, and companies like Google claiming they’re close to creating human-level artificial intelligence, the gap between brain and machine seems to be shrinking — throwing the question of consciousness, one of the great philosophical mysteries, back into the heart of scientific debate. Will the human mind — that ineffable tangle of private, first-person experiences — soon be shown to have a purely physical explanation? The neuroscientist Steven Novella certainly thinks so: ‘The evidence for the brain as the sole cause of the mind is, in my opinion, overwhelming.’
Galileo Commission Summit V: Spiritual Awakenings Book Launch
This series of round-table discussions, which will take place over the course of two days, will mark the launch of a new collaborative book by the Galileo Commission and the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (AAPS): Spiritual Awakenings: Scientists and Academics Share Their Experiences - edited by Marjorie Woollacott and David Lorimer, Co-Chairs of the Galileo Commission. You may find out more about the book by visiting: https://spiritual-awakenings.net.
Imaginal Inspirations with Mario Beauregard
David Lorimer's guest today is Dr. Mario Beauregard, a neuroscientist currently affiliated with the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona. He received a bachelor degree in psychology and a doctorate degree in neuroscience from the University of Montreal. Dr. Beauregard is the author of more than 100 publications in neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry.
Cracking consciousness: how do our minds really work? – Kit Wilson
With scientists mapping our neurons in ever greater detail, and companies like Google claiming they’re close to creating human-level artificial intelligence, the gap between brain and machine seems to be shrinking — throwing the question of consciousness, one of the great philosophical mysteries, back into the heart of scientific debate. Will the human mind — that ineffable tangle of private, first-person experiences — soon be shown to have a purely physical explanation? The neuroscientist Steven Novella certainly thinks so: ‘The evidence for the brain as the sole cause of the mind is, in my opinion, overwhelming.’
Galileo Commission Summit V: Spiritual Awakenings Book Launch
This series of round-table discussions, which will take place over the course of two days, will mark the launch of a new collaborative book by the Galileo Commission and the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (AAPS): Spiritual Awakenings: Scientists and Academics Share Their Experiences - edited by Marjorie Woollacott and David Lorimer, Co-Chairs of the Galileo Commission. You may find out more about the book by visiting: https://spiritual-awakenings.net.
– Erwin Schrödinger
– Prof David Bohm
– Albert Einstein
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