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311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental

2025-04-14 · 70 min · episode 311 · 12 entities

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    311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental
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  • discusses Physics concept
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Episode description as stored
Questions about consciousness range from the precise and empirical -- what neurons fire when I have some particular experience -- to the deeply profound -- does consciousness emerge from matter, or does matter emerge from consciousness? While it might be straightforward to think that consciousness arises from the collective behavior of atoms in the brain, Annaka Harris and others argue that consciousness could be the fundamental stuff from which matter arises. She talks with a variety of experts in her new audio series,  Lights On: How Understanding Consciousness Helps Us Understand the Universe . Blog post with show notes and transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/04/14/311-annaka-harris-on-whether-consciousness-is-fundamental/ Support Mindscape on  Patreon . Annaka Harris received a BFA from New York University. She is the author of  Consciousness: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind . She is a co-founder of Project Reason. Web site Wikipedia Amazon author page