New Frontiers in the Science of Consciousness | Donald Hoffman & Anil Seth

Prof. Donald Hoffman, Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence and The Case Against Reality.

Prof. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science. His book Being You has received several awards and became a Sunday Times bestseller.

In this fascinating conversation, Hoffman and Seth explore the nature of consciousness, the reality we experience, and the relationship between perception and the world around us. While their theories share some striking parallels, they also reveal important differences in how they understand consciousness and reality.

Topics discussed include:

— Why the reality we experience may be an illusion
— Whether artificial intelligence could ever become conscious
— Mathematical arguments suggesting that the space-time paradigm may not be fundamental
— Emerging research into what might exist beneath space-time
— The practical implications of their theories for society and everyday life