Jaron Lanier - Is Consciousness an Illusion?
Is consciousness something special in the universe, its own category, irreducible to physical laws, a carrier of meaning and purpose? Or is consciousness a mere artifact of the brain, a by-product of evolution, a superstition exaggerated by human misperception? If you think or hope consciousness is special, then you should surely be a skeptic.
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Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer scientist, best known for popularizing the term virtual reality (VR).
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Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer scientist, best known for popularizing the term virtual reality (VR).
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Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
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