Steven Pinker - 'From Neurons to Consciousness'

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Northeastern University London

Northeastern University London

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Pinker, Professor in Harvard’s Department of Psychology and Visiting Professor at New College of the Humanities delivers his annual NCH lecture series. - www.nchlondon.ac.uk/
Professor Steven Pinker is a Visiting Professor at NCH, where he has developed and teaches part of the Cosmology, Evolution & Neurobiology course, which is studied by all undergraduates at the College.
Founded in 2011, New College of the Humanities (NCH) has earned a reputation as a world-class academic institution that is leading the way in UK higher education. Teaching at NCH is delivered through one-to-one tutorials, small group seminars and interactive lectures of between 10 and 60 students, meaning that all voices are heard and all questions debated.
NCH’s world-class professoriate includes luminaries such as Simon Blackburn, Sir Partha Dasgupta, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C Dennett, AC Grayling, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss, Steven Pinker, Sir Christopher Ricks, and Adrian Zuckerman, all of whom teach and contribute to the creation and development of the curriculum at the College.

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@NortheasternLDN
@NortheasternLDN 6 жыл бұрын
If you want to find out more about New College of the Humanities, where you can learn from Professors including Steven Pinker, Lawrence Krauss, Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, visit our site here - www.nchlondon.ac.uk/
@ALavin-en1kr
@ALavin-en1kr Ай бұрын
Thinking of matter as fundamental is why we have ‘the hard problem of consciousness’.
@emilsundbaum5221
@emilsundbaum5221 Жыл бұрын
Shame the audio is so so hizzy. Great talk still
@candidobertetti27
@candidobertetti27 3 ай бұрын
Not sure what hizzy means, but I agree, lol
@nalinsharma4715
@nalinsharma4715 6 жыл бұрын
The more we learn about life and consciousness it seems that there cannot be another intelligent life in the universe unless it is like us although they may have become like us by another route.
@karagi101
@karagi101 4 ай бұрын
We have a sample size of one - us. That means we don’t know how similar or different from us other conscious entities in the universe may be. We can hypothesize that certain basic functions for sensing the world must exist for conscious creatures to survive.
@perverse_ince
@perverse_ince 4 ай бұрын
35:30 Threshold 0 Neuron goes Brrrrrrp meme
@kavorka8855
@kavorka8855 5 ай бұрын
I am rereading How the Mind Works, I wish to understand AI in a deeper level
@charlesqwu
@charlesqwu 15 күн бұрын
11:01 670,000,000 mph is the speed of light -- is the speed of electricity the same?
@pushparajshambulingiah1091
@pushparajshambulingiah1091 3 күн бұрын
Yes ,error ,in speed mentioned.
@dylanmenzies3973
@dylanmenzies3973 5 ай бұрын
Its not like we only see edges - its more like we need extra bandwidth to identify edges accurately, its a form of compression.
@pippipster6767
@pippipster6767 4 ай бұрын
Nothing said about dreams.
@adamkadmon6339
@adamkadmon6339 Жыл бұрын
The qualia I am interested in is: what is it like to be a connectionism-trashing linguist using Google Translate?
@ALavin-en1kr
@ALavin-en1kr Ай бұрын
The problem is not recognizing consciousness as fundamental and that mind emerges with quantum events. Basing the existence of consciousness, intelligence, and mind on an aggregate of physical elements is deeply flawed, and wrong. We are still in a material age and unfortunately that is all that is perceived. Consciousness, mind, and elements are distinct and separate although aggregate in functioning, due to consciousness and mind It is surprising that anyone who is intelligent can believe that matter is fundamental to consciousness and mind. Like believing a lamp is the cause of the light it emits.
@ronnieparkerscott6223
@ronnieparkerscott6223 3 ай бұрын
What undergrad was doing the sound on this gig? Fail!
@GodsCommunity
@GodsCommunity 6 жыл бұрын
_Many blessings._ 😀
@Daniel-fv1ff
@Daniel-fv1ff 6 жыл бұрын
I can understand why a particular neuron might fire when I (that is my body) looks at, for example, a cat. But I don't see any explanation for why a particular neuron firing could cause me (that is my conciousness) to perceive a cat. I think that it is very likely that the neutron causes me (my conciousness) to see a cat, but it appears that we don't have the slightest idea why.
@karagi101
@karagi101 4 ай бұрын
Your neurons are the basis of consciousness. One neuron firing affects and sets off other neurons. The aggregate affects of all these neurons is what you perceive as a cat.
@ferrousallotrope
@ferrousallotrope 6 жыл бұрын
Holy high pass filter! Great talk nevertheless!
@chasr1843
@chasr1843 6 жыл бұрын
This guy is one of the smartest people on earth
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