Sean Carroll
Bing Brunton on Connecting the Connectome to the Body | Mindscape 352
Neuroscientist Bing Brunton reveals how mapping the fruit fly's brain wiring led to the discovery of a minimal three-neuron circuit responsible for walking rhythms, challenging assumptions about brain-body interaction and the utility of connectomes.
J. Eric Oliver on the Self and How to Know It | Mindscape 350
Explore the multi-layered nature of the 'self' as a dynamic process, not a fixed entity, integrating insights from physics, philosophy, and psychology to understand human experience and well-being.
Mindscape 339 | Ned Block on Whether Consciousness Requires Biology
Philosopher Ned Block challenges computational functionalism, arguing that consciousness may depend on specific biological or sub-computational mechanisms rather than just the 'what' of computation, with profound implications for AI.
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