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In Philosophy Babble - The Great Minds Series

In this instalment :
We’re delighted to have Professor Karl Friston, is a theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging with Dr Chris Fields, PhD Philosopher and an independent scientist in theoretical physics and cognitive neuroscience.

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Topic of discussion : Observer vs The Observed
In our culture we believe that reality means physical things. The question is not whether the world is real of not. The question is what is REALITY?

Questions for this conversation :
1. What is reality? ( Physical Universe )
2. At what level one can be describe as having a conscious experience?
3. What is the definition of an observer?

Summary :
Our daily perceptions of physical objects do not reflect the true nature of reality. Instead, our brains construct our physical reality through thought and perception. The reality of the world is akin to the reality of our own selves.

Experience is the pure awareness of being, unmediated by thought or perception. Curiosity arises from detecting uncertainty, and perception involves entanglement, as explored by Chris Fields.

The observer and the observed are one and the same, as observation requires awareness. Existence is interaction, and interaction is observation in modern physics. Friston and Fields are reshaping physics and neuroscience, showcasing the brilliance of their minds in real-time. Watch the full video to learn more about their insights.

Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Any interesting going on in 2023?
01:26 - Friston on how his career began
02:19 - Ivy’s asking Friston on the book he was planning to write
02:39 - Friston on the book he was going to title “Angel Shit”
04:32 - Fields on his great adventures in life and career
05:16 - Fields was a volunteer fireman in his past
06:10 - First round, Friston on the reality…..
10:03 - Fields on reality in physics
17:56 - Friston adding 2 more importance points
24:39 - Ivy’s on second question round
25:21 - Chris taking a radical views
30:37 - Karl agreed, and walked us through on neuroscience perspective
37:00 - Ivy’s lost in “entanglement” (escalated fast) she's having her autistic moment
42:05 - Karl summarise what Chris has said with clarity
46:33 - Ivy on the definition of an observer
47:02 - Chris on physics perpective
50:10 - Karl’s perspective on neuroscience/psychiatrist
54:12 - Ivy dropped the Krishnamurti and Bohm question!!
55:02 - Karl on “The Observer vs The Observed”, delivered.
58:58 - Things get real interesting at this point when got to Chris
01:02:07 - Karl chuckled to what Chris said regards to torturing bacteria
01:07:13 - Floor open up for Q&A but Andy lost all his prepared questions by that time
01:07:56 - First round Karl
01:10:56 - Second round Chris
01:13:47 - Kyle’s round for his two part questions
01:15:27 - Karl straight on “Spontaneity”
01:19:46 - Chris remarked on the “Eustress”
01:20:31 - Prakash went for the ultimate question on the Observer without content
01:21:18 - Chris on pure awareness without content
01:24:32 - Karl joke about taking a lot of drugs
01:28:50 - Karl concluding the literature on psychedelic (01:34:07 parts 2)
01:29:34 - Ary’s follow up question on the “void” or “emptiness”
01:30:22 - Chris on his view with the definition
01:31:58 - Karl on his propose argument with sleep state approach
01:34:07 - Karl addressing the previous psychedelic question from Prakash (Part two)
01:37:58 - Kyle complimented Karl for his intuition
01:28:24 - John had a funny moments with his joke
01:40:03 - John’s question stunned both speakers
01:40:14 - Karl took the question effortlessly with a sense of humour
01:43:02 - Mehran dropped the BOMB with a book as an observer!!!!
01:44:38 - Chris’s perspective on the question through physics
01:46:06 - Existence means interaction, interaction means observation!
01:46:22 - Karl reinforcing the points and joked about the question
01:47:54 - The Three Musketeer with Professor Friston and Dr Fields
01:49:00 - Prakash's excitement says it all on this footage!

Another from Friston, Levin and Fields: Is Reality Real?    • Levin Λ Friston Λ Fields: "Meta" Hard...   with @TheoriesofEverything

MASSIVE THANK YOU TO THE TEAM, ESPECIALLY JOHN AND EVERYONE ON THAT DAY.

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