How Did Consciousness Evolve? - With Nicholas Humphrey

How Did Consciousness Evolve? - With Nicholas Humphrey

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Can machines ever reach consciousness?

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Can machines ever reach consciousness?

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How Did Consciousness Evolve? - With Nicholas Humphrey

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Blind sight – seeing without a visual cortex
  3. 3 The difference between sensation and perception
  4. 4 Can consciousness be physically found in the brain?
  5. 5 How did natural selection lead to sensations?
  6. 6 How did this lead to consciousness in the human brain?
  7. 7 What is the point of phenomenal consciousness?
  8. 8 How human sentience led to theory of mind
  9. 9 Could animals also be sentient?
  10. 10 Body temperature and its effect on brain speed
  11. 11 Evidence for sentience in the animal kingdom
  12. 12 Mammals and birds show sentience – what about octopuses?
  13. 13 Can machines ever reach consciousness?
  14. 14 Could there be sentient aliens?
  15. 15 The extinction of consciousness on Earth

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