Prof. Anil Seth – How the brain creates the self & the hard problem of consciousness
Prof. Anil Seth, one of the foremost researchers in the field of consciousness studies, on the hard problem of consciousness and how the brain gives rise to the illusory perception of a self.
The guest of today’s episode is Prof. Anil Seth, one of the foremost researchers in the field of consciousness studies. Interviewed by Scott Snibbe, the host of a Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment, Anil Seth discusses the nature of consciousness and why, according to modern neuroscience, our perception of the self and reality is like a hallucination. He also talks about the hard problem of consciousness, quantum mechanics, agency and free will.