Alex O'Connor

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2,073 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 25 May

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And I was there.

It was really awkward for me because I suddenly had to be like, oh, that's actually kind of what I'm here to do.

We had this sort of slightly awkward conversation where I was a bit like...

well, you know, I'm probably going to mention it.

And he's like, yeah, yeah.

I mean, it's good to at least, you know, hear the view, I suppose, kind of that kind of thing.

And then the show started and look, I love these guys, you know, and they're obviously geniuses and I know nothing about neuroscientists.

Well, not nothing, but you know, I'm not a neuroscientist, but it struck me.

If you watch the first bit of this, the first question is, what do we think consciousness is?

Very difficult thing to define.

I think it's impossible to precisely define, but a famous definition was given by Thomas Nagel in the 70s.

To be conscious means there's something it is like to be you.

There's something it is like to be this thing, therefore it's conscious.

It's like an inward sense of subjectivity.

And we went around the panel and everyone agreed.

Everyone was like, yeah, yeah, that's a great definition.

I agree with that.

That's fair enough.

And the first question came, can we see consciousness in the brain?

Great question.

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