Annaka Harris

And the thing that's unique about consciousness and the reason why I find it so fascinating and why it keeps me up at night is because It's a different property that we're trying to get at, which is experience from the inside. It can only be felt from the inside. So you and I are very similar beings. We're similar systems. And so we experience a lot of the same things.

And we've developed language so that we can talk about those experiences. But what's interesting, actually, to me about communication and language is that it only works between systems that have similar conscious experiences. Because if you know, the only reason you and I can talk about anything or share ideas is because we share so much of the same conscious content.

And we've developed language so that we can talk about those experiences. But what's interesting, actually, to me about communication and language is that it only works between systems that have similar conscious experiences. Because if you know, the only reason you and I can talk about anything or share ideas is because we share so much of the same conscious content.

And we've developed language so that we can talk about those experiences. But what's interesting, actually, to me about communication and language is that it only works between systems that have similar conscious experiences. Because if you know, the only reason you and I can talk about anything or share ideas is because we share so much of the same conscious content.

You know, if you try to explain to someone who's born deaf, what middle C sounds like or any sound for that matter. There are a lot of analogies you can make, but there's no way you can actually deliver that experience of sound to someone who's never had it before.

You know, if you try to explain to someone who's born deaf, what middle C sounds like or any sound for that matter. There are a lot of analogies you can make, but there's no way you can actually deliver that experience of sound to someone who's never had it before.

You know, if you try to explain to someone who's born deaf, what middle C sounds like or any sound for that matter. There are a lot of analogies you can make, but there's no way you can actually deliver that experience of sound to someone who's never had it before.

And so to talk about it adequately and to be able to understand, the way I understand that you are conscious is because you're saying things that lead me to believe you're experiencing very similar things to things I'm experiencing. And so- The trick is there is no way to get true evidence of a conscious experience, but from the inside, but from having it yourself.

And so to talk about it adequately and to be able to understand, the way I understand that you are conscious is because you're saying things that lead me to believe you're experiencing very similar things to things I'm experiencing. And so- The trick is there is no way to get true evidence of a conscious experience, but from the inside, but from having it yourself.

And so to talk about it adequately and to be able to understand, the way I understand that you are conscious is because you're saying things that lead me to believe you're experiencing very similar things to things I'm experiencing. And so- The trick is there is no way to get true evidence of a conscious experience, but from the inside, but from having it yourself.

And as I said, we have all these ways of communicating that can give us a fair amount of non-direct evidence that other systems besides ourselves are conscious, but we can't get direct evidence. And that's different from anything else that we study scientifically. I think there may be changes in the last chapter of my documentary.

And as I said, we have all these ways of communicating that can give us a fair amount of non-direct evidence that other systems besides ourselves are conscious, but we can't get direct evidence. And that's different from anything else that we study scientifically. I think there may be changes in the last chapter of my documentary.

And as I said, we have all these ways of communicating that can give us a fair amount of non-direct evidence that other systems besides ourselves are conscious, but we can't get direct evidence. And that's different from anything else that we study scientifically. I think there may be changes in the last chapter of my documentary.

I talk a little bit about how there might be changes to the science in the future that might enable us to kind of get around this issue. But I mean, it is still a pretty solid issue that it is only from the inside that consciousness can be known. And then conscious content can be carried through time by memories. And so we kind of have access.

I talk a little bit about how there might be changes to the science in the future that might enable us to kind of get around this issue. But I mean, it is still a pretty solid issue that it is only from the inside that consciousness can be known. And then conscious content can be carried through time by memories. And so we kind of have access.

I talk a little bit about how there might be changes to the science in the future that might enable us to kind of get around this issue. But I mean, it is still a pretty solid issue that it is only from the inside that consciousness can be known. And then conscious content can be carried through time by memories. And so we kind of have access.

It's always a different experience in a new moment, but we can have access to content from previous experiences through memory.

It's always a different experience in a new moment, but we can have access to content from previous experiences through memory.

It's always a different experience in a new moment, but we can have access to content from previous experiences through memory.

Yeah, I mean, that's even true on a more tangible level, which is that in my documentary, I talk about locked-in syndrome, which is a very terrifying circumstance. But that's a circumstance where someone has had brain damage, either due to a stroke or injury, Where they've become completely paralyzed, yet their conscious experience is completely intact.