Gregg Braden

You can still be alive, but what kind of a human are you if you've lost your ability for empathy, sympathy, compassion, love, forgiveness, and those kinds of things? So this is the whole point of where the technology is leading. We cannot capture consciousness on the computer chip because consciousness... This was, Brian Greene did an amazing interview with Joe Rogan, and they talked about this.

You can still be alive, but what kind of a human are you if you've lost your ability for empathy, sympathy, compassion, love, forgiveness, and those kinds of things? So this is the whole point of where the technology is leading. We cannot capture consciousness on the computer chip because consciousness... This was, Brian Greene did an amazing interview with Joe Rogan, and they talked about this.

You can still be alive, but what kind of a human are you if you've lost your ability for empathy, sympathy, compassion, love, forgiveness, and those kinds of things? So this is the whole point of where the technology is leading. We cannot capture consciousness on the computer chip because consciousness... This was, Brian Greene did an amazing interview with Joe Rogan, and they talked about this.

And ultimately what he said, he believes, and he thinks it's going to take another 100 years, is what Brian Greene said. He said he thinks that we will discover that the stuff we're made of, the quarks and the quantum particles, leptons and the quarks, when they behave a certain way, that's what we call consciousness. And I like Brian Greene a lot. In my opinion, he's missing the point there.

And ultimately what he said, he believes, and he thinks it's going to take another 100 years, is what Brian Greene said. He said he thinks that we will discover that the stuff we're made of, the quarks and the quantum particles, leptons and the quarks, when they behave a certain way, that's what we call consciousness. And I like Brian Greene a lot. In my opinion, he's missing the point there.

And ultimately what he said, he believes, and he thinks it's going to take another 100 years, is what Brian Greene said. He said he thinks that we will discover that the stuff we're made of, the quarks and the quantum particles, leptons and the quarks, when they behave a certain way, that's what we call consciousness. And I like Brian Greene a lot. In my opinion, he's missing the point there.

because it's not in the stuff. They're looking in the stuff for consciousness. And because of that, they think the electrical synapses in the brain, if you can capture that, put it on a chip, you've captured consciousness. And what we now know is that those electrical synapses are the antenna tuning to the place in the field. Can I just share an experiment? Sure.

because it's not in the stuff. They're looking in the stuff for consciousness. And because of that, they think the electrical synapses in the brain, if you can capture that, put it on a chip, you've captured consciousness. And what we now know is that those electrical synapses are the antenna tuning to the place in the field. Can I just share an experiment? Sure.

because it's not in the stuff. They're looking in the stuff for consciousness. And because of that, they think the electrical synapses in the brain, if you can capture that, put it on a chip, you've captured consciousness. And what we now know is that those electrical synapses are the antenna tuning to the place in the field. Can I just share an experiment? Sure.

That really helps to illustrate this. And you and I talked about this offline a little bit. I do this in live audiences. And first you can hear the audience gasp when they hear this, and then the room is quiet. And you can hear literally a pin drop with a couple thousand people in the room. So this experiment's been done a couple of times.

That really helps to illustrate this. And you and I talked about this offline a little bit. I do this in live audiences. And first you can hear the audience gasp when they hear this, and then the room is quiet. And you can hear literally a pin drop with a couple thousand people in the room. So this experiment's been done a couple of times.

That really helps to illustrate this. And you and I talked about this offline a little bit. I do this in live audiences. And first you can hear the audience gasp when they hear this, and then the room is quiet. And you can hear literally a pin drop with a couple thousand people in the room. So this experiment's been done a couple of times.

One of the first was at the Salk Institute here in California. They took neurons and placed them into a Petri dish that was connected to a specialized chip. And for our techies out there, I mean, literally the little dendrites, there were ports on the chip that could accommodate those dendrites. So now you've got a neuron computer chip interface. So they did that successfully.

One of the first was at the Salk Institute here in California. They took neurons and placed them into a Petri dish that was connected to a specialized chip. And for our techies out there, I mean, literally the little dendrites, there were ports on the chip that could accommodate those dendrites. So now you've got a neuron computer chip interface. So they did that successfully.

One of the first was at the Salk Institute here in California. They took neurons and placed them into a Petri dish that was connected to a specialized chip. And for our techies out there, I mean, literally the little dendrites, there were ports on the chip that could accommodate those dendrites. So now you've got a neuron computer chip interface. So they did that successfully.

And then they took that chip and they hooked it to a computer that was loaded with an old game. Some of our viewers may remember. It was first launched in 1972. It's called Pong. And I was working in industry when Pong came out. And it's so primitive today. It's ping pong on a very flat two-dimensional screen. I would come back from lunch

And then they took that chip and they hooked it to a computer that was loaded with an old game. Some of our viewers may remember. It was first launched in 1972. It's called Pong. And I was working in industry when Pong came out. And it's so primitive today. It's ping pong on a very flat two-dimensional screen. I would come back from lunch

And then they took that chip and they hooked it to a computer that was loaded with an old game. Some of our viewers may remember. It was first launched in 1972. It's called Pong. And I was working in industry when Pong came out. And it's so primitive today. It's ping pong on a very flat two-dimensional screen. I would come back from lunch

when we were working in the high-tech industry during the Cold War, and engineers working on nuclear triggers for our weapon systems were glued to their screens playing this game of Pong because nothing had ever been seen like that before. I mean, you know, it's hard to think with the advanced gaming world we live in now. It's so simple. But here's the point. They took

when we were working in the high-tech industry during the Cold War, and engineers working on nuclear triggers for our weapon systems were glued to their screens playing this game of Pong because nothing had ever been seen like that before. I mean, you know, it's hard to think with the advanced gaming world we live in now. It's so simple. But here's the point. They took