Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago -Join neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke as he explores consciousness, science and spirituality with scientists, philosophers, spiritual practitioners and key figures in the psychedelic renaissance.
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Bernardo Kastrup on a consciousness-only view of reality & psychedelic science | Living Mirrors #10
August 05, 2020 15:37 - 2 hours - 84.6 MBBernardo Kastrup is a philosopher of mind with a background in computer science. He has PhDs in both disciplines and has written 9 books including rationalist spirituality, why materialism is baloney, the idea of the world and recent studies of the works of Schopenhauer and Carl Jung. Our chat was focused on his “consciousness-only” view of reality.
Hoffman & Koch’s takes on consciousness, intelligence & shared DMT experiences AMA | Living Mirrors #9
July 29, 2020 12:57 - 58 minutes - 50.9 MBIn this AMA I cover Christof Koch and Donald Hoffman’s views on consciousness, what happens to consciousness during sleep or anaesthesia, the possible evolution of consciousness, intelligence, self-awareness, shared DMT experiences and more.
Christof Koch on the neuroscience of consciousness, Integrated Information Theory & mystical experiences | Living Mirrors #8
July 21, 2020 10:50 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBChristoph Koch is the neuroscientist who, along with Francis Crick, initiated modern scientific research into the neuroscience of consciousness in the 1990s. Much of this work was done while he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology and he is now president and chief scientist at the Allen Institute for Consciousness. His books include Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist and most recently The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness is Widespread but Can't...
The self, suffering, non-dual awareness, dissociation, tulpas & transpersonal love | Living Mirrors #7
July 15, 2020 19:19 - 40 minutes - 32.3 MBIn this AMA episode I answer questions on the self, suffering, non-dual awareness, dissociation, tulpas & transpersonal love.
Donald Hoffman on reality, consciousness, meditation, DMT experiences & free will | Living Mirrors #6
July 14, 2020 18:42 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBDonald Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. We talk about his interface theory of perception and his worldview of conscious realism and its impressive implications.
Nested consciousnesses, proto-consciousness and ketamine induced brain death in sheep AMA | Living mirrors #5
July 14, 2020 18:27 - 37 minutes - 28.9 MBIn this Ask Me Anything episode I answer questions on nested consciousnesses, proto-consciousness, ketamine induced brain death in sheep and more.
Donald Hoffman on reality, consciousness, meditation, DMT experiences & free will
July 03, 2020 22:03 - 1 hour - 164 MBThis episode is a conversation with Donald Hoffman. Don is a Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. We talk about his interface theory of perception and his worldview of conscious realism and it’s impressive implications.
Nested consciousnesses, proto-consciousness and ketamine induced brain death in sheep AMA | LM#5
July 01, 2020 11:53 - 37 minutes - 70.4 MBIn this ask me anything episode I answer the following questions at these timestamps: 00:45 Does the living mirror theory require fundamental ‘proto-consciousness’? 6:59 How do we define counter-entropic systems? Are consciousnesses nested? 9:04 Does consciousness flicker in and out of existence with life? 15:21 Does consciousness arise on cellular and multicellular levels? 20:07 Are humans more conscious than other animals? 21:54 Is there a difference between consciousness and awareness? 25:...
John Horgan on mind-body problems, the limits of science, rational mysticism & psychedelics | LM#4
June 24, 2020 17:08 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBJohn Horgan is a renowned science journalist and author of several books including Rational Mysticism, The Undiscovered Mind, The End of Science, The End of War, and most recently Mind-Body problems which is available for free online at mindbodyproblems.com. He also has a podcast by the same name on meaningoflife.tv. He is the recipient of the Science-in-Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers and two Science Journalism Awards from the American Association for the Adva...
Key points of the Living Mirror Theory of consciousness with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #3
June 21, 2020 11:56 - 23 minutes - 29.4 MBIn this episode of the podcast I outline the key takeaways of the Living Mirror Theory of consciousness. Welcome to Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke. Living Mirrors is a new podcast in which neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke will be interviewing people on topics like consciousness, science, spirituality, meditation and the renaissance in psychedelic research. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.
The Living Mirror Theory of consciousness with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #2
June 17, 2020 16:14 - 40 minutes - 50.8 MBIn this episode of the podcast I outline my Living Mirror Theory of consciousness for the first time in public. Welcome to Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke. Living Mirrors is a new podcast in which neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke will be interviewing people on topics like consciousness, science, spirituality, meditation and the renaissance in psychedelic research. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.
Introducing Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #1
June 07, 2020 15:33 - 2 minutes - 2.84 MBWelcome to living mirrors with Dr. James Cooke. This is a new podcast in which neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke will be interviewing people on topics like consciousness, science, spirituality, meditation and the renaissance in psychedelic research. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts. A video version will also be online at YouTube.com/DrJamesCooke.