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    320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics

    320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics

    FromRichard Syrett's Strange Planet

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    320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics

    FromRichard Syrett's Strange Planet

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    Length:
    55 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 6, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    EPISODE #320 Machines, Consciousness and Psychedelics Richard speaks with a neuroscientist to discuss some of the fundamental assumptions underlying artificial intelligence. Is the human brain based on computation? Can information alone explain human consciousness and intelligence? GUEST: Andrew Smart  is a scientist and engineer interested in consciousness, brains and technology, his work traverses the boundaries of neuroscience, philosophy, culture, radical politics and metaphysics. He is the author of Beyond One and Zero.  
    Released:
    Dec 6, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    Three times a week, Richard Syrett delivers in-depth conversations with independent researchers and alternative media investigators, whistleblowers, eyewitnesses, former intelligence and military personnel. After twenty years covering conspiracies and the unexplained on a major-market radio station, plus time spent in the air-chair on Coast to Coast AM, the most-listened-late night radio program in the world, Richard has earned the trust, respect and admiration of the very best people in their respective fields. Get your consciousness updated three times a week and prepare to have your mind blown while you drive, exercise, cook, or walk the dog.  Richard Syrett's Strange Planet is here because it's later than we think, and there's no time to waste!