To support me on Patreon (thank you): http://www.patreon.com/cosmicskeptic To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES Anil Seth is a professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. He is the author of "Being You: A New Science of Consciousness". - LINKS Purchase "Being You: A New Science of Consciousness": https://amzn.to/3NgKD53 Anil Seth's website: https://www.anilseth.com/ The Perception Census: https://perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world/ - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 1:19 What is consciousness? 9:11 Colour and perception 15:16 Can we ever know the real world? 33:29 Illusions that prove our predictions affect perception 48:12 How expectations influence our reality 52:50 Colour and art 57:48 Is this a theory of consciousness? 1:03:25 Where is the self? 1:08:26 Leonardo da Vinci 1:10:40 Psychedelic drugs 1:21:18 Can machines be conscious? 1:40:49 Outro - SPECIAL THANKS As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons: tamar Lev Evan Allen John Early Dmitry C. Seth Balodi James Davis g8speedy James Davis Mouthy Buddha Solaf The audio for this episode was produced by Charlie Shan: https://www.shanmusic.co.uk - CONNECT My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic Snapchat: cosmicskeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com ------------------------------------------