In this podcast I discuss what it is like to be an experiencing being, what exactly is this weird thing we call consciousness? How consciousness relates to the physical, i.e. the world of neurons and brain networks. I touch upon some of the deep philosophical problems that arise when we try to understand consciousness (The hard problem, the problem of other minds). I try to sketch out how we can understand consciousness as a software state produced by our brains, as a simulated virtual reality of the external world. The purpose of this software state being to resolve conflicts that face the organism which can not be resolved automatically - they require the intervention of an attentional system to single out features which are relevant to the organism. Plus other topics. 

My personal views on consciousness have been strongly influenced by the works of Joscha Bach and Daniel Dennett and I'd highly recommend you check out their writings if you want to learn more about this strange controlled hallucination that we are all living in. 

I appreciate all kinds of feedback positive and negative, this is the only way I can (hopefully) improve and adapt my podcasting style to make this thing a little less boring for you people.

I hope you guys enjoyed this episode :)  If you want to contact me : marvellous.mind.podcast@gmail.com