Giulio Tononi - What’s the Meaning of Consciousness?

I love the outdoors setting.

This makes complete sense. Certain psychedelics create new connections between various parts of the brain which results in altered state of consciousness. People reported that in this state their perception of the reality expanded and they were able to see or feel things that they would not be able in ordinary state. This means more connections in brain, more information is integrated and vice versa.

Giulio is incredibly knowledgable and offers quite a profound and creative approach to understanding consciousness. For some reason, he reminds me of someone who could conduct those crazy brain experiment in 1895.

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Tononi has the best theory on consciousness i’ve seen yet

Another fantastic interview Dr. Kuhn! And a beautiful outdoor setting.

Very informative and interesting video. I thought consciousness may be because of parallel working neuron sets. One set takes sensory and historical information, processes it with its imaginative, predictive and emotional computing which may result in action. The other set of neurons just observes it and reflects upon it. This set of neurons around the main engine understand the experience received by main engine and the way it processes in adherence but then keeps on checking it, reflecting upon it, storing it as a memory. This is the ultimate engine of the neurons which generates the experience of consciousness. - Parag Tamhane

Very interesting, but the tag line is misleading, because even if he's right that the brain is only conscious when it's operating with this concept of integrated information, that would only imply that integrated information seems to be a necessary condition for consciousness, not that it is the actual meaning of consciousness.

Wow! An other great mind. :) thanks

Love this!

Chalmers would ask “why should integrated information have anything to do with consciousness at all?”

What a fantastic, concise explication of the biological mechanisms which may be behind the phenomenon of consciousness. My neurons are now firing rapidly! 🧠

great stuff. love the setting. nothing goes with trees like graffii.

Fascinating! And very well explained.

Thank you

Who is this neurological genius of nowhere??? iv never seen him on ur episodes this guy here is on right path to connecting this paradox .

I've had two OBE's during my lifetime. Once as a toddler in my crib, and after a car accident when I was 24. I still remember them both so vividly, like they happened yesterday. After those experiences, I'm convinced that our brain/mind doesn't cause, or produce consciousness.  My conclusion is, that consciousness is some type of an "awareness field" that is interfaced into a fully developed body's nervous system or brain (while it's alive), but can easily depart, or exist independently of a physical body.

Very promising approach to study consciousness.

Very intriguing

There are so many possibilities but it does appear to be in relation to connection (physical, semi-physical and otherwise) that consciousness arises. This can be seen as a connection of neurons, a connection of electrical signals or even how particles are interacting within this network on the quantum level.