1/ Very interesting discussion between @adamgazz and @Rob_Reid in the After On podcast n°2 about consciousness & neuroscience. Two major highlights for me.
6/ Second, an interesting perspective on what consciousness is. There are two ways to interact with the world around us: top-down and bottom-up.
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7/ Top-down is how you perceive the world driven by our goals. As such, goals can be considered cognitive actors, they almost make us conscious.
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8/ Bottom-up is based on the environment itself. Hearing our name will command our attention immediately.
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9/ We are navigating the world through this top-down and bottom-up interface and it is within this space that consciousness emerges.
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