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[@AndreHeinemann]

Since you mentioned it, yes, I have actually listened to all 179 episodes. Some I have listened to more than once. Thank you for your awesome work!

[@throwawaymcgee5883]

I don't agree whatsoever. Now to watch the video to see if I'm right. I should also probably read the video title.

[@darkness1293]

Been listening to your work since the pre-socratic days. Just wanted to say I really appreciate your work and hope you continue to make such great content. It has been super helpful in my journey with philosophy

[@seanpatrickrichards5593]

It seems to me that its the word "You" that makes you think there's a you. Besides that, it seems to me there's just sights and sounds going into eyes & ears and combining with memories to make thoughts and actions. And each person thinks "I'm me" and only has access to their memories. There could be more to it, but that seems like whats happening in my head :/

[@chemquests]

Philosophy is necessary to help us define what we mean by “consciousness”. I think subjective experience is too vague to be operational, as we’re relying on self-report. How the brain functions is interesting to me but anyone else’s subjective experience is about the least interesting thing to me. Qualia doesn’t exist in my view; big fan of Dan Dennett, who has debated Chalmers many times. The hard problem doesn’t exist and is neither hard nor a problem. Like most paradoxes, the problem is a badly conceived question.

[@Randi19196]

If I look at my computer and it looks back at me I know it’s conscious. As I’m writing this I feel nothing from my I Pad. No consciousness. It can’t see me. It can’t make me feel seen.

[@isaacyuki1]

You can't talk about conciousness without talking about the viewpoint of alan watts and eastern philosophy! This I really missed there.

[@snow999]

Thanks. Now eating chicken will give me a guilty conscience 🤔

[@ReynaSingh]

Very interesting episode. Keep it up

[@seanpatrickrichards5593]

If humans had consciousness and not animals, if China made a half-human half-pig hybrid with Crisper, would they have half a consciousness. We share ancestors with animals, it seems like they have a pretty similar life process/consciousness to me :/

[@jackiez8946]

i have also listened to every single episodes and some more than once. absolutely my favorite podcast ever.

[@marianpekar]

There is a "zombie" that matches the description in that thought experiment. It's my reflection in a mirror. It looks like me, does and reacts to everything as I do, yet does not have a conciousness of its own.

[@pjaworek6793]

Thank you universe for the few problems and relative bliss, and these videos!

[@michaeldao1]

The book 'the hidden spring' has some great insight into this

[@HEROFrogman69]

This dude has awakened my passion for philosophy and I will be ever thankful for this. Thank you my dear creator <3

[@austinwyant2928]

Glad to see you’re still working on these! Used to listen to this podcast years ago in college. I’ve got some catching up to do.

[@Hobnobble]

I appreciate you putting these up on youtube. I enjoy having the sub-titles even though i dont necessarily read them at every moment.

[@chrishu-zc1fj]

Notes for this video, btw I think it would be really helpful if either some citations are made for further reading or just in general giving us some keywords for us to look more into this topic cause obv a 30 min video can't cover the nuance of the concept:

[@LukePalmer]

The hypothetical world you described with a hierarchy of consciousness bears a lot of similarity, materially speaking, to this one

[@LukePalmer]

Also I'm super interested in panpsychism and I'm excited that you're doing an episode on it!!