The Observer Is The Observed with Karl Friston and Chris Fields

#cognitivescience #consciousness #neuroscience #physics #cognitive #creativity #philosophy #metaphysics In Philosophy Babble - The Great Minds Series In this instalment : We’re delighted to have Professor Karl Friston, is a theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging with Dr Chris Fields, PhD Philosopher and an independent scientist in theoretical physics and cognitive neuroscience. On Spotify: http://tinyurl.com/y2sw4ewm On Acast: https://tinyurl.com/mr7y74u8 Topic of discussion : Observer vs The Observed In our culture we believe that reality means physical things. The question is not whether the world is real of not. The question is what is REALITY? Questions for this conversation : 1. What is reality? ( Physical Universe ) 2. At what level one can be describe as having a conscious experience? 3. What is the definition of an observer? Summary : Our daily perceptions of physical objects do not reflect the true nature of reality. Instead, our brains construct our physical reality through thought and perception. The reality of the world is akin to the reality of our own selves. Experience is the pure awareness of being, unmediated by thought or perception. Curiosity arises from detecting uncertainty, and perception involves entanglement, as explored by Chris Fields. The observer and the observed are one and the same, as observation requires awareness. Existence is interaction, and interaction is observation in modern physics. Friston and Fields are reshaping physics and neuroscience, showcasing the brilliance of their minds in real-time. Watch the full video to learn more about their insights. Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Any interesting going on in 2023? 01:26 - Friston on how his career began 02:19 - Ivy’s asking Friston on the book he was planning to write 02:39 - Friston on the book he was going to title “Angel Shit” 04:32 - Fields on his great adventures in life and career 05:16 - Fields was a volunteer fireman in his past 06:10 - First round, Friston on the reality….. 10:03 - Fields on reality in physics 17:56 - Friston adding 2 more importance points 24:39 - Ivy’s on second question round 25:21 - Chris taking a radical views 30:37 - Karl agreed, and walked us through on neuroscience perspective 37:00 - Ivy’s lost in “entanglement” (escalated fast) she's having her autistic moment 42:05 - Karl summarise what Chris has said with clarity 46:33 - Ivy on the definition of an observer 47:02 - Chris on physics perpective 50:10 - Karl’s perspective on neuroscience/psychiatrist 54:12 - Ivy dropped the Krishnamurti and Bohm question!! 55:02 - Karl on “The Observer vs The Observed”, delivered. 58:58 - Things get real interesting at this point when got to Chris 01:02:07 - Karl chuckled to what Chris said regards to torturing bacteria 01:07:13 - Floor open up for Q&A but Andy lost all his prepared questions by that time 01:07:56 - First round Karl 01:10:56 - Second round Chris 01:13:47 - Kyle’s round for his two part questions 01:15:27 - Karl straight on “Spontaneity” 01:19:46 - Chris remarked on the “Eustress” 01:20:31 - Prakash went for the ultimate question on the Observer without content 01:21:18 - Chris on pure awareness without content 01:24:32 - Karl joke about taking a lot of drugs 01:28:50 - Karl concluding the literature on psychedelic (01:34:07 parts 2) 01:29:34 - Ary’s follow up question on the “void” or “emptiness” 01:30:22 - Chris on his view with the definition 01:31:58 - Karl on his propose argument with sleep state approach 01:34:07 - Karl addressing the previous psychedelic question from Prakash (Part two) 01:37:58 - Kyle complimented Karl for his intuition 01:28:24 - John had a funny moments with his joke 01:40:03 - John’s question stunned both speakers 01:40:14 - Karl took the question effortlessly with a sense of humour 01:43:02 - Mehran dropped the BOMB with a book as an observer!!!! 01:44:38 - Chris’s perspective on the question through physics 01:46:06 - Existence means interaction, interaction means observation! 01:46:22 - Karl reinforcing the points and joked about the question 01:47:54 - The Three Musketeer with Professor Friston and Dr Fields 01:49:00 - Prakash's excitement says it all on this footage! Another from Friston, Levin and Fields: Is Reality Real? https://youtu.be/J6eJ44Jq_pw with @TheoriesofEverything **Your Support Makes a Difference!** If you’d like to help support the channel, consider donating at: https://paypal.me/philosophybabble A huge thank you to the incredible team and everyone who joined us on the day—we couldn’t have done it without you! JOIN US AT: CLUBHOUSE FOR FUTURE LIVE SESSION Clubhouse: @philosophybabble Copyright © 2023 by Philosophy Babble. All rights reserved.