David Eagleman - What Is Consciousness?

Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Listen to the Closer To Truth podcast to hear audio versions of your favorite episodes: https://shorturl.at/mtJP4 Consciousness is what we can know best and explain least. It is the inner subjective experience of what it feels like to see red or smell garlic or hear Beethoven. Consciousness has intrigued and baffled philosophers. To begin, we must define and describe consciousness. What to include in a complete definition and description of consciousness? Make a tax-deductible donation to Closer To Truth to help keep our content free and without paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Follow Closer To Truth on Instagram for announcements, giveaways, and more: https://shorturl.at/dnA39 David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and writer at Stanford University. Register for a free Closer To Truth account today for special perks: https://shorturl.at/ajRZ8 Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.