Daniel Dennett - How are Brains Conscious?

Brains are conscious. The heart is not. What does the brain do that the heart does not do? How does it come to be that brains generate inner subjective experience, the movies of our minds? Why do brains seem to be the only place where such mental magic occurs? Could a complete understanding of physical laws account for consciousness? For more videos on "How are Brains Conscious?", click here: http://bit.ly/1GkOYL4 For more on information and video interviews with Daniel Dennett, click here: http://bit.ly/1y49TBd To buy episodes and seasons of Closer To Truth, click here: http://bit.ly/1LUPlQS For more video interviews like this one, please visit us at www.closertotruth.com Closer To Truth 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.