Episode 12

"Cogito Ergo Sum"
Synopsis

 

Consciousness is the holy grail of neuroscience.

It is a property of our brain that has evolved only recently, in evolutionary terms.

How and why did consciousness arise?

What is the difference between consciousness, awareness and intelligence? Mind-altering drugs and diseases prove the existence of the “neuro-chemical model of consciousness”, so why is it that we still don't have a complete Theory Of Consciousness?

This episode features how neuroscientists approach the problem of consciousness as compared to religion, psychology, and philosophy.

Can we ultimately harvest the power of conscious thought to irreversibly change humanity?

If we are only our conscious selves, what will happen the day we can trap it inside a computer?

That day might be far away, but not as far as we'd like to think.