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Curated by: Al Whittaker (71 videos)
Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. Come to my North American tour this November: https://www.alexoconnor.com/p/tour. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES Michael Pollan is an American journalist and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University. - LINKS Get "A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness": https://amzn.to/4e0ehIJ - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - North America Tour 0:20 - The Solar Eclipse 2:56 - What Is It Like To Be A Plant? 14:52 - Are Neurons Overrated? 19:15 - Is This All Complete Nonsense? 20:59 - The Strange Behaviour of Plants 26:37 - Consciousness by Negation 37:31 - Does Matter Or Consciousness Come First? 44:09 - What Do Humans Have That Plants Don’t? 54:25 - Do Plants Feel Pain? 56:52 - Is Feeling the Basis of Consciousness? 01:06:45 - Is Consciousness Falsifiable? 01:17:41 - Where Does Awareness Come From? 01:22:15 - Are Psychedelic Experiences Real? 01:24:59 - What is Everybody Getting Wrong About Consciousness? - CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/16wUbvDT95dxzpG2KEhakK?si=3196e07690bb489d - CONTACT Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com Brand enquiries: David@modernstoa.co ------------------------------------------