If we have no control over what we think or say then what is the evolutionary point of having a one (consciousness) by-product to interpret these decisions? Also at 52:30 how can it be six seconds for all decisions? if someone confronts me with a quick question, I can give a quick answer well within six seconds.
Look around you. Now know that all you see, including what you see to be your body is just electrical signals within your brain. The true world is beyond that. So in fact the world around you (as you experience it) is inside your brain. What you see as your body is inside your brain. You are inside your brain right now and you never really ever exit it and you'll never really touch anything or actually touch your body. Mind blowing isn't it!?
@DerrenBrown100 ppl like you make me laugh, what makes you think i believe in god? every is entitled to there opinions so you can believe in your mainstream science mumbo-jumbo, i have experience way much much since i was a kid for things like OBEs to just be something in the bloody brain and what you don't understand is that if ppl knew what they really were i guarantee you that the world would be a better and amazing place
Jacques Lacan described the stage when we become self aware (6-18months) as the Mirror period the testing and subsequent theory was actually outlined by him in 1936
thats make me crazy... 6 seks befor i decided to make this comment i allready decided that, that kind of annoying to know that ( sometimes knowlege is a curse)
Gotta love the false information in this. Just begun, but already he first asks "Can animals be self-aware, I've always wondered." - Yes you uninformed bum! And then he goes to an "expert", who claims only chimps and Orangutans(besides humans). Yeah, right! All great apes: Humans. Bonobos[6] Chimpanzees[6][7] Orangutans[8] Gorillas. Bottlenose dolphins[10] Orcas[11] Elephants[12] European Magpies[13]
@Pawelp Other creaturies, too, includes crows, dogs, otters, sea lions and the list goes on! Not to mention that the whole idea of self-awareness is not objectively verifiable -- the mirror test is a test psychologists love, but one philosophers find useless.
I have two dogs one of them does not recognise its self in the mirror while the other does, my old dog did too so that blows that experiment for me at least
People here say 'I know I am MY brain' but this is wrong! 'You' are ALL brain function. Brain function is the phenomena postulating an 'I' is real but that brain function is under the impression it is somehow 'more' or somehow beyond that fact. What 'I' is is a synergy of brain functions:
Perception (inward data reception)
Desires (outward data manifested bodily)
Reflection (looping data)
Memory (stored data)
Anything 'more' is illusion, Yes 'you' exist but you are NOT what you imagine you are
wait wait ... 6 secs before ... brain activity ... then ... he made the decision to press the left or right ... what about the action?
Also brain activity = decision which he felt after 6 secs . So the decision made by brain 6 secs before was felt by ... who?
Also, what about deep thinking and problem solving? What about all the hard thinking done by Einstein and other great scientists? All brain activity done 6 secs prior to their realization?
@astronomer86 Yea, and? You know what? Thats the way the brain works, it does it on his own. All YOU, yourself, can do is provide good circumstances for your brain to work. We highly overestimate our abilities to think, in fact apart from some minor calculations we are not even able to do such, nothing but delusions; our brain is a highly sophisticated organ- most of "thinking" is done automatically, a built- in quantum computer.
@eAcast55 'All YOU, yourself, can do is provide good circumstances for your brain to work.'
Give like ... three examples?
One thing. Now. When I feel hungry... my body is asking my brain for food.
My brain tells ME that MY body needs food or Water ... its dehydrating ... but I ... can resist the temptation of my brain to eat or drink water or anything. So its like ... I am still there damn it!!! :D
Feeling a bit humbled and daunted to have a glimpse of your soul that it is quantifiable- so much so that SIX seconds ago that your actions were just a by product of the decision already made by your subconscious ----- a good reminder to practice love in all that you think and believe and the rest is just cake :)
@kitchypitchy I wouldn't call it a "soul" per say, as there is no association to any metaphysical externalities in any of these cases. What drives the decisions, as indicated here seems to be the subconscious activity that feeds off of your memories and experiences.
See something "wrong," attend to self = self recognition.
Smell something "wrong," attend to self = also indication of self recognition.
If dogs can sniff cancer in humans, can they sniff diseases in dogs? Can we use this to test self-recognition? Dog smells scent, checks own body first...
How do we test self recognition in blind children of the age used in these studies?
That doctor in Sweden manipulated illusion.Made a trick.Used magic so to speak.We are all used to feel like this on a magic show,to be fooled by our senses.What is the main questions are far from being answered with those kinds of experiments:
Who´s being fooled or tricked?What is this that knows the content of the experience and yet is just observing?Who is it that is aware of the I having an experience?
In humans the amygdala assigns significance to faces and voices, such as those of our parents. Before children can recognize their own faces as significant, don’t their amygdalas have to assign emotional value to the image? If we find the circuits for assigning significance to smell, we could test for recognition of self by leaving an animal’s scent in an area it had never visited. Instead of placing a dot, we could alter the scent so that it doesn't represent the animal's present state.
@smebird I guess the mirror test is effective because our brains, from first to last second, is doing its best to make sense. Therefore, on the moment we gain a sense of "I am a unit", we can make the connection that the image in the mirror corresponds in all ways to "this unit that I am", and get an incredibly strong understanding of the mirrors function, even if our brains cannot express it.
How would we observe if the animal recognized its scent?
cant stand Professor Marcus du Sautoy, he loves himself soooo much. hes a mathematition thats fame hungry constant telling viewer how clever & brilliant he is.
@boogiecat55 it may not exactly be his fault but ultimately the director's or editor who decides what exactly is being left in the program. perhaps he's talked so much to the camera and happened to mention it 2-3 times and it just so happens all those scenes were included
Another question: Does a penguin or a fish have a mental image for "wet?" We assume that the characteristic of something "emerges" at some point of complexity, but does it for every sentient being?
Shouldn't the mirror test involve the sense that is of most importance to each species? For instance, if an animal depend primarily on its sense of smell for survival, wouldn't that sense also be used for its sense of self? Why do we assume that vision is the only means of testing this?
We do not assume it is the only way, rather it is the only medium in which an objective tool such as a mirror can confirm it. Can you conceptualize a test that would utilize smell as a way to determine self awareness?
Both your questions do not have answers and are closer to philosophical than to scientific until we clearly make the necessary discoveries to be able to answer them.
@smebird i saw in another documentary they also came to same conclusion about the feedback response of brain cells in which way they have a conversation with each other is which creates self-awareness, and in that it was mentioned all animals have some level of self-awareness. mainly depending of the complexity of their brains, so for example a rat wouldn't be as self-aware than a chimpanzee etc. this specific test seems to work for measuring only the very best 3 species of self-awareness
@lov2us yep all animals share self-awareness, just different level of it. certain species may recognize themselves in front of a mirror, while the concept of mirror (reflective surfaces doesn't exist for many species which never faced such object in their environment or simply because they don't process information in same manner with us at all. that may be a hindrance itself for not being able to use this sort of test to measure their level of self-awareness.
i can't stop thinking about the DNA and subconscious sighing deeply while murmuring "we've spent thousands and thousands of years developing all these difficult tasks in secret just so you won't have to work your ass doing them, now you are talking back you criminal scum!"
I don't understand why scientists are trying so desperately to deny the existence of a soul.Of course we don't have a completely free will,because there's a background for every choice we make-whether those are coscious reasons or subconscious stimuli.
But still they avoid even mentioning more complex or untangible experiences,even those we face every day
@kakulaacs It's a damn shame too, on the account that including extra-extensive theory is really applicable in today's more deeper scientific studies. I think the biggest flaw in scientific endeavor of today is that we're afraid to apply theories that which have yet been explained in order to explore the undiscovered. It'd be amazing if we could delve into such methodology. We might learn far more than we could possibly predict from one field of science at a time.
I would say they will just look dump trying to prove something without coming up with reliable methodology, perhaps we are just too stupid to understand something more fundamental
just look at the overwhelming number of mental illnesses only human beings can develop merely as a result of self awareness, to name but a few: low self esteem, guilt complexes, shame over all sorts of "normal" conditions, self loathing, anorexia, psychosis etc
religious belief is a psychosis which is the direct result of "our inner voice" of self awareness imo, religious ceremonies can very easily cause neurotic thought and behavioral patterns like continuously praying the Hail Mary
the thing that bothers me is "what is the purpose of self awareness"? or what is the evolutionary advantage of being self aware?
when we look at all other living creatures that are obviously not self aware and in varying degrees only conscious of "an outside world" through external stimuli and react to them instinctively, it is pretty clear that self awareness is no condition for intelligent life to evolve
self awareness might be a short circuit in an overdeveloped brain that's just being bored
@KoolDude576 i used to think like that but then i just thought "oh it's going to happen no matter what, let's stop thinking about it and enjoy life whilst we can"
For a start he is confusing consciousness with awareness. Consciouness is the capacity to experience - not the ability to take note of the fact, as such. The latter is awareness.
Also that mirror test proves nothing other than the fact of knowledge for the child that it's only their reflection.
What about plants? Do they consciously experience stimuli acting upon them? For example, does a Venus Fly Trap experience a feeling when a fly lands on it, or are they just self replicating machines of nature?
@Tradlad12 yes bro everyting has concious we are made of tiny bits (atoms) that have charecteristics that show this, my science teacher said i cant scientificay say that .... nothing to prove it?? common sence??? EVERYTHING IS CONCIOUS ! if u dont know where it comes from how can u say what it is not?
@Tradlad12 At higher frequencies, all plants that have been tested, scream when being cut, and they send out high pitched signals if they feel threatened. That's what they're saying anyway. It's an amazing phenom.
@lov2us well yeah but then if u're being stabbed won't ur body have a mere automatic mechanism of bleeding, getting in shock or dying as well? a person feels pain for a reason to move away from it and therefore saving themselves from being damaged, all very simple and clear. but a plant can't move anyway so they wouldn't have much reason for developing such evolutionary trait of feeling pain though
well they do not exactly have brains. but they do share sensory perception and possibly even feel pain, or atleast there's big reactions measured when being cut for example
@Tradlad12 There's a difference between being aware of stimuli to your system and being aware of your own consciousness. Seeing as how plants don't really have a consciousness (no brain and all that), I think it's probably a simple stimulus-response mechanism.
Perhaps, however they don't have brains and are therefore incapable of sentience (as far as our sentient capabilities will allow us to see). WE are biological machines just like plants, the only difference is that we can think (and inevitably suffer, due to attachment to those thoughts).
@Tradlad12 yes , they have, but diferent from animal consciousness, for example, sunflowers, they are "conscious" that the sun moves as a consequence of quimical reactions triggered by the sunlight.
@Tradlad12 An interesting concept. To take this analogy further, aren't we all simply 'self replicating machines of nature', but the Human species is unique in that we have forgotten this fact. We live in an abstract world given to us by language and numeric systems. We have actually lost our connection to the 'world consciousness'.
I think he understand wrong in the end, because, the other person does not know before him. His impulses initiated before any other detector could possibly know.
I am "TOTALLY AWARE" of the Fact that The Great majority of the "Human Race" haven't a clue WHO They ARE! "WHY?" Because from the moment we are born, we will be brainwashed and mentally and physically manipulated to "Listen and Follow OTHERS!" and NEVER Encouraged to "LISTEN" to "OURSELVES!" This, I feel, is why the Human Race has been led in the totally WRONG Direction in finding Peace and Harmony with ALL LIFE and Brainwashed Now by the Media to "OBEY!" and "DON'T QUESTION!"
11:58 there is no evidence whatsoever to say that consciousness just disapperas after death. In order for him to say this he would have to prove so. On the other hand I obviously can`t prove to anyone else that it continues. Just wanted to point this out.
@DerrenBrown100 good point, but I believe the rabbit hole goes a bit deeper. Consciousness drives the Universe /watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y9bVd3BspIQ#!
He is so silly. Just because your Conscious part of the brain is the last stage of decisions does not mean you are still not the other parts of the brain, you just do not sense it as a whole in till it is all brought together.
this was a really insightful documentary, however I was very disappointed with the ending. I can't believe they didn't have an experiment at the end, (eg.) where Marcus made a series of conscientious decisions whether to click the Left or Right buttons in his hands. They could have filmed it live, with another camera showing his brain's decisions prior to Marcus' conscious decisions six seconds later. -A visual example such as this would have made the scientist's conclusions more understandable.
when i was young, i dreamed of a place i never went,never knew about.details about the place so precise that i couldn't have known at that age. very weird.
Strange. Last night I had a dream that I was wandering the streets of Madison, Wisconsin (I live in Albuquerque), and then I see this documentary in which the Madison segment is about sleep. In the past I've had dreams that came true, seemingly against all odds, so it makes me wonder if there's more to consciousness than just the brain--a connection at the quantum level, maybe, which hasn't been measured yet?
PPS. All this geezer found out is what we've known for yonks, that the brain is great at what it has evolved to do - solve puzzles. But he failed to spot the paradox: that it founds its calculations on the fickle stuff of categories. The term "self" is a category, but experience (or consciousness) pre-boxed has no limits. To start on already dodgy ground in order to reach another arbitrary definition/understanding = building castles in the sky out of air. No wonder he was left stumped.
PS: dual substance question: Decartes zombies? Can a person experience the absence of mental content as well as experiencing (or imagining experiencing) the absence of physical content? See previous post.
Cogito ergo sum? Stop thinking for a second: are you still yourself? Brain = tool. Self = THE experience. You wouldn't use a hammer to paint a picture would you...
si pueden saber la decisión 6 segundos antes ¿que pasa si 1 o 2 segundos antes de hacerla le dicen que la cambie?, saber el futuro es poderlo cambiar, en este caso mas, saber que decisión tomara es poderla cambiar, lo cual me abre ams preguntas que respuestas.
What I is
Bayoneter 1 day ago
20.30 nice socks
MrFlav18 1 day ago
If we have no control over what we think or say then what is the evolutionary point of having a one (consciousness) by-product to interpret these decisions? Also at 52:30 how can it be six seconds for all decisions? if someone confronts me with a quick question, I can give a quick answer well within six seconds.
deanmullen10 2 days ago
Look around you. Now know that all you see, including what you see to be your body is just electrical signals within your brain. The true world is beyond that. So in fact the world around you (as you experience it) is inside your brain. What you see as your body is inside your brain. You are inside your brain right now and you never really ever exit it and you'll never really touch anything or actually touch your body. Mind blowing isn't it!?
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Farfromhere001 3 days ago
14:00 That's not a person, nor was it a person, its a lump of flesh.
lookatmepleasesir 3 days ago
@lookatmepleasesir But it is what made a body a person.
lennic95 22 hours ago
consciousness dissapear forever? this are the times when i laugh at science
toonyloons2006 4 days ago
@toonyloons2006 you're the one with an imaginary friend that thinks he/she will live forever.
Man up, you get one life.
DerrenBrown100 2 days ago 3
@DerrenBrown100 ppl like you make me laugh, what makes you think i believe in god? every is entitled to there opinions so you can believe in your mainstream science mumbo-jumbo, i have experience way much much since i was a kid for things like OBEs to just be something in the bloody brain and what you don't understand is that if ppl knew what they really were i guarantee you that the world would be a better and amazing place
toonyloons2006 15 hours ago
Jacques Lacan described the stage when we become self aware (6-18months) as the Mirror period the testing and subsequent theory was actually outlined by him in 1936
blueoystercult22 5 days ago
thats make me crazy... 6 seks befor i decided to make this comment i allready decided that, that kind of annoying to know that ( sometimes knowlege is a curse)
sarpeg1337 1 week ago
when are people gonna understand that math and science are the key to everything lol
like ... everything
the base explanation of EVERYTHING will be within math and science
darris321 1 week ago
lol you should not begin an answer with "the honest answer is"
darris321 1 week ago
I dont want to die :(
PlutonGB 1 week ago
Do they really have to put in the creepy sounds and moments?
SomeAnimeOtaku 2 weeks ago 4
it takes 6 seconds because he is just a slow reactor...
michaelc214 2 weeks ago
Gotta love the false information in this. Just begun, but already he first asks "Can animals be self-aware, I've always wondered." - Yes you uninformed bum! And then he goes to an "expert", who claims only chimps and Orangutans(besides humans). Yeah, right! All great apes: Humans. Bonobos[6] Chimpanzees[6][7] Orangutans[8] Gorillas. Bottlenose dolphins[10] Orcas[11] Elephants[12] European Magpies[13]
Pawelp 2 weeks ago
@Pawelp Other creaturies, too, includes crows, dogs, otters, sea lions and the list goes on! Not to mention that the whole idea of self-awareness is not objectively verifiable -- the mirror test is a test psychologists love, but one philosophers find useless.
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I have two dogs one of them does not recognise its self in the mirror while the other does, my old dog did too so that blows that experiment for me at least
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meyarz 2 weeks ago
People here say 'I know I am MY brain' but this is wrong! 'You' are ALL brain function. Brain function is the phenomena postulating an 'I' is real but that brain function is under the impression it is somehow 'more' or somehow beyond that fact. What 'I' is is a synergy of brain functions:
Perception (inward data reception)
Desires (outward data manifested bodily)
Reflection (looping data)
Memory (stored data)
Anything 'more' is illusion, Yes 'you' exist but you are NOT what you imagine you are
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Have you got the programme "Horizon" Malaria: Defeating the Curse REALLY need it and been searching for it everywhere but cannot find it , thanks
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flabattacker 4 weeks ago
Other species, such as elephants and octopuses are self-aware.
hempward 1 month ago
10:28 nigger
Dercommandingofficer 1 month ago
This is excellent. Thanks so much for uploading. I really enjoyed this. Very interesting.
YoursAnne 1 month ago
wait wait ... 6 secs before ... brain activity ... then ... he made the decision to press the left or right ... what about the action?
Also brain activity = decision which he felt after 6 secs . So the decision made by brain 6 secs before was felt by ... who?
Also, what about deep thinking and problem solving? What about all the hard thinking done by Einstein and other great scientists? All brain activity done 6 secs prior to their realization?
E mc^2 6 secs before in brain ... u know..?!
astronomer86 1 month ago
@astronomer86 Yea, and? You know what? Thats the way the brain works, it does it on his own. All YOU, yourself, can do is provide good circumstances for your brain to work. We highly overestimate our abilities to think, in fact apart from some minor calculations we are not even able to do such, nothing but delusions; our brain is a highly sophisticated organ- most of "thinking" is done automatically, a built- in quantum computer.
eAcast55 1 month ago
@eAcast55 'All YOU, yourself, can do is provide good circumstances for your brain to work.'
Give like ... three examples?
One thing. Now. When I feel hungry... my body is asking my brain for food.
My brain tells ME that MY body needs food or Water ... its dehydrating ... but I ... can resist the temptation of my brain to eat or drink water or anything. So its like ... I am still there damn it!!! :D
astronomer86 1 month ago
waa did he just ask "em i conscious or are my neurons conscious.. and is there a difference!" ..of course there is no difference
pamibami 1 month ago
Was funny hearing the sentence ; " What I is"
Being used repeatedly . My brain kept demanding " What I am !"
doverandover61 1 month ago
Feeling a bit humbled and daunted to have a glimpse of your soul that it is quantifiable- so much so that SIX seconds ago that your actions were just a by product of the decision already made by your subconscious ----- a good reminder to practice love in all that you think and believe and the rest is just cake :)
kitchypitchy 1 month ago 6
@kitchypitchy
I like cake
TheNatureFilms 3 weeks ago
@kitchypitchy I wouldn't call it a "soul" per say, as there is no association to any metaphysical externalities in any of these cases. What drives the decisions, as indicated here seems to be the subconscious activity that feeds off of your memories and experiences.
XSilvenX 2 weeks ago
@kitchypitchy thats not evidence for a soul, that's the brain activity churning over before you become consciously aware.
DerrenBrown100 2 days ago
dolphins also pass the test
spwf2 1 month ago
he went to Mt. Baldy. hehehe I go snowboard there all the time.
Riggro 1 month ago
See something "wrong," attend to self = self recognition.
Smell something "wrong," attend to self = also indication of self recognition.
If dogs can sniff cancer in humans, can they sniff diseases in dogs? Can we use this to test self-recognition? Dog smells scent, checks own body first...
How do we test self recognition in blind children of the age used in these studies?
smebird 1 month ago
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That doctor in Sweden manipulated illusion.Made a trick.Used magic so to speak.We are all used to feel like this on a magic show,to be fooled by our senses.What is the main questions are far from being answered with those kinds of experiments:
Who´s being fooled or tricked?What is this that knows the content of the experience and yet is just observing?Who is it that is aware of the I having an experience?
caioricci 1 month ago
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caioricci 1 month ago
"all things jennifer aniston" haha
Ivin3690 1 month ago
BBC, hands down as always
jamenjoe 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
What did we learn from this video:
1, All the scientists in america are actually Europeans.
2, Don't use words like neutron to a LA dumb biatch in a dumb custom.
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In humans the amygdala assigns significance to faces and voices, such as those of our parents. Before children can recognize their own faces as significant, don’t their amygdalas have to assign emotional value to the image? If we find the circuits for assigning significance to smell, we could test for recognition of self by leaving an animal’s scent in an area it had never visited. Instead of placing a dot, we could alter the scent so that it doesn't represent the animal's present state.
smebird 1 month ago
@smebird I guess the mirror test is effective because our brains, from first to last second, is doing its best to make sense. Therefore, on the moment we gain a sense of "I am a unit", we can make the connection that the image in the mirror corresponds in all ways to "this unit that I am", and get an incredibly strong understanding of the mirrors function, even if our brains cannot express it.
How would we observe if the animal recognized its scent?
Kabitu1 1 month ago
I love this guy
StephenRoddy 1 month ago
"Yipee, i'm still alive!"
SuperDylzo 1 month ago
cant stand Professor Marcus du Sautoy, he loves himself soooo much. hes a mathematition thats fame hungry constant telling viewer how clever & brilliant he is.
boogiecat55 1 month ago
@boogiecat55 it may not exactly be his fault but ultimately the director's or editor who decides what exactly is being left in the program. perhaps he's talked so much to the camera and happened to mention it 2-3 times and it just so happens all those scenes were included
DonMega187 1 month ago
@DonMega187 fair comment.
boogiecat55 2 weeks ago
i wasnt self aware till age 20...it does indeed come with the understanding of death and i live sooo happy now because of this...!
tonebone8 2 months ago
Another question: Does a penguin or a fish have a mental image for "wet?" We assume that the characteristic of something "emerges" at some point of complexity, but does it for every sentient being?
smebird 2 months ago
Shouldn't the mirror test involve the sense that is of most importance to each species? For instance, if an animal depend primarily on its sense of smell for survival, wouldn't that sense also be used for its sense of self? Why do we assume that vision is the only means of testing this?
smebird 2 months ago
We do not assume it is the only way, rather it is the only medium in which an objective tool such as a mirror can confirm it. Can you conceptualize a test that would utilize smell as a way to determine self awareness?
Both your questions do not have answers and are closer to philosophical than to scientific until we clearly make the necessary discoveries to be able to answer them.
Gajoobles 2 months ago
@smebird i saw in another documentary they also came to same conclusion about the feedback response of brain cells in which way they have a conversation with each other is which creates self-awareness, and in that it was mentioned all animals have some level of self-awareness. mainly depending of the complexity of their brains, so for example a rat wouldn't be as self-aware than a chimpanzee etc. this specific test seems to work for measuring only the very best 3 species of self-awareness
DonMega187 1 month ago
err, elephants and some dolphins also recognised themselves in the mirror, too !
not just apes........................................., I suspect giant octopus may be capable? possibly?
lov2us 2 months ago
@lov2us yep all animals share self-awareness, just different level of it. certain species may recognize themselves in front of a mirror, while the concept of mirror (reflective surfaces doesn't exist for many species which never faced such object in their environment or simply because they don't process information in same manner with us at all. that may be a hindrance itself for not being able to use this sort of test to measure their level of self-awareness.
DonMega187 1 month ago
yey zip zap him
SadDepressedClown 2 months ago
hey mark
SadDepressedClown 2 months ago
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Enlarged NASA Mt. Montserrat (Spain) photosatellite.
The vision of high peaks (compact in 10 x 5 km.) look like a human face image:
COPY AND PASTE
webspace.webring.com/people/or/ramonetriu/montserrat.html
rrriu 2 months ago
I was expecting to see more Jennifer Aniston from the description..
AlcoholicJizzSpitter 2 months ago
i can't stop thinking about the DNA and subconscious sighing deeply while murmuring "we've spent thousands and thousands of years developing all these difficult tasks in secret just so you won't have to work your ass doing them, now you are talking back you criminal scum!"
PurpleMoonYef 2 months ago
Karma....;-)
get100s 2 months ago
I don't understand why scientists are trying so desperately to deny the existence of a soul.Of course we don't have a completely free will,because there's a background for every choice we make-whether those are coscious reasons or subconscious stimuli.
But still they avoid even mentioning more complex or untangible experiences,even those we face every day
kakulaacs 2 months ago
@kakulaacs It's a damn shame too, on the account that including extra-extensive theory is really applicable in today's more deeper scientific studies. I think the biggest flaw in scientific endeavor of today is that we're afraid to apply theories that which have yet been explained in order to explore the undiscovered. It'd be amazing if we could delve into such methodology. We might learn far more than we could possibly predict from one field of science at a time.
ZENX49 2 months ago
@ZENX49 you get one life. Deal with it.
DerrenBrown100 2 months ago
@kakulaacs
I would say they will just look dump trying to prove something without coming up with reliable methodology, perhaps we are just too stupid to understand something more fundamental
lov2us 2 months ago
this is like a scene from the movie paycheck
joliveros2006 2 months ago
just look at the overwhelming number of mental illnesses only human beings can develop merely as a result of self awareness, to name but a few: low self esteem, guilt complexes, shame over all sorts of "normal" conditions, self loathing, anorexia, psychosis etc
religious belief is a psychosis which is the direct result of "our inner voice" of self awareness imo, religious ceremonies can very easily cause neurotic thought and behavioral patterns like continuously praying the Hail Mary
paarsefrikandel 2 months ago
the thing that bothers me is "what is the purpose of self awareness"? or what is the evolutionary advantage of being self aware?
when we look at all other living creatures that are obviously not self aware and in varying degrees only conscious of "an outside world" through external stimuli and react to them instinctively, it is pretty clear that self awareness is no condition for intelligent life to evolve
self awareness might be a short circuit in an overdeveloped brain that's just being bored
paarsefrikandel 2 months ago
i dont think bell's neuron fired back
Toro953 2 months ago
This guy's going to need some damn therapy after that last experiment, lol.
skylinefolife 2 months ago 13
@skylinefolife LOL this comment made me laugh. I thought he was going to break down and cry after that experiment when he went outside.
YoursAnne 1 month ago
@YoursAnne lol, through the entire episode he looked more and more confused, and then during the last experiment he just had that, 'wtf?' look xD
skylinefolife 1 month ago
@skylinefolife and apparently got so confused that at the end the thought 'screw it' and signed his brain over to science :D
GapWim 3 weeks ago
Haha his socks...XD
ManganeseIV 2 months ago
43? more like 53
jamesarongray 2 months ago
The girl is hella smarter than the boy lol
imhellag 2 months ago
we have the tendency to think "turth" is good! I think sometimes living in a lie is better off!
determinism vs free will
purpose of life vs nihilism
sux.
OrganicKing 2 months ago
Goshh...I am so confused. No wonder I am so predictable!
ayjay67 3 months ago
Wow, the human brain is bigger in mass than I thought it would be. (Not joking)
MadeInOregon27 3 months ago
Nice socks @20:50 Very inspiring!!!
Iamhippiescientist 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
no one sad that free will cannot exist without a soul. this is nonsence.
so what if there is an activity in the brain.
free choice can be without any soul or other nonsence.
kanibals100 3 months ago
I am the guy obsessed with Jeniffer Aniston !!!!! lol
360kal 3 months ago
Death awareness....the scariest thing ever. Feeling like one day you meet not exist gives me like a black hole scary feeling inside
KoolDude576 3 months ago
@KoolDude576 i used to think like that but then i just thought "oh it's going to happen no matter what, let's stop thinking about it and enjoy life whilst we can"
TheRequireMHD 2 months ago
For a start he is confusing consciousness with awareness. Consciouness is the capacity to experience - not the ability to take note of the fact, as such. The latter is awareness.
Also that mirror test proves nothing other than the fact of knowledge for the child that it's only their reflection.
andrewada 3 months ago
I also wanna try an artificial out of body experience. It looks cool, doesn't it?
Meb8Rappa 3 months ago
What about plants? Do they consciously experience stimuli acting upon them? For example, does a Venus Fly Trap experience a feeling when a fly lands on it, or are they just self replicating machines of nature?
Tradlad12 3 months ago 9
@Tradlad12 yes bro everyting has concious we are made of tiny bits (atoms) that have charecteristics that show this, my science teacher said i cant scientificay say that .... nothing to prove it?? common sence??? EVERYTHING IS CONCIOUS ! if u dont know where it comes from how can u say what it is not?
like this if u know plants have concious,
gnosiszeal 3 months ago
@Tradlad12 check out, secret life of plants
induplicable 3 months ago
@Tradlad12 At higher frequencies, all plants that have been tested, scream when being cut, and they send out high pitched signals if they feel threatened. That's what they're saying anyway. It's an amazing phenom.
Fesheca 2 months ago
@Fesheca
I have seen some experiments about that as well,
if it is proven to be not a mere-automatic mechanism,
then all vegetarians would be starved to death because they would be too afraid to torture veggies everyday lol
lov2us 2 months ago
@lov2us well yeah but then if u're being stabbed won't ur body have a mere automatic mechanism of bleeding, getting in shock or dying as well? a person feels pain for a reason to move away from it and therefore saving themselves from being damaged, all very simple and clear. but a plant can't move anyway so they wouldn't have much reason for developing such evolutionary trait of feeling pain though
DonMega187 1 month ago
@DonMega187
that is a good point to make, hmm ...
lov2us 1 month ago
@Tradlad12 Why would it be aware? We aren't aware of our internal bodily processes. i.e- hormonal regulation.
DerrenBrown100 2 months ago
well they do not exactly have brains. but they do share sensory perception and possibly even feel pain, or atleast there's big reactions measured when being cut for example
DonMega187 1 month ago
@Tradlad12 There's a difference between being aware of stimuli to your system and being aware of your own consciousness. Seeing as how plants don't really have a consciousness (no brain and all that), I think it's probably a simple stimulus-response mechanism.
pantalaemon 1 month ago
Perhaps, however they don't have brains and are therefore incapable of sentience (as far as our sentient capabilities will allow us to see). WE are biological machines just like plants, the only difference is that we can think (and inevitably suffer, due to attachment to those thoughts).
mgsbtardis 1 month ago
@Tradlad12 Does the venus fly trap know 6 seconds before it closes on a fly, that it will close on a fly?
carrollmailcom 1 month ago
@Tradlad12 yes , they have, but diferent from animal consciousness, for example, sunflowers, they are "conscious" that the sun moves as a consequence of quimical reactions triggered by the sunlight.
Likeaperv 1 month ago
@Tradlad12 An interesting concept. To take this analogy further, aren't we all simply 'self replicating machines of nature', but the Human species is unique in that we have forgotten this fact. We live in an abstract world given to us by language and numeric systems. We have actually lost our connection to the 'world consciousness'.
Dukes4monny 1 month ago
Trying to find consciousness from the brain is like trying to find live broadcast inside TV circuit boards.
johtorn 3 months ago 2
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johtorn 3 months ago
I think he understand wrong in the end, because, the other person does not know before him. His impulses initiated before any other detector could possibly know.
rickyale 3 months ago
@rickyale I mean, we are not "conscious" of that 6 seconds earlier, but we are still the same source of awareness with or without conscious mind.
rickyale 3 months ago
I am "TOTALLY AWARE" of the Fact that The Great majority of the "Human Race" haven't a clue WHO They ARE! "WHY?" Because from the moment we are born, we will be brainwashed and mentally and physically manipulated to "Listen and Follow OTHERS!" and NEVER Encouraged to "LISTEN" to "OURSELVES!" This, I feel, is why the Human Race has been led in the totally WRONG Direction in finding Peace and Harmony with ALL LIFE and Brainwashed Now by the Media to "OBEY!" and "DON'T QUESTION!"
einrib4truth 3 months ago
11:58 there is no evidence whatsoever to say that consciousness just disapperas after death. In order for him to say this he would have to prove so. On the other hand I obviously can`t prove to anyone else that it continues. Just wanted to point this out.
w3bst3r123 3 months ago
@w3bst3r123 Watch this clip- 'Sam Harris- Game, Set, Match.' /watch?v=f6iHe0ra_UM
You get one life.
DerrenBrown100 3 months ago
@DerrenBrown100 good point, but I believe the rabbit hole goes a bit deeper. Consciousness drives the Universe /watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y9bVd3BspIQ#!
w3bst3r123 3 months ago
@w3bst3r123 - Is that from "what the bleep do we know"? (link doesn't work...) Good movie!
bonecholampworks 2 months ago
11.58 to 12.14 (and the sinister music the follows) MBA! MBA! MBA! MBA!
benthejrporter 3 months ago
This geezer reminds me of Johnny Rotten.
Hakiblack 3 months ago 2
I remember watching ocean giants on BBC and I'm nearly sure they stated that dolphins have developed self awareness. :S
stevenmarkgalway 3 months ago
He is so silly. Just because your Conscious part of the brain is the last stage of decisions does not mean you are still not the other parts of the brain, you just do not sense it as a whole in till it is all brought together.
OddOpinion 3 months ago
The experiments of wearing those cameras are good ideas for next generation of home computer games :)
mediatapwater 3 months ago
cutting up the brain killed me
briandongfan 3 months ago
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myPORkrell 4 months ago
My brain just told me that it is now aware of weird it looks.
tab1990 4 months ago
David Shit will have a hard time explaining all of this away with his bullshit new age crap
abarrathemaster 4 months ago
i hope this is not one of those wierd parts of youtube
ridemegirlrideme 4 months ago 9
why can't it be done with a dog or something? sedate it, place the mark, put it into a room full of mirrors?
exsosist123 4 months ago
@exsosist123 they said that they have tested thousands of other species with that same experiment.
sara70017 4 months ago
@sara70017 my bad
exsosist123 4 months ago
this guy looks very dumb. he express hifself like alittle child.
kanibals100 4 months ago
@kanibals100 You can't call someone dumb if you can't spell, 'himself'.
AidanVaroloWhite7 3 months ago
Magic!
ASAngelo 4 months ago
lol Marcus du Sautoy is my best friends dad
maxygloob 4 months ago
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111333364427 4 months ago
speechless at the end.. wait.. am i speechless? Oh.. I guess I am. Wow.. wait..
boecxyec 4 months ago
Ever asked yourself these questions; Who the f*** am I? And why am I in this body? Why am i seeing throughout these eyes? This is so fucked up :D
Rthewhat 4 months ago
this was a really insightful documentary, however I was very disappointed with the ending. I can't believe they didn't have an experiment at the end, (eg.) where Marcus made a series of conscientious decisions whether to click the Left or Right buttons in his hands. They could have filmed it live, with another camera showing his brain's decisions prior to Marcus' conscious decisions six seconds later. -A visual example such as this would have made the scientist's conclusions more understandable.
noodles41 4 months ago 2
when i was young, i dreamed of a place i never went,never knew about.details about the place so precise that i couldn't have known at that age. very weird.
evilchimp69 4 months ago
thats fucked up hahahaha a german knows 6 seconds before hand what a brit is going to do ahahahahaha.
123456vwxyz 4 months ago
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noodles41 4 months ago
when they cut that brain in half it really made me feel uncomfortable.
turdlinger5000 4 months ago
I want to experience that glasses with screens OBE so bad!
BiGLeGArnazzz 4 months ago
I'm going to pause this and have a bowl of cereal.
baddam95 4 months ago
@baddam95 Good idea, I usually throw in a few shelled walnuts, their good for the brain.
trespire 4 months ago
@55:20 Marcus's consciousness is speaking to the consciousness of the cameraman, presumably.
sincerelyupyours 4 months ago
add dolphins and some species of birds
ethertr27 4 months ago
Strange. Last night I had a dream that I was wandering the streets of Madison, Wisconsin (I live in Albuquerque), and then I see this documentary in which the Madison segment is about sleep. In the past I've had dreams that came true, seemingly against all odds, so it makes me wonder if there's more to consciousness than just the brain--a connection at the quantum level, maybe, which hasn't been measured yet?
terransage 4 months ago
@terransage There does seem to be a connection, it can't be comprehended on a purely analytical level.
trespire 4 months ago
SO what about Sub consciousness ...its all YOU ...just not on the surface...
chiragkotak 4 months ago
I saw a man flinch before a ball hit him from behind...how ?
chiragkotak 4 months ago
Excellent. Many thanks for uploading!!
ferkinskin 5 months ago
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rishiadvait 5 months ago
Dr Stephen Gentleman xD hahah, awesomeness
TurquoiseCurtain 5 months ago
he has nice socks :)
jipsy16 5 months ago
47:00 made me jump lol
xatnu 5 months ago
lol @ 31:12 "whoaaah..."
veejtube 5 months ago
My sponge bob neuron!! :D
fallopium911 5 months ago
You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake....
JazzEP 5 months ago 2
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JazzEP 5 months ago
gotta love this guy's socks.
catrinxenobia 5 months ago
@catrinxenobia watch?v=zrFHfOblDHY ...sock!
renzoalvau 5 months ago
does someone know the music playing at 54:25
zoz010a 5 months ago
I am self aware at like 40months old.......
RookieN08 5 months ago
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t0f0b0 5 months ago
This programme fucked me up
jecreg 5 months ago 34
o çoraplar neydi öyle ahah.
providentia 6 months ago
love some of the more aesthetic scenes
amandavsteele 6 months ago
lol nice socks
cloudstrife1288 6 months ago
PPS. All this geezer found out is what we've known for yonks, that the brain is great at what it has evolved to do - solve puzzles. But he failed to spot the paradox: that it founds its calculations on the fickle stuff of categories. The term "self" is a category, but experience (or consciousness) pre-boxed has no limits. To start on already dodgy ground in order to reach another arbitrary definition/understanding = building castles in the sky out of air. No wonder he was left stumped.
07ranna 6 months ago
PS: dual substance question: Decartes zombies? Can a person experience the absence of mental content as well as experiencing (or imagining experiencing) the absence of physical content? See previous post.
07ranna 6 months ago
Cogito ergo sum? Stop thinking for a second: are you still yourself? Brain = tool. Self = THE experience. You wouldn't use a hammer to paint a picture would you...
07ranna 6 months ago
there no metion of the heart in the dessision making, this is breath taking !!
jeancolmor 6 months ago
si pueden saber la decisión 6 segundos antes ¿que pasa si 1 o 2 segundos antes de hacerla le dicen que la cambie?, saber el futuro es poderlo cambiar, en este caso mas, saber que decisión tomara es poderla cambiar, lo cual me abre ams preguntas que respuestas.
folkenfanel1981 6 months ago