Richard O. Brown: The Neuroscience of Nothing

Richard O. Brown, Staff Neuroscientist at The Exploratorium, talks about the interaction between mind and matter and visual perception. He talks about and illustrates with fascinating visuals three concepts: 1. There is nothing out there and we perceive nothing which he feels comes closest to blackness. 2. There is something out there and we can't perceive it, which comes closest to invisibility. 3. There is nothing out there and we're still experiencing or perceiving something. Series: "Voices" [8/2001] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 5947]

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Education

Tags:

• neuroscience
• science
• perception

[freyajean]

22:26 23:00 - issues of invisibility 24:12 25:25 25:57 26:20 ;( 27:09 31:02 31:44 32:42 33:03 34:06 (VISUAL IS IMPORTANT to me - but a false sense of security sometimes) 35:58 36:44 37:20 tiny bit of time @ 12-09 43:03 perceptual skills(4th or 5th grade) 48:31 big on tats now ;( still against microchipping and still a fan of harry :) bc i think she is real 50:12 50:50 great point-hard to do sometimes ;)

[freyajean]

32:27 is this related to motion sickness?

[cuatemoc69]

I really wanted to like this lecture, but this ended up being a smart dude who cant lecture to save his life. He still has some cool concepts though, worth a watch until you loose patience with him.

[DarnellJohns]

@Zurround100 THIS!

[August1977]

These guys get their information off the internet, what a waste to spend so much on an education

[freyajean]

36:00 switches??

[TheDrunkenTrooper]

Awesum that bit at the end with the guerilla I fell for it hook line and sinker!!

[Zurround100]

the exploratorium is one of the neatest museums in the world, imagine how many such museums could have been built with the trillions we waste on war. The government should have exploratoriums put in every major city not just san fran.