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Agreed. But you know, getting to do the work is the ultimate prize.

@@theidealisticman also agreed. I think what's happening is the people with an affinity for hard science don't agree with him for taking first person experience seriously, and people that start by taking first person experience seriously aren't appreciative of his work in the hard science of the brain. I think he's right in that focusing too much on either is going to miss something.

@@uninspired3583 That is an interesting diagnosis. I think people will have no choice but to take him seriously if and when he demonstrates the theory as he explains towards the end.

​@theidealisticman which theory did you have in mind specifically? I watched this in pieces over the last few days trying to absorb it all

@@uninspired3583 his entire theory of consciousness. We currently do not have a generally accepted/credible theory of how consciousness arises in the brain. In his book, and in this video, he attempts to explain how. I recall that I asked him what he thinks of Donald Hoffman's lamentations that none of our current theories (IIT, Orchestrated collapse of micro tubules, global workspace etc.) can explain how one comes to smell coffee, taste chocolate etc. His response was that Hoffman must read his book. When I say towards the end, I mean the part where he says they are currently working towards building a conscious artificial agent to demo his work.

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@@theidealisticman Always bhuti. I will get subscribed now

That part is really worth thinking about for all of us. Thank you for watching and I hope you stay subscribed for more.

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Hi Relebohile. There was supposed to be. But I unfortunately never got around to doing it. I’ll actually try to get an interview with the man instead :). Stay tuned.

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@@theidealisticman just done, Kukhokuhle.

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I’m sure I’ve heard Dawkins say this somewhere. If not, it must have been in the book “The Greatest Show on Earth”. Thank you for watching and for your subscription!

@@theidealisticman he absolutely said something like that and he once said he was working on a book called "The Genetic Book Of the Dead" or something like that in which he explains in detail how the organism is a model of the environment in which it lives. I remember liking that idea. This was a wonderful conversation

Great! In any case, I don’t think this idea is ridiculous. It makes sense to me. It may be the case that the reconstructed model of the environment based on the genetic code may be very low resolution, but I think it would model the organism’s environment in a non-arbitrarily way nonetheless.

I just found Dawkins' Genetic Book of the Dead! The blurb at the back reads: In this groundbreaking new approach to the evolution of all life, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behaviour, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book - an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. A perfectly camouflaged desert lizard has a desiccated landscape of sand and stones 'painted' on its back. Its skin can be read as a description of ancient deserts in which its ancestors survived - and, before that, of the worlds of its more remote ancestors: a genetic book of the dead. But such descriptions are more than skin-deep. The fine chisels of Darwinian natural selection carve their way through the very warp and woof of the body, into every biochemical nook and corner, into every cell of every living creature. A zoologist of the future, presented with a hitherto-unknown animal, will be able to reconstruct the worlds that shaped its ancestors, to read its unique 'book of the dead'.

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That would have been a good place to branch off and dig deeper into his views. For what it’s worth, I get the sense that he wouldn’t have the kind of answer me and you would be looking for. Refer to the part where he says it’s faith, faith is believing without evidence. I appreciate believers who admit this. And where he says it’s something you experience. It’s not something that someone can tell you.

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😅 indeed. I’ve once listened to him narrate the history of industrial revolutions so well. I hope you stay subscribed for more. Thank you for watching!

the problems is : And self edification ? and long talking for no outcome ! We are not the western society !! we should not even aim to be ! Each African government needs to spend the free money it gets in bribes from america and the others in building thier own CLOUDS ! .... it is not even that expensive ! .. they need to employ internally people like myself who will build the artificial intelligent Brains fro the task which we may require such as infrstructure building etc ! << it is not for every person in the land which require access... but each government even need to begin this way and build our own land connections between country to have our own internet system ! : we need to separate from the main internet as we have become reliant on thier external resources ! we are supposed to be actively archiving the internet for ourselfs. and creating internet Stations ! in regions so that locals can get access to the offline internet that we create to share education technology in these comunitys ! as a government they need to use the tech to manage and improve the services being offered an created ! as you know a ChatGPT model could design a whole city ! <<<< access to information is important yes but sharing that information is more important ! problem is we need to build the hardware systems and also employ workers and not talkers ! not cipier but innovator! <<< we need to become comunist and search for our genius in our land and capture them for education and funding ie we wneed places to helpp our excellent people work on tasks which will improve our society ! not for commercial gain ! as we are not the west and comerce is not the goal of a community ! water electricity , healthy, food !~!!@ not wealth ! that is the restriction ! Stop referring to your idol silicone valley and Americans ! you pretentious guys are the actual problem !!!!|| worst than arabs .... always talking ! ..... this is a .net mindset ! we need agile people ! people who will release product half made even risk ! actually do something like a python developer ! they constantly upload stuff and share ! hence technology moved forwards ! but under .net development apps could not even make it into the app store !! @ its the same in africa ! ! nobody is coming to the universtity to take the graduates ! or invest in them ..... they have to leave the land and help the west instead !!~!

Self edification ! ​@@theidealisticman

@@xspydazx indeed!

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meaning?

Thank you Ndivhuwo! That’s very kind of you. I’m glad you found it well presented. Maybe if you rewatch it you may get it better. Maybe also go look up the parts that are confusing you elsewhere.

Haha, it’s not me, it’s tweeps 🤣 I’m glad you learnt a thing from this Shaun!

Haha, thank you man. The days leading up to these interviews are quite busy. I put a bit of time in the preparation. I'm delighted it shows!

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I’m so happy you enjoyed it Thendo! The part about self awareness is the most enlightening part of the conversation for me as well. Self awareness is generally something I think about a lot. Get yourself a copy of the book. Thank you for your kind words.

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I found that point very interesting too. Frankly, it’s personally my biggest takeaway from the conversation.

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Meaning?

Definitely Sarah. It’s such a high standard for what it means to understand something. But it’s actually a very good one. Otherwise we will have theorists wasting everybody’s time.

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This man Patrice Motsepe (who owns African Rainbow Minerals too) and his ANC associates along with his brother-in-law Cyril Ramaphosa are both the calculated destruction of ESKOM, and its 'saviour'. Let me explain in brief. African Rainbow Energy and Power (AREP), backed by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe is a leading renewable energy platform, the largest shareholder in the SOLA Group and energy consortium. The past and present electricity crisis in our country has been masterminded by these two ruthless and brutal money mongers, along with their colluding associates.

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Wait until you see the crimes that come with poverty.

@@theidealisticman😂😂😂

The Spirit of Poverty speaks.

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Being a billionaire is a choice. Your network is your net worth. Who is your network and there’s your answer.

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