Mark Gober is an international speaker and the author of "An End to Upside Down Thinking" which was awarded the best science book of 2019, and its sequel book "An end to upside down Living”. He is also the host of the podcast "Where Is My Mind", featuring his interviews with world-leading consciousness researchers.

 

This is the first half of the conversation. In the second half on episode #133, Mark goes deeper into this fascinating, mind-blowing topic.

 

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:

* Where does our mind come from?

* The #2 question remaining in all science: the hard problem of consciousness

* Does the brain manufacture consciousness or is it like an antenna that receives it?

* Correlation is not causation

 

𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:

Website: https://markgober.com/

 

𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲:

"Is it that the brain creates consciousness, OR is consciousness beyond the brain, and the brain is like an antenna receiver, tapping into the cloud?"

-Mark Gober

 

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:

I am Agi Keramidas, a knowledge broker and zealous podcaster. I am a firm believer in the power of self-education and personal development in radically improving one's life.

 

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