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Dr. Christof Koch: Consciousness, Free Will & The Grand Theory of Everything
In this episode we interview Dr. Christof Koch, a trained physicist turned neuroscientist who's primary area of research focuses on consciousness.
We sit down with Dr. Koch to discuss his latest book "Then I am Myself the World" out in May of 2024 on Basic Books where he recounts his experience with consciousness altering substances, Integrated Information Theory, which is the foundational theory for his research, and of course...what he's currently reading!
You can find all of the books mentioned in this episode in the links below.
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
https://amzn.to/3WlhDy4
The Schopenhauer Cure by Irvin Yalom
https://amzn.to/4b1JdoK
When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin Yalom
https://amzn.to/3UnSLDd
The Feeling of Life Itself by Christof Koch
https://amzn.to/3Umeewf
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
https://amzn.to/3Qtn61Y
Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
https://amzn.to/3WkLG91
Determined by Robert Sapolsky
https://amzn.to/3JH1Imc
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Dr. Christof Koch: Consciousness, Free Will & The Grand Theory of Everything
In this episode we interview Dr. Christof Koch, a trained physicist turned neuroscientist who's primary area of research focuses on consciousness.
We sit down with Dr. Koch to discuss his latest book "Then I am Myself the World" out in May of 2024 on Basic Books where he recounts his experience with consciousness altering substances, Integrated Information Theory, which is the foundational theory for his research, and of course...what he's currently reading!
You can find all of the books mentioned in this episode in the links below.
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
https://amzn.to/3WlhDy4
The Schopenhauer Cure by Irvin Yalom
https://amzn.to/4b1JdoK
When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin Yalom
https://amzn.to/3UnSLDd
The Feeling of Life Itself by Christof Koch
https://amzn.to/3Umeewf
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
https://amzn.to/3Qtn61Y
Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
https://amzn.to/3WkLG91
Determined by Robert Sapolsky
https://amzn.to/3JH1Imc
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