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Dr. Christof Koch: Consciousness, Free Will & The Grand Theory of Everything


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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.

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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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