Ogi Ogas is a Mathematical Neuroscientist and Author. He attained his PhD in Computational Neuroscience at Boston University. He was a United States Department of Homeland Security Fellow during his graduate studies, and is the director of the Dark Horse Project in the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His the author of several books including “A Billion Wicked Thoughts” (2011), “This is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You” (2022), “Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos” (2022), and "Consciousness: How It's Made: A Super-Simple Explanation for Everyone" (2024), among several others. His work focuses on a unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, the Self, and civilization emerged incrementally out of chaos. A Grand Unified Theory of Consciousness.

(0:43) - "The Hard Problem"10:50 - Subjectivity vs Objectivity

(17:00) - IIT & Panpsychism

(21:13) - Stephen Grossberg's Adaptive Resonance Theory

(28:55) - Ogi's take on Autism

(50:55) - Different States of Consciousness

(1:08:05) - UAPs/UFOs

(1:13:43) - Intex

(1:28:40) - Steve Grossberg's Incredible Work

(1:36:35) - Final thoughts on Reality & the Universe

(1:42:20) - What's on Ogi's mind right now?1:48:40 - Conclusion