#166 Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan
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Episode #166 Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan
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Michael Pollan is an American journalist and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University.
Get A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness.
TIMESTAMPS:
(0:00) North America Tour
(0:20) The Solar Eclipse
(2:56) What Is It Like To Be A Plant?
(14:52) Are Neurons Overrated?
(19:15) Is This All Complete Nonsense?
(20:59) The Strange Behaviour of Plants
(26:37) Consciousness by Negation
(37:31) Does Matter Or Consciousness Come First?
(44:09) What Do Humans Have That Plants Don’t?
(54:25) Do Plants Feel Pain?
(56:52) Is Feeling the Basis of Consciousness?
(01:06:45) Is Consciousness Falsifiable?
(01:17:41) Where Does Awareness Come From?
(01:22:15) Are Psychedelic Experiences Real?
(01:24:59) What is Everybody Getting Wrong About Consciousness?
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