The Meditating Philosopher | Intelligence, Consciousness, & Self Consciousness:: Imaginal Insights #4 w/ John Vervaeke & PVK @TheMeditatingPhilosopher | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
From relevance realization to intelligence to individual and collective consciousness and agency, how does our mind work? Some animals like dolphins and whales, some birds, and other primates seem to demonstrate self-reflective awareness. Is our thumb more responsible for our capacity to create art that shows self-awareness than our unique position in the history of the cosmos?

This is a great demonstration of the subtle aspects of our minds and how we are so vastly different than just fleshy covered information processors.

This is a clip from from John and Paul's conversation at the Thunder Bay conference.

Here's the full recording: youtu.be/qHKTPucPGiI?t=508

Thanks!