How did consciousness evolve? - with Nicholas Humphrey

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a good high-level view of Humphrey's book and his argument on how consciousness evolved.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Royal Institution

Topic

evolution of consciousness

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• Thank you. I keep bringing it up here and you are the first one who has perceived my point. For more on 'blue' and 'chocolatey', check out this video... How did consciousness evolve - with Nicholas Humphrey [VIDEO]

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• If you want fun narration and loosely tech based story, I'd recommend the Magic 2.0 series. Scott Myers created a fun world in that series. I'm really hoping book 7 comes out at some point. The narration is so damn funny. Luke Daniels is a …