14: Revisiting 30 Years of Consciousness Research, Dataomes and Amino Acids from Space

In this episode we discuss Days 4 & 5 (April 25-26) of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. We cover hear about a panel with some of the biggest names in the field including David Chalmers, Susan Blackmore, Christof Koch and Stuart Hameroff. We also discuss Dataomes, or connected global networks as presented by NASA's Caleb Scharf, The Osiris Rex project which brought asteroid dust back from Bennu that was full of amino acids and other key elements that could have helped bootstrap life on earth and loads of other fun sessions. Full details on the conference here: https://consciousness.arizona.edu/

 

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