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The Future of the Mind on The Tim Ferriss Show
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“my definition of Consciousness is the sum total of all the feedback loops necessary to create a model a model of yourself in space and time in society so by that definition the simplest level of Consciousness is a thermostat a thermostat has a feedback loop one feedback loop and it creates a model of itself in temperature it regulates the temperature in a room so I say that a thermostat has one unit of Consciousness and then let's take a plant let's take a a plant in your backyard I say that has maybe 10 units of Consciousness is conscious of its temperature moisture direction of the sun oxygen carbon dioxide content a few sensors that give you maybe 10 feedback loops and that is the consciousness of a plant so I think that a plant is also conscious but let's go up the scale the next level of Consciousness is a reptile a reptile has an understanding of space but not much more it has to understand where the food is located where is potential mates are where is enemies are so it has to be able to create feedback loops that understand space its location in space I call that level one level one Consciousness is the thousands of neurons necessary to create a representation of space for a reptile that's called The Reptilian Brain then the center of the brain because the brain evolves from the back to the front the back of the brain is The Reptilian Brain the center of the brain evolves later and that's the monkey brain the lyic system and that governs Consciousness in society that is your role in society who's Top Dog who's the leader of the pack who who the guy who's the Fall Guy in society how do you defer to these people consciousness of a social type you have to understand your place in society just like a reptile its Consciousness decides where it is physically located then the big question is what is human consciousness what feedback loops does the human brain give a human that differs from monkeys differs from reptiles that is the key question of which I have an answer the front part of your brain is what distinguishes us from the animals and what does that brain do it creates a model of yourself in time it is a time machine it Daydreams it imagines worlds that don't exist Let's do an experiment to test my theory let's go to your dog tonight in your house and teach your dog the meaning of Tomorrow such a simple concept such a simple thing teach your dog the meaning of Tomorrow well your dog understands space that's The Reptilian Brain the back of your brain your dog understands society that is the Society of dogs that's a center of the brain but the front of the brain the prefrontal cortex is not welldeveloped in dogs dogs do not Daydream to the best of our knowledge they have no understanding of time other than where food is because it was not necessary it was not necessary for a dog to understand a Daydream why does a dog have to daydream for God's sake and a bear it understands when to hibernate but that's automatic is reflex that governs the time behavior of most animals now humans on the other hand what do we do we constantly Daydream we can't help it we're constantly imagining what am I going to do tomorrow or what am I going to do to meet Sally tomorrow where's the best path to go it's constantly creating alternate Worlds Of Consciousness so I say that there are three levels of consciousness there is location geometric Consciousness consciousness of space spatial Consciousness that is the reptile then there is social consciousness of a monkey of a wolf in a wolf pack and then there is temporal Consciousness which is what humans do and that is my definition of human consciousness human consciousness is the sum total of all feedback loops of a human assessing its place in time essentially the future constantly daydreaming about what can I do in the future”
Dr. Michio Kaku — Exploring Time Travel, the Beauty of Physics, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show · The Tim Ferriss Show
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