He says neuroscience avoids the basic question of where thoughts come from because it cannot answer it within a purely biological frame.
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He says neuroscience avoids the basic question of where thoughts come from because it cannot answer it within a purely biological frame.
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A metaphor is a connection between things previously unseen; because it makes a new connection, it is a new thought and a tool for thought.
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"...answer is the Geist, right? The answer is, where do our thoughts come from? And where do our thoughts go? Do you really think..."
"It's a ghost. It is with us and it is not with us. Exactly. Exactly. And that's why, and that's how we can explain..."
"...If you think about it, what this is is a new thought. And there are lots of metaphors in the Iliad. Okay? So, essentially,..."
"...Okay, so he said, I just watched your video. There's a thought I've been meaning to pass on and this latest talk crystallized it...."
"...just very simple trick. Okay. And like, so let's do a thought experiment where I design a program software. Okay. Okay. And the thing..."
"...as easily, and as quickly as possible, right? So Trump really thought that, you know, if I sent my airplanes to strike Tehran and..."
"...taken out the leaders. And do you also think that Trump thought that if I just bomb the leader, then everything will sort of..."
"That's exactly what he thought. So what I want to do now is go to the map and show you what he got wrong...."
"...what this means is that reality is consciousness itself. So our thoughts are what's real. Our bodies are what's real. Our minds are just..."
"...looking up and looking around. And I just for a second thought of them as like little pieces of consciousness exploring the world, just..."
"...Could you have imagined? I did. You did imagine? Yes. You thought it would go like this?"
"...human history when famine it will be much more common We thought that we defeated famine. We thought that we had developed a system..."
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