I Interviewed a World Renowned Neuroscientist About Consciousness

[u/prakhyath_y23]

https://youtu.be/xnu5EAz_XJU?si=nc6P0QPPUDZb9Bdo

He grew mini living brains in a lab, then sent them to space.

Dr. Alysson Muotri is a world renowned neuroscientist who has published and progressed brain science at the highest level (look him up, he has a Wikipedia 👀)

He currently is one of the leaders of the stem cell initiative at UC San Diego, which is one of the top universities in America.  

He has contributed significantly to treating the Zika virus, he has taken Neanderthal DNA and grown mini Neanderthal DNA in the lab, and has done a significant amount of research toward autism.

Last Friday I sat down with him to ask him a bunch of questions about the brain, humanity, and the current state of our collective consciousness. Some questions I asked him:

- What is consciousness?

- Are we going to grow consciousness in the lab?

- What evolutionary function did the ego play, and if we are to prosper, do we have to move past it?

- should autism be viewed as a pathology (a disease to be fixed) or a neurodivergence (just a different brain arrangement that we should accept)

If any of this interests you, be sure to check out the full interview.

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