Ken Mogi - Why is Consciousness so Baffling?

Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN How does consciousness weave its magical web of inner awareness—appreciating music, enjoying art, feeling love? Even when all mental functions may be explained, the great mystery—what it ‘feels like’ inside—will likely remain. This is the ‘Hard Problem’ of consciousness. What could even count as a theory of consciousness, even in principle? Watch more interviews on the mystery of consciousness: https://bit.ly/3WwgZdA Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Ken Mogi is a Senior Researcher at Sony Computer Science Labs and a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.