Robert Stickgold - Why did Consciousness Emerge?

Follow us on X for news and articles, plus connect with other viewers: https://shorturl.at/imHY9 There was a time when there was no consciousness in our universe. Now there is. What caused consciousness to emerge? Did consciousness develop in the same way that, say, the liver or the eye developed, by random mutation and fitness selection during evolution? Inner experience seems to be radically different from anything else. Are we fooling ourselves? Watch more interviews on consciousness as emergent: https://shorturl.at/ygbYu Support the show with Closer To Truth merch like T-shirts, hoodies, and mugs: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Robert Stickgold is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Register on CTT.com for free to get members-only benefits: https://closertotruth.com/ 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.