Neuroscientist Speaks Out On The Hidden War On Consciousness
Physicist and neuroscientist Dr. Alex Gómez-Marín delivered a strikingly activist speech at the Science of Consciousness Conference (TSC) in Barcelona. He argued that we are now in a war on consciousness, with materialism and transhumanism forming a dangerous cocktail.
Dr. Alex Gómez-Marín is associate professor of the Spanish Research Council in Alicante, Spain, and director of the Pari Center in Tuscany, Italy. Hans Busstra sat down with Marín directly after his speech to analyze what this war is really about.
Our previous conversation with Marín: • Blind Man Sees: Consciousness Beyond The S...
You can learn more about Marín's work at:
https://paricenter.com/our-team/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?...
Watch Dr. Gomez Marin's full presentation at the Science of Consciousness Conference (TSC2025):
• 2025 TSC - Barcelona - Plenary 12 - End of...
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The Essentia Foundation wants to thank The Science Of Consciousness Conference and Robert Neville for their great support in producing this interview.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:05 Theories of consciousness are like toothbrushes
00:03:37 The war on consciousness
00:07:12 The hard problem and the death of materialism
00:10:28 Explaining consciousness to your friends
00:12:00 Public misunderstanding of science
00:13:38 Behind the scenes of science
00:14:34 AI and consciousness
00:16:26 The dark side of transhumanism
00:23:34 The dangers of AI
00:27:13 Alternatives to transhumanism
00:31:44 Fact, fiction, and imagination
00:35:04 Gollum and Sméagol
00:36:57 Get ready for ontological shock
00:39:48 Biosemiotics and humility in science
00:41:35 Leaving the Shire like Frodo
00:44:37 Testing extra-ocular vision
00:49:47 Dogmatic skepticism
00:52:32 Updating scientific beliefs
00:54:50 Analytic vs. experiential worldviews
00:58:04 The risks of psychedelics
01:04:25 Becoming an activist scientist
01:05:35 Rupert Sheldrake
01:08:57 Why we need many perspectives
01:11:57 Richard Alpert’s miracle stories
01:13:48 The value of raw, unpolished work
01:17:31 The next kingdom after materialism
01:22:18 Media and the politics of science
01:27:52 No real education, food and healing.
01:30:45 Convincing laypeople first
01:32:46 Luther and attacking scientific dogma's
01:34:42 Bernardo as a martial artist, bullying the bullies.
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