Bristol Humanists Author Event – Anil Seth

Darwin Day Lecture

Being You: the new science of consciousness with Professor Anil Seth

‘Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery’, so said philosopher Daniel Dennett.

Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? And why do we experience life in the first person? Charles Darwin reasoned that there is a unity of all living things. That unity, he reckoned, applies not just to bodies but also to minds. Scientists continue to debate the question of exactly how the brain (a biological organ) gives rise to a mind (with its intangible mental processes).

Anil Seth will open up some of these ideas in his exploration of being you. He will challenge your understanding of perception and reality, and turn what you thought you knew about yourself, on its head. World-renowned neuroscientist Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self.

Full details: https://www.meetup.com/bristol-humanists/events/297640024/
Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/604068