Huberman Lab
My guest is Dr. Christof Koch, PhD, a pioneering researcher on the topic of consciousness, an investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the chief scientist at the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation. We discuss the neuroscience of consciousness—how it arises in our brain, how it shapes our identity and how we can modify and expand it. Dr. Koch explains how we all experience life through a unique “perception box,” which holds our beliefs, our memories and thus our biases about reality. We discuss how human consciousness is changed by meditation, non-sleep deep rest, psychedelics, dreams and virtual reality. We also discuss neuroplasticity (rewiring the brain), flow states and the ever-changing but also persistent aspect of the “collective consciousness” of humanity.
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Timestamps
(0:00) Christof Koch
(2:31) Consciousness; Self, Flow States
(8:02) NSDR, Yoga Nidra, Liminal States; State of Being, Intelligence vs Consciousness
(13:14) Sponsors: BetterHelp & Our Place
(15:53) Self, Derealization, Psychedelics; Selflessness & Flow States
(19:53) Transformative Experience, VR, Racism & Self; Perception Box, Bayesian Model
(28:29) Oliver Sacks, Empathy & Animals
(34:01) Changing Outlook on Life, Tool: Belief & Agency
(37:48) Sponsors: AGZ by AG1 & Helix Sleep
(40:23) Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) & Higher Power
(42:09) Neurobiology of Consciousness; Accidents, Covert Consciousness
(51:09) Non-Responsive State; Disability Bias, Will to Live, Resilience
(55:34) Will to Live, Akinetic Mutism, Neural Correlates of Consciousness
(57:43) Conflicting Perception Boxes, Meta Prior, Religion, AI
(1:06:47) AI, Violence, Swapping Perception Boxes, Video
(1:12:19) 5-MeO-DMT, Psychedelics, Light, Consciousness & Awe; Loss of Self
(1:20:54) Death, Mystical Experience, Ocean Analogy; Physicalism & Observer
(1:27:57) Sponsor: LMNT
(1:29:29) Meditation, Tool: Spacetime Bridging; Ball-bearing Analogy; Digital Twin
(1:36:16) Mental Health Decline, Social Media, Pandemic, Family & Play, Tool: Body-Awareness Exercises
(1:41:34) Dog Breeds; Movement, Cognitive Flexibility & Longevity
(1:47:17) Cynicism, Ketamine, Tool: Belief Effect; Heroes & Finding Flaws
(1:52:46) Cynicism vs Curiosity, Compassion; Deaths of Despair, Mental Health Crisis
(1:57:26) Jennifer Aniston, Recognition & Neurons; Grandmother Hypothesis
(2:03:20) Book Recommendation; Meaning of Life
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