Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
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- Author：Anil Seth
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Summary
Anil Seth's quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to twenty-first-century science。
An unprecedented tour of consciousness thanks to new experimental evidence， much of which comes from Anil Seth's own lab。 His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is， but rather that we are prediction machines， constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond， and that we can now observe the biological mechanisms in the brain that accomplish this process of consciousness。
Seth's work has yielded new ways to communicate with patients previously deemed unconscious， as well as promising methods of coping with brain damage and disease。 Being You sheds light on the future of AI and virtual/augmented reality， adds empirical evidence to cutting-edge ideas of how the brain works， and ushers in a new age in the study of the mystery of human consciousness。 This book is a life-changing existential insight into being you。
An unprecedented tour of consciousness thanks to new experimental evidence， much of which comes from Anil Seth's own lab。 His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is， but rather that we are prediction machines， constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond， and that we can now observe the biological mechanisms in the brain that accomplish this process of consciousness。
Seth's work has yielded new ways to communicate with patients previously deemed unconscious， as well as promising methods of coping with brain damage and disease。 Being You sheds light on the future of AI and virtual/augmented reality， adds empirical evidence to cutting-edge ideas of how the brain works， and ushers in a new age in the study of the mystery of human consciousness。 This book is a life-changing existential insight into being you。
Reviews
Kelly
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See below my NetGalley review for this book！I read “Being You” by Anil Seth and wow， what a read！ It was detailed， comprehensive， and informative。 I particularly enjoyed Chapter 12， which spoke of animal consciousness。 Interestingly， pigs were tried in court for committing， aiding and abetting crimes！ “Being You” explores what makes humans conscious。 Seth provides interesting stories about historical and scientific attempts to understand what really makes us human。 This book touches on a variety See below my NetGalley review for this book！I read “Being You” by Anil Seth and wow， what a read！ It was detailed， comprehensive， and informative。 I particularly enjoyed Chapter 12， which spoke of animal consciousness。 Interestingly， pigs were tried in court for committing， aiding and abetting crimes！ “Being You” explores what makes humans conscious。 Seth provides interesting stories about historical and scientific attempts to understand what really makes us human。 This book touches on a variety of topics， including visual perception， Descartes and Cartesian Dualism， the Turing test， artificial intelligence， and neuroscience。 I would recommend this book for anyone who has some education in neuroscience， visual perception， philosophy and psychology。 Although Seth explained the concepts quite well and in detail， I found the book quite meaty and I needed to take some breaks between chapters to really grasp the concepts。 Definitely not a light read！ Thank you to Faber & Faber and NetGalley for providing me with this copy in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
GONZA
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I have been reading books on consciousness for a long time because it has always been a subject that has particularly interested me since， long ago， I found myself almost by chance at a lecture by Giulio Tononi。 Since then I think I have read quite a lot and I particularly appreciated the clear way in which this book illustrates both medical and philosophical theories and above all the excursus into the future and the "risk" of artificial intelligence。 Leggo da tempo libri sulla coscienza perché I have been reading books on consciousness for a long time because it has always been a subject that has particularly interested me since， long ago， I found myself almost by chance at a lecture by Giulio Tononi。 Since then I think I have read quite a lot and I particularly appreciated the clear way in which this book illustrates both medical and philosophical theories and above all the excursus into the future and the "risk" of artificial intelligence。 Leggo da tempo libri sulla coscienza perché é sempre stato un argomento che mi ha particolarmente interessato， da quando， in tempi non sospetti， mi ritrovai quasi per caso ad una conferenza di GIulio Tononi。 Da quel momento credo di aver letto parecchio e di questo libro ho apprezzato particolarmente il modo chiaro di illustrare teorie sia mediche che filosofiche e soprattutto l'excursus nel futuro ed il "rischio" delle intelligenze artificiali。 I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review。 。。。more
Nicola
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