💥Join us on our Journey to 1 Million Subscribers💥 SPONSORED BY: ExpressVPN. Go to https://www.expressvpn.com/trigger and get an extra 3 months free on a one-year package! Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. He has given one of TED's most popular science talks with over 13 million views, and Sam Harris included his conversation with Dr Seth in a book of his 11 favourite interviews. Dr Seth's latest book, 'Being You: A New Science of Consciousness', is a Sunday Times Bestseller. Dr Seth's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyu7v7nWzfo #interview #podcast #neuroscience Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 01:48 Anil’s Interest in Neuroscience 04:00 Can We Define Consciousness? 13:33 Are We Creating Our Own Experiences? 17:29 How Understanding Consciousness Impacts How We Navigate Reality 21:54 Sponsor Message: ExpressVPN 23:44 Does Objective Truth Exist? 27:49 Communicating Consciousness Through Language 32:35 Our History of Belief in a Supreme Being 42:24 How the Brain Transitions Into Mental Illness 47:54 Sponsor Message: TRIGGERnometry Advertising 49:24 How Diversity of Perception Impacts Politics 58:52 Is There a Difference Between Intuition & Emotion? 1:05:36 What is Love? 1:07:22 What’s The One Thing We’re Not Talking About?