V. S. Ramachandran on the Uniqueness of Human Consciousness

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Clip from an interview with VS Ramachandran from The Science Network, creators of the Beyond Belief Conference: thesciencenetwork.org In this clip, he describes his view of the nature of human consciousness and how it is inexorably linked to qualia, language, meaning and the sense of self. He also proposes that there are aspects of consciousness that are uniquely human. In the full interview, which runs for nearly two hours, topics include Galileo, phantom limbs, mirror neurones, synasthesia ...