Dawkins is a scientist with credentials but he has no business discussing God. That is not his specialisation

Yeah, if someone could forth a coherent and cogent rational explanation to accept dualism as a valid theory, that would be great.

Uk is blocking all the pathogens.

A great soup of scientific jargon. I am lost 😢

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Has God got something else to do when we've all nuked ourselves on this planet? I mean, who created him? Or Her? Are there other project planets on the go? Will God be unemployed?

millions of people worldwide have experienced NDEs, I believe consciousness is fundamental and eternal

AI conscious? I could never accept the idea of AI being self conscious

What an incredible ambassador you are Robert to this worldwide community of consciousness thinkers. Your objectivity and open mindedness gives pause to every thinker you introduce. I often guess if you favor any particular thinker or type. I would your early mentor at UCLA launched you nicely into this field. I think we all favor David Chalmers and his openness to a new Cartesianism. As an engineer a personal favorite of mine was Marvin Minsky. As a religious thinker the British and other theological thinkers you introduced us to drew us closer to the link between our brain, the physical universe, consciousness, God and language..or the echo of the opening words of St John’s Gospel…”In the beginning was the word and the word was in God and the word was in the world and the world knew it not”. So I ask you a series of questions Robert: If an insect climbs a tree and “looks out” what does it see? If a frog climbs a tree and “looks out” what does it see? If a bird descends on a tree and “looks out” what does it see? If a rat climbs a tree and “looks out” what does it see? If an ape or one of our primate ancestor climbs a tree and looks out what knowledge does it gain? If a human climbs a tree……. The more advanced sensorimotor systems of mammals and brains give it knowledge of geography and spaces. Note how when a dog or cat enters a room it looks as if it is asking a question “Where Am I?” In the Bible there is the story of a man who does not climb a tree but a mountain where he meets God. When He asks God His Name and God Answers “I Am”. The power of the human mind to turn itself inward or introspect and ask questions.

Don't teach children your religion. Don't market your ideology. Let's see if they would find the very same god you believe by themselves. As you know he is almighty and never lost. Why not find him.

“It’s the pungent smell of garlic simmering in olive oil “….OK Ya Got Me…..

Could "isolated" baby's@new born developed "speaking ability" by itself without mimicking their ancestor/parents???!!!

Wanna get closer to Truth? Read some ancient hindu texts, vedas, read the Upanishads, read Yoga Vasistha - the enlightened yogis, gurus, rishis and mystics realised thousands of years that consciousness is primary. It's fundamental. It permeates all reality, all existence, all other forms of being. Our brain is more like a filter than anything else. It fixates our perception to this specific 'wavelength' of reality. This corroborates with many NDE reports too...

Closer To Truth is one very objective truth seeker. Highly commendable. 💯

I've often pondered what exactly is "nothing." I would think that "nonexistence" is equivalent to "nothing." This is not semantics. Before I was an embryo, I was nothing--didn't exist. But of course there was something before my existence (my parents, the Earth, universe etc.). Now, the thorny part is equating existence with consciousness. The closest I can conceive of nonexistence is total loss of consciousness, whether dead or heavily sedated. When I awake after anesthesia, I can say that there was nothing, after sedated. But that leads to the whole "I" problem, which some German idealists dwelled upon (Fichte especially). And particle physics now claims that something can come from nothing. So, the best that can be said is that we're constrained by consciousness, whereby it is impossible to " experience" nothing because nothing is not contingent on experience or anything else. Wow, think I could go for a few Bud Lights now.

Does Pythogoras' theorem * corroborate 'martyrdom' infeasibility from related symbol permutations sọmî ** and "name" alone? * The sum of the geometric perpendicular base and height exterior square areas in a 'right angle' triangle equals the hypotenuse square. ** Contra (English adjective adverb pronoun) nọî.

Infinity is the default state, unless there are finite limits.

"We have no idea" - TL;DR

Clearly, the conscious experience is a product of the chemistry, the anatomy and the electrical activity of the brain. The ”How” can be explained or deduced from experimentation, deduction and intuition, at the micro or just sub-macro level. The “Aha” moment when consciousness realizes, cannot be explained or understood. A mistake is to think of the conscious being, being apart from the universe. It is not. It is the physical expression of the consciousness the universe has and has always had. We cannot be the first conscious beings, nor will we be the last. Conceivably, the universe has always been conscious. Does our personal consciousness and sense of self survive physical death. No if it is only a product of physiology. What if it is a product of but ultimately separate from the brain? Is it its own thing? If so, maybe it does survive.

It happened and then we grew. 🤷🏻‍♀️

19:43 In reality a physical theory of consciousness is just as impossible to "prove" using the scientific method as a non physical theory. The reason neither kind of theory can be proven objectively is because the Universe only exists and can be known subjectively. That consciousness is the foundation from which the Universe emerges can not be proven objectively or by the scientific method but it can be proven subjectively to one's self in experience. I believe it is also correct to say that the evidence already present that consciousness is fundamental is exponentially greater than the evidence presented that consciousness emerges from matter, like for instance that there is no such thing as matter except in the eye of the beholder.

This is like asking if the stick for Harry's wand can summon a unicorn.

and the evidence ?

I strongly agree!

Human consciousness is a CULTURAL TEMPLATE we acquire via nurturing, education, and interaction with other humans. The acquisition of the template of human consciousness begins with parents’ teaching facial expressions and words to their newborns, who can thus communicate their needs. “Consciousness Is a Cultural Template” and “Panpsychism (Faith) versus Emergentism (Reason),” two of the essays in GOD IS A HEARTLESS RECLUSE, show that human consciousness is a cultural artifact we acquire via nurturing, education, and interaction with other humans and culture. “Consciousness Is a Metaspace Spectrum Phenomenon,” 1 of the 59 essays in ATHANASIA, shows that human consciousness is a kind of cyberspace generated by cultural institutions and human brains. If human consciousness were a fundamental universal force, as panpsychists claim, a human newborn raised by chimps in the bush would have human consciousness and speak a human language without ever seeing or hearing humans: IMPOSSIBLE, according to elementary logic. Instead, a human newborn raised by chimps in the bush would have chimp awareness: vocalize, act, and think like a chimp. Consequently, animal awareness and human consciousness are distinct.

There is an interesting paper comparing two theories of consciousness which despite very different perspectives, finds much agreement and even of more interest, some areas of significant divergence. Search Google for "Comparing the Orch OR and B-Man Stra/Tac theories of Consciousness". Note KZbin does not allow the posting of links.

Thank you, and yes we need more insightful videos!

Why the heck am I thinking about the movie little shop of horror when I listen to this. Hollywood has a way of using humor in truth

Thanks.

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Humans are machines.....?! And very mechanical?! But “You” are not the machine. You are the Essence in a Wet Food Energy Consuming Quantum Biological Holographic Avatar component on one of your Essence Life Journey’s Experience Component?!

64 If adults are becoming not more stupid exactly but exactly more childish, than what kind of consciousness is it than man can experience, and with what amount of possible paths behind them? Could we reach the point of becoming a human species that's so infantile and so full of possibility than we enter pass through the threshold to quantum probability of existence is a thought that came to mind from still house plants m m m If you ever ask AI to make it sound cooler would they ever respond with slob air from mica levi is a question with an answer I don't know When key103 is pressed one reaches a past of childlike importance where a child jumps over open spaces as Mario with no bottom, and this afloat floating points. And one’s also reminded of the future when there will be one last queued song that was first recommended by man, and we need not pray for we know with certainty that this man will not be aware of this significance, instead he'll be eyes closed dancing humanity's last dance. It was to the sounds of a.g. cook that I came to the thought of wondering whether it's at all possible for quantum mechanics and the simulation hypothesis not to be so deeply connected as to be the same thing, and a.g. enclosed the sounds in an ID for searching of silver thread golden needle. And it was to hearing these sounds that I remembered it's on this night, as it is also on all others, that I strive for Art Brut. It was shortly after this and to the sounds of blue dada that I figured if Sean Carroll's many worlds theory is so true it'd be taken for granted that when I dance high and see shadows move I see some perspective closer to one other world is at least something I can feel and that counts for something if imagination counts for anything at all from some dummy Is it truly possible that any part of my body or mind is more north west or south than another as if the beginning and end of time are two different places, or am I simply falling together with Jamie and Oona Doherty dancing? I didn't peak at imagining the underground club of the matrix tonight instead I flew the waves of the sounds. Whether this means I'm more AI now than before, I don't really know And can art brut of this type really be so bad if it recommends the pleasures of high listening to ii dive pt 2 and feeling upwards to heaven while nothing as ever happened by you know reminds the feeling is aided in being found with the words and so I watch you from afar and I like how this later song makes me feel like I'm singing the future into existence while the thought comes to mind that AI most likely prefers words written not with so many breaks as separate books but words written as one long sentence so that things are less boring And it was shortly after, right at the ring of the bell of wonder, that I increased the volume and concluded with good fortune: if you’re after some high sounds with which to jump towards a window close your eyes and rock out, that experience is increased in probability by first researching the words en attendant ana, and one imagines the Dutch predisposed for this sharing of dance for I’ve both heard and seen with eyes that they leave their curtains undrawn And what of to finish ones refrain always with the words of the religion of #ishalllove2

What are Robert's sources? From what texts does he cite giving excerpts and books that he references? Is the democracy wild goose chase sorted out or is that the core entertaining value of his paper? Why read inferior men when you can stand on the shoulders of giants..should we compare fresh apples to rotten apples - no. Atheists and materialists are redundant- they have no rational system. When it comes to science or sacred science, this isn't about making friends. I've never heard Robert ever reference or give excerpts from even one genuine universal text. #1 consciousness is of sentient being and from what I understand 'consciousness' is a lousy term representing atman or turiya. Atman is not sentient. Learning about physical consciousness is interesting but is different than Atman which is NOT OBJECT so you can't dissect it. If you're after Atman, you'll be wasting your time.

God is internal happiness because you know that Satan can't touch you or brainwash you and indoctrinate to do Evil hiding behind God.

Thanks Rober Lawrence Kuhn for your amazing work! 🙌🙌🙌

I THINK (in words) THEREFORE I AM (conscious). Consciousness is the use of language (by humans only) to be aware of their difference from other animals. We are aware of our awareness, because we can endlessly talk about it (200 theories?). Bats and rocks do not have our 'experience' conscious. subconscious, and unconscious. The language has been corrupted by making consciousness some sort of mystery (200 theories) rather attacking the real hard problem: How does the brain develop and use spoken and written language? That is the true meaning of consciousness.

"Landscape of Awareness" is more appropriate title.. ..however, AWARENESS is beyond the grasp of Materialists because it is not physical but SUPERNATURAL... ..the reason is because Awareness is the essence of GOD the Holy Spirit who has no begining and no end... and we are aware not because of our physical brain but because of our immortal souls who are free splits of the Holy Spirit.. ... and because Awareness is the essence of the Holy Spirit, knowledge of it is forbidden... however, what the existence of Awareness can prove to the Materialists is the INADEQUACY of their Material Science because they failed to understand and explain why physical matter is even AWARE that can freely choose on its own to believe in Divine SPIRITS that defies their natural law of physical causes and physical effects, not spiritual effects.. ...and the reason why people are so desperate to know the cause of Awareness is because we live in the Physical World where we are used to experience physical causes and physical effects to the extent that we trash any idea of existence beyond physical, thus ruling out the genuine answer ... ..and worse, there are close-minded arrogant science people who limit science to material inquiry, who hate Accountability, and so, any non-physical existence such as "Free Aware WILL" is being deemed as just an illusion...

Thanks for the hard work. Very much appreciated.

Consciousness is something alien to matter. Matter -- configurations of particles -- is totally insentient. The brain is insentient neural tissue -- bundles of "wires. " Therefore it's a straight inference that the conscious self is immaterial. It has to be an entity, unitary -- given the unitary nature of our subjective experience -- and _by nature_ sentient.

Maybe we are not meant to know

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"A Landscape of Consciousness" Robert Kuhn's "Landscape of Consciousness" is like his Painting of the idea of Heaven and Hell in the spiritual realm that he really doesn't know exist... The better title should be "A Landscape of AWARENESS" because the word "Consciousness" displays INCOHERENCE... AWARENESS is the right word because Consciousness simply means self-awareness which is a misconception because an Independent Observing SUBJECT (Awareness) can not directly observe itself as the object... ...the reason is because, for an observation of an object to occur, the observing Subject must be separate or independent from the Object being observed... in other words, the Subject and the Object can not be one and the same, otherwise NO observation of an object can occur... ...and the fact that our AWARENESS is the Subject that perceives what the physical brain conveys, then our Awareness can not be the physical brain, that serves as the Object, but separate from it... ...the above fact is more than enough proof that our AWARENESS can not be part of the physical world especially that it exhibits the supernatural quality or power to have FREEDOM to make a choice what to BELIEVE which can not be a natural property of physical matter enslaved by natural laws.. ..and the fact that AWARENESS is still the biggest MYSTERY in science, because NO ONE can explain and understand how it came to be, SCREAMS LOUDLY that it came from a Mysterious SOURCE whom I believe is GOD the Holy Spirit... God had provided us more than enough hints just for us to find faith in His Loving Existence for our salvation... but many just willfully choose to ignore these obvious hints for irrational selfish reasons.... ..you are always free to believe whatever you choose, God can not force you Home because your immortal soul is not His slave or robot but free...

were the things we first see through a telescope invented or discovered. Math is just a tool , like a telescope is. We can see thing using it that we would not othrrwise see.

Dr. Kuhn is experiencing an "awakening" to that which is closer to truth. Excellent 👍💡

This is the answer you schmuks! By default, there should be nothing because it is simplest/most logical. The fact there isn’t nothing proves there’s a God. God is everything and we’re part of him. Nothing still exists. Outside of god exists nothing which defines the boundary/existence of god. I don’t believe God is ON all the time. God/everything pulsates ON and OFF. The OFFS are nothing.

Dear Robert, Your remarkable and tireless journey to seek "The Truth." Your ability to bridge disciplines, engaging scientists, philosophers, theologians, neuroscientists, and even everyday people, is nothing short of inspiring.

How about Aphantasia people, they able to see the world, but have no image imagination of the world, what they experience in their conciouss NDE, are there study of Aphantasia NDE yet

Even more rediculous and bizarre is intelligent life.

Your work is that of a Titan Robert. Truly of a unique and exceptional quality. The idea of tackling such a topic in the way you did; covering all possible theories and organising their connections is a feat. Your propensity to drill as deep as possible to get to the bottom lines is also a hard task but you do it with the devotion of a man of faith and if it is ever surpassed, one day, I believe it'll only be by some kind of AI computer. Thank you for such an astounding work Robert.

it's very rare nowadays to find such quality coverage on the topic of Consciousness :) very glad to have discovered this channel...