Exploring the Origins of Consciousness, the Asteroid Bennu, & Artificial Brains - Roundtable discussion April 30, 2024
Thomas Bever, Moderator
Stuart Hameroff: “Which Came First, Life or Consciousness”
Anirban Bandyopadhyay: “Body External Consciousness: What Artificial Brains Can Tell Us”
Dante Lauretta: “Of Life & Consciousness from the Asteroid Bennu”
This event was part of SBS 395C “Spiritual and Scientific Approaches to Consciousness,” a core course in the new SBS Consciousness Minor Program. The Roundtable discussion followed the 2024 Science of Consciousness Conference in Tucson (30th Anniversary) hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies, U Arizona
Biographical Information:
Stuart Hameroff, Director, Center for Consciousness Studies and Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology at the University of Arizona.
Dante Lauretta, Regents Professor of Planetary Science, Director of the Arizona Astrobiology Center, and principal investigator of the OSIRIS-REx mission at the University of Arizona.
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Senior Scientist in the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Japan.
The event was moderated by Tom Bever – Co-director of the Center for Consciousness Studies and Director of the program in Consciousness Studies. He is also Regents Professor of Linguistics. Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, SLAT and BIO5 at the University of Arizona.
