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Anil Seth – How Our Minds Predict Our Reality

mlipodcast · May 13, 2020 ·

May 13, 2020

In this episode, Wendy speaks with cognitive scientist Anil Seth about his work on consciousness and the mind. They discuss:

Anil Seth, PhD
  • the idea of the brain as a prediction machine,
  • how perception is a kind of “controlled” hallucination,
  • the self as a construction, and implications for psychiatric disorders,
  • connections between this view of the mind and Buddhist ideas,
  • how these views might inform our subjective experience,
  • the important role of the body in perception,
  • the connection between life and mind (and his views on panpsychism),
  • emotions as prediction and interoception,
  • the question of free will,
  • communicating science to a public audience, and other topics.
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Thupten Jinpa – Cultivating Compassion

mlipodcast · April 29, 2020 ·

April 29, 2020

In this inaugural episode, Wendy speaks with Buddhist scholar, author, and longtime translator for the Dalai Lama, Thupten Jinpa. Their conversation covers many topics, including:

Thupten Jinpa, PhD
  • how he met and started working with the Dalai Lama, and insights from 35 years of translating for him;
  • the relationship of language and mind;
  • how to deal with self-consciousness;
  • the dialogue between Buddhism and science;
  • first- and third-person ways of investigating the mind that are central to the science of meditation;
  • sources of valid evidence and knowledge;
  • the mind as more than the brain;
  • the relevance of compassion for well-being and a program he developed to cultivate it;
  • the value of mental training in the time of COVID, and other topics.
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mlipodcast · March 25, 2020 ·

March 25, 2020

Wendy Hasenkamp, PhD

We’re looking forward to bringing you conversations with leading experts about mind, meditation, and more. Hear what we’re about, and subscribe today so you don’t miss an episode.

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