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Bob Burton visits IFTF
Author & neurologist Robert Burton visited IFTF today and treated us to a conversation building from the principles of his book, On Being Certain: Believing You're Right Even When You're Not.
He's currently working on a new book: A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind; What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves.
Together with our staff, Bob talked about the conundrum of how the mind is the tool we use to study the mind, the knowledge of E=MC² versus the feeling of knowing that 2+2 = 4, the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind, and even dipped our toe into the neuroscience of forecasting.
Lots of fodder to consider, but one thing I found particularly interesting was the topic of the self, and how we locate the self in our own understanding.
It made me think about discussions of the global brain in a new light. I would love to see a mashup of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Peter Russell, and Bob Burton when it comes to our understandings of the self & the brain, looking ahead to the coming decades.
Do you know of other experts at this nexus with whom it might be interesting to connect? If so, please be in touch (@Rachelkeas or [email protected]). Thanks!
PS--Friend of IFTF Mark Schar was also part of the conversation today--he just finished his PhD in an area akin to innovation intelligence at Stanford, so we were all proud to say "Congratulations Dr. Schar!"