242. Solving The Problem Of Human Perception | Cambridge

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🗓️ 7 April 2022

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In November 2021, Dr. Peterson traveled to the United Kingdom to give a series of lectures at Oxford and Cambridge. This lecture was given at Lady Mitchell Hall at the University of Cambridge on November 23rd, 2021. Dr. Peterson gives an in-depth exploration of the problem of perception. In doing so, he touches on orienting reflexes, artificial intelligence, the infinite possibilities parsed by perception, neurophysiology, postmodernism, and the relationship between imitation, awe, and the divine, before answering questions from the audience about the direction of Western civilization, meaning, and the notion of humans as simple biological machines. _______________ Chapters _______________ [0:00] Intro [1:30] Dr. James Orr Welcomes Dr. Peterson to Cambridge [6:30] The Problem of Perception [8:30] The Orienting Reflex [12:30] The Neuropsychology of Anxiety by Jeffrey Gray [14:30] Perception, Sokolov, & Artificial Intelligence [17:30] Infinity in Perception [22:30] Embodied AI [24:10] Utilization Behavior [27:20] Neurophysiology & Postmodernism [31:15] Dominance Hierarchies [37:40] Basis of Perception [39:30] The Problem of Perception & Wagner’s ‘Master-Singers of Nuremberg’ [49:40] Cambridge, Two Chapels, & Primordial Environments [51:10] On Imitation & Awe [59:40] Divine Perception [1:00:00] Q&A: Where is Western society headed? [1:08:50] Does consciousness die with the body? Is meaning—like the universe—doomed? [1:13:00] What is meaning? And its source? [1:17:55] Existence, Hardware, & Divine Imitation #Attention #Perception #AI #Meaning #Consciousness

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 242 of the JBP podcast. I'm Michaela Peterson. In November 2021,
0:07.6	Dad and I traveled to the UK for his series of lectures at Oxford and Cambridge and a debate
0:13.6	on eating meat that I took part in at Oxford Union. I put the debate online. One of the women I
0:19.2	faced off with literally uttered every hamburger is served with a side of misogyny and I think
0:24.4	my dad died a little inside. This podcast episodes lecture was given at Lady Mitchell Hall at the
0:32.0	University of Cambridge. Dad spoke about orienting reflexes, artificial intelligence, how perception
0:38.8	narrows things from an infinite pool of possibilities, dominant hierarchies, the influence of postmodernism
0:44.9	in neurophysiology, which was very interesting, and the relationship between imitation awe and the
0:50.0	divine. He finished the lecture with a really thought provoking Q&A. I hope you enjoy this podcast.
1:06.0	What a pleasure it is to see you all. What a pleasure it is to be here, but most of all,
1:20.2	what a pleasure it is to introduce to you this afternoon. Someone who has encouraged millions
1:29.8	of people, millions of young people in particular, to probe, evaluate, ask questions that are
1:40.4	more fundamental than any other, questions with which every one of us is confronted at some point.
1:46.5	Questions involving meaning, identity, relationship, dignity, what it is to flourish as a person. He
2:00.4	doesn't pretend to have all the answers, but anyone who has tried walking with him the length
2:07.8	of King's parade here in Cambridge in less than half an hour will know that he seems to be asking
2:17.1	the right questions. And he seems to be reaching young minds and young hearts in ways that very few
2:29.6	other academics in the world that I can think of come anywhere close to doing. He's here in England
2:39.5	for a couple of weeks and for most of those two weeks he has been and will continue to be here in
2:45.1	Cambridge. We are lending him to the other place for a day or two. And as part of that visit,
2:54.5	he has been through what have been at least up until now. I'll be frank with you, some pretty
3:00.8	grueling and critical seminars, research seminars on his work. And he has opened himself up
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