I am enjoying the book a great deal. I am just reading your discussion on consciousness. This is the first time I have understood the clumsy phrase "what it is to be like a bat". Thank you!

The gratitude is mutual. After I heard the lecture I ordered Beyond Weird. I have been struggling to understand quantum physics and how it might relate to human consciousness. This talk helped a lot. Not that these topics are straightforward, but the additional clarity you brought is welcome.

Once I looked for myself, I found a (non paywalled) link to the original lecture here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/beyond-weird...

Would you have a link to a full version of the lecture, and one that is not pay walled?

What a remarkable essay. It frames very nicely the struggle to comprehend topics like consciousness and mind, that cross between science and narrative. Thanks!

Caffeine has been the only thing for me. Even half caffeine, half decaf coffee works.

I started reading the article, where scientists say that in lucid dreaming there are changes in the "...right central lobe...". What stupidity is this? There is no "central lobe". Scientists, the real ones, recognize the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes. That's it.

same here in London.

I watched the Leader's Debate last night. Take away impressions: Poilievre carries a lot of grievances. Blanchet defends la Francophonie. Carney wants to lead a nation. Singh wants to make sure Canadians are ok. If the last three could work together cooperatively, we might really have something.