Understanding Consciousness

The video explores the speaker's lifelong fascination with consciousness, likening the process of understanding it to engineering and software design. The speaker discusses the importance of breaking down consciousness into smaller components to understand its functions and avoid viewing it as an impenetrable mystery. By analyzing experiences and their effects, one can build a comprehensive understanding of consciousness, which is not a separate entity but a collection of processes and tricks.

What profession does the speaker believe they might have pursued with a different upbringing?

• Scientist

• Artist

• Engineer

• Doctor

What does the speaker compare the process of understanding consciousness to?

• Creating a specification list

• Building a house

• Writing a novel

• Cooking a meal

Why does the speaker believe breaking down the problem of consciousness is important?

• To ignore its complexity

• To simplify it completely

• To avoid being overwhelmed

• To make it more mysterious

What should one do when feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of consciousness, according to the speaker?

• Go back to work

• Take a break

• Ask for help

• Give up

What is the speaker's view on the 'hard problem' of consciousness?

• It is a new scientific discovery

• It is an unsolvable mystery

• It is separate from consciousness

• It is the sum of consciousness functions