Neuroscientist Speaks Out On The Hidden War On Consciousness

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Physicist and neuroscientist Dr. Alex Gómez-Marín delivered a strikingly activist speech at the Science of Consciousness Conference (TSC) in Barcelona. He argued that we are now in a war on consciousness, with materialism and transhumanism forming a dangerous cocktail. Dr. Alex Gómez-Marín is associate professor of the Spanish Research Council in Alicante, Spain, and director of the Pari Center in Tuscany, Italy. Hans Busstra sat down with Marín directly after his speech to analyze what this war is really about. Our previous conversation with Marín: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOU3WKll_dM You can learn more about Marín's work at: https://paricenter.com/our-team/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JKt3ReoAAAAJ&hl=en Watch Dr. Gomez Marin's full presentation at the Science of Consciousness Conference (TSC2025): https://youtu.be/FbVpjyLzZ-M?t=2431 Other TSC interesting TSC videos: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoNDcpkKXg2UioJKxTZI-ZA The Essentia Foundation wants to thank The Science Of Consciousness Conference and Robert Neville for their great support in producing this interview. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:05 Theories of consciousness are like toothbrushes 00:03:37 The war on consciousness 00:07:12 The hard problem and the death of materialism 00:10:28 Explaining consciousness to your friends 00:12:00 Public misunderstanding of science 00:13:38 Behind the scenes of science 00:14:34 AI and consciousness 00:16:26 The dark side of transhumanism 00:23:34 The dangers of AI 00:27:13 Alternatives to transhumanism 00:31:44 Fact, fiction, and imagination 00:35:04 Gollum and Sméagol 00:36:57 Get ready for ontological shock 00:39:48 Biosemiotics and humility in science 00:41:35 Leaving the Shire like Frodo 00:44:37 Testing extra-ocular vision 00:49:47 Dogmatic skepticism 00:52:32 Updating scientific beliefs 00:54:50 Analytic vs. experiential worldviews 00:58:04 The risks of psychedelics 01:04:25 Becoming an activist scientist 01:05:35 Rupert Sheldrake 01:08:57 Why we need many perspectives 01:11:57 Richard Alpert’s miracle stories 01:13:48 The value of raw, unpolished work 01:17:31 The next kingdom after materialism 01:22:18 Media and the politics of science 01:27:52 No real education, food and healing. 01:30:45 Convincing laypeople first 01:32:46 Luther and attacking scientific dogma's 01:34:42 Bernardo as a martial artist, bullying the bullies. Copyright © 2025 Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved.