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What Is Mind? with William Gadea

William Gadea

Religion & Spiritualité

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Fréquence : 1 épisode/0j. Total Éps: 7

Consciousness is everything you’ve ever known, and the only thing you’ll ever know. It is highly unlikely that anyone else will be able to experience exactly what you experience; likewise, you will probably never be able to sample someone else’s mind directly. Because the topic of consciousness is so personal and so complex, and because scientists have confined means to study it, the field has attracted thinkers from many spheres, beyond neuroscience: philosophers, theologians, psychologists, physicists, evolutionary theorists, computer scientists, and others. This channel’s mission is to critically appreciate this wealth of ideas. Learn more about the channel's creator at www.williamgadea.com.

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A Conversation with Neurosurgeon Theodore Schwartz about Scoville, Freud, Free Will, and more

Saison 1 · Épisode 7

mercredi 15 octobre 2025 • Durée 47:42

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz, neurosurgeon at Weill Cornell Medicine and author of Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery. We discuss what it’s like to operate under extreme pressure, the controversial legacy of Dr. William Scoville (the surgeon who operated on H.M. — and on my father), and what modern neuroscience tells us about free will, brain-computer interfaces, and the mystery of consciousness itself. Does a purely physical view of the mind make our experience less sacred — or more profound?

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Buy Dr. Schwartz's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Matters-Biography-Brain-Surgery/dp/B0CPTDCCLX/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20
Learn more about the creator — https://www.williamgadea.com/
Purchase William Gadea's book here — https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Power-Poison-William-Gadea/dp/B0FD94LW5G/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20
Follow the YouTube channel — https://www.youtube.com/@whatismind-williamgadea
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#Neuroscience #Neurosurgery #FreeWill #BrainSurgery #TheodoreSchwartz #GrayMatters

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H.M., Dr. William Scoville, and Me: The Strange Intersection between My Life and Henry Molaison's

Saison 1 · Épisode 6

mercredi 15 octobre 2025 • Durée 32:36

I was named after the neurosurgeon who operated on H.M., history’s most famous amnesiac. In this episode, I trace Henry Molaison’s case, the discoveries it unlocked about memory, and a parallel story from my own family that began in the same Hartford hospital.

What you’ll learn (without spoilers):

How H.M.’s case helped separate short-term vs long-term memory
Why declarative and procedural memory are different (mirror-drawing!)
The promise and perils of mid-century psychosurgery
A personal tale of diagnosis, risk, recovery… and unintended consequences

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Learn more about the creator — https://www.williamgadea.com/
Purchase William Gadea's book here — https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Power-Poison-William-Gadea/dp/B0FD94LW5G/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20
Follow the YouTube channel — https://www.youtube.com/@whatismind-williamgadea
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#Memory #HM #BrendaMilner #WilliamScoville #Neurosurgery

The Three Illusions of Self

Saison 1 · Épisode 5

mercredi 15 octobre 2025 • Durée 21:26

What if the “Self” you take for granted isn’t what it seems? Neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy suggest that some of our deepest assumptions about who we are might be illusions. In this video, we’ll look at three powerful ways our sense of self misleads us—and why seeing through these illusions can change how we live, think, and connect with others. Along the way, we’ll explore groundbreaking experiments and ideas that challenge our everyday experience of being “me.”

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Learn more about the creator — https://www.williamgadea.com/
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#Self #Philosophy #Neuroscience #WhatIsMind

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Is Religion Hard Wired in Us? Evaluating Theories on the Evolutionary Basis of Religion

Saison 1 · Épisode 4

mercredi 15 octobre 2025 • Durée 11:55

Is religion a cultural parasite, a spandrel, an evolutionary adaptation – or evidence of God? In this video, we explore the main scientific and philosophical theories about the origins of religion.

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Learn more about the creator — https://www.williamgadea.com/
Purchase William Gadea's book here — https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Power-Poison-William-Gadea/dp/B0FD94LW5G/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20
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#Religion #Evolution #Neuroscience

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Emotions and Machines: A Conversation with Futurist Richard Yonck

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

mercredi 15 octobre 2025 • Durée 35:01

In this episode, I’m joined by futurist and author Richard Yonck. We talk about his new sci-fi novel Mindstock, and how fiction can help us imagine the future of human and machine minds. We also dive into his earlier work on emotions and machines—a topic at the frontier of AI, robotics, and human–computer interaction.

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Buy Richard Yonck's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Mindstock-Novel-Richard-Yonck-ebook/dp/B0FHG18378/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20
Learn more about the creator — https://www.williamgadea.com/
Purchase William Gadea's book here — https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Power-Poison-William-Gadea/dp/B0FD94LW5G/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20
Subscribe to What Is Mind? on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@whatismind-williamgadea
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#RichardYonck #Futurism #Mindstock #AI #EmotionsAndMachines

Modularity of Mind: The Evidence from Paul Broca to Brain Imaging

Saison 1 · Épisode 2

mercredi 15 octobre 2025 • Durée 18:03

Is the brain a single, unified system—or a collection of specialized parts working in concert? In this episode, William Gadea explores the case for modularity of mind, from Paul Broca’s 19th-century discovery in a patient named Louis Victor Leborgne, to the insights of modern neuroimaging.

What does it mean that speech, memory, face recognition, and even morality may live in different parts of the brain? And how does this relate to our experience of the self?

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Learn more about the creator — https://www.williamgadea.com/
Purchase his book here — https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Power-Poison-William-Gadea/dp/B0FD94LW5G/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20
Follow the YouTube channel — https://www.youtube.com/@whatismind-williamgadea
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#Religion #Consciousness #Evolution #Neuroscience

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Is Consciousness a Hard Problem? The Dualism of David Chalmers

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

mardi 14 octobre 2025 • Durée 10:24

This is a solo episode.

Philosopher David Chalmers is the leading advocate of modern dualism. He thinks we should face the fact that consciousness is a hard problem. I summarize and take a critical look at his views.

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Learn more about the creator — https://www.williamgadea.com/

Purchase William Gadea's book here — https://www.amazon.com/Arrow-Power-Poison-William-Gadea/dp/B0FD94LW5G/ref=nosim?tag=williamgadea-20

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