#44: Anil Seth on Interdisciplinarity in Practice

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 3 p.m.

Anil Seth is a Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he is also Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science. His TED talk has over 10 million views, and he's been featured on many big-name podcasts such as Making Sense with Sam Harris and BBC's Life Scientific. Anil comes to the study of consciousness with the perspective of physics and the natural sciences. In this episode, we talk about his personal experiences, the influence of one-of-a-kind thinkers like Oliver Sacks and Gerald Edelman, and how to bring together perspectives from many disciplines to solve large problems. Anil has a new book coming out at the end of this year called "Being You: A New Science of Consciousness." Keep an eye out for it! Anil's website: https://www.anilseth.com/ Anil's twitter: https://twitter.com/anilkseth Anil's newsletter: https://www.anilseth.com/mailing-list Cody's website: https://codykommers.com Cody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/codykommers