Panpsychism videos playlist

Intelligent plants?

The scientific case for thinking plants, in a recent New Yorker article by Michael Pollan, "The Intelligent Plant."

Christof Koch: Consciousness Is Everywhere

Christof Koch: Consciousness Is Everywhere:

I've been careful to stress that any network possesses integrated information. The theory is very explicit on this point: Any system whose functional connectivity and architecture yield a phi value greater than zero has at least a trifle of experience. This would certainly include the brains of bees. Just because bees are small and fuzzy does not mean that they cannot have subjective states. So, the next time a bee hovers above your breakfast, attracted by the golden nectar on your toast, gently shoo her away. She might be a fellow sentient being, experiencing her brief interlude in the light.

T-Rex explains Panpsychism

From Ryan North's Dinosaur Comics:

Book review: Giulio Tononi’s Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul | Minds and Brains

Book review: Giulio Tononi’s Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul | Minds and Brains: Here is how integrated information is defined:

Integrated information measures how much can be distinguished by the whole above and beyond its parts, and [phi] is its symbol. A complex is where [phi] reaches its maximum, and therein lives one consciousness- a single entity of experience.

And with that Tononi hopes the “hard” problem of consciousness is solved. However, the intellectual weight of Phi rests on a thought experiment involving a photodiode. A photodiode discriminates between light and no light. But does the photodiode see the light? Does it experience the light? Most people would think no. But the photodiode does integrate information (1 bit to be precise) and therefore, according to the theory of integrated information, has some experience, however dim. The theory of integrated information is therefore a modern form of panpsychism based on the informational axiom of “it from bit”.

Is this how the world looks to a panpsychist?

When I watch these stunning computer animations by XVIVO Scientific Animation, I find that panpsychism seems a bit more plausible. Do others find a similar effect? Anyway, check out more of these at XVIVO's YouTube channel.