{"id":153910,"date":"2022-12-30T12:25:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/if-brains-are-computers-who-designs-the-software-with-daniel-dennett"},"modified":"2022-12-30T12:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T18:25:18","slug":"if-brains-are-computers-who-designs-the-software-with-daniel-dennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/if-brains-are-computers-who-designs-the-software-with-daniel-dennett","title":{"rendered":"If Brains are Computers, Who Designs the Software? \u2014 with Daniel Dennett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTFoJQSd48c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cognitive science sees the brain as a sort of computer, but how does education redesign these cerebral computers? Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and expert on consciousness Daniel Dennett explains.<br \/> Watch the Q&amp;A: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0GJa0xKKSOU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/0GJa0xKKSOU<\/a><br \/> Subscribe for regular science videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/RiSubscRibe\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/RiSubscRibe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buy Daniel Dennet\u2019s most recent book \u201cFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/4pTW46\">https:\/\/geni.us\/4pTW46<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is widespread agreement among researchers in cognitive science that a human brain is some kind of computer, but not much like the laptop. If we look at perceptual experience, and education in particular, as a process of redesigning our cerebral computers, how does the software get designed, and what are the limits of this design process? Daniel C Dennett finds out.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel C Dennett is a cognitive scientist and philosopher with a particular interest in consciousness, free will and the evolution of minds. His newest book, From bacteria to Bach and back, explores how thinking minds could have evolved due to natural selection.<\/p>\n<p>The Ri is on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ri_science\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/ri_science<\/a>.<br \/> and Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royalinstitution\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royalinstitution<\/a>.<br \/> and Tumblr: <a href=\"http:\/\/ri-science.tumblr.com\/\">http:\/\/ri-science.tumblr.com\/<\/a><br \/> Our editorial policy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rigb.org\/home\/editorial-policy\">http:\/\/www.rigb.org\/home\/editorial-policy<\/a>.<br \/> Subscribe for the latest science videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/RiNewsletter\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/RiNewsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won\u2019t cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/if-brains-are-computers-who-designs-the-software-with-daniel-dennett\">Continue reading \u201cIf Brains are Computers, Who Designs the Software? \u2014 with Daniel Dennett\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cognitive science sees the brain as a sort of computer, but how does education redesign these cerebral computers? Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and expert on consciousness Daniel Dennett explains. Watch the Q&amp;A: https:\/\/youtu.be\/0GJa0xKKSOU Subscribe for regular science videos: http:\/\/bit.ly\/RiSubscRibe. Buy Daniel Dennet\u2019s most recent book \u201cFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds\u201d \u2014 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,32,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-education","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}