In a fascinating lecture, our Neuroscientist-in-Residence spoke about emergence in science, and the level at which the human mind exists. Are we simply a brain, as science has argued for many decades? Or are we to believe an alternative: we are not our brain, but nor are we our body. For the past three decades a new theory in science, that of emergence, says that rather than reducing a complex entity to its component parts, we need to acknowledge that when we dismantle something, it ceases to exist. Our mind emerges when the brain, the body, our social context come together: we are no more in our brain than we are in our foot or stomach - we exist only when all of it comes together.

Our live and streaming audience were not only experiencing Dr Jared’s energy and expert teaching; were taken on a riveting intellectual journey. It is so valuable to embrace learning as our community.

Emily FitzSimons, Director - CLRI