How Your Brain Learns To Be Conscious | Prof. Axel Cleeremans

In this episode, Professor Axel Cleeremans explains his radical plasticity thesis and talks about implicit learning. We explore how much of our knowledge is unconscious and automatic, and how consciousness may emerge through learning about our own mental processes. We also discuss the role of language, metarepresentation, and memory in developing higher levels of awareness. We consider whether consciousness increases over time, from newborns to adults, and compare human consciousness with AI. Finally, we reflect on philosophical issues such as the hard problem of consciousness and the distinction between access and phenomenal consciousness.