What Robin Carhart-Harris thinks about consciousness

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Neuroscientist and psychedelics researcher; founded the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, then moved to the University of California, San Francisco; proposed the entropic brain hypothesis.

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4 dated positions, 2014, in their own words. Our reading of what Robin Carhart-Harris has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 3 Feb 2014

   Our readingThe psychedelic state is an example of a primitive state of consciousness that preceded normal adult waking consciousness.

   Their wordsThe psychedelic state is considered an exemplar of a primitive or primary state of consciousness that preceded the development of modern, adult, human, normal waking consciousness.

   ↗The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs (with 7 co-authors)pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov All 4 from this paper

3. 3 Feb 2014

   Our readingIn normal waking consciousness the brain may operate just below criticality.

   Their wordsMoreover, if primary states are critical, then this suggests that entropy is suppressed in normal waking consciousness, meaning that the brain operates just below criticality.

   ↗The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs (with 7 co-authors)pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov All 4 from this paper

5. 3 Feb 2014

   Our readingNormal waking consciousness gets its constrained quality, including self-awareness, from suppressed brain entropy.

   Their wordsIt is argued that this entropy suppression furnishes normal waking consciousness with a constrained quality and associated metacognitive functions, including reality-testing and self-awareness.

   ↗The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs (with 7 co-authors)pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov All 4 from this paper

7. 3 Feb 2014

   Our readingEntering primary states of consciousness depends on a collapse of organised activity in the default-mode network.

   Their wordsIt is also proposed that entry into primary states depends on a collapse of the normally highly organized activity within the default-mode network (DMN) and a decoupling between the DMN and the medial temporal lobes (which are normally significantly coupled).

   ↗The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs (with 7 co-authors)pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov All 4 from this paper