Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2018-05-29
Lex Fridman & Christof Koch: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #2
Christof Koch: Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #2
Christof Koch discussed The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle, Solaris by Stanislav LEM, The Invincible by Stanisław Lem, and Mortal Engines by Stanisław Lem.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Discussed“and of course at these cases of locked-in state there's a famous book called that the diving bell and the butterfly well yet an editor French editor here the stroke in the in the brainstem unable to move except his vertical eyes eye movement”
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The Black Cloud
Discussed“so when I think about for example do you know the science fiction story the black cloud okay it's a classic by Fred Hoyle the astronomer he has this cloud intervening between the earth and the sand the Sun and leading to some sort of to global cooling”
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Solaris
Discussed“this is friend you know Stanislav LEM this polish science fiction writer he wrote Solaris I was turned into a Hollywood movie”
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The Invincible
Discussed“yes his best novel it was in the 60s if there is a very ingenious and engineering background his most interesting novel is called the victorious where human civilization they they they they they have this mission to this planet and everything is destroyed”
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Mortal Engines
Discussed“his best novel it was in the 60s if there is a very ingenious and engineering background his most interesting novel is called the victorious where human civilization they they they they they have this mission to this planet and everything is destroyed”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Quest for Consciousness
“he's the author of several books the quest for consciousness and your biological approach and a more recent book consciousness confessions of a romantic reductionist”
Passing Consciousness
“he's the author of several books the quest for consciousness and your biological approach and a more recent book consciousness confessions of a romantic reductionist”
Passing Solaris
“what we want to think about this like this is friend you know Stanislav LEM this polish science fiction writer he wrote Solaris I was turned into a Hollywood movie”