Emergence: Neuroscience, Creativity + Miracles w— Jordan Hamm, PhD
"It helps to marvel at that miracle in every living thing. Life itself is an emergent property of the earth."
Jordan Hamm is an assistant professor at Georgia State University in the neuroscience department. He runs a research lab studying brain circuitry, specifically in the context of neuro-psychiatric disorders. In this episode, he talks with us about the phenomena of emergence that is every where within our living world. I must admit, in this episode we nerd out pretty hard. We also talk about what emergence means in our nervous system, brain functioning, consciousness, + creativity.
we discuss
What is emergence and how he came upon it within his field
How the brain is an emergent machine
How meditation creates emergent patterns in the brain
Consciousness as an emergent property of matter
The working theory around all matter experiencing consciousness on some level
How we can appreciate the simpler emergence around us
Being alive is a phenomena
How emergent order is inherently cooperative
How chaos participates in order
How emergence relates to creative process, relationship + transcendence
Dynamics between life, order and entropy
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L I S T E N
We started this season reflecting on the house of the goddess, and now we end where we began — carrying water medicine and the wisdom of Her with us into the summer sun.