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Paul Davies and Sara Walker on Consciousness, Awareness, and Time’s Arrow
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Paul Davies and Sara Walker on Consciousness, Awareness, and Time’s Arrow

A conversation between physicist and best-selling author Professor Paul Davies, and theoretical physicist and astrobiologist Professor Sara Walker.

Part of a series of intimate conversations between leading thinkers around the theme of “Chronodiversity, other minds, and the temporal dimensions of consciousness” and co-hosted with the ASU’s Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science).

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This conversation was an absolute treat to listen to as we recorded. Paul is a giant of a thinker and physicist, and internationally known for his scholarship and science communication. Sara is equally impressive as a physicist and creative thinker who is pushing the bounds of how we think about life beyond Earth.

Despite their hat comes across loud and clear in the conversation though is that these are two quite wonderful, generous and humble individuals. Plus, what you get to hear is two of the foremost theoretical physicists around talking about things that are on their mind.

As I said, it was an absolute treat for me, and I hope it will be for you.

Paul Davies

Paul is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, cancer researcher and best-selling science author. He has published about 30 books, hundreds of research papers and review articles across many scientific fields  

Paul co-leads the Beyond Center at Arizona State University.

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Sara Walker

Sara is a theoretical physicist and astrobiologist who has made major contributions to astrobiology, developing new approaches to the problem of understanding universal features of life.

Along with Paul, Sara co-leads the Beyond Center at Arizona State University.

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In Conversation With … is a series of intimate conversations between creative thinkers and leading experts as they explore the intersection of technology, the future, and what it means to be human.

Recorded on February 15, 2024 in ASU’s Future of Being Human initiative multipurpose space. Production: Sean Leahy.

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The Future of Being Human
In Conversation With ...
In Conversation With … is a series of intimate conversations between creative thinkers and leading experts as they explore the intersection of technology, the future, and what it means to be human.