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Consciousness is just an emergent property
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Consciousnessis just an emergent property of any sufficientlycomplex neural network, and...

Consciousness
is just an emergent property of any sufficiently
complex neural network, and the self
is an illusion built on fear

Full Transcript

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Consciousness is just an emergent property
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of any sufficiently complex neural network,
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and the self is an illusion built on fear.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:59
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2025
Genres
comedy
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Musical comedy spectacle featuring Minchin's eclectic repertoire, from old songs to new ones, and his trademark wit, virtuosity, self-mockery, and philosophical observations, filmed live at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.
So, anyway, this... this poem's about... It's not... - Tim Minchin: Back 00:05
So, anyway, this... this poem's about... It's not....
You know when you're struggling, if you're a struggling artist, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:13
You know when you're struggling, if you're a strug...
So I wrote a poem about this scenario, and I played it for a while, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:09
So I wrote a poem about this scenario, and I played it for a...
It's very, very embarrassing. But don't worry, I'm getting through it. - Tim Minchin: Back 00:05
It's very, very embarrassing. But don't worry, I&#...
And, I swear, half a dozen times since I moved back to Australia, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:11
And, I swear, half a dozen times since I moved back to Austr...
You make a living out of that, do ya?" - Tim Minchin: Back 00:08
You make a living out of that, do ya?"
But I don't, because it's illegal, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:06
But I don't, because it's illegal,
Anyway, what I'm trying to say for you youngsters - Tim Minchin: Back 00:09
Anyway, what I'm trying to say for you youngsters
But also because some of it was written before you were born, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:07
But also because some of it was written before you were born...
There's... at one point, yeah, the antagonist refers to a "chick" magazine, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:10
There's... at one point, yeah, the antagonist refers to...
So, erm, a magazine is like a, um... - Tim Minchin: Back 00:06
So, erm, a magazine is like a, um...
Er, how would you des... It's like a large-scale floppy, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:10
Er, how would you des... It's like a large-scale floppy...
Like a tightly-bound stack of very thin slices of tree that you entertain... - Tim Minchin: Back 00:08
Like a tightly-bound stack of very thin slices of tree that ...
Anyway, a girly magazine is what we used to do for porn. - Tim Minchin: Back 00:05
Anyway, a girly magazine is what we used to do for porn.
And I know you guys can't even imagine a world in which you don't have - Tim Minchin: Back 00:11
And I know you guys can't even imagine a world in which...
And we used to have to search for it in the sand dunes behind the drive-in, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:09
And we used to have to search for it in the sand dunes behin...
And you back your car up to it, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:12
And you back your car up to it,
Now I say it out loud, it doesn't seem likely. - Tim Minchin: Back 00:05
Now I say it out loud, it doesn't seem likely.
So this is a beat poem. For those interested, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:09
So this is a beat poem. For those interested,
I'm telling you that so you're more impressed if I succeed, - Tim Minchin: Back 00:08
I'm telling you that so you're more impressed if I...