Today’s guest is Sarah Hamburg – a cognitive neuroscientist and researcher currently working as a post-doctoral Neuromorphic AI Engineer in Developmental Robotics. Sarah is also a DeSci (decentralised science) advocate and organiser, heavily involved in the decentralised science (DeSci) space since early 2021. After working as a core member of an Open Science DAO, she published a letter in Nature to increase awareness of DeSci and was then commissioned to write a DeSci "explainer" article for a16z's Future magazine. In 2022 she cofounded a "web3" consultancy which worked with UK Aid on blockchain for International Development. In this conversation, Sarah and I discuss her work and research, what neuroscience and consciousness is, why neuromorphic computing is such an exciting field to be working in. We also bond over a shared suffering of a chronic pain condition called fibromyalgia and I open up about the time as a kid when I nearly drowned and what I saw during that near-death experience.This interview is a little bit different from most of the other ones I do but it was thoroughly enjoyable and I am so grateful to Sarah for exploring these truly fascinating topics together.I am sure you will enjoy it too!Sarah on Twitter / ResearchDanielle on Twitter @daniellenewnham and  Instagram @daniellenewnham   / Newsletter  Mentioned in this episode:The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes by Donald D. HoffmanReframing Fibromyalgia by Sarah HamburgBrain Activity Detected in DyingA Guide to DeSci, The Latest Web3 Movement  in a16z Future magazineCall to Join the DeSci Movement in Nature

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