The Future Will Not Be (Entirely) Digital | Professor Barry Smith | TEDxGoodenoughCollege

We are in an age of unprecedented advances in digital technology. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit we all found ourselves in digital spaces but what we longed for was to be outside, to feel the air, to smell nature. So why would we want to put ourselves into an alternative reality? Professor Smith reminds us of our sensory experiences and their importance in our lives. Neuroscientists say we have between 22-23 senses which work together which conspire to give us our experience of ourselves, our environment and our place in that environment. Yet we have an idea that it is possible to record our lives digitally. But is that really possible? Professor Smith argues that a lot of things will be left out. What cannot be captured by the digital will always be essential. Barry C Smith is a professor of philosophy and director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. He is the founding director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses, which pioneers collaborative research between philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists. His recent research is on taste, smell and the multisensory perception of flavour involves collaborations with artists, chefs, perfumers,the food and drinks industry, neurobiologists, clinicians and patient advocates. He has published theoretical and empirical articles in Nature, Food Quality and Preference and Flavour, Chemical Senses, Foods and is the editor of Questions of Taste: the philosophy of wine (Oxford University Press 2008). He recently created a Centre for Olfactory Research and Applications (CORA), which has focused on post-Covid anosmia and parosmia. A frequent broadcaster on BBC radio, he wrote and presented a 4-part series for BBC World Service called, The Mysteries of the Brain, a 10-part series for BBC Radio 4, The Uncommon Senses in 2017, and in 2019 a 5-part series on The Art and Science of Blending. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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