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As central banks. Hello welcome to vision or is me Sophie Shevardnadze till recently the concept consciousness lay at a confluence of philosophy really but my guest today offers a clinical view on it dr steven law is one of the worlds leading in the new consciousness and hes with me today. Professor Stephen Lewis belgian neurologist recognized worldwide as a leading Clinical Research in the field of neurology of consciousness and list topics so glad that youre with us today. Right someone at jump rating whistle you never speech knocked unconscious right are lost consciousness but speed speaking scientifically can we actually match your lost consciousness i mean its. Someone who has been knocked out by mike tyson for instance really unconscious at that moment. Well i dont know what it is like to be knocked out by mike tyson its once your question about consciousness and when we lose it i think the historical. Soucy is that we have considered consciousness as all or nothing you read or n
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Journal, guardian and many others, please join me. Hello, lisa. I have never ever interviewed my author. Im so excited about this fun exchange, i never talk to my authors, usually, through the beginning of the process but never in this way do we talk about it so this is a great experience for me and thank you for having me. I am happy to be here so i wanted to start out, we should start by saying how this wonderful book you have written has come to be and i will tell my side of the story. I was so in love with the proposal the way you sent it with your agent, and i was excited, i am a mother of a 10yearold boy, i had a brother and sister and was very familiar, about this, it seems like you and i have experiences with this and we look about the same age. We see generally generationally, changing the way we define ourselves. I was not the only parent who didnt have it this week, and how we should talk about it these days. To understand it for myself, and the gender discussion these days
Our guest author this evening is lisa selin davis. She is originally from right here in fairfield new yorkand shes been a great friend for the bookstore. Really since the bookstore openseven years ago and possibly even before that with trips to manchester. She is the author of the young adult novel lost stars and is an essayist and journalist whos written for publicationsincluding the new york times, wall street journal and others and shes with us tonight to celebrate the release just yesterday of her book tom boy. Please join me in welcoming her. Thank you. Hello lisa. This is going to be a unique experience for the both of us. I have never ever interviewed my author so i am so excited about this fun exchange that were going to have. I dont get to talk to my authors about their books in this way. Usually we are hammering it out editorially through the beginning pages of the process but never in this way can we go back in and talk about it together so this is a great experience for me