Kayzer, Wim

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Wim Kayzer is the creator of A Glorious Accident: Understanding Our Place in the Cosmic Puzzle (1993), a documentary video series dealing with social, scientific, philosophical and religious ideas.

Kayzer explores the lives and thoughts of major figures in several different fields, including Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake and Daniel Dennett.

Perhaps most interesting about this series is how the participants dance around one another, trying not to ruffle any feathers while holding opposing viewpoints on most of the main issues.

The following is an excerpt of the series, as seen on YouTube with Dutch subtitles. This segment talks about the limits of neuroscience and the positing of a mysterious “Wonder Tissue” to try to account for that which currently can’t be understood:

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