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What does the emergence of consciousnesses have to do with the fact that spacetime is doomed? Well, even after decades of experimentation, no one had managed to boot up consciousness from inanimate objects. Donald Hoffman, professor of cognitive neuroscience at UC Irvine, thinks this is because the very premise upon which most consciousness research is based, that the material world comes first and consciousness emerges from it later, is flawed. Instead, he takes a mathematical approach inspired by the work of people like Nima Arkhani-Hamed to show that consciousness had to come first. That is, awareness does not emerge from the material world. Instead, it comes from beyond the world we know.
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Order Donald Hoffman's Books -
The Case Against Reality (2020): amzn.to/3IpRhCd
Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (2000): amzn.to/3ItfabN
Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception (2014): amzn.to/3Pglbe9
Talk mentioned @02:17:53 youtube.com/watch?v=kmwzIPTr2Ww
00:00 Go!
00:04:28 Hoffman's latest project?
00:05:32 Is math primary for understanding consciousness?
00:07:38 How to not get fooled by bad assumptions in theory
00:10:39 Math gave us black holes
00:13:28 Boundary conditions in theory
00:21:53 Disagreement is imperative in science
00:23:06 Definitions: What is consciousness?
00:25:39 Is all life conscious?
00:29:03 A more fundamental abstraction than spacetime?
00:33:46 Pixels of reality are Planck scale?
00:36:44 Evolution is doomed?
00:41:28 Anti-survival incentives
00:47:00 Perception is not just incomplete, it's wrong.
00:51:00 There is no possible TOE
00:55:21 The Universe is exploring its own possibilities
01:01:18 A theory of consciousness beyond time
01:04:55 Why are theories important to humanity (beyond technological gains)?
01:10:47 Science must make mistakes
01:14:54 How math legitimizes a theory
01:18:07 How to discuss unpopular ideas in the academy
01:20:46 The value of trans-generational collaboration in science
01:22:28 Applying science to the spirit
01:23:36 Interplanetary consciousness
01:27:02 Is your theory a simulation theory?
01:32:41 Reality gone when you look away?
01:35:56 Is death real?
01:38:08 Is consciousness God?
01:45:48 Material identification with the self dooms you to suffering
01:49:15 How does your theory deal with morality?
01:54:36 Reincarnation
01:58:41 Biophysics of resonant consciousness
02:04:36 Can humans ever transmit conscious experience precisely?
02:05:46 Does your theory of consciousness simplify understanding of existence?
02:11:00 What's beyond perception?
02:15:34 Hoffman's latest collaboration
02:18:17 The consciousness problem with respect to engineering AI
02:21:31 Moral hazards of consciousness research
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- Mathematical Proof for Consciousness - Dr. Donald Hoffman, Cognitive Neuroscientist UC Irvine ( Download)
- Donald Hoffman's theory of consciousness, Donald Hoffman ( Download)
- Dynamic Entities Beyond Spacetime | Conscious Portals - Dr. Don Hoffman, UC Irvine, DSPod #215 ( Download)
- Donald Hoffman’s New Approach To Consciousness ( Download)
- Donald Hoffman - What is Consciousness ( Download)
- Consciousness and its Physical Headset | Donald Hoffman Lecture ( Download)
- Donald Hoffman - Consciousness, Mysteries Beyond Spacetime, and Waking up from the Dream of Life ( Download)
- Is Reality an Illusion | Dr. Donald Hoffman | EP 387 ( Download)
- Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293 ( Download)
- SCIENTIFIC PROOF: Reality Is An Illusion | Dr. Donald Hoffmann PhD ( Download)
- CNC Dialogues - Donald Hoffman & Aldrich Chan: What is the Nature of Reality ( Download)
- Does Consciousness Survive Death | Prof. Donald Hoffman | The Tim Ferriss Show ( Download)
- Are You a Monist or a Pluralist Donald Hoffman ( Download)
- Donald Hoffman & Anil Seth - New Frontiers in the Science of Consciousness ( Download)
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