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In this podcast, Consciousness and mathematical structures are discussed as it is believed that consciousness is the fundamental nature of reality and mathematical structure only represents the possibilities of consciousness.
1:01:09 - 1:05:33 (04:24)
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In this podcast, Consciousness and mathematical structures are discussed as it is believed that consciousness is the fundamental nature of reality and mathematical structure only represents the possibilities of consciousness. The idea that consciousness can get lost in the exploration of its possibilities and become a physicalist is also explored.
ChapterThe Relationship between Consciousness and Mathematical Structure
Episode#585: Professor Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality, Beyond Spacetime, Rethinking Death, Panpsychism, QBism, and More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Physicist Sean Carroll explains how consciousness itself has no arrow of time, but an arrow of time is created by the projection due to the dynamics of consciousness being Markovian.
1:05:33 - 1:06:44 (01:11)
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Physicist Sean Carroll explains how consciousness itself has no arrow of time, but an arrow of time is created by the projection due to the dynamics of consciousness being Markovian. He suggests conducting an experiment to show the conditions under which the various arrows of time align with the Lorentz transformations.
ChapterThe Relationship between Consciousness and Mathematical Structure
Episode#585: Professor Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality, Beyond Spacetime, Rethinking Death, Panpsychism, QBism, and More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The theory of panpsychism suggests that elementary particles, like electrons and protons, have an elementary unit of consciousness, which gets combined as particles come together to form new molecules with their associated consciousness.
1:06:44 - 1:09:32 (02:47)
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The theory of panpsychism suggests that elementary particles, like electrons and protons, have an elementary unit of consciousness, which gets combined as particles come together to form new molecules with their associated consciousness. The idea can be found in quantum entanglement and challenges mainstream scientific understanding of our concept of consciousness.