Chapter
The Role of Consciousness in Understanding Reality
46:48 - 58:12 (11:24)
The speaker discusses the role of consciousness in understanding reality and critiques the idea that the human mind is responsible for creating reality. While acknowledging the collaboration between the mind and external factors to produce experiences, the speaker argues that it is important to recognize the limits of our understanding of reality and not fall into the trap of idealism.
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In this podcast episode, the topic of whether or not we are living in a simulation is explored, and the claim that there's nothing that exists outside of conscious minds like ours is questioned.
46:48 - 49:39 (02:51)
Summary
In this podcast episode, the topic of whether or not we are living in a simulation is explored, and the claim that there's nothing that exists outside of conscious minds like ours is questioned.
ChapterThe Role of Consciousness in Understanding Reality
Episode#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The idea that our minds are creating reality or that the base layer of reality is consciousness doesn't necessarily need to be taken philosophically.
49:39 - 54:42 (05:03)
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The idea that our minds are creating reality or that the base layer of reality is consciousness doesn't necessarily need to be taken philosophically. Acknowledging that consciousness has a character we can explore from its own side can bring the first-person experience back into the conversation about what is the human mind and what is true.
ChapterThe Role of Consciousness in Understanding Reality
Episode#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Tim Urban discusses the evolution of technology throughout human history, and how there is always a sense of there being no more things to be invented, until a revolutionary discovery changes everything.
54:44 - 58:12 (03:27)
Summary
Tim Urban discusses the evolution of technology throughout human history, and how there is always a sense of there being no more things to be invented, until a revolutionary discovery changes everything.