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This podcast episode explores the question of whether human consciousness plays a role in making things become real and the implications for our understanding of the physical universe.
17:06 - 20:44 (03:38)
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This podcast episode explores the question of whether human consciousness plays a role in making things become real and the implications for our understanding of the physical universe.
ChapterThe Role of Consciousness in Creating Reality
Episode#79 – Lee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This podcast episode explores the concept of anti-realism in science and how it offers a different, more complex perspective on the world than the traditional realist view.
20:46 - 22:55 (02:09)
Summary
This podcast episode explores the concept of anti-realism in science and how it offers a different, more complex perspective on the world than the traditional realist view.
ChapterThe Role of Consciousness in Creating Reality
Episode#79 – Lee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The concept of universality allows for a possibility of understanding anything that exists outside of our mind, due to the ability of symbolic and mathematical systems to refer to themselves.
22:57 - 25:36 (02:39)
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The concept of universality allows for a possibility of understanding anything that exists outside of our mind, due to the ability of symbolic and mathematical systems to refer to themselves. The limitations of our cognitive abilities in understanding reality are still up for debate.