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Reality, God, Consciousness | Donald Hoffman Λ Philip Goff

Reality, God, Consciousness | Donald Hoffman Λ Philip Goff

Episode 152 Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist, and philosopher Philip Goff explore consciousness, perception, evolution, and panpsychism, questioning what is real. Their conversation probes the limits of neuroscience, the nature of reality, and the possibility of infinite consciousness.

- 00:00 - Intro
- 02:46 - Goff’s World View
- 11:39 - Do Neurons Exist?
- 28:30 - What Is Real?
- 39:22 - Objections to Hoffman’s Views
- 58:45 - Evolution
- 1:37:19 - Reductionism
- 1:49:38 - Meaning Of Life
- 2:01:32 - Infinite Consciousness
- 2:05:40 - Multiverse
- 2:15:25 - Outro

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- Fitness Beats Truth (Donald Hoffman): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33231784
- Podcast w/ John Vervaeke Λ Donald Hoffman on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTpdCVsttI&t=0s
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- Podcast w/ Bernardo Kastrup on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAB21FAXCDE&t=0s
- Debate with Sean Carroll and Philip Goff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCPCyri1rXU&t=0s
- Classic Paper on Fine-Tuning (Roger White, 2000): https://web.mit.edu/rog/www/papers/fine_tuning.pdf
- Debate between Philip and Don on Philip's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icY3Fuik2W4&t=0s

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