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Donald Hoffman Λ Joscha Bach: Consciousness, Gödel, Reality

Curt Jaimungal
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Donald Hoffman and Joscha Bach have delve into the nature of consciousness and reality. Sponsors: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off. For Algo's podcast    / @algopodcast   and website https://www.algo.com/. Patreon:   / curtjaimungal   Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter:   / toewithcurt   Discord Invite:   / discord   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything:   / theoriesofev …...more
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Introduction

0:00

Is a Theory of Everything possible? / Definition of Consciousness

3:34

Spacetime's fundamental nature (or not)

8:32

Joscha Bach on mysterianism, telepathy, and consciousness

14:27

Joscha has a way of interpreting the Bible literally

34:40

Physical world vs Computational world

42:01

On Gödel and changing the definition of truth to provable / computable

57:57

What parts of the mind makes statements beyond computation?

1:12:33

Real numbers don't exist?

1:13:57

[Prof. Edward Lee] Reality is not necessarily algorithmic

1:15:23

Donald Hoffman on Free Will

1:34:02

Joscha Bach on Free Will and whether a TOE exists

1:44:03

What would change in Bach's model if classical logic was correct?

1:57:10

Penrose and Lucas argument regarding Gödel and the mind

2:07:42

Closing thoughts from Bach and Hoffman on each other's work

2:13:55
Donald Hoffman Λ Joscha Bach: Consciousness, Gödel, Reality
Donald Hoffman and Joscha Bach have delve into the nature of consciousness and reality. Sponsors: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off. For Algo's podcast    / @algopodcast   and website https://www.algo.com/. Patreon:   / curtjaimungal   Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter:   / toewithcurt   Discord Invite:   / discord   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything:   / theoriesofeverything   Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch LINKS MENTIONED: -QBism Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5209 -Donald Hoffman's book The Case Against Reality (affiliate): https://amzn.to/34eWmxz -Plato and the Nerd (affiliate): https://amzn.to/34GMexr TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:34 Is a Theory of Everything possible? / Definition of Consciousness 00:08:32 Spacetime's fundamental nature (or not) 00:14:27 Joscha Bach on mysterianism, telepathy, and consciousness 00:34:40 Joscha has a way of interpreting the Bible literally 00:42:01 Physical world vs Computational world 00:57:57 On Gödel and changing the definition of truth to provable / computable 01:12:33 What parts of the mind makes statements beyond computation? 01:13:57 Real numbers don't exist? 01:15:23 [Prof. Edward Lee] Reality is not necessarily algorithmic 01:34:02 Donald Hoffman on Free Will 01:44:03 Joscha Bach on Free Will and whether a TOE exists 01:57:10 What would change in Bach's model if classical logic was correct? 02:07:42 Penrose and Lucas argument regarding Gödel and the mind 02:13:55 Closing thoughts from Bach and Hoffman on each other's work
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
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