Reality, consciousness, meditation, DMT experiences & free will with Donald Hoffman|Living Mirrors#6

This episode is a conversation with Donald Hoffman. Don is a Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. We talk about his interface theory of perception and his worldview of conscious realism and its impressive implications.

Topics and timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Scientific background & corresponding with Francis Crick
7:31 What got Don interested in consciousness?
13:14 Don’s background in meditation
19:15 Defining consciousness & the hard problem
22:32 Does only consciousness exist? The death of spacetime
32:17 Do we see reality as it is?
38:41 What happens to objects when we don’t perceive them?
42:57 How do conscious agents interact if time is an illusion?
43:58 Evolution shapes us to perceive fitness payoffs rather than truth
53:32 Is mathematics an objective feature of reality?
1:00:24 Is there a combination problem for conscious agents?
1:06:26 Are inanimate objects made of conscious agents?
1:10:36 Brains don’t exist.
1:14:51 Don explains DMT entity encounters, near-death experiences and paranormal experiences.
1:19:53 Opening pandora’s box..controlling reality itself through technology.
1:23:02 Does free will exist?

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