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*What if time does not fundamentally have a direction?*
Susan Schneider proposes that reality at the level of quantum entanglement may involve "proto-time," with time's arrow emerging through interaction with the environment, and explores how this idea could support her form of panpsychism.
0:00 Introducing Proto-Time and Superpsychism
1:11 Emergent Spacetime and a Unified Explanation
3:46 Proto-Time, Entanglement, and Time's Arrow
4:59 Proto-Time as a Form of Panpsychism
*Susan Schneider* is a philosopher and the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. Her research explores the nature of the mind, artificial intelligence, and consciousness, with a focus on how emerging technologies may shape the future of humanity.
*More from Susan Schneider on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* Theories of Consciousness - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pI-jElLJw75y9CaSQL2bSgj
* Schneider and Bailey’s Entangled Superpsychism: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/schneider-and-bailey-s-entangled-superpsychism
* Virtual Immortality: loc.closertotruth.com/implications/virtual-immortality
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*What if time does not fundamentally have a direction?*
Susan Schneider proposes that reality at the level of quantum entanglement may involve "proto-time," with time's arrow emerging through interaction with the environment, and explores how this idea could support her form of panpsychism.
0:00 Introducing Proto-Time and Superpsychism
1:11 Emergent Spacetime and a Unified Explanation
3:46 Proto-Time, Entanglement, and Time's Arrow
4:59 Proto-Time as a Form of Panpsychism
*Susan Schneider* is a philosopher and the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. Her research explores the nature of the mind, artificial intelligence, and consciousness, with a focus on how emerging technologies may shape the future of humanity.
*More from Susan Schneider on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* Theories of Consciousness - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pI-jElLJw75y9CaSQL2bSgj
* Schneider and Bailey’s Entangled Superpsychism: loc.closertotruth.com/theory/schneider-and-bailey-s-entangled-superpsychism
* Virtual Immortality: loc.closertotruth.com/implications/virtual-immortality
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/susan-schneider
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
* Membership (5,000+ videos): closertotruth.com/register
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* X: twitter.com/CloserToTruth
Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Consciousness #SusanSchneider #ProtoTime #Panpsychism
