Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
In this episode, Dr. Tony Nader sits down with Dr. Federico Faggin to talk about the relationship of matter to consciousness, exploring quantum weirdness, including entanglement or spooky action at a distance, as Albert Einstein famously called it. Is there an underlying meaning to all that there is? What is the difference between meaning and symbols? How can consciousness bridge gaps in our understanding of reality? Dr. Nader and Dr. Faggin discuss how we can grasp ultimate reality and how, from this ultimate reality we can build up our universe as we see it.
Federico Faggin is a physicist, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and author of his autobiography, SILICON: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness. He graduated in physics, summa cum laude, from the University of Padua, Italy, in 1965. He moved to the U.S. in 1968 where he led the development of the MOS Silicon Gate Technology at Fairchild Semiconductor—technology that was adopted worldwide. Working for Intel Corporation from 1970 to 1974, he designed the world’s first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (1971). Faggin led many other products, including the 8008 and the 8080 microprocessors. In 1974, Faggin began an entrepreneurial career, co-founding and leading several start-up companies; notably, Zilog, Inc., the developer of the highly acclaimed Z80 microprocessor and Z8 microcontroller; and Synaptics, Inc., the developer of the touchpads and touchscreens now used in nearly all mobile devices. He founded the Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation in 2011, a non-profit organization dedicated to the scientific study of consciousness. In 2009, he received the highest honor the United States confers for achievements related to technological progress, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, presented to him by then US President Barack Obama for his invention of the first microprocessor.
Dr Federico Faggin | Twitter
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Dr Federico Faggin | Book
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Dr Federico Faggin | Foundation
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Dr Tony Nader | Books
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Dr Tony Nader | Website
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Dr Tony Nader | Instagram
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Dr Tony Nader | Twitter
twitter.com/drtonynader
Dr Tony Nader | YouTube
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Dr Tony Nader | LinkedIn
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Consciousness Is All There Is | Podcast
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/consciousness-is-all-there-is/id1472371019
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0xeUiVxTJP4kxI5Sb6vnLU?si=ad05aa5763cc48e6
SoundCloud:
soundcloud.com/drtonynader
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Shall We Talk About Consciousness and the Experience of it?
2:23 Dr. Faggin’s Personal Experiences with Consciousness
4:35 The Hard Problem of Consciousness
6:06 An Extraordinary Experience of Consciousness
7:55 We Live Our Life Through Our Consciousness
9:16 The Consciousness Units
10:16 Studying Consciousness Through Experience
11:14 Consciousness Must Be Fundamental
13:50 Building a New Model of Consciousness
14:35 The Development of Quantum Physics
16:18 Quantum Entanglement
17:58 A New Theory of Consciousness
20:40 What is the Ultimate Reality and How It Builds Our Universe As We See It?
22:03 The Nature of Outer/Physical Reality
22:35 The Desire to Know One’s Self
23:20 The Whole is Contained in Every Part
25:15 Life as a Quantum-Classical Structure/We Are Quantum
27:28 Quantum Fields Explained
28:55 What is the Starting Point of Reality?
30:52 Why We Need an Outer (Classical) World
31:42 A Quote From Dr. Faggin (Inner and Outer Aspects Are Inseparable)
32:37 The Nature of Consciousness from the Advaita Vedantic Approach
33:20 Three Flavors of Reality: Rishi (Oberver), Devata (Process), Chhandas (Object)
36:20 We Know Through Experience
38:16 Three Types of Knowing: The Head, Heart, and the Belly
39:32 A New Science: Merging The Intellectual and Spiritual
41:04 A “Rishi/Seer” Explained
42:04 Systematically Experiencing Enlightenment Through Transcending
44:59 Free Will and the Three Fundamental Properties of a Consciousness Unit
46:59 Free Will in Order to Pursue Self-Knowing
48:14 Free Will in Quantum Physics and The Nature of Quantum Information
50:28 The Nature of Classical Information
51:51 A Clarification on Dr. Faggin’s Model of Consciousness
57:13 Awakening to the Ultimate Reality
59:16 Closing Remarks
In this episode, Dr. Tony Nader sits down with Dr. Federico Faggin to talk about the relationship of matter to consciousness, exploring quantum weirdness, including entanglement or spooky action at a distance, as Albert Einstein famously called it. Is there an underlying meaning to all that there is? What is the difference between meaning and symbols? How can consciousness bridge gaps in our understanding of reality? Dr. Nader and Dr. Faggin discuss how we can grasp ultimate reality and how, from this ultimate reality we can build up our universe as we see it.
Federico Faggin is a physicist, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and author of his autobiography, SILICON: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness. He graduated in physics, summa cum laude, from the University of Padua, Italy, in 1965. He moved to the U.S. in 1968 where he led the development of the MOS Silicon Gate Technology at Fairchild Semiconductor—technology that was adopted worldwide. Working for Intel Corporation from 1970 to 1974, he designed the world’s first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (1971). Faggin led many other products, including the 8008 and the 8080 microprocessors. In 1974, Faggin began an entrepreneurial career, co-founding and leading several start-up companies; notably, Zilog, Inc., the developer of the highly acclaimed Z80 microprocessor and Z8 microcontroller; and Synaptics, Inc., the developer of the touchpads and touchscreens now used in nearly all mobile devices. He founded the Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation in 2011, a non-profit organization dedicated to the scientific study of consciousness. In 2009, he received the highest honor the United States confers for achievements related to technological progress, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, presented to him by then US President Barack Obama for his invention of the first microprocessor.
Dr Federico Faggin | Twitter
twitter.com/fedefaggin
Dr Federico Faggin | Book
siliconthebook.com
Dr Federico Faggin | Foundation
fagginfoundation.org
Dr Tony Nader | Books
drnaderbooks.com
Dr Tony Nader | Website
drtonynader.com
Dr Tony Nader | Instagram
instagram.com/drtonynader
Dr Tony Nader | Twitter
twitter.com/drtonynader
Dr Tony Nader | YouTube
youtube.com/DrTonyNader
Dr Tony Nader | LinkedIn
linkedin.com/company/dr-tony-nader
Consciousness Is All There Is | Podcast
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/consciousness-is-all-there-is/id1472371019
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0xeUiVxTJP4kxI5Sb6vnLU?si=ad05aa5763cc48e6
SoundCloud:
soundcloud.com/drtonynader
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Shall We Talk About Consciousness and the Experience of it?
2:23 Dr. Faggin’s Personal Experiences with Consciousness
4:35 The Hard Problem of Consciousness
6:06 An Extraordinary Experience of Consciousness
7:55 We Live Our Life Through Our Consciousness
9:16 The Consciousness Units
10:16 Studying Consciousness Through Experience
11:14 Consciousness Must Be Fundamental
13:50 Building a New Model of Consciousness
14:35 The Development of Quantum Physics
16:18 Quantum Entanglement
17:58 A New Theory of Consciousness
20:40 What is the Ultimate Reality and How It Builds Our Universe As We See It?
22:03 The Nature of Outer/Physical Reality
22:35 The Desire to Know One’s Self
23:20 The Whole is Contained in Every Part
25:15 Life as a Quantum-Classical Structure/We Are Quantum
27:28 Quantum Fields Explained
28:55 What is the Starting Point of Reality?
30:52 Why We Need an Outer (Classical) World
31:42 A Quote From Dr. Faggin (Inner and Outer Aspects Are Inseparable)
32:37 The Nature of Consciousness from the Advaita Vedantic Approach
33:20 Three Flavors of Reality: Rishi (Oberver), Devata (Process), Chhandas (Object)
36:20 We Know Through Experience
38:16 Three Types of Knowing: The Head, Heart, and the Belly
39:32 A New Science: Merging The Intellectual and Spiritual
41:04 A “Rishi/Seer” Explained
42:04 Systematically Experiencing Enlightenment Through Transcending
44:59 Free Will and the Three Fundamental Properties of a Consciousness Unit
46:59 Free Will in Order to Pursue Self-Knowing
48:14 Free Will in Quantum Physics and The Nature of Quantum Information
50:28 The Nature of Classical Information
51:51 A Clarification on Dr. Faggin’s Model of Consciousness
57:13 Awakening to the Ultimate Reality
59:16 Closing Remarks
