Jonathan Pageau | Proving Ancient Wisdom Through Mathematics | with Prof. Donald Hoffman @JonathanPageau | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Donald Hoffman is a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. He studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments.

In this interview we discuss Prof. Hoffman’s work and theories on consciousness and the nature of reality, the limits of space-time, what evolution says about consciousness and how the latest mathematical theories about consciousness reflect positively on many ancient spiritual traditions.

Other relevant interviews:
- Beyond Materialism: The Matter With Things | with Dr. Iain McGilchrist: youtu.be/QyBXqcgLAXs
- The Priority of Mind | with Bernardo Kastrup (More Christ): youtu.be/LglZNsmol58

Donald Hoffman's Twitter: twitter.com/donalddhoffman
Website: https://t.co/24aWTvO5am

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Coming up next...
00:02:14 - Intro music
00:02:41 - Introduction
00:03:56 - Understanding the basics of Prof Hoffman's work
00:06:57 - What evolution says about consciousness
00:13:33 - The language we use
00:17:17 - The continued existence of things beyond phenomenology
00:21:43 - The existence of higher beings
00:26:41 - Fractals and mathematics
00:29:00 - There's no scientific theory of everything
00:34:55 - The issue of illusion and layers
00:39:21 - Projection has a reality of its own
00:46:26 - Different consciousnesses
00:54:10 - Parasitic agency and false selves
01:00:41 - The paradox of rock bottom
01:05:37 - Memory and accounting for evil
01:11:33 - Interpreting Jesus
01:17:44 - What the future could look like

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