What is an "Observer"? New Discovery in Search of "One" Consciousness Beyond Reality

Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus 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 received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including the bestseller “The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes.”

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(0:00) Introduction

(2:00 New Discovery (Observer)

(21:32) Theories of Consciousness (Graziano, Tononi, Hammerhof, Frankish etc.)

(39:49) Theoretical Limits in Science

(46:19) Finding "The One" (aka "God") Mathematically

(57:32) Scientific Spirituality

(1:00:16 Thomas Campbell's Idealism

(1:08:00) Beyond the Virtual Reality/Matrix/Simulation/Spacetime/Quantum/Headset

(1:17:22) Living vs Non-living

(1:24:00) Bernardo Kastrup's Analytic Idealism

(1:33:55) Conceptualizimg The Big Bang Under This Framework

(1:39:00) Michael Levin's Work

(1:43:43) Federico Faggin helped influence "The One". Are there possible "Others" (Multiverses)

(1:52:00) Idealism's Implications on Humanity

(2:12:18) Diversity of Experience & Purpose of "The One"

(2:20:15) Avoiding Cult-like Behaviour

(2:26:31) Conclusion