Dr. Donald Hoffman: Consciousness Theories, Space-Time, Evolution, and Psychedelics

Jan 25, 2023

 

In this episode of Smarter, Not Harder podcast, we are joined by Dr. Donald Hoffman, a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor at the University of California — Irvine, and  the author of “The Case Against Reality”.  He studies consciousness, visual perception, and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. 

 

Hosts Boomer Anderson and Dr. Ted Achacoso unraveled what made Dr. Hoffman study consciousness; the different theories of consciousness, conscious agents, amplituhedron, reality, space time, psychedelics, his book “The Case Against Reality”, and so much more!

 

What we discussed:

00:00:35 - About Dr. Donald Hoffman

00:02:31 -  Dr. Hoffman’s COVID-19 Experience

00:06:27 - Dr. Hoffman’s Desire to Study Consciousness and Reality

00:16:56 - Dr. Hoffman’s Parents’ Reaction to His Changed Point of View

00:19:35 - Physicalist Framework (Local Realism), Epiphysicalist (Conscious Realism) Framework

00:20:15 - Physicalist Framework 

00:22:07 - Physicalism and Science

00:27: 25 - Implications of Finding Structures Beyond Space-time

00:29:28 - The Amplituhedron

00:40:07 - The Evolution

00:47:19 - Integrated Information Theory and Global Workspace Theory

00:50:58 - Dr. Hoffman’s Proposed Theories

00:56:51 - Consciousness as Defined by Conscious Realism

01:02:30 - Nature of Reality

01:05:24 - How His Theories Interface With Spiritual Teachings

01:11:50 - What Are The Impacts Of Dr. Hoffman’s Theories And His Hospitalization Due To COVID-19

01:15:20 - Impacts of Dr. Hoffman's Theories of Consciousness to Other Belief Systems

01:18:25 - Can Psychedelics Evolve  Pointers 

01:21:20 - Dr. Hoffman’s Meditation

01:31:07 - More About Dr. Hoffman and His Works

01:31:57 - A Preview of His Upcoming Journal

 

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Find out more about Dr. Donald Hoffman:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman

Website: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/

TEDTalk: “Do We See Reality as It Is?”

Books: 

• “The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes” 

• “Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See”

• “Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception”

 

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