Deepak Chopra and Donald Hoffman: Reality is Eye Candy

This remarkable dialogue between Deepak Chopra and cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman explores the fundamental nature of reality. Starting with the assumption that conscious experience is all we can know, Don Hoffman describes his program of the mathematical investigation of reality, and explains the value of a mathematical model of consciousness. In a statement that draws applause from the audience he says, "by having a rigorous way to kill off bad stories, we can make progress."

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[johnwilhelm]

I don’t know about anyone else but I have been following Hoffman for awhile and the more I work this out the more sense it makes. The overall basis is brilliant. He admits he is probably wrong but if he is not then, WOW!

[seshsampath]

Chopra is coming from a position of consciousness very clearly explained in Indian Vedic scriptures clearly. Chopra’s disadvantage is talking to people who have grown up in the Abrahamic religions. Vedic concepts like Brahman, the ultimate consciousness, and how maya (Illusions) affect perception and conditions species from not seeing the truth and there is conscious agent within each one of us which we fail to realise and how we lead a mundane life influenced by maya or illusions. Hoffman’s work and concepts are validating what Vedic scriptures have been talking about. Except that Hoffman is trying to prove it. Chopra gets condemned because he is always in the wrong crowd of people grown up in the Abrahamic religions and formats.

[conscious_being]

"Give me these few miracles and I can build a precise story, that explains all your experiences, without need for any more miracles".

Just brilliant from Hoffman describing what science is!

Don't know whether he will succeed, but definitely a worthy enterprise.

The only issue is, if his hypothesis can make any falsifiable predictions. He hints at being disproved if it can be shown that fundamental particles have _any_ properties when not observed, but that part is already covered by Quantum Mechanics. Don't need a new hypothesis for it. A new hypothesis needs to make a new and unique falsifiable prediction.

Perhaps, he will get to it, after developing the mathematics.

After all, that is how all scientific hypotheses make their falsifiable predictions, after developing them, not before.

[brydonjesse]

I feel like my body and my mind are tools I use to interact with the world. I know who I am, I am the universe and this is weird! And I love it

[ezzaster]

Hoffman's the new Einstein! Finally, a mathematical link between current physical theory and consciousness!

[ramigm]

Always love Donald's talks. I just wish he would drive the research a bit harder ... there hasn't been much progress on the research side of his hypothesis for a while now.

[marcusantebi]

Donald Hoffman comes off in all interviews I have seen him do as a compassionate, humble, brilliant, Yogi! I love Donald Hoffman…….

[razrcarich]

4:34 "So for us simpler people, a conscious agent is the ontological primitive that evokes experience". LOOOOL yeah, Deepak, that made it so much simpler...

[tyriliusmc]

Chopra and Hoffman are both tremendous minds of our generations.

[kumarji]

Very entertaining program. Nice fellows too. After silence is more silence. No need to go further.

[spiralsun]

This one video has saved my life. I was losing hope for the future of life before I viewed this. My life reflects the hope of life itself in many ways I have discovered over the years. My mood fluctuates based on this hope.

Thank you for saving my life.

I used to be Steven E Romer and at one time I wrote a book about these things they are now discussing. In these ideas is the future and salvation of life itself and an end to wars and the blindness that destroys us.

[jasminejones]

"" what the bleep do we know" !? Is a good documentary that describes what Hoffman is saying...

[hufclufc]

"Is reality overated?" I need a drink!

[sridharr]

Awesome. The desktop physical objects or interface introduced by Don is referred to as Maya in Hindu mythology. The universal truth that's outside the space and time (consciousness) is denoted as the bhraman - idealogies postulated several thousand years ago.
Now, they were not subjected to any scientific tests, rigor. In that regard Hoffman's work must be really significant🙏

[YOumeanMe]

ya i needed deepak to interpret the self assured mathematician's observational statements.

[downhillphilm.]

you know, i took a lot of pure lsd in the early '70's, the thumb anecdote was very apparent to me from those experiences and it never left me, as well as volumes of other observations that have elevated my life.

[abdulazuzadel]

Thank you're, Mr. Chopra and well done. I appreciate your calmness and graciousness. I hope Mr. Hoffman was able to comprehend your lead and take away something from this convrsation.

[kahlread]

As for mathematical forms of emotions et cetera, Hemingway wrote: Courage is grace under pressure. To me this offers a structure. Other human consciousness traits might be similarly put or mapped.

[rileyhoffman]

Thanks for this. Seems probable and true. How is it, though, we all agree, essentially, on what is 'out there'?

[blackspace]

Finally! This man is describing my EXTREMELY FAR OUT THERE daily experiences as a TETRA FEME/CROMAT. He speaks of women like me at 21:00