Simulation #679 Dr. James Cooke - Living Mirror Theory of Consciousness

Dr. James Cooke is a Neuroscientist, Writer & Speaker, Focusing on Consciousness, Meditation, Psychedelic States, Reconciling Science & Spirituality. He posits the Living Mirror Theory of Consciousness, that "All Living Things Need to Know Their World." He splits his time between London and the mountains of Portugal where he is building a retreat center, The Surrender Homestead.

SHOW NOTES 📝
0:00 Intro Highlights
2:32 Welcome, Dr. Cooke's Bio
3:34 Living Mirror Theory of Consciousness
12:51 Ground of Being / Existence
26:54 The Character of Consciousness
35:59 Logic of the Infinite; Becoming is the only Being
41:58 Simulating Consciousness
50:25 Active Inference, Bayesian Brain, Mathematical Modeling
56:41 We are a Strange Loop Video Game
1:23:12 Merging Science & Spirituality
1:37:29 Thank You, Closing Remarks, Dr. Cooke's links in bio

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SHOW NOTES 📝
0:00 Intro Highlights
2:32 Welcome, Dr. Cooke's Bio
3:34 Living Mirror Theory of Consciousness
12:51 Ground of Being / Existence
26:54 The Character of Consciousness
35:59 Logic of the Infinite; Becoming is the only Being
41:58 Simulating Consciousness
50:25 Active Inference, Bayesian Brain, Mathematical Modeling
56:41 We are a Strange Loop Video Game
1:23:12 Merging Science & Spirituality
1:37:29 Thank You, Closing Remarks, Dr. Cooke's links in bio

Loved this conversation with James. Would be great to hear your thoughts in the comments below about his Living Mirror Theory of Consciousness and the other topics we discussed! Much love ❤️

[bojackhorseman]

Amazing conversation!! I love that Allen brings new people here to help us understand what we are. You’re also very handsome Allen ❤️

[MindMermaid]

Allen, I enjoy listening to your podcast episodes, and love how your enthusiasm and awe translates across screen. I found myself cringing at times throughout this episode - a lot of what you were saying did not make much sense, you were weaving together lots of buzzwords and colourful/jargony key phrases from sources you have explored, but in ways that are not very rigorous or accurate. You make things sound interesting, and you have a lot of charisma and positive energy (I occasionally wonder if you're high), I hope that as you continue with your podcasts, that you pay more attention to how you phrase concepts that you may not fully understand yet. I think it would be good if you focused more on guiding your guests in conversation as they explain their field and their work in areas where you might not yet have detailed and deep comprehension. Thank you for engaging such interesting thinkers in conversation in this Simulation :)

[scarter]

Living mirrors? Nice talk. We and most living things have a bisection or a left and right side... Just like a Mandelbrot 👀 what is a Mandelbrot.. it's a quantisation pattern an emergent property. Why to molecules have very different properties on simple structure change emergent quuantisation property?

[OscarCuriel]

I quit Smoking and that will help the planet as well as me :)