Reality, Evolution, Consciousness | Donald Hoffman Λ Philip Goff

Donald Hoffman, cognitive scientist, and Philip Goff, philosopher, discuss consciousness, evolution, perception, and panpsychism. Insights into the nature of reality.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
02:46 - Goff’s World View
11:39 - Do Neurons Exist?
20:17 - What Is Real?
39:22 - Objections to Hoffman’s Views
44:53 - What is Panpsychism?
58:45 - Evolution
1:37:19 - Reductionism
1:49:38 - Meaning Of Life
2:01:32 - Infinite Consciousness
2:05:40 - Multiverse
2:15:25 - Outro

NOTE: The perspectives expressed by guests don't necessarily mirror my own. There's a versicolored arrangement of people on TOE, each harboring distinct viewpoints, as part of my endeavor to understand the perspectives that exist.

THANK YOU: To Mike Duffey for your insight, help, and recommendations on this channel.

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[PiousParable]

This episode confirms that Curt Jaimungal is the BEST host for these types of conversations. Every time he interrupts, it's brief, pertinent, and important.

[JGjdg]

Being a widow and missing the love of my life, listening to Don over ths past year has really helped me. We are from the same one consciousness. We are still and always were a part of each other.

[rl]

Hoffman makes so much sense. Listening to him is like a cool drink of refreshing water for my brain. So few on YouTube make as much sense on these issues as Don Hoffman does. Also he has endless patience and brilliantly explains the same points in different ways. Nobody else could have made the point about science not being about truth but about what works and each good theory predicts its own limitations and it is always like that.

[rl]

Hoffman "I am not in spacetime, space time is in me." Love this. I feel the truth of that. 

Hoffman "Every scientific theory is ultimately a projection of the truth, it is never the truth. And no scientific theory can be a theory of everything. And EVERY scientific theory will automatically have its necessary limits." Never a truer word spoken on YouTube. Thank you professor Hoffman.

[lstk]

Love how Curt and Philip simultaneously fall back as Don asserts "there is no arrow of time" at 1:13:30

[carlcrusher]

Love this conversation. Thanks so much for sharing. I’m so fascinated with the edges of reality

[opamp]

Hoffman’s points are logical and easy to follow and I found this discussion very stimulating! Thank you for making this possible.

[jahleajahlou]

This Summer I have been watching a group of remote viewers (6). All trained in blind protocols with a control. None in any physical proximity to each other. Consistently each of them locate and describe, elaborate the same target. Hundreds of times this has been accomplished. Consciousness is indeed remarkable.

[SunnyDayTeaFactory]

I'm don't think people appreciate what Dr. Hoffman is saying; we thought we were tiny objects insides of giant space/time. However, spacetime is the headset, but whatever we are, it goes much deeper.

[ianbett]

Peace, love and enlightenment my brothers 🙂
We are all one consciousness experiencing itself from different incarnations.
Our goal is discovery through experience.
There are layers to the
Each layer requires observation and experience to reach the next
The links between these four layer are
THE JOURNEY IS THE PRISE, there was no beginning and there is no end.
I love you all. Ian. 🙂

[ZZTGH]

Philip Goff is such a lightweight with such few arguments of any substance, when confronted by a Hoffman or Kastrup

[theideallinewithsahan]

Curt, I think your questions to Hoffman were the best ones I came across. You slowly rise up to be a philosopher yourself!

[CrackBaby]

I appreciate Phillip as a non-physicist for both his continual efforts to learn, ask, and understand, as well as for possessing a mind that isn't confined to the mathematical, imperical thinking of most other physicists. It's so important for the viewers, host, and guests to probe our minds to think in new ways in order to progress the understandings around these concepts.

[thedirtyrealist]

Hate to say it but eventually had to fast forward each time Goff spoke. Not sure he brought a lot to the table here.
Then again- I’ve been team Hoffman for years so maybe my mind was already made up.
Great talk overall 🙏🏻

[dabigbamboo]

Don is so far ahead of everyone else that it becomes hard for Phil to argue at a certain point

[JasonStAubin-ogij]

Good job Don, the concept is hard to pin down, I follow your arguments and you may be my favorite. Trying to english unknowable truths may in fact be an impossible venture but I sure love watching you try, metaphors and all

[lagerbeer]

This was brilliant. I've seen many interviews, appearances and debates involving Donald Hoffman. This one helped me to understand his perspective better than I ever have. Awesome job to everyone involved.

[joeavey]

Wow Curt I am seriously impressed by how much you have improved your podcast. Your guests are amazing, your interviews are riveting, and the changes and upgrades you’ve made are well done. I would love to see you change your set up a little and change the angle your camera is at. Great work Curt!

[whatablissfullife]

In the context applicable to evolutionary theory, I think it’s worthy to remember the works of Schrödinger in “what is life” and his mention of Lamarkism and epigenetics in which he kind of implies that the observer has an influence in the subject observed such as that subatomic physic.
For which there is space to explore the ideas Hoffman is sharing.

[rwmcgwier]

Curt these are the best questions and interactions I’ve seen with either of them. Thank you.