Unifying Science & Consciousness

We have a story of science and a story of consciousness, but how do we reconcile these stories? This is part of the Rational Spirituality crash course.

Recommended Viewing List:

The Standard Model - with Harry Cliff
The Royal Institution

A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll
The Royal Institution

Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

How do you explain consciousness? | David Chalmers
TED

What is Panpsychism? | Rupert Sheldrake, Donald Hoffman, Phillip Goff, James Ladyman
The Institute of Art and Ideas

Consciousness and the Mystery of Existence - Documentary about Consciousness and Reality (2020)
metaRising

Grandeur
Rationality Rules

[reubenrichardson]

Thanks for making this video it really summarizes the right train of thought.

Though I do think your dismissal of Illusionism is quite unscientific. Just because most people wouldn't / are afraid of going through a destructive transporter does not mean that the argument that they would feel the exact same way (same consciousness) on the other side is moot (even if you assume it to be theoretically perfect at reconstructing, which most people's intuition is that it is not). I could have all the facts in the world saying that a roller coaster is completely harmless but still illogically have a problem with going on one.

That being said, in theory, I would be unopposed to the prospect of using a destructive transporter on myself and so your point there is quite unconvincing (personally).

[realcygnus]

Good explanations ! Something like Kastrup's alters is the best game currently on the table imo.

[mikerollin]

Just recently stumbled onto your channel and am really enjoying it.

[deepblack]

Nice video. "Does consciousness change the physical world?" Yes, but don't get excited. I think that a very important aspect to this is an integral one, and start from first principles based on our position but cognizant of the evolution of the universe to get here. My opinion is that the metaphysics is that space (the universe) must be unbounded, eternal, and infinite (by virtue of its abstract nature), co-present with a source which is unbounded, eternal, and infinite (by virtue of its abstract nature), and a consciousness which is unbounded, eternal, and infinite (by virtue of its abstract nature) and that these three cycle in phase changes which are eternal and manifest by the ultimate arbiter of first principle drive to being and universe is NUMBER and its harmonics based on the Fibonacci sequence which is the driving engine of time-change-causation and the source of asymmetry, chirality, and the creative force of evolution and novelty. By this thought consciousness is both matter and awareness which in stages develops more complex self-organizing systems that give consciousness more avenues of expression. Dolphins being among the highest expressions.

[andreleonscp]

Depending on the version of gnosticism, there is a female god /version of god called Sophia, in some versions good and in others bad.