Henry Stapp - Can We Explain Cosmos and Consciousness?

The existence of both cosmos and consciousness, each in its own way, constitute deep problems, perhaps grand mysteries beyond human knowing. Some claim that the two mysteries can only be solved in parallel, together, not in series, alone. Some base their claim on religion, a few on science, others on the belief that consciousness is ultimate reality.

Henry Stapp is an American physicist, known for his work in quantum mechanics. He earned a BS in Physics from the University of Michigan, and an MA in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

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[sustainabilityaxis]

Simply brilliant. Wonderful and very humble way of expressing his opinion about something very complex and making it understandable for a common man. Definite sign of a great mind. Thanks for sharing, Closer To Truth Team and the honorable guest.

[Conservative]

Wow! That was a very smooth way of making a huge profound statement! His very last words were great! A grand mind ...a much bigger mind

[sujok-acupuncture]

Henry stapp is a man of great scientific research. His every words are valuable for reference. 🎉

[Jacobk-gr]

3:20 i can tell you why its instantaneous and faster than light, nothing is separated and the differences share. Like how we share consciousness, you are aware of differences but have some overlapping so we can understand and align in most respects and can share expanding the potentials between us. Like how we imagine a dogs position because we can see the dog and see things they go through and also relate differences we experience and all sorts of stuff. Everything is sharing and thats why when we see the light and differences we can see patterns and such and follow and see how things are connected and sharing. The same with space, the distance is real but the absence between is not, there is always something between even if we dont see it or feel it and thats what dark matter is, the stuff that is hard to interact with similar to how xrays hit bones but dont really impact certain things with certain structures and compositions and such that share. The dark matter is like water that doesnt mix with us and is all around but we cant really detect it easily and interacting is hard as well. So when looking at spooky action at a distance, its instant because of how the things arent lost and the differences shared on the quantum level can be faster than light kinda like a wave because the wave isnt one thing but sharing differences so its not the wave that moves but the energy shared through the pieces. I hope that makes sense to whoever reads this. The unreal doesnt exist and space like an absence doesnt really exist but things can imitate absences like how the noise canceling headphones listen with a speaker and then play the noise back to cancel the waves.

[michaelrogers]

Wow. Stapp is 96 now. The only way I want to live to 96 is if I age like that.

[JamesBS]

Finally a scientist that is open to a non physical cause 🙏 And another scientist, Bernardo Kastrup, has a great model to explain this bigger mind. Definitely worth checking it out.

[josephhruby]

Yes . . . Another brilliant conversation . Thank you

[RogerioLupoArteCientifica]

8:20 his response is that "it can't be a physical process" [which allows quantum entanglement and its instantaneous effects]. I don't think so.

My answer would be that entangled particles are not separate, except in our three-dimensional view. They appear to be separate, but they could be one and the same particle. We cannot understand how they can be separated and yet be the same, and likewise, hypothetical creatures of the two-dimensional world wouldn't be able to perceive that two spots of the same arch are one and the same object (they cannot see the whole arch, but only the spots of the arch that touch the plane where they exist). Creatures who exist in two dimensions cannot understand anything beyond their limited view of their flat dimension.

[SCIENTIST-X]

It is illegal to be bored in such interesting universe

[bretnetherton]

Awareness is known by awareness alone.

[gavaniacono]

Such a simple set up to arrive at a larger question. No need for knot-tying.

[HablaJuan]

Do you know professor Federico Faggin? Would be too interesting an interview with him, I recommend you. Have a nice rest of your day!

[catherinemira]

The weirdness of quantum physics with its implications encompassing an observer is bound to have some different powers to classical physics. It feels like another world. Another world in need of something other than purely laws of physics. It's weird...

[mikemaurer]

please explain in common terms. Definition of consciousness. Awareness before subject/object split

[dr_shrinker]

Regarding Entanglement. How can they measure faster than light speed, and how can they measure the reach of particles pairs when we cannot put detectors on the other end of the universe?

The spin of both particles is predetermined before the waves collapse. If I know a coin lands in heads, I can tell you the other side of the coin is tails without having to measure it. That’s not faster than light information exchange. That’s sub light information exchanging from parts of my brain, to other parts of my brain.

[ronhudson]

Even if we are in one of an infinite number of universes, at least one was configured for life. Whether by statistical certainty or design, we exist. The reasons do not matter. The takeaway is that reality allows for self-consciousness. We ares o quick to deny our specialness. If we were the only self-conscious life in the multiverse, if that exists, we become infinitely more special, not less.

[ryu]

Information is the basic unit of reality that makes everything and is infinite, also the universe was imagined into existence by Nature itself which is self-aware and is the collective consciousness of the cosmos.

[Fundaykidzz]

It “plaqued” him his entire life ? So he just can’t say “ I just dont know yet”

[Jalcolm]

There’s things we don’t understand. We do understand mind. Mind doesn’t explain spooky action at a distance.
Mind isn’t a substance.

[georgegrubbs]

Bell addressed quantum entanglement. Could quantum fields be the answer? What happens in one part of the field is know instantaneously in all parts of the field. There is too much appeal to "mystery" in the video as if there is a "cosmic" intelligence involved.