Stuart Hameroff - What is Synchronicity?

Synchronicity makes an extraordinary claim about reality—events may be linked in diverse and strange ways that defy all physical law, causality and common sense. What would it mean if events may relate to each other only by some kind of meaning, however obscure, not by some kind of physical interaction? This type of extraordinary claim demands extraordinary evidence.



Stuart Hameroff, MD, is a physician and researcher at the University Medical Center at the University of Arizona.


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[EonTide]

I love how knowledgeable and how well and intelligent Stuart's use of language is.

[ReynaSingh]

I appreciate the wide range of topics that are discussed on this channel. Well done

[dr.satishsharma]

Distinguished Dr Hamarhoff has beautifully, elegantly, boldly explained his views which are supported by several noble laureates including renowned noble laureate Distinguished Dr Brian Josephson ( claims ESP 99% accuracy ), renowned scientists and philosophers, scholars, medical doctors ...it is also supported by 2 billion Hindus and Buddhist (vedanta etc. ) who believe nonlocal is fundamental... thanks 🙏.

[nisarabro]

Closer to Truth, my most Favorite Program

[mintakan]

When he said "plants can do it", i.e, quantum effects in macro warm wetware biology, he needs to be careful what people are actually saying, in the emerging field of quantum biology. Evolution maybe able to engender additional marginal advantages, using quantum effects, on top of a largely classical system, for greater efficiencies in photosynthesis. It's still largely a local event, within the chloroplasts. Same with other effects, such as enhanced enzymatic reactions. They are not talking about long range entanglements.

[jayrob]

A lot of amazing claims here by Stuart, guess we just got to wait for his paper from him and Roger to see if it is all justifiable!

[alienaisha]

I experienced it on a high level there is something mystical.I saw an entity you can call it divine or power or ...but yes this power exists everywhere beyond this world.Synchronicity is a way of this power to talk to us

[NXaiUL]

By current evidence based understanding, Synchronicity most probably is some kind of psychological bias. Things like the frequency illusion, Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon, confirmation bias, etc.

[longcastle]

Please, in the future, if someone wants to discuss how faster than light communication may possibly be possible with quantum entanglement, _let them!_ Why not at least give him a chance to explain his ideas?

[sanantoniotonight]

I’ve followed Stuart for years, pure genius and far ahead of his time.

[jacovawernett]

Alot of times I have prescient visions and know something before I realize I know it.

[Robinson]

First time Stuart makes a little sense to me, even though only in metaphysically possibilities. Although still you cannot transfer information like Robert Lawrence says, except 'collapsed state' versus 'uncollapsed state'. And how on earth are our brains entangled?

[sparkyfromel]

Had some weird stuff happen to me, and there definitely is some realities out there
but it's useless for any practical use
anyone who think it can be understood or controlled is simply missing the point, it's going to make you going crazy
it cannot be integrated in our reality beside wishful thinking, when it happen, just go ..."shuck that's weird and walk away "

[robertschlesinger]

Interesting and worthwhile video. Quantum entanglement would be too unstable for macroscopic effects. The must be another mechanism if synchronicity is true, and I'm inclined to believe some legitimate effect is there.

[Dion_Mustard]

i used to be 'skeptical' about these sort of things until I had several out of body experiences as well as lucid states during my sleep. now i know how important it is to keep an open mind.

[kallianpublico]

Beauty, truth, cupidity, equality, time are these aspects of the world or aspects of ourselves. Can we disentangle ourselves from the world? Can we disentangle truth from correctness, synchronicity, time? How? By proposing another aspect another measurement?
I suspect we can not disentangle ourselves from the world. Not even by death. Does that mean that we are fundamental to the world or just an aspect? Does it matter?
If we found beauty in evil or evil in beauty does that sour the truth or make it more sweet?

[Crow-jgsj]

The only correlation between space and matter is time. Time is cyclic. This is why we can't recognize outcomes and probability correlated to observation. Therefore even information is curved by a ratio. Sopan McFadden

[gomathapaliya]

Synchronicity is real, I think more we understand the meditation and brain, more we will have such events and thought manifestation. I have experienced this spooky Einstein thing first hand. It’s cool stuff.

[MrSimonw]

spoken like someone whose hard work has paid off

[treasurepoem]

My following comments are off topic but do relate in a small way to what was said in the video:

2:16 Pandora's Box just like Forrest Fenn said would be opened when his treasure chest gets found. 3:08 Exactly like in "The Thrill of The Chase, " everyone is invested in their own solution or solve as they call it, to the poem.