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The Hard Problem of Consciousness:
Why and how humans have qualia or phenomenal experiences. This is in contrast to the "easy problems" of explaining the physical systems that give humans and other animals the ability to discriminate, integrate information, and so forth.
Multimodal User Interface (MUI) Theory [Hoffman]:
"Perceptual experiences do not match or approximate properties of the objective world, but instead provide a simplified, species-specific, user interface to that world." Conscious beings have not evolved to perceive the world as it actually is but have evolved to perceive the world in a way that maximizes "fitness payoffs" (Hoffman uses the metaphor of a computer desktop and icons - the icons of a computer desktop provide a functional interface so that the user does not have to deal with the underlying programming and electronics in order to use the computer efficiently)
The Meaning Crisis [Vervaeke]:
A mental health crisis due to and engaged with crises in the environment and the political system. An increase of people feeling very disconnected from themselves, from each other, from the world, from a viable and foreseeable future.
Donald Hoffman — The Science
Donald Hoffman — The Science
Professor of Cognitive Science, University of California, Irvine
Joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science
Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments
MULTIMODAL USER INTERFACE (MUI) THEORY
"Perceptual experiences do not match or approximate properties of the objective world, but instead provide a simplified, species-specific, user interface to that world."
Conscious beings have not evolved to perceive the world as it actually is but have evolved to perceive the world in a way that maximizes "fitness payoffs".
Computer desktop and icons metaphor - the icons of a computer desktop provide a functional interface so that the user does not have to deal with the underlying programming and electronics in order to use the computer efficiently
Theory of Perception and Conscious Realism Consciousness causes brain activity and creates all objects and properties of the physical world.
OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL
Lex Fridman:
Donald Hoffman
Lex Fridman:
Donald Hoffman
RUNTIME: 3 hours 16 minutes
Theory of Everything:
Donald Hoffman
Theory of Everything:
Donald Hoffman
RUNTIME: 3 hours 3 minutes
Theory of Everything:
John Vervaeke & Donald Hoffman
Theory of Everything:
John Vervaeke & Donald Hoffman
RUNTIME: 2 hours 13 minutes
John Vervaeke — The Psyche
John Vervaeke — The Psyche
Cognitive Scientist, Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Toronto
Focuses on the nature of the mind, consciousness, and cognition
Explores the concept of enlightenment and finding ways to reverse engineer it to create a replicable form
cognitive model based on recursive relevance realization — intended to help better understand how we create and process meaning in our lives
RELEVANCE REALIZATION
Fundamental aspect of cognition that allows us to recognize patterns and connections in our experiences
Occurs automatically and recursively at multiple levels, leading to the construction of more complex and nuanced understandings of the world around us, and this is what consciousness is
AWAKENING FROM THE MEANING CRISIS
YouTube series exploring the challenges of meaning-making in the modern world and draws on insights from philosophy, psychology, and spirituality to offer a path forward
OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL
Vervaeke Official:
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
Vervaeke Official:
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
RUNTIME: 2 minutes 50 seconds
Lex Fridman:
John Vervaeke
Lex Fridman:
John Vervaeke
RUNTIME: 3 hours 11 minutes
Theory of Everything:
John Vervaeke & Donald Hoffman
Theory of Everything:
John Vervaeke & Donald Hoffman
RUNTIME: 2 hours 13 minutes
Max Tegmark
Max Tegmark
Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Swedish-American Physicist, Cosmologist and Machine Learning researcher
and the president of the Future of Life Institute. He is also a scientific director at the Foundational Questions Institute and a supporter of the effective altruism movement
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