Exploring Thought and Community Engagement

In this episode Curt and Daniel Dennett explore the nature of the soul, free will, qualia, and the possibility of uploading consciousness. They discuss pragmatism, emergence, and the AI alignment problem, weaving insights from neuroscience to philosophy.

- 00:00 - The Soul
- 03:18 - Most Important Philosophical Question
- 12:06 - Do Qualia Exist?
- 30:28 - Uploading Consciousness
- 39:55 - Thinking Differently
- 56:20 - Pragmatism
- 1:01:06 - Robert Sapolsky
- 1:12:57 - Philosophers and Scientists
- 1:29:30 - Patterns and Emergence
- 1:36:46 - Roger Penrose
- 1:42:39 - Sailing Boats
- 1:45:40 - Fictionalism
- 1:51:12 - Coming Up With Concepts
- 1:59:55 - Douglas Hofstadter
- 2:05:30 - AI Alignment Problem
- 2:11:31 - Q&A

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- I've Been Thinking (Daniel Dennett): https://amzn.to/3RVffvf
- The Ego of the Mind (Daniel Dennett & Douglas Hofstadter): https://amzn.to/3RK4JGa
- Determined (Robert Sapolsky): https://amzn.to/3RWMm0P
- Podcast w/ Robert Sapolsky on TOE: COMING - Elbow Room (Daniel Dennett): https://amzn.to/3GT8u77
- The Extended Phenotype (Richard Dawkins): https://amzn.to/3GVyMW3
- The Emperor's New Mind (Roger Penrose): https://amzn.to/3RVmiEb
- Podcast w/ Carlo Rovelli on TOE: Carlo Rovelli: Loop Quantum Gravity, ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_fUPbBNmBw&t=0s
- Engineering, Daydreaming, and Control (Daniel Dennett): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360998429_Engineering_Daydreaming_and_Control
- Am I a Fictionalist? (Daniel Dennett): https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003091073-23/fictionalist-daniel-dennett
- The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins): https://amzn.to/3RX38hu
- Consciousness Explained (Daniel Dennett): https://amzn.to/41BHPVO
- Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking (Daniel Dennett): https://amzn.to/3S6lQmZ
- Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Daniel Dennett): https://amzn.to/3vi0VV2
- Freedom Evolves (Daniel Dennett): https://amzn.to/3THPIqL
- Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting (Daniel Dennett): https://amzn.to/3TDef0g
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