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Reality, God, Consciousness | Donald Hoffman Λ Philip Goff

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

CHAPTER

Consciousness and the Limitations of Perception

The speakers explore the concept of consciousness and its limitations by discussing the existence of neurons, the perspective of a cat, and the filtering of information through a headset. They argue that the distinction between living and non-living, and conscious and unconscious, is not principled. The chapter also touches on the fine tuning of physics for life, the multiverse theory, and cosmic purpose.

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