
Andrés Gómez Emilsson
Director of the Qualia Research Institute, pioneering researcher in the mathematical study of consciousness, and exploring the transformative potential of psychedelics.
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Feb 26, 2025 • 2h 56min
The Science of New States of Consciousness | Andrés Gómez Emilsson
Andrés Gómez Emilsson, director of the Qualia Research Institute and pioneer in the study of consciousness, shares his insights on the nature of awareness. He discusses the transformative potential of psychedelics and how they intersect with meditation practices. The concept of the self as a series of experiences is explored, alongside the significance of happiness versus meaning. Emilsson emphasizes the role of sensory resonance in shaping perception and the ethical implications of engineering happiness, presenting a thought-provoking dialogue on consciousness.

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Oct 16, 2022 • 1h 34min
Leigh Brasington & Andrés Gómez Emilsson: (Non)dualities, Strange Attractors, and Insight
Leigh Brasington & Andrés Gómez Emilsson discuss jhāna, consciousness correlates, neural feedback mechanisms, non-duality, psychic powers, lucid dreaming, and strange attractors in a mind-bending exploration of the mind and altered states.

Jun 21, 2024 • 1h 50min
Grounding QRI in First Principles (Part I): Bridging Computation and Philosophy
Join Libor Burian and Andrés Gómez Emilsson as they delve into reverse engineering consciousness through neuroscience and phenomenology, exploring qualia, valence realism, and mathematical models. They also discuss the integration of physics and consciousness, boundary types in consciousness, brainwave topology, weak emergence, frame invariance, quantum computing, hypercomputation, and the relationship between physics and consciousness through electromagnetic fields.