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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Theories of Everything

Exploring theoretical physics, consciousness, Ai, and God in a technically rigorous manner. If you'd like to support this endeavor, then please visit the Patreon ( https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal ). Thank you for your charitable and kindhearted support. My name's Curt Jaimungal, a Torontonian with a degree in mathematical physics from the University of Toronto and I analyze various Theories of Everything from this analytic perspective, though more and more opening up to alternative approaches. The separating factor of TOE from other podcasts is its focus on depth even at the risk of limiting the audience due to how much detail we delve into subjects. Paralleling the intensity found in academic discourse, we're increasingly embracing a spectrum of unconventional ideas to conduct research during this podcast, rather than merely conveying existing information. Contact toe [at] indiefilmTO [dot] com for business inquiries / sponsorship.
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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal - Iain McGilchrist on the Existence, Being, the Limits of Reason and Language, and Schizophrenia
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03/29/21 • 185 min

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Subscribe if you want more conversations on Theories of Everything, Consciousness, Free Will, God, and the mathematics / physics of each.

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YouTube link: https://youtu.be/SWtFU1Lit3M

This podcast may be the most important one on this channel.

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LINKS MENTIONED:

-Part 1 with Karl Friston (technical): https://youtu.be/2v7LBABwZKA

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Exigent Message / Introduction

00:07:25 The Free Energy Principle's TOE explained

00:15:48 The FEP explained for physicists

00:18:24 The "external world" is dual to "you"

00:24:25 Relationship between senses and actions

00:36:25 Marginal likelihood / Model evidencing

00:54:34 Change your evidence or change your model (Repression vs. CBT)

00:58:51 An exercise to show a difference in consciousness via touching one's eye

01:03:09 Science "works" by definition of "works"!

01:12:45 Advice for those trying to understand reality

01:22:45 Dealing with derealization / spiraling mentally / depersonalization

01:34:34 Don't let the social status of having "ego death" be your lure

01:37:12 Acceptance therapy (ACT from CBT)

01:43:09 Being too much in one's head (thought loops)

01:53:09 How does Karl prevent existential crises when studying these issues?

01:56:34 The benefits of tea and smoking (yes, smoking)

01:59:28 Beta-blockers and fear extinction (Merel Kindt's groundbreaking work)

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YouTube link: https://youtu.be/J6eJ44Jq_pw

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Curt's AMA #:3 https://youtu.be/SX9q2D6b5bc

Karl Friston #2: https://youtu.be/SWtFU1Lit3M

Karl Friston #1: https://youtu.be/2v7LBABwZKA

Michael Levin: https://youtu.be/Z0TNfysTazc

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00:00 Introduction

00:03:20 Michael Levin answers: "What do you respect about Chris / Karl?"

00:04:45 Chris Fields answers: "What do you respect about Michael / Karl?"

00:05:45 Karl Friston answers: "What do you respect about Chris / Michael?"

00:07:46 Self organization / Autopoiesis / Why does life form?

00:12:11 How does cognition emerge from smaller parts?

00:14:18 Why do we see "things" independent from one another? Why in space / time?

00:18:40 Relationship between cognition and consciousness

00:22:03 The Meta Hard Problem

00:30:37 Why is complexity associated with "awareness"?

00:35:56 Is society one large brain, with each person acting as a neuron?

00:44:17 Duality between: Did you act on the world? Or did the world act on you?

00:51:32 Babbling, and becoming a "self"

01:11:22 "300 milliseconds" is a special unit of time for consciousness

01:15:49 Quantum Babbling

01:21:49 The difference between "randomness" and "quantum randomness"

01:30:03 The difference between "external" and "internal" are both real and illusory

01:33:41 Studying consciousness / the self and the concomitant existential dread

01:48:19 Michael Levin: "Something important goes all the way down"

01:51:12 Science starts with faith

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal - Donald Hoffman Λ John Vervaeke on Infinity, Non-Dualism, Ego, and Reality
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11/26/22 • 136 min

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/EwTpdCVsttI

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Important TOE ep: Lilian Dindo: https://youtu.be/L_hI7JNsbt0

Important TOE ep: Karl Friston (Part 2): https://youtu.be/SWtFU1Lit3M

The Meaning Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ

Donald Hoffman theolocution w/ Joscha Bach: https://youtu.be/bhSlYfVtgww

John Vervaeke theolocution w/ Joscha Bach: https://youtu.be/rK7ux_JhHM4

John Vervaeke theolocution w/ Bernardo Kastrup: https://youtu.be/zw6BFDJ765w

John Vervaeke solo TOE podcast: https://youtu.be/3p8o3-7mvQc

Donald Hoffman solo TOE podcast: https://youtu.be/CmieNQH7Q4w

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:10 Zen, intelligibility, and Neoplatonism

00:05:26 Physics and consciousness

00:07:16 Spacetime and Nima Arkani Hamed

00:09:34 What do they find impactful about one another's work?

00:14:27 What does "fundamental" mean?

00:22:08 Reality vs. Fundamentality

00:25:07 Gödel's incompleteness is NOT about TOEs

00:35:49 Science predicts its own demise

00:46:00 Psychosis, derealization, and the terror of delving into TOEs

01:08:04 Morality and "the ego"

01:08:04 Infinity and "the one"

01:28:47 Coleman Mandula theorem

01:31:59 Debate: Spacetime is real vs. unreal

01:52:03 Reality, evolution and infinity

02:08:35 Truth, misframing, and love

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal - [Rewind] Chris Langan: IQ, Free Will, Psychedelics, CTMU, Bernardo Kastrup
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05/26/23 • 311 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-bRM1kYuNA

Chris Langan is "the world's smartest man" (highest recorded IQ) who invented the Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe. Bernardo Kastrup is a computer scientist and philosopher who is a proponent of Analytical Idealism. In this extended rerelease, Chris discusses at length his Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe. There is an additional discussion between Chris and Bernardo regarding their theories and consciousness around the 4-hour mark.

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal - Joscha Bach Λ Karl Friston: Ai, Death, Self, God, Consciousness
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12/12/23 • 163 min

Karl Friston, Joscha Bach, and Curt Jaimungal delve into death, neuroscientific models of Ai, God, and consciousness.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:47 Karl and Joscha's new paper

00:09:13 Sentience vs. consciousness vs. The Self

00:21:00 Self-organization, thingness, and self-evidencing

00:29:02 Overlapping realities and physics as art

00:41:05 Mortal computation and substrate-agnostic Ai

00:56:38 Beyond Von Neumann architectures

01:00:23 Ai surpassing human researchers

01:20:34 Exploring vs. Exploiting (the risk of curiosity in academia)

01:27:02 Incompleteness and interdependence

01:32:25 Defining consciousness

01:53:36 Multiple overlapping consciousnesses

02:03:03 Unified experience and schizophrenia "insights"

02:10:16 Psychedelic experiences

02:22:20 Institutional rot in science

02:23:31 OpenAI CEO controversy

02:32:22 Existential crises as one delves into consciousness

02:35:06 Podcast wrap-up

NOTE: The perspectives expressed by guests don't necessarily mirror my own. There's a versicolored arrangement of people on TOE, each harboring distinct viewpoints, as part of my endeavor to understand the perspectives that exist.

THANK YOU: To Mike Duffy, of https://dailymystic.org for your insight, help, and recommendations on this channel.

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal - Artisan Tony interviews Curt Jaimungal on Time Travel, Free Will, and UFOs
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08/23/22 • 100 min

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Professor of Religion Diana Pasulka discusses Jung, Heidegger, and the recent UFO hearings

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LINKS MENTIONED:

-American Cosmic (Diana's book): https://amzn.to/3MsaOmI

-American Cosmic (Diana's book): https://amzn.to/3FWYCaW

-Fatima Trilogy (a book Diana references): https://amzn.to/3wDGoao

-Dark Night of the Soul podcast (with Chloe Valdary interviewing Curt): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfJ20TNpNU

-Karl Friston podcast (most important TOE podcast): https://youtu.be/SWtFU1Lit3M

-Thomas Campbell on TOE: https://youtu.be/kko-hVA-8IU is part 1 and part 2 is also on the channel.

-Tupacabra Twitter: https://twitter.com/TUPACABRA2

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:24 Diana's journey from "atheist" ⇒ "agnostic" (with respect to the phenomenon)

00:07:17 Nuns who saw orbs, every night, then prayed...

00:11:45 What are "beliefs"?

00:12:27 Atheists who believe in God

00:19:50 Spiritual vs Religious (and the Secularization thesis)

00:22:58 UFOs (or the belief in) are like a religion

00:29:37 Psychedelics and religion

00:37:01 Getting flack because of covering the phenomenon

00:39:42 To the skeptics: it's rational to believe in UFOs

00:47:38 Atheism is NOT like a religion, though it can be dogmatic

00:49:18 It's false to say "religions tell you what to think"

00:55:03 The case for dogma

01:01:06 Heidegger on technology not being just another tool

01:06:04 Heidegger and Jacques Vallée

01:10:03 Why do those who study the phenomenon tend to be Catholic?

01:13:49 How the Vatican views UFOs

01:15:12 Are religious stories interpreting UFOs, or are we interpreting UFOs materialistically?

01:20:05 Near Death Experiences, UFOs, and Dean Radin

01:22:35 How the CIA / DOD / etc. work (the nefarious strategies)

01:26:57 What Diana uncovered, that she shouldn't have

01:29:45 Roswell and the Promethean myth

01:31:10 The dangers (and reality) of CE5

01:33:48 Bob Lazar is considered credible by many, behind the scenes

01:36:02 Protecting yourself against disinformation

01:38:08 Academic Openness vs. Governmental Closedness

01:42:39 SpaceX, and writing in Latin for "them"

01:48:18 The president is a "short timer" (this is why he / she isn't told the truth)

01:49:02 Who is Tyler? Why is he significant?

01:50:48 Does the gov't believe they understand what's behind UFOs?

01:52:01 We're dealing with MULTIPLE phenomenon, not just one

01:52:51 Biblically accurate angels

01:55:26 Physical evidence pertaining to purgatory

01:57:36 What's the point in collocating UFOs with religion?

02:02:10 Who is the modern Heidegger?

02:05:21 Jung and UFOs

02:08:00 Plato's Cave and the view that certain people have shackled us

02:12:54 Sangha as The Answer to deception

02:18:46 Rediscovering meaning, Heidegger, Weinstein, and the TOE project

02:22:09 Experiential vs Analytical approach to understanding God

02:24:52 Lovecraft, and the perils of an "open mind"

02:27:14 Epistermic Shock vs Ontological Shock

02:38:10 The importance of Sangha

02:41:21 [Juliano Vargas] Reconciling religion with ET (and does ET believe in a Supreme Creator?)

02:42:15 [Numb Her Two] How has Diana's faith been affected?

02:44:27 Why does the Hitchhiker effect occur?

02:45:32 Angels... Demons... What is the THIRD (religiously interpreted) option?

02:46:45 Rosicrucianism and Gnosticism

02:50:52 Kurzweil's Singularity / Omega Point / UAPs

02:55:14 Jung and the UFO archetype (continued)

02:56:10 UFO hearings (May 2022)

03:00:23 [Tupacabra] Catholic Church, Remote Viewing, Thomas Campbell, and Jacques Vallée

03:05:54 Podcasts being sanctioned behind the scenes for disclosure #DisTOEsure

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Physics / Consciousness Contest: https://youtu.be/V93GQaDtv8w

Curt's Crash Course on Physics: https://youtu.be/e8kyvdPP8os

Sal Pais podcast: https://youtu.be/5E6QyAhTB3o

Stephon Alexander podcast: https://youtu.be/VETxb96a3qk

Stephon's Book "Fear Of Black Universe": https://amzn.to/3EYRpsJ

Stephon's Book "The Jazz Of Physics": https://amzn.to/3CIPiGI

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:03 Main issues of quantum gravity

00:08:08 Academia vs. the Outside

00:11:54 Superforce

00:25:09 Ashtekar quantum bounce

00:32:11 Mathematics of singularity repulsion

00:40:10 Fermionic matter and loop quantum gravity

00:44:08 Negative energy

00:51:11 What is the cause of gravity?

00:52:50 Casimir forces and gravity

00:56:38 Ed Witten on String Theory

01:02:53 AdS / CFT (defending holography)

01:10:15 The "rhythm" universe (a universe that continually comes and goes)

01:15:46 The Pais Effect and patents

01:31:59 Sal Pais (Part 2) and Stephon Alexander (Part 2)

01:33:46 Saxophone

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LINKS MENTIONED:

-Chris Langan's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CTMURadio

-Anil Seth's book: https://amzn.to/3iaWLUY

-Part 1 with David Wolpert: https://youtu.be/qj_YUxg-qtY

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:04:21 No Go Theorem regarding the existence of Laplace's Demon

00:08:06 Limits on Inference Devices

00:16:40 The Monotheism Theorem

00:21:05 Gaining wisdom from dogs

00:21:34 The Monotheism Theorem (explained in detail)

00:29:49 Norton's Dome (Newtonian mechanics is NOT deterministic)

00:35:06 What is an "observer"? An inference device!

00:39:48 Prediction vs Memory

00:42:45 No Free Lunch and Inference Devices

00:47:22 Opinions on Donald Hoffman

00:48:34 Church Turing thesis (a theorem or definition?)

00:50:46 Thoughts on Donald Hoffman again

00:53:24 The most profound results in philosophy are from algorithmic information theory

00:57:27 Busy beaver function

01:02:27 [Chris Langan] On the definition of "observer" being teleological

01:03:42 [Chris Langan] Mind and Matter / Dualism / Chalmers / Penrose

01:08:50 [Prof. Karl Friston] Non-equilibrium Steady States are consequences of what?

01:12:05 [Prof. Anil Seth] Consciousness is substrate independent? Free Will?

01:18:59 Wolpert doesn't like the debate over definitions

01:31:14 [Prof. Kevin Knuth] Remarks on what life is

01:38:04 [Prof. Edward Lee] Why are people offended by uncaused cause?

01:43:54 [Sam Thompson] Sociopolitical implications of the inference theorems

01:45:04 [Chris Langan] On modifying physicalism

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What is the most popular episode on Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal?

The episode title 'Iain McGilchrist on the Existence, Being, the Limits of Reason and Language, and Schizophrenia' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal?

The average episode length on Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal is 125 minutes.

How often are episodes of Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal released?

Episodes of Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal are typically released every 4 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal?

The first episode of Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal was released on Jul 2, 2020.

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