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Reality is an illusion

Donald is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of three books, including The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. Here we talk about what is mathematics?, Interface theory of perception, fundamental nature of consciousness, origin of life, spiritual experiences and meaning of death.

Nature of reality

This episode is with Bernardo Kastrup.Bernardo is an author, philosopher, and director of the Essentia Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy and another Ph.D. in computer engineering specializing in artificial intelligence. As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered).In this conversation we talk about drawbacks of materialism, what is consciousness?, nature of reality, panpsychism, analytical idealism, free will, what is time?, meaning of life and death.

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Physics. Philosophy. 2022/12/26

This episode is with Peter Atkins. Here we talk about what are the laws of nature?, fundamental constants, emergence in the universe, strong and weak emergence, multiverse and a theory of everything.

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This is second episode with Donald Hoffman. Here we talk about what is mathematics?, Interface theory of perception, fundamental nature of consciousness, origin of life, spiritual experiences and meaning of death.

Biology. Chemistry. Philosophy. 2022/03/11

This is a conversation with Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy. In this conversation we talk about major hypothesis proposed for origin of life, what is life, hype created by media, what origins of life research is lacking, and Ram's views on faith and science.

Biology. Philosophy. 2023/09/03

This episode is with Enrico Coen. In this conversation we talk about major transitions in biology, emergence of complexity, evolution of life, drivers of evolution, evolution of brains, Intelligence and science.

Biology. Physics. Philosophy. 2023/03/05

This episode is with Chris Fields. Here we talk about what is a self?, nature of consciousness, physical reality, quantum field theory, panpsychism, boundaries of cognition, complex systems and a theory of consciousness.

Physics. Philosophy. 2023/02/03

This episode is with Abhay Ashtekar. Here we talk about what is gravity?, loop quantum gravity, The big bang, The big bounce, Singularities, Black holes and gravitational waves.

Psychology. Philosophy. 2022/09/03

This episode is with Bernardo Kastrup. In this conversation we talk about drawbacks of materialism, what is consciousness?, nature of reality, panpsychism, analytical idealism, free will, what is time?, meaning of life and death.

Psychology. Philosophy. 2021/11/12

This conversation is with Andy Norman. Here we discuss how science and evidence-based reasoning relate to faith and religion, and what practical steps individuals can take to boost their mental immune systems.

Physics. Philosophy. 2022/10/08

This episode is with Geraint Lewis. In this conversation we talk about theory of gravity, quantum physics, Big Bang, Matter, how do the elements form?, Antimatter, Dark matter and Dark energy.

Biology. Philosophy. 2022/09/17

This episode is with Paul Zachary (PZ) Myers. Here we talk about science based atheism, evolution of religion, god of gaps argument, origin and evolution of life, human values in the society, free speech and future of humanity.

Biology. Philosophy. Physics. 2022/08/28

This episode is with Martin Rees. In this conversation we talk about the evidence for big bang, aliens, threats to humanity, space travel and how to envision the future of humanity?

Biology. Philosophy. 2022/07/04

This episode is with Michael Levin. Here we talk about Life as an information, deterministic view of life, multi-cellularity, two headed flatworms Picasso frogs, bio-electricity and collective intelligence of cells.

Physics. Philosophy. 2022/05/22

This is a conversation with Konstantin Batygin. He is also a part of a rock band "The seventh season". In this conversation we talk about how do new solar systems form?, what is a planet?, Planet 9, Kuiper belt, and the Edge of our solar system.

Physics. Philosophy. 2022/04/29

This is a conversation with Donald Hoffman. Here we talk about splitting the consciousness, evolution and reality, modern theories of consciousness, conscious realism and Interface theory of perception.

Biology. Philosophy. 2021/12/18

This conversation is with Michael Nelson. Here we talk about need of moral philosophy, understanding ethics of biodiversity conservation, human-nature relationship, present and future of CRISPER.

Biology. Psychology. Philosophy. 2021/11/17

This conversation is with Mark Solms. Here we discuss about Mark's work on sleep, dreaming, what is consciousness, consciousness through evolution, how psychoanalysis can be helpful to understand consciousness and can we create consciousness?

Biology. Philosophy. 2021/11/07

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Biology. Philosophy. 2021/11/07

In a conversation with Frans De Waal, a primatologist and biologist. He has written numerous books including "Chimpanzee politics", "The bonobo and the athiest", and recently published "Mama's last hug"

Philosophy. 2021/10/15

This conversation is with Michael Strevens. In this conversation we talk about philosophy of science, work of the great philosophers of science Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn, how science works, the knowledge machine, irrationality of science, arrival of modern science, iron rule of science for artificial intelligence.

Psychology. Philosophy. 2021/10/29

This conversation is with Lee McIntyre. In this conversation we talk about what is science, importance of scientific method, science deniers, flat earthers, Anti-Vaxx, GMO deniers and climate change deniers.

Biology. Psychology. Philosophy. 2021/09/19

This conversation is with Desmond Morris, a renowned zoologist, surrealist painter, writer and a TV presenter from UK. In this discussion we talk about his early life, his interest in zoology and surrealism, Human tribalism, gender roles in human society and what is the secret of a long life.