Susan Blackmore, psychologist known for her work on consciousness, and Bernardo Kastrup, former computer scientist now philosopher, join us to discuss consciousness. This episode was released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org and Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal.

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LINKS MENTIONED:

- Daniel Dennett - "Consciousness Explained": https://amzn.to/3Nxz2Pa

- Susan Blackmore - "The Meme Machine": https://amzn.to/3oYdthy

- Susan Blackmore - "Conversations on Consciousness": https://amzn.to/448ohIR

- Schooler - "Dissociations Between Awareness and Meta-Awareness": https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/schooler/...

- William James - "The Principles of Psychology": https://amzn.to/443nmcA

- Richard Feynman - "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter": https://amzn.to/3Pg8W4I

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:04 Illusionism is misunderstood

00:07:40 Who is the "illusion" happening to?

00:09:20 Bernardo's disagreements with illusionists

00:19:35 Materialism doesn't work

00:28:21 Mindfulness and mind-altering experiences aid the philosophy?

00:30:34 Why aren't you a panspsychist?

00:38:27 The regularity of the laws of nature in Idealism

00:49:45 The simplest understanding of a "dissociative boundary"

00:54:57 Telepathy in Idealism and in science

01:06:21 The "self"

01:15:04 Psi phenomenon (NDEs, Precognition, ...)

01:17:32 What would convince you to believe the opposite of what you think?

01:21:44 Bernardo witnessed the miraculous (personal story)

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