Chris Langan and Bernardo Kastrup explore consciousness, metaphysics, computation, and the nature of God, debating AI awareness, free will, and spiritual traditions while sharing personal stories of existential dread.

- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:00:00 - Is LaMDA alive? Can computers be conscious?
- 00:06:48 - Lambda calculus, the mental world, and the physical
- 00:13:08 - Computation, reality, metaphysics, and Penrose
- 00:25:53 - schopenhauer, the will, and representation
- 00:35:22 - Disagreements on free will and indeterminism
- 01:01:41 - Jesus vs. Buddha vs. Vedics
- 01:12:34 - Consciousness is something we *do*? Consciousness is not important?
- 01:16:49 - Analytical Idealism and other theories
- 01:19:35 - Nondualism and Love as "fundamental" is nonsense
- 01:24:51 - Fear vs. Love
- 01:32:49 - Personal stories of existential dread from Chris and Bernardo
- 01:45:36 - Some truths will eviscerate you. Some lies will utterly deceive you.
- 01:56:23 - Plato's Cave is real, not illusory
- 02:03:52 - What does Chris value most?
- 02:06:08 - What does Bernardo value most?

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