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Today, we dive deeper into the theories of consciousness in Layer 3 of The Consciousness Iceberg, exploring Heidegger's concept of Dasein, the Attention Schema Theory, EM Field Topology, Joscha Bach's Conductor Theory, and Donald Hoffman's Conscious Realism.

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Layer 1: https://youtu.be/GDjnEiys98o

Layer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4cpn8m9i0

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

01:32 - Heidegger's Concept of Dasein

04:19 - Attention Schema Theory

7:06 - EM Field Topology and the Boundary Problem

11:07 - Joscha Bach's Conductor Theory

18:18 - Donald Hoffman's Conscious Realism

22:42 - Nir Lahav's Relativistic Consciousness

30:30 - Outro / Support TOE

Links Mentioned:

- John Vervaeke's Relevance Realization (Layer 2) - https://youtu.be/TR4cpn8m9i0?si=3oVj7BMf46Rn3HOx

- Rupert Spira: Non-Dualism, God, & Death - https://youtu.be/dWLd9y1MG4c?si=AOW_lueDcK-xB8HX\

- Andres Gomex Emilsson (Qualia Research Institute) - https://qri.org/team

- Fitness Beats Truth by Donald Hoffman - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33231784/

- Exposing the Matrix | Donald Hoffman Λ John Vervaeke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTpdCVsttI

- Heidegger Portrait - https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-essay/2023/04/philosopher-martin-heidegger-nazi-legacy-influence-right-wing-ideology

- Attention Scheme Theory Michael Graziano - https://youtu.be/Tp5yqBEknUI?si=T9uXSHMG8de70peu

- Joscha Bach Λ Karl Friston: Ai, Death, Self, God, Consciousness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcQMYNi9a2w

- The Biggest Insight From Joscha Bach and Michael Levin's Work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_5AmPK2q4

- Michael Levin Λ Joscha Bach: Collective Intelligence -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgMFnfB5E_A

- Donald Hoffman Λ Joscha Bach: Consciousness, Gödel, Reality -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhSlYfVtgww

- Joscha Bach Λ Ben Goertzel: Conscious Ai, LLMs, AGI -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw7omaQ8SgA

- A Relativistic Theory of Consciousness -

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35801192/

- Roger Penrose | Gravity, Hawking Points and Twistor Theory -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gl8pwY2kW8

- Lahav Nir About Me: https://www.lahavnir.com/about-me

- Do We See Icons or Reality? A Review of Donald Hoffman’s The Case Against Reality, Brian Martin - https://social-epistemology.com/2019/12/05/do-we-see-icons-or-reality-a-review-of-donald-hoffmans-the-case-against-reality-brian-martin/

- Escaping the Illusion: Bernardo Kastrup Exposes Reality - https://youtu.be/lAB21FAXCDE?si=qmrsi-yDxXwtxwhD

#science #consciousness #donaldhoffman #joschabach

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