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Is Earth being monitored by an advanced civilization one million years ahead of us? And does this alien civilization actually share an ancient past with humanity? Economist Robin Hanson explores a provocative theory suggesting that highly evolved extraterrestrials may be subtly observing us—either as caretakers or as part of a long-running experiment. From there, the conversation delves into the intricacies of academic funding and the peer review process.

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Links Mentioned:

- Robin’s blog: https://www.overcomingbias.com/

- Robin’s profile: https://economics.gmu.edu/people/rhanson

- Robin’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Em-Work-Robots-Earth/dp/0198754620

- Tyler Cowen on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwieLd7Lyc8&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal

- Gregory Chaitin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoEuav8G6sY

- Matthew Segal on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTm4fSXpbM

- Daniel Van Zant’s article on incentive markets: https://www.danielvanzant.com/p/breakthrough-incentive-markets

- Michael Levin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8iFtaltX-s

- Lue Elizondo on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmFlLfsZKM

- Ross Coulthart on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQnGcX7oxms

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:36 - The Great Filter

05:38 - Where Are The Aliens?

09:13 - UFOs

16:50 - Panspermia

23:05 - Alien Hierarchies

27:30 - Alien Culture & Motivations

33:18 - Probability of Aliens

39:18 - Truth

49:41 - Fall of Academia

01:11:27 - Peer Review

01:20:22 - Ranking Ideas

01:23:09 - The System is “Broken”

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Dr. Michael Levin is on the verge of revolutionizing medicine by unlocking the bioelectric code that governs how cells communicate, heal, and build complex structures. His work reveals that intelligence exists at every level of biology—allowing us to reprogram tissues, regenerate limbs, and even suppress cancer by restoring cellular memory and connection.

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- Michael’s presentations: https://drmichaellevin.org/presentations/

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

02:45 The Role of Bioelectricity in Medicine

7:00 Multi-Scale Problem Solving

7:55 The Intelligence of Development

11:41 Decoding Electrical Memories

12:29 The Power of Bioelectric Signals

13:20 Rewiring Cellular Communication

15:29 Cancer and Cellular Networks

16:30 Birth Defects and Bioelectricity

18:28 Regeneration and Bioelectric Pathways

22:50 Inducing Novel Organs

25:35 The Future of Medicine

26:24 Audience Interaction and Questions

31:34 The Future of Bioelectricity

38:55 Integrating Bioelectricity with Evolution

44:17 Preventative Strategies in Medicine

45:45 Closing Remarks and Resources

46:30 Conclusion

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I'm back, baby. I've been away traveling for podcasts and am excited to bring you new ones with Michael Levin, William Hahn, Robin Hanson, and Emily Riehl, coming up shortly. They're already recorded. I've been recovering from a terrible flu but pushed through it to bring you today's episode with Urs Schreiber. This one is quite mind-blowing. It's quite hairy mathematics, something called higher category theory, and how using this math (which examines the structure of structure) allows one manner of finding "something" from "nothing." Here, "nothing" means the empty set, and "something" is defined as fermions and even 11D supergravity. It's the first time this material has been presented in this manner. Enjoy.

NOTE: Link to technical details are here from Urs Schreiber: https://ncatlab.org/schreiber/show/Peri+Pantheorias

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- nLab website: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/HomePage

- Paper on category theory: https://people.math.osu.edu/cogdell.1/6112-Eilenberg&MacLane-www.pdf

- “Higher Topos Theory for Physics” (Urs’s talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD20W6vxMI4

- “Higher Topos Theory for Physics” (Urs’s paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.11026

- Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4

- Feynman’s thesis: https://faculty.washington.edu/seattle/physics541/2012-path-integrals/thesis.pdf

- Differential cohomology in a cohesive ∞-topos (Urs’s paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.7930

- M-Theory from the Superpoint (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.01774

- Character Map in Non-Abelian Cohomology, The: Twisted, Differential, and Generalized (textbook): https://amzn.to/4bFuz7H

- TOE’s String Theory Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:27 The Creation of nLab

04:36 Philosophy Meets Physics

07:55 The Role of Mathematical Language

09:32 Emergence from Nothing

16:25 Towards a Theory of Everything

22:21 The Problem with Modern Physics

25:31 Diving into Category Theory

35:30 Understanding Adjunctions

41:46 The Significance of Duality

52:54 Exploring Toposes

1:14:20 The UNEDA Lemma and Generalized Spaces

1:16:37 Charts in Physics

1:20:55 Introduction to Infinitesimal Disks

1:23:56 The Emergence of Supergeometry

1:27:33 Transitioning to Gauge Theories

1:28:11 Exploring Singularities in Physics

1:32:50 The Role of Superformal Spaces

1:36:44 Functors and Their Implications

1:40:51 From Nothing to Emergent Structures

1:43:04 Hegel's Influence on Modern Physics

1:54:07 Discovering Higher-Dimensional Structures

1:56:30 The Path to 11-Dimensional Supergravity

1:57:21 Universal Central Extensions

2:03:21 The Journey to M-Theory

2:11:19 Globalizing the Structure of Supergravity

2:15:36 Understanding Global Charges in Physics

2:23:31 Dirac's Insights into Gauge Potentials

2:30:21 The Quest for Non-Perturbative Physics

2:39:04 Conclusion

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Join Curt Jaimungal as he welcomes Harvard physicist Jacob Barandes, who claims quantum mechanics can be reformulated without wave functions, alongside computer scientist Scott Aaronson. Barandes’ “indivisible” approach challenges the standard Schrödinger model, and Aaronson offers a healthy dose of skepticism in today's theolocution. Are we on the cusp of a radical rewrite of reality—or just rebranding the same quantum puzzles?

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

05:40 The Power of Quantum Computing

36:17 The Many Worlds Debate

1:09:05 Evaluating Jacob's Theory

1:13:49 Criteria for Theoretical Frameworks

1:17:15 Bohmian Mechanics and Stochastic Dynamics

1:18:51 Generalizing Quantum Theory

1:22:32 The Role of Unobservables

1:31:08 The Problem of Trajectories

1:39:39 Exploring Alternative Theories

1:50:29 The Stone Soup Analogy

1:56:20 The Limits of Quantum Mechanics

2:01:57 The Nature of Laws in Physics

2:14:57 The Many Worlds Interpretation

2:22:40 The Search for New Connections

Links Mentioned:

- Quantum theory, the Church–Turing principle and the universal quantum computer (article):

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall04/cos576/papers/deutsch85.pdf

- The Emergent Multiverse (book): https://amzn.to/3QJleSu

Jacob Barandes on TOE (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo&t=1s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal

- Scott Aaronson on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZpGCQoL2Rk

- Quantum Theory From Five Reasonable Axioms (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0101012

- Quantum stochastic processes and quantum non-Markovian phenomena (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.01894

- Jacob’s “Wigner’s Friend” flowchart: https://shared.jacobbarandes.com/images/wigners-friend-flow-chart-2025

- Is Quantum Mechanics An Island In Theory Space? (paper): https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/island.pdf

- Aspects of Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/223/1/Objectivity.pdf

- Quantum Computing Since Democritus (book): https://amzn.to/4bqVeoD

- The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.0159

- Quantum mechanics and reality (article): https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/23/9/30/427387/Quantum-mechanics-and-realityCould-the-solution-to

- Stone Soup (book): https://amzn.to/4kgPamN

- TOE’s String Theory Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY

- TOE’s Mindfest playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOPw7Hqkc6-MXEMBy0fnZcb

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Andrés Gómez Emilsson, director of the Qualia Research Institute and a pioneering researcher in the mathematical study of consciousness, explores the nature of awareness from both philosophical and scientific angles. He recounts his journey that led to founding the Qualia Research Institute—aimed at reducing suffering and enhancing experience. He discusses the transformative potential of psychedelics, the view of the self as a series of experiences, and how sensory resonance ("impedance matching") shapes our awareness.

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00:00 The Most Important Problem

01:49 The Hard Problem and Ontologies

05:15 Journey into Consciousness

09:06 The Qualia Research Institute

10:49 Shattering Realities

17:12 Happiness vs. Meaning

19:15 Defining Happiness

25:28 Psychological Egoism

33:45 Understanding Consciousness

38:01 The Qualia Research Institute's Goals

49:21 Exploring Impedance Matching

58:25 The Dance of Dissonance

1:03:22 The Nature of Suffering

1:10:32 The Concept of Oneness

1:17:02 Zero Ontology Explained

1:27:20 The Nature of Reality

1:28:57 The Self and Sense of Self

1:30:53 Stages of Consciousness

1:37:35 Transformations in Consciousness

1:46:20 The Role of Psychedelics

2:02:01 Exploring 5-MeO-DMT

2:21:03 Psychedelics and Buddhist Philosophy

2:45:32 Insights on Jhana States

2:51:31 Conclusion and Reflections

Links Mentioned:

- Qualia Research Institute (website): https://qri.org/

- Andres’s Qualia profile: https://qri.org/people/andr%C3%A9s-g%C3%B3mez-emilsson

- David Chalmers’s 2024 presentation at Mindfest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r9V1ryksnw

- Bernardo Kastrup on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAB21FAXCDE

- The Hedonistic Imperative (book): https://amzn.to/3Di7Xx5

- Why Does Anything Exist? (book): https://www.amazon.com/Why-Does-Anything-Exist-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0DKBHMC3C

- Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha (book): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1911597108

- Andres on The DemystifySci Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWDURKNe2Q

- ‘Replications’ group on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/replications/

- Stuart Hameroff’s Mindfest presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bQwdJir1o

- The Doors of Perception (book): https://amzn.to/4ijduTb

- From Neural Activity to Field Topology (article): https://qualiacomputing.com/2025/02/09/from-neural-activity-to-field-topology-how-coupling-kernels-shape-consciousness/

- Seeing That Frees (book): https://amzn.to/43fm15m

- Practicing the Jhanas (meditation series): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6hhaAzLmiqUzBYuLLJQ8FexOTRxz8xF

- The Dalai Lama, Psychedelics & Cher (article): https://tricycle.org/article/dalai-lama-psychedelics-cher/

- Advice to Sigālaka (article): https://suttacentral.net/dn31/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

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In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Tyler Cowen proposes that tariffs erode economic efficiency, ultimately passing much of the burden onto smaller countries such as Canada. Moreover, he suggests that the rise of AI and evolving institutional structures demand both intellectual humility and stronger mentorship for a more resilient academic landscape.

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- Tyler’s website: https://tylercowen.com/

- Tyler’s blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/

- Tyler’s podcast: https://conversationswithtyler.com/

- Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World (book): https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Identify-Energizers-Creatives-Winners/dp/1250275814

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Tariffs and Trade Policies

01:21 Economic Consequences of Tariffs

03:07 Canada as a 51st State?

04:00 Canada's Defense Spending Debate

05:41 Positive Aspects of Hostility

06:35 Transitioning to Theoretical Economics

08:07 The Role of Tenure

11:43 The Academy's Strengths

13:04 Problems in Academia

14:08 Understanding the Grant System

15:10 The Need for Grants

16:33 Is the Academic System Broken?

17:18 Improving the Academic System

17:47 The Role of AI in Academia

22:39 Exploring Deep Research

29:32 Writing as Thinking

31:53 Truth in Worldviews

33:22 Patchwork Theory of Reality

34:11 Economics and Theories of Everything

35:07 Disagreements Among Intelligent People

37:48 The Concept of Metarationality

45:10 Cultivating Metarationality

46:55 Distinction Between Stamina and Grit

49:03 Risk-Taking in Academia

51:28 Interviewing Style

56:28 The Value of Preparation

1:13:33 Critiquing Nassim Taleb

1:18:23 Public Debates vs. Private Discussions

1:20:46 Focus on Money

1:22:45 Healthy vs. Unhealthy Ambition

1:23:49 Complexity in Theories of Everything

1:24:39 The Importance of Mentoring

1:26:08 Current Projects and Interests

1:31:15 Advice for Students

1:32:39 The Future of Networking

1:32:53 Closing Thoughts and Reflections

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Welcome to the complete Iceberg of Consciousness.

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LAYER 1

01:31 – Introduction to Layer 1

01:38 – What Is Consciousness?

04:20 – The Mind-Body Problem

06:02 – Sleep, Dreams, and Altered States

08:53 – Free Will vs. Determinism

10:58 – The Self and Identity

LAYER 2

12:56 – Introduction to Layer 2

13:02 – The Hard Problem of Consciousness

16:59 – Qualia and Phenomenal Consciousness

19:27 – Advaita Vedanta (Non-Dualism)

22:59 – John Vervaeke’s Relevance Realization

24:45 – Panpsychism and the Combination Problem

26:58 – Buddhist Consciousness (Yogācāra & Madhyamaka)

29:04 – Global Workspace Theory

31:59 – Carl Jung’s Explanation for Consciousness

LAYER 3

36:03 – Introduction to Layer 3

36:47 – Heidegger’s Concept of Dasein

39:28 – Attention Schema Theory (Michael Graziano)

42:53 – EM-Field Topology & Boundary Problem (Andrés Gómez Emilsson)

46:49 – Joscha Bach’s Theory

53:41 – Donald Hoffman’s Theory

57:47 – Nir Lahav’s Relativistic Consciousness

LAYER 4

01:05:46 – Introduction to Layer 4

01:06:25 – Douglas Hofstadter’s Strange Loops

01:11:50 – Penrose’s Quantum Consciousness

01:16:04 – Christopher Langan’s CTMU

01:20:31 – Johnjoe McFadden’s CEMI Field Theory

01:24:24 – David Chalmers’ Extended Mind Hypothesis

01:29:18 – Iain McGilchrist’s Relational Dual-Aspect Monism

LAYER 5

01:33:04 – Introduction to Layer 5

01:34:35 – Bernardo Kastrup’s Analytic Idealism

01:38:54 – Karl Friston’s Enactive Approach / Free Energy Principle

01:42:12 – Alfred North Whitehead’s Pan-Experientialism

01:46:56 – Mark Solms’ Felt Uncertainty & Affective Theory

01:51:20 – Thomas Metzinger’s Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood

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In this episode, Curt Jaimungal speaks with Jacob Barandes, a theoretical physicist from Harvard, about the complexities of quantum mechanics. They explore wave-particle duality, Jacob's reformulation of quantum theory through indivisible stochastic processes, and the historical perspectives of figures like Schrödinger and Einstein.

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•⁠ ⁠Watch Part 1 of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaS1usLeXQM

•⁠ ⁠Jacob’s talks covering many of his points in this conversation: https://www.youtube.com/@JacobBarandesPhilOfPhysics

•⁠ ⁠Jacob’s first appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo

•⁠ ⁠New Prospects for a Causally Local Formulation of Quantum Theory (Jacob’s paper): https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16935

•⁠ ⁠The Stochastic-Quantum Correspondence (Jacob’s paper): https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.10778

•⁠ ⁠Schrodinger’s wave function paper (1926): https://github.com/yousbot/Quantum-Papers/blob/master/1926%20-%20E.%20Schrodinger%2C%20An%20Undulatory%20Theory%20of%20the%20Mechanics%20of%20Atoms%20and%20Molecules.pdf

•⁠ ⁠The Born-Einstein Letters (book): https://www.amazon.com/Born-Einstein-Letters-1916-1955-Friendship-Uncertain/dp/1403944962/

•⁠ ⁠Probability Relations Between Separated Systems (paper) : https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/schrodinger/Schrodinger-1936.pdf

•⁠ ⁠John Bell on Bertlemann’s socks (paper): https://cds.cern.ch/record/142461/files/198009299.pdf

•⁠ ⁠John Bell on the Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox (paper): https://journals.aps.org/ppf/pdf/10.1103/PhysicsPhysiqueFizika.1.195

•⁠ ⁠Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete’? (paper): https://journals.aps.org/pr/pdf/10.1103/PhysRev.47.777

•⁠ ⁠Causation as Folk Science (paper): https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/003004.pdf

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

06:01 Wave-Particle Duality Explained

08:44 Distinctions Between Waves

10:36 Quantum Field Theory Insights

15:10 Research Directions in Quantum Physics

24:27 Challenges in Quantum Field Theory

31:38 Quantum Mechanics vs. General Relativity

35:47 Fluctuations in Spacetime

45:09 Probabilistic General Relativity

54:00 Bell's Theorem and Non-Locality

1:20:48 The Nature of Causation in Physics

1:23:52 Causation in Modern Science

1:30:26 Reichenbachian Factorization Debates

1:31:44 Bell's Theorem Evolution

1:35:45 Indivisible Stochastic Approach

1:38:17 Understanding Entanglement

1:42:28 Information and Black Holes

1:45:44 Phase Information Loss

1:49:03 Heisenberg and Copenhagen Interpretation

1:52:29 The Nature of Electrons

1:53:09 Exploring Open Research Questions

1:59:09 Probabilities in Statistical Mechanics

2:11:30 Problems with Many Worlds Interpretation

2:27:42 Challenges of Probability in Many Worlds

2:35:14 The Case for a New Interpretation

2:43:11 Building a Collaborative Reputation

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Curt Jaimungal is joined by Michael Levin and Karl Friston. This conversation incorporates insights from physics and information theory, particularly regarding self-organization and the significance of entropy and free energy.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

3:43 The Free Energy Principle Explained

5:41 Creativity and Adaptive Utilization

11:56 In-Painting vs. Out-Painting

15:33 The Unreliable Medium of Biology

20:05 Aging: Noise or Psychological?

25:25 The Nature of Selfhood

45:10 Distinctions in Organic and Psychological Disease

48:54 Goal-Directed Systems and Aging

52:32 The Dynamics of Life and Death

55:49 Continuous Self in a Changing Form

1:01:35 The Constructive Nature of Science

1:08:02 Inferring Actions and Counterfactuals

1:11:40 Closing Thoughts and Future Conversations

Links Mentioned:

- Michael’s website: https://thoughtforms.life/

- Karl’s publications: https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/

- Michael’s previous appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLhkm6QUgA

- Karl’s previous appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk4NZorRjCo

- Michael on Anthrobots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6GIzNM0aM

- Michael’s paper on stress sharing as cognitive glue for collective intelligences: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X2400932X?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=911840d57c51eace

- Karl and Michael with Chris Fields on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6eJ44Jq_pw

- Karl Friston on the ‘Free Energy Principle’ on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v7LBABwZKA

- Michael’s recent paper with Chris Fields: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064525000089?dgcid=coauthor

- Top-down models in biology (paper): https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rsif.2016.0555

Geoffrey Hinton on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_DUft-BdIE

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Lilian Dindo on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hI7JNsbt0

Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4

Stephen Wolfram’s Mindfest presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHPQ_oSsJgg

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Michael Levin and Anna Ciaunica on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLhkm6QUgA&t=81s

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