Here is some interesting video conducted by a quartet of some top theoretical physicists, including a Nobel Laureate, discussing how all the information in the universe can be stored as a holographic surface (not volume). — Rich
The holographic principle probably explains many things about our brains, which in some ways show signs of being holographic. — Sam26
fundamental dynamics of spacetime — apokrisis
Which of these stories apply to a flesh and blood organ like a brain — apokrisis
Well, the flesh and blood brain is just like everything else, quantum information meshed into the holographic fabric. — Rich
Consciousness, it seems to me, is the fundamental stuff behind all that exists. — Sam26
Consciousness, it seems to me, is the fundamental stuff behind all that exists. However, consciousness is not created, it's primary, and it's at the bottom of the universe. All that can be said to exist is set into motion by consciousness. — Sam26
I believe in Godel's Incompleteness Theorems. — Posty McPostface
Fundamental constants are finely tuned for life. A remarkable fact about our universe is that physical constants have just the right values needed to allow for complex structures, including living things. Steven Weinberg, Martin Rees, Leonard Susskind and others contend that an exotic multiverse provides a tidy explanation for this apparent coincidence: if all possible values occur in a large enough collection of universes, then viable ones for life will surely be found somewhere.
Whereas 'mind' is 'what knows', not 'what is known', so that trying to 'know the mind' is trying to know that which is never 'other' to us. (If this sounds like a Zen Koan, that is not entirely coincidental.) — Wayfarer
If this is what you're saying, I would agree, but only if there was one mind, but there are other minds, at least according to my metaphysical take on things, and other minds can perceive and know objectively that these other minds exist. — Sam26
I recall Husserl's transcendental ego is not an object and also not a subject in the way that Hegel understands it. It's more of an irreducible site of subject-object interaction. — Joshs
I guess the question is what are the minimum requirements of a consciousness? — Joshs
Or maybe he just invented it, and the nature of his invention dovetails with the inventions of this generation of physicists — Joshs
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