Curt Jaimungal: Consciousness, Irreducibility, and the Local to Global
4/22/20261 hr
Why can't local agreement scale to global truth? At the Mind at Large consciousness conference, hosted by the Center for Process Studies, I make the case using sheaf theory and physics — breaking down consciousness, free will, and the hard problem to show why sincerity beats any polished, totalizing philosophy. FOLLOW:
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- 00:00:00 - Intellectual Slogan Fatigue
- 00:06:11 - The Reverse Elephant Metaphor
- 00:11:12 - Local-to-Global Extension Failures
- 00:16:13 - Three Senses of Irreducibility
- 00:21:16 - Sheaf Theory and Obstructions
- 00:26:30 - Hard Problem Formalizations
- 00:31:36 - Averted Vision and Consciousness
- 00:36:36 - Taxonomy of Everything
- 00:41:39 - Pre-articulate Scientific Intimations
- 00:46:45 - Speculative Philosophy and Humility
- 00:51:47 - Ontological Significance of Vagueness LINKS MENTIONED:
- Matthew Segall [TOE]: https://youtu.be/DeTm4fSXpbM
- Jenann Ismael [TOE]: https://youtu.be/7kvXihDAOi0
- Aephraim Steinberg [TOE]: https://youtu.be/cOZ3Kto6NIc
- The Third Option [TOE]: https://youtu.be/tJsghrZQaYU
- Scott Aaronson & David Chalmers [TOE]: https://youtu.be/7PlmOXQ18jk
- Curt Debunks "All Possible Paths" [TOE]: https://youtu.be/XcY3ZtgYis0
- Consciousness Iceberg [TOE]: https://youtu.be/65yjqIDghEk
- Stephen Wolfram [TOE]: https://youtu.be/FkYer0xP37E
- Karl Friston [TOE]: https://youtu.be/uk4NZorRjCo
- Michael Levin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/c8iFtaltX-s
- Geoffrey Hinton [TOE]: https://youtu.be/b_DUft-BdIE
- Noam Chomsky [TOE]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlORiRfcaQe8ZdxKxF-e2BCY
- Anna Ciaunica & Michael Levin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/2aLhkm6QUgA
- Mind-at-Large Project: https://ctr4process.org/mind-at-large/
- Process and Reality [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0029345707?tag=toe08-20
- The Structure of Science [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0915144719?tag=toe08-20
- Sorites Paradox: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/
- The Mathematics of Self [Article]: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/the-mathematics-of-self-why-you-can
- Gödel, Escher, Bach [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0465026567?tag=toe08-20
- Sheaf (Mathematics): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheaf_(mathematics)
- Counterexamples in Topology [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/048668735X?tag=toe08-20
- Process Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/process-philosophy/
- Consciousness Explained [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0316180661?tag=toe08-20
- The Conscious Mind [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0195117891?tag=toe08-20
- Matter and Memory [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/1420937804?tag=toe08-20
- Boiling Frog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog
- Peano's Axioms: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PeanosAxioms.html
- Aharonov-Bohm Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharonov%E2%80%93Bohm_effect More links at https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Guests do not pay to appear. #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Okay, well hello everyone and welcome back. We're going to jump in straight away to our second plenary session of the day by none other than Curt Jaimungal. Many of you may be familiar with Curt's good work. Curt is a Toronto-based filmmaker and interviewer exploring a variety of topics related to theoretical physics, consciousness, and free will through his widely acclaimed podcast, TOE, otherwise known as the Theories of Everything. If you are unfamiliar with that podcast, I would highly recommend you check it out and see all the good content that Curt is producing. Curt, we're really happy to have you here with us today and we'll turn the floor over to you now.
Curt Jaimungal· Guest1:14
Thank you for the invitation. It's an honor to be here. A special thank you to Matt, Matt Siegel. Now, in keeping with the theme of this talk, I have some inconsistent ideas I'd like to present. First of all, what was this