UC Irvine invites applications for a postdoc position under the supervision of Professor Donald Hoffman. Preferred qualifications: PhD in Mathematics with emphasis on Algebraic Geometry and its application to Theoretical Physics.

recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08919

'... understanding the strong force is essential for explaining the complexity of the matter around us. In fact, the strong force accounts for the origin of around 99 percent of the mass in the visible universe.'
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It was a pleasure to talk with Dr. Aldrich Chan about perceptual evolution, the doom of spacetime, the fundamental nature of consciousness, and how these ideas may impact philosophy and psychotherapy.

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“Machines now perform all sorts of tasks: They clean big stores, patrol borders, and help children with autism. But will they improve our lives? If you’re like most people, you’ve probably never met a robot. But you will.”

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'But a new generation of scientists and inventors believes that the previously missing ingredient of AI can give robots the ability to learn new skills and adapt to new environments faster than ever before.'

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“In just one year of observations, a program that is creating the largest 3D map of the universe to date has sniffed out hints that dark energy may be stranger than scientists supposed.”

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It was a pleasure to talk with Matt Gray of Cheltenham and UK Philosophers. We discuss a new 'trace order' theory of observation and its implications for theories of consciousness.
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'Our noses may turn out to be geometers not of the world’s fixed and invariant properties, but of its evolved and Earthly processes.'
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“Like it or not, the reality of what you observe depends on how and whether you observe it; you simply get different experimental outcomes owing to the specifics of your measurement apparatus.”

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It was a pleasure to talk with James Beshara on the Magic Mind podcast. We discuss perception, reality, and the hard problem of consciousness.
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“It is well known that spacetime has no operational meaning beyond the Planck scale .... The arrow of time is an artifact of projection of a stationary dynamics, entirely beyond spacetime and quantum theory, whose entropy does not increase.”

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It was a pleasure to talk with the brilliant Mike Levin and Richard Watson about models of consciousness. Technical at points.

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For any theory of consciousness emerging from a non-conscious substrate, ask: What specific conscious experience can this theory explain? The taste of chocolate? The smell of garlic? No hand waves please. Give me a precise theory of a specific experience.
scientificamerican.com/article/what-t…

It was a pleasure to talk with Dan Stickler about consciousness and neuroscience.
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A great discussion of The Case Against Reality.

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The worst prediction in physics is off by a mind-numbing amount.

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Roger Penrose on quantum mechanics and consciousness.

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It was a pleasure to talk with Francis Lucille and Jenny Beal about the potential interaction of science and spirituality.
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