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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Donald Hoffman interview on spacetime, consciousness, and how biological fitness conceals reality. We discuss Nima Arkani-Hamed\u2019s Amplituhedron, decorated permutations, evolution, and the unlimited intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The Amplituhedron is a static, monolithic, geometric object with many dimensions. Its volume codes for amplitudes of particle interactions & its structure codes for locality and unitarity. Decorated permutations are the deepest core from which the Amplituhedron gets its structure. There are no dynamics, they are monoliths as in 2001: A Space Odyssey.<\/p>\n<p>Background.<br \/> 0:00 Highlights.<br \/> 6:55 The specific limits of evolution by natural selection.<br \/> 10:50 Don\u2019s born in a San Antonio Army hospital in 1955 (and his parents\u2019 background)<br \/> 14:44 As a teenager big question he wanted answered, \u201cAre we just machines?\u201c<br \/> 17:23 Don\u2019s early work as a vision researcher; visual systems construct.<br \/> 20:43 Carlos\u2019s 3-part series on Fitness-Beats-Truth Theorem.<\/p>\n<p>Fitness-Beats-Truth Theorem.<br \/> 22:29 Clarifications on FBT: Game theory simulations & math proofs.<br \/> 24:20 What does he mean I can\u2019t see reality? Fitness payoff functions don\u2019t know about the truth\u2026 28:23 Evolution shapes sensory systems to guide adaptive behavior\u2026 consider the virtual reality headset 32:45 FBT doesn\u2019t include costs for extra bits of information processing 34:40 Joscha Bach\u2019s \u201cThere are no colors in the universe\u201d\u2026 though even light itself isn\u2019t fundamental! 36:36 Map-territory relationship 40:27 Infinite regress, Godel\u2019s Incompleteness Theorem 42:27 Erik Hoel\u2019s causal emergence theory 45:40 Don\u2019s take on causality: there are no causal powers within spacetime What\u2019s Beyond Spacetime? 50:50 Nima Arkani-Hamed\u2019s Amplituhedron 53:00 What percentage of physicists would agree spacetime is doomed? 56:00 Amplituhedron a static, monolithic, geometric object with many dimensions\u2026 59:23 Ties to holographic principle, Ads-CFT correspondence 1:03:13 Quantum error correction 1:05:23 James Gates\u2019 adinkra animations linking electromagnetism & electron-like objects The Unlimited Intelligence 1:08:30 Does Don still meditate 3 hours every day? 1:11:30 \u201cWe\u2019re here for the ride\u2026\u201d 1:12:27 All my theories are trivial, there\u2019s an unlimited intelligence that transcends 1:14:00 Carlos meanders on meditation 1:15:50 \u201cYou can\u2019t know the truth, but you can be the truth\u201d 1:17:43 Explore-Exploit Tradeoff (foraging strategy) 1:19:15 \u201cYou\u2019re absolutely knocking on the right doors here\u201d\u2026 our 4D spacetime for some reason essential for consciousness 1:21:10 Why this world, with these symbols, this interface? 1:22:20 \u201cMy guess, one of the cheaper headsets\u201d Conscious Realism 1:24:40 Precise, mathematical model of consciousness\u2026 the end of Cantor\u2019s infinities 1:28:30 Fusions of Consciousness paper\u2026 bridges between interactions of conscious agents\/Markovian dynamics \u2192 decorated permutations \u2192 the Amplituhedron \u2192 spacetime 1:35:20 In a meta way, did Don choose the highest fitness path for his career? 1:39:10 \u201cDon\u2019t believe my theory, not the final word\u201d 1:41:00 Where to find more of Don\u2019s work \ud83d\udea9Links to Donald Hoffman & More \ud83d\udea9 \u201cDo we see reality as it is?\u201d (Ted Talk 2015) <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Do we see reality\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSymmetry Does Not Entail Veridicality\u201d lecture (Hoffman 2017)<br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Don Hoffman \u2014 \u201cSy\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Hoffman interview on spacetime, consciousness, and how biological fitness conceals reality. 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