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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist focusing on cognitive architectures, consciousness, models of mental representation, emotion, motivation and sociality.<\/p>\n<p>Patreon: \/ curtjaimungal.<br \/> Crypto: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/cryptoTOE\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/cryptoTOE<\/a><br \/> PayPal: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/paypalTOE\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/paypalTOE<\/a><br \/> Twitter: \/ toewithcurt.<br \/> Discord Invite: \/ discord.<br \/> iTunes: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/pdora.co\/33b9lfP\">https:\/\/pdora.co\/33b9lfP<\/a> Spotify: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4gL14b9\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4gL14b9<\/a>\u2026 Subreddit r\/TheoriesOfEverything: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ theoriesofeverything Merch: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TOEmerch\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TOEmerch<\/a> 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:17 Bach\u2019s work ethic \/ daily routine 0:01:35 What is your definition of truth? 0:04:41 Nature\u2019s substratum is a \u201cquantum graph\u201d? 0:06:25 Mathematics as the descriptor of all language 0:13:52 Why is constructivist mathematics \u201creal\u201d? What\u2019s the definition of \u201creal\u201d? 0:17:06 What does it mean to \u201cexist\u201d? Does \u201cpi\u201d exist? 0:20:14 The mystery of something vs. nothing. Existence is the default. 0:21:11 Bach\u2019s model vs. the multiverse 0:26:51 Is the universe deterministic 0:28:23 What determines the initial conditions, as well as the rules? 0:30:55 What is time? Is time fundamental? 0:34:21 What\u2019s the optimal algorithm for finding truth? 0:40:40 Are the fundamental laws of physics ultimately \u201csimple\u201d? 0:50:17 The relationship between art and the artist\u2019s cost function 0:54:02 Ideas are stories, being directed by intuitions 0:58:00 Society has a minimal role in training your intuitions 0:59:24 Why does art benefit from a repressive government? 1:04:01 A market case for civil rights 1:06:40 Fascism vs communism 1:10:50 Bach\u2019s \u201ccontrol \/ attention \/ reflective recall\u201d model 1:13:32 What\u2019s more fundamental\u2026 Consciousness or attention? 1:16:02 The Chinese Room Experiment 1:25:22 Is understanding predicated on consciousness? 1:26:22 Integrated Information Theory of consciousness (IIT) 1:30:15 Donald Hoffman\u2019s theory of consciousness 1:32:40 Douglas Hofstadter\u2019s \u201cstrange loop\u201d theory of consciousness 1:34:10 Holonomic Brain theory of consciousness 1:34:42 Daniel Dennett\u2019s theory of consciousness 1:36:57 Sensorimotor theory of consciousness (embodied cognition) 1:44:39 What is intelligence? 1:45:08 Intelligence vs. consciousness 1:46:36 Where does Free Will come into play, in Bach\u2019s model? 1:48:46 The opposite of free will can lead to, or feel like, addiction 1:51:48 Changing your identity to effectively live forever 1:59:13 Depersonalization disorder as a result of conceiving of your \u201cself\u201d as illusory 2:02:25 Dealing with a fear of loss of control 2:05:00 What about heart and conscience? 2:07:28 How to test \/ falsify Bach\u2019s model of consciousness 2:13:46 How has Bach\u2019s model changed in the past few years? 2:14:41 Why Bach doesn\u2019t practice Lucid Dreaming anymore 2:15:33 Dreams and GAN\u2019s (a machine learning framework) 2:18:08 If dreams are for helping us learn, why don\u2019t we consciously remember our dreams 2:19:58 Are dreams \u201creal\u201d? Is all of reality a dream? 2:20:39 How do you practically change your experience to be most positive \/ helpful? 2:23:56 What\u2019s more important than survival? What\u2019s worth dying for? 2:28:27 Bach\u2019s identity 2:29:44 Is there anything objectively wrong with hating humanity? 2:30:31 Practical Platonism 2:33:00 What \u201cGod\u201d is 2:36:24 Gods are as real as you, Bach claims 2:37:44 What \u201cprayer\u201d is, and why it works 2:41:06 Our society has lost its future and thus our culture 2:43:24 What does Bach disagree with Jordan Peterson about? 2:47:16 The millennials are the first generation that\u2019s authoritarian since WW2 2:48:31 Bach\u2019s views on the \u201csocial justice\u201d movement 2:51:29 Universal Basic Income as an answer to social inequality, or General Artificial Intelligence? 2:57:39 Nested hierarchy of \u201cI\u201cs (the conflicts within ourselves) 2:59:22 In the USA, innovation is \u201ccheating\u201d (for the most part) 3:02:27 Activists are usually operating on false information 3:03:04 Bach\u2019s Marxist roots and lessons to his former self 3:08:45 BONUS BIT: On societies problems.<br \/> Pandora: <a href=\"https:\/\/pdora.co\/33b9lfP\">https:\/\/pdora.co\/33b9lfP<\/a><br \/> Spotify: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4gL14b9\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4gL14b9<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Subreddit r\/TheoriesOfEverything: \/ theoriesofeverything.<br \/> Merch: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TOEmerch\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TOEmerch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>0:00:00 Introduction.<br \/> 0:00:17 Bach\u2019s work ethic \/ daily routine.<br \/> 0:01:35 What is your definition of truth?<br \/> 0:04:41 Nature\u2019s substratum is a \\.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist focusing on cognitive architectures, consciousness, models of mental representation, emotion, motivation and sociality. 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