{"id":228364,"date":"2026-01-05T09:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/daniel-dennett-philosophy-robert-sapolsky-human-clones-free-will-existence"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:13:22","slug":"daniel-dennett-philosophy-robert-sapolsky-human-clones-free-will-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/daniel-dennett-philosophy-robert-sapolsky-human-clones-free-will-existence","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dennett: Philosophy, Robert Sapolsky, Human Clones, Free Will, Existence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bH553zzjQlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The deepest dive into philosopher Daniel Dennett\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n<p>TIMESTAMPS:<br \/> 00:00 \u2014 The Soul.<br \/> 03:18 \u2014 Most Important Philosophical Question.<br \/> 12:06 \u2014 Do Qualia Exist?<br \/> 30:28 \u2014 Uploading Consciousness.<br \/> 39:55 \u2014 Thinking Differently.<br \/> 56:20 \u2014 Pragmatism.<br \/> 1:01:06 \u2014 Robert Sapolsky.<br \/> 1:12:57 \u2014 Philosophers and Scientists.<br \/> 1:29:30 \u2014 Patterns and Emergence.<br \/> 1:36:46 \u2014 Roger Penrose.<br \/> 1:42:39 \u2014 Sailing Boats.<br \/> 1:45:40 \u2014 Fictionalism.<br \/> 1:51:12 \u2014 Coming Up With Concepts.<br \/> 1:59:55 \u2014 Douglas Hofstadter.<br \/> 2:05:30 \u2014 AI Alignment Problem.<br \/> 2:11:31 \u2014 Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The perspectives expressed by guests don\u2019t necessarily mirror my own. There\u2019s a versicolored arrangement of people on TOE, each harboring distinct viewpoints, as part of my endeavor to understand the perspectives that exist.<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU: To Mike Duffey for your insight, help, and recommendations on this channel.<\/p>\n<p>Support TOE:<br \/> - Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/curtjaimungal\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/curtjaimungal<\/a> (early access to ad-free audio episodes!)<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 \/> - TOE Merch: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TOEmerch\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TOEmerch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow TOE:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/daniel-dennett-philosophy-robert-sapolsky-human-clones-free-will-existence\">Continue reading \u201cDaniel Dennett: Philosophy, Robert Sapolsky, Human Clones, Free Will, Existence\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deepest dive into philosopher Daniel Dennett\u2019s mind. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 \u2014 The Soul. 03:18 \u2014 Most Important Philosophical Question. 12:06 \u2014 Do Qualia Exist? 30:28 \u2014 Uploading Consciousness. 39:55 \u2014 Thinking Differently. 56:20 \u2014 Pragmatism. 1:01:06 \u2014 Robert Sapolsky. 1:12:57 \u2014 Philosophers and Scientists. 1:29:30 \u2014 Patterns and Emergence. 1:36:46 \u2014 Roger Penrose. 1:42:39 \u2014 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}