Proof That Reality Is An ILLUSION: The Mystery Beyond Space-Time - Donald Hoffman | Know Thyself E63

In this thought-provoking episode, cognitive psychologist and author Donald Hoffman takes us on a journey through the mysteries of consciousness and reality. From questioning the nature of what we perceive to pondering the existence of inanimate consciousness, Hoffman challenges conventional beliefs and explores the profound implications of proving local realism false.
He delves into topics such as the illusion of free will, the role of love in metaphysics, and the possibility of reincarnation. Prepare to have your mind expanded as we contemplate the nature of reality itself and how this paradigm-shifting understanding will change everything.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
2:30 The Question of Consciousness & Evolution
9:56 Is What We See Real?
12:47 Implications of Proving Local Realism is False
16:55 Are Inanimate Objects Conscious?
24:53 What Makes Something Conscious?
29:06 We’re looking at the problem wrong
40:34 How evolution hid the truth from us
47:22 Conscious Agents: what’s outside of space time?
54:00 Are We in a Simulation?
1:00:40 Seeing the Oneness in All
1:02:38 Concepts of Karma and Reincarnation
1:07:00 Implications on how we act in the world
1:12:02 Self Compassion
1:13:35 Death & Facing the idea of impermanence
1:17:14 Does reincarnation exist?
1:22:41 Meditation & Spiritual Practices
1:30:30 The role that love plays in metaphysics
1:31:54 Free will & The illusion of choice
1:41:40 How Relationships Serve Purpose on the evolution of consciousness
1:45:23 AI & technology assisting the collective awakening
1:53:52 What it takes to prove this theory
1:58:30 This will change everything
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Donald David Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science.
Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. His research subjects include facial attractiveness, the recognition of shape, the perception of motion and color, the evolution of perception, and the mind-body problem.
He has co-authored two technical books; Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception (1989) offers a theory of consciousness and its relationship to physics; Automotive Lighting and Human Vision (2005) applies vision science to vehicle lighting. His book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (1998) presents the modern science of visual perception to a broad audience. His 2015 TED Talk, "Do we see reality as it is?" argues that our perceptions have evolved to hide reality from us.
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[@jemmafassett7926]

Knowing we are living in an illusion is the first step to letting go of what you think you know. Letting go of all the meaning we have given everything. Suddenly there is an opportunity to actually create the life I truly want. 🥰

[@youareacoward8459]

One word, where is YOUR POWER? If what he say is true and you are the master of everything ,then where is your power, gnostics?

[@TheFlyingBrain.]

Ooooou... Scary scary. Big bad power. 😆 See how they run. (I am the walrus.) Ask first, where is your heart, brother?

[@Anastasio777]

When returning back to my body in May/08/2008 from a 3min NDE the Self told me: "This is All just a dream, Hell does not exist, space & time do not exist, you don´t need to marry or make children. This is All but just a dream." Since then my Healing abilities got activated and I teach Meditation of Stillness as a hobby and helped hundreds of people in their spirituality. Awaken Siblings, Awaken!

[@chrisplayz253]

Awaken how?

[@ambergardener5157]

If you do anything on this planet, open a portal to a new consciousness by having children. It is a dream beyond imagining.

[@ambergardener5157]

​@@chrisplayz253 You awaken by realizing you are an aspect of the one and so is everyone and everything else around you. This understanding changes everything within the game and allows a glimpse into the primal base nature of your being.

[@freebird6331]

Fantastic!!

[@threestars2164]

Tell that to those who died in gas chambers in Auschwitz.

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

THIS. This right here is the topic I’ve been constantly talking about, especially this year. The world is not real. We live in a collective dream. And we’re waking up.

[@threestars2164]

Perhaps you should tell that to those children eating rocks in Yemen as they starve to death. Something tells me they will find it as profound as you.

[@JosephTin]

The key is, the awareness of being in a dream. With the knowingness, you can take control of the dream and make it the way you want it.

[@jonathantan3690]

This is very complex to understand. Very similar to what Buddha taught 2600 years ago - "Form is emptiness and emptiness is form", Great interview!

[@MyTea-rz4dd]

I have always had deep appreciation and respect for Andre. His ability to stay ahead of, guide and expand the interview is ... outside space/time.

[@gailve1]

Having had an NDE, this is what I learned about earth..... "All the world is a stage and we are mearly characters in the play". We are so much more, we are the director and producer too. We chose our roles and lives as souls and agreed to all the caste members in our play. When we walk off the stage we don't mourn the character we just played. What we take with us is the Virtues learned. ❤

[@johngazsi]

EXACTLY.

[@Cl4rendon]

This was BY FAR the best interview i have watched with Donald Hoffmann - The host here let him speak out all exciting talking points that he had, instead of trying to compete in rambling in scientific terms, which i have seen too often.

[@siddharthpandey9609]

Check his interaction with sarv priya Nanda

[@Ben_D.]

Ya. The Tom Bilyeu interviews made me want to slap a bro.

[@minfilipino]

Yea, like bilyeu

[@marcybielu9473]

I agree. He can now articulate his understanding and thought . The energy fields make him less nervous . He is not interrupted. The interviewer is open and is paraphrasing not interjecting and interrogating.

[@user-rc2xs5ti2w]

It doesn’t matter if it’s not real scientifically. What we see is important for self knowledge bc we see projections of what we are. This is all that matters.

[@mandyjane1234]

If we are living in an illusion or not, what difference does it make. It is not an illusion to us, who are feeling the pain of existence, it is a reality to us

[@footballfactory8797]

I think earth is a place for learning, yes there is a lot of pain and suffering here but there is also a lot of love. Imagine if it was all suffering and no love but it isnt. I think we are here to learn lessons of love hate and life.

[@galexcia]

Exactly

[@thiswayoutbigbang4162]

@@footballfactory8797 I don't mean to. I think your down playing the suffering part. All over the world suffering part. For what? Enlightenment. Don't take my word for it. I'm nobody. Turn your TV on. Talking about love. All we do is hurt each other and kill as many animals as possible. My heart attack wasn't an illusion. Shit was real. Nothing personal.

[@footballfactory8797]

@@thiswayoutbigbang4162 i think by our nature we concentrate on the negatives, we dont take into account the peaceful mornings many millions have around the world, a war takes our attention. You know what i mean? There are places in the world that are peaceful and yes bad things still happen there but thats not what makes the news. As stupid as it sounds the news isnt going to report on familys having a nice night in laughing and watching a film and having a cup of tea theyd much rather report on the war etc however both are real experiences, good and bad, that are happening all over the world. I hope i made sense with that, if your overly negative on the world i suggest you delete your socials, humans werent meant to know every bad thing that happens on the planet, its a big world, and the news will tint your glasses.

[@visionbishop9517]

​@@thiswayoutbigbang4162I've died 3 times,moved outside laws of physics more than that. This is a damn illusion,but we're in it. Learn to break free, resist the matrix. If you don't want freedom however,give in and bow down to all you experience.

[@jessiejamesferruolo]

Last few years Ive felt intuitively there is a singular conciousness and that we are all the fractured perspectives of a singular conciousness experiencing itself through infinite perspectives. Im a high school drop out (who has self educated since) and its so cool to hear someone with a formal education say the same ideas Ive had.... And for interviewer "You are not a drop in the ocean, but the entire ocean in a drop."

[@cerabaltzley7236]

Same. Intuitively. I came to it from mindfulness and buddhist practices. By doing something seemingly unrelated, realizations come. Quiet the mind to listem, and we just know.

[@threestars2164]

You do realize this is easily refuted by the universal experience of mankind right?

[@jessiejamesferruolo]

@@threestars2164 and you apparently dont realize the limitations of human experience.

[@Zazamarkle]

Rumi says the similar teachings….

[@Maralm]

Same here. ❤

[@arelys_meraki]

Had to watch in 4 sittings. So powerfully mind-blowing! 🤯Thank you, Andre, for sharing this conversation with us. Greatly appreciated! 🙏

[@scorps192]

4 sittings 😅😅 half a brain. I did it in half a sitting 😅😅

[@koldunya2002]

Watch the film Samadhi to harness and lear to experience Samadhi -that experience of being infinite consciousness…

[@tangerinesunset]

I have seen Donald Hoffman on other podcasts, but this has been the best and clearest so far. Great conversation

[@jslllppspp]

Special needs should stay off the internet

[@caroleminke6116]

I had an STE in February 2017 & on return to my body there was no gravity, time or finite space ✨ I had no memory of where I’d been except out of my normal waking reality, but I knew no one feels this blissful on earth & 🌎 I knew there’s truly no problem at all here, so I ran outside into the snow to tell the whole world that all is well ❤️

[@skeldrif351]

Did you manage to stay in that moment?

[@marcybielu9473]

I had an out of body experience at a very young age . I was on my bed my body floating about 1 m on top of my physical body. I never forgot it. It still gives me a rush of blood and tingles when I think about it. I have never been able to attach myself to anything in the material world. Marriage , wealth , status , family , friends . I see people and feel deep connection to anyone I see. . I feel energy and it scares me sometimes. Even with animals and nature it’s as if i always feel home wherever i am. I when i remove fear and perception. This makes me very misunderstood in the physical world . We humans all are seeking belonging and groups in the physical. We fear death of the physical body as we believe it’s the end …

[@hermeticlaw9097]

Brilliant, I love how Donald Hoffman doesn't pretend he figured it all out and still is humble and down to earth.

[@theoriginal7727]

true scientists are always like this. (Almost impossible to find in the mainstream Scientism religion)

[@sg2massive]

@@MurtadZ86 talking bollocks you mean

[@theliamofella]

@@theoriginal7727is Donald a mainstream scientist?

[@kuhulsoha8223]

Its spelt out- all of this in the Vedas.

[@Sammasambuddha]

Vid starts with him saying his colleagues are all wrong! Lol. Humble.

[@steelearmstrong9616]

No one that I have ever listened to knows or can explain consciousness more intelligently than Donald Hoffman. Met him or started listening to him in 2015. What a teacher

[@whiplashTM]

Is it a cult?

[@7marve]

This is fantastic. I am so glad Andre allows Donald to actually speak and explain fully at his own pace. I've seen other interviews where he is constantly interrupted. Also, the masters have solved it mathematically. It is listed at the end of Yogananda's book the length of a cosmic year, length of a cycle, etc.

[@yogiart5683]

The SRF LINE OF GURUS FORETOLD IT ALL ~ The Holy Science” ~ by ~ Swami Sri Yukteswar What Divine & profound-realizations are held within his book & these are from the most ancient of things & knowings … it’s amazing to see it all come into the view & perceptions of all people. ❤ most humbly I thank you for consistently Breaking new ground to uncover the most❤ ancient of #Truest_Truths

[@Channel-io1di]

He gets interrupted because his psychobabble rambling shouldn't go unchallenged just because a bunch of easily impressed walmart shopping land manatees are mesmerized by big word salads.

[@madhatter8882]

Damn, this has to be one of the best videos I have watched on KZbin since the platform came online. Congratulations to you both. Peace.

[@michaeldavidson1909]

It's great to see Hoffman looking so healthy, again. I was worried about him, there, for a while. He's definitely back in good shape again. Go Donald!

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

It doesn't matter its not real anyway

[@guilnarharb5849]

@@crazyprayingmantis5596😂😂😂😂❤❤

[@stianmathisen4284]

Donald Hoffman and Thomas Campbell is the real science!

[@InnerLuminosity]

And Bernardo Kastrup

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

You have to throw Jayson Breshears in there too !

[@quantumnat3997]

Excellent Interview André. I salute and thank you for giving space to Mr Hoffman and all your other guests for that matter, time to explain and answer your questions. Beautifully done.

[@tomhippely5194]

Great interview with Donald probably the best .Andre thank you for letting him talk and for the questions you asked.

[@godsouljour]

The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. You ARE the universe. If you want to change the world, change yourself. Starting to make sense? 🤣 love this! I love listening and learning from Mr. Hoffman

[@threestars2164]

Gibberish

[@godsouljour]

@@threestars2164it’s ok if you can’t comprehend this. 😂

[@mihaelaalbert3444]

What you must change in you?? You are not ok??? Who said you to change something about you??? What kind of change must make You and others??? For what you make change?? Please, ask me of this questions, then , you can say what you want!!☝️

[@JnTmarie]

Heaven? What a concept huh?

[@ready1fire1aim1]

Theology is broken because Religious Dogmatics won't call Yahweh Elohim from Genesis 2 the false Elohim. If they'd only read an uncensored Bible they'd see that Yahweh is introduced as an Elohim, not El (nullifying the "no two powers in heaven" heresy). Can the smartest person in the world get the right answer to an incorrect equation? "Deus" means "God", "Dea" means "Goddess", and "Dei" could either mean "gods" (plural) or "God's" (possessive) based on context. The Hebrew counterparts to the Latin above are El, Elah and Elohim. The Hebrews "syncretized" these three titles of God into all just meaning "El (God)". The sheer amount of biblical contradictions that has caused is staggering. Elohim from Genesis 1 is God's Chosen (Christ in Latin) Elohim. Possessive context Elohim so "God's Son." Yahweh Elohim from Genesis 2 is the false, fallen Elohim. Plural context Elohim so "gods/goddesses." Simply use the NOG translation on Bible Gateway to avoid the nearly 70,000 biblical contradictions this causes in most every Bible on earth. Also, it's nice to see where and how El, Elah and Elohim are used in your Old Testament. Physics is broken because we chose Newton instead of Leibniz (Newton said 0 is contingent and 1 is necessary/Leibniz said 0 is necessary and 1 is contingent). Thankfully that Nobel Prize proving quantum entanglement and that the universe is contingent (or, in three words, "not locally real") happened a year or so ago. NASA's mirror universe theory with 0D at the center matches theology perfectly you should check it out. The Monad (first emanation of God) is the zero-dimensional space binding our quarks together with the Strong Nuclear Force. Read Leibniz's Monadology 📖. This is the contingent and less real side of the zero-of you. Logos side. The other side of the zero-of you is the necessary and more real side. Theos side. There's Evil here because God (Theos, El, Deus) is on the other side of the zero-of yourself. Kabbalah says that God's first act of creation was the "self-withdrawal" to allow emptiness/ space for creation to take place in. This side of 0D (the zero-of you) is Holy Trinity (Genesis 1 true Elohim) vs Unholy Trinity (Genesis 2 false Elohim led by Blind Fool Yahweh). God (El/Theos/Deus, etc.) is right on the other side of the zero-of you. Don't let anyone tell you they (or their Institution) are between you and God (El/Theos/Deus). They are not. There's a mathematical construct called a Rindler Horizon at the quantum scale (zero-of yourself) with the Monad and at the cosmological scale with black holes. 1D, 2D, 3D spatial extension stuff cannot pass this barrier. Everything 1D, 2D, 3D is created at the quantum and destroyed at the cosmological. 0D quarks have no problems with event horizons. Closed-system entropy is a failed theory, it's now open-system ectropy (always has been). 2D gravity is a failed theory, it's now 0D ether (always has been). Yahweh Elohim (plural context; gods) from Genesis 2 is the false Elohim (always has been). Elohim (possessive context; God's) from Genesis 1 is the true Elohim (always has been). God is right on the other side of the event horizon at the zero-of yourself, we have the Logos and the best of all possible worlds on this side, pack your shit we're going to a wedding (the marriage of theology and physics).

[@triberium_]

Since I was young around 13ish and so forth I have always been on a quest to try and figure out the true nature of reality. Religion didn't really hold any answers and was more of a bump in the road. Then came physics which opened my eyes more to THIS reality. Then reading and listening to all these other philosophers and physicists. And here I am listening to Donald Hoffman describe exactly the same conclusions I have spent all these years (15ish years) researching.

[@moirahill6397]

I feel more or less the same 😊

[@cr-nd8qh]

Take some shrooms

[@cliffmcelrea5299]

Look into Christian Science, Infinite Way, and/or Unity. If you can get past there particular jargons, you will find the same concepts.

[@kayakMike1000]

​@@cliffmcelrea5299meh. Buddha was the first to make these "discoveries"

[@Mr.Presumably]

15 years isn't very long, you still got a ways to go if you think this guy knows what he's talking about.

[@jamest3336]

'a limit of the headset' is also a beautiful analogy to us not yet perceiving things on the spiritual consciousness/vibration level

[@madelynhernandez7453]

I always wonder if we are spiritual being them what the hell are we doing experiencing earth, there is no purpose for this other than to break some boredom in the eternal phase.

[@bobbya1788]

Great interview. I like how you set Donald loose and then let him talk without interrupting him like other podcasters. Thanks for doing this interview, was very informative

[@js7924]

“Each one of us is precious.” Oh I love this! I hope we all reach this perspective. It’s so beautiful!

[@kayakMike1000]

And what perspective is that? You're not real, as far as the premise of this charlatan is concerned.

[@RepublicConstitution]

If reality is an illusion, none of us matter at all, moron.

[@RepublicConstitution]

@@kayakMike1000 Exactly 💯, I'm glad I'm not the only one who easily sees through such nonsense and absurdity. If reality is an illusion, will this fool prove his claim by jumping off a high rise building? Of course not because reality is just as real as we think it is.

[@mariovillarreal8647]

JS beautifully spoken. Love ❤️ and Peace from CentralCoastCalifornia. ❤Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙏. Love, Mario SirSirReal Villarreal ❤ AKA Marman, " Yahdi"❤

[@lotusmelody8579]

If you're reading this, don't give up... You possess the inner strength to conquer any challenge. Embrace even the smallest victories and show yourself kindness along the way. Your path will guide you towards a brighter tomorrow! 🦋🦋🦋

[@CLM2204]

In the 5th Dimension YES But not in 3D which is being controlled by Artificial methods & 5G.

[@joshingai4842]

i cant read

[@michaelpinkston768]

What a great podcast stumbling on this! Very enlightening and understanding! Great subject and makes a lot of sense!! Thanks

[@Farid-Abbasi]

That's great. Hoffman is a brilliant researcher. The host has a great insights on the topic as well. Thanks for bringing it up !

[@calibfurrytour8124]

1:01:11 - "You and I are the same" "It's the one, in an avatar, talking to the one in another avatar" I've had this idea for a very long time and still feel it to be true. If I was God (whoever that is), and I wanted to keep myself company.... this would be the way to do it (our reality). The Golden Rule is really talking about treating yourself kindly.

[@gautamkarmakar3443]

That's the meaning of NAMASTE where we acknowledge each one of us part of same consciousness called Krishna.

[@madelynhernandez7453]

Then why do we all have different feeling and experiences. Then the one is feeling through us the avatar. Fear, anguish, pain, etc.... why create all this. How can an ultimate being be bored or need company?

[@gautamkarmakar3443]

The suffering and pain start with attachment. Now in a practical sense, we can be inside samsara meaning in our life and our world but deep inside believe that none of this is true or going to last. So if we lose it's ok. This will give you peace and connect with your self.

[@alicewondering4295]

@@gautamkarmakar3443 Isn't the goal to experience all kinds of feelings to be less egoistic and become again One/Nirvana?

[@gautamkarmakar3443]

@alicewondering4295 No goal isn't to feel everything but to know that none of these feelings are real. The feeling comes from assuming what we are seeing has any real meaning in our lives. It's OK to experience yet having no feeling.

[@milenaseymour446]

Wow LOVE this man! So intelligent , humble , spiritual , brilliant scientist etc… I’m blown away . Feel so much love for him and everything he said !!! Thank u for such a great guest and your amazing KZbin channel !!!

[@everythingisenergyenergyis3801]

Great collaboration. You did such a great job of letting him do the talking for the most part, but asking the right questions and clarifying.

[@Doorsofperception420]

I get tired of people saying they believe in a God that they don't see but have a really hard time believing in science and other life forms. I find science more soothing and believable than a God that judges me on everything i do.

[@The_Shogun_of_Whitnel87]

Science and the bible back each other

[@ravenblakely3749]

This is a very trippy conversation! From all sorts of different points of view… I kind of love the science is catching up with mysticism in many ways… I can hardly wait to hear the rest of it, but gotta go for now

[@gidkom]

science is proving mysticism

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

:3 Nice! 2 days! One of my scientists!

[@whiplashTM]

Most mystics wouldn't call our reality an illusion.... Or even reference to mathemathical formulas and computer simulations... Read Martin Heidegger, Jan Patocka, Iris Murdoch, Simone Weil, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Luc Marion etc - and you will discover that most mystics is trying to show a way out of illusion back to reality - and that science is one of the reasons for people living an "illusionary" life. Think of Plato's Cave or Johann Amos Comenius's Labyrinth. It's quite misleading and self-contradictory how Donald Hoffman is making his Kantian "philosophy" relevant through this mathemathical and sciencetific approach. Every person I've listed have clear objections toward this approach (both science and Immanuel Kant) - I could've listed a ton more. Know Thyself - is also about knowing your limitations as a human being - Donald Hoffman seems to recognize this from time to time - but yet again he operates with "exact numbers" and "objective reality" - reading the persons I've listed will show that we already live IN reality (the world) -- but with our limitations we can't catch all of reality (the whole) at the same time - we live in truth, we live IN time, and we allways have to set us up against/with the whole. The whole is this paradox, between certainty and uncertainty - while Donald Hoffman is "limiting" the whole into one "exact" idealistic whole of consciousness (The Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel idealism trap). Soren Kierkegaard, Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze would also have objections to this. Many asian philosophers/mystics/sciencetist would somewhat agree aswell. Philosophers of ancient Greece would do the same - Aristoteles notions of Phronesis, episteme and techne could be of help with this theory (abstractions) and praxis (lived experience) problem. While Donald Hoffman is making his "perfect" theory of the dualistic notion of Plato. Just have in mind that Plato never had the intention of releasing his scriptures for the public - it was the work of his own searching for truth and his own existence at the time... Good luck with your own search for truth. (PS: I'm not anti-science or anything like that - but our day and age doesn't take into account the limitations of science and what it can or can not tell us about life and our reality).

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

I know, right?! Kabbalists had this info for over 3.5K years!!! It’s almost laughable to see the limitations of modern science.

[@R0CK0Nbaby]

I've had a lot of existential crises, this one might take the cake in being the most existential crisis-inducing talk I've ever heard. There goes my attempt in grounding

[@bonnytaylor7558]

@rockonbaby I think I might put on a sitcom for a bit 😂 this is crazy. Yes a glass of wine and a sitcom sounds good 😅 that was 20 minutes in..

[@kay2thalay70]

Sure ... but only in the Twilight Zone

[@deedots2878]

Oh the sweet pain of transcendence!

[@koldunya2002]

Watch the beautiful and mind blowing film Samadhi to learn to experience that silent and infinite oneness within, that infinite nature of ONE consciousness.

[@R0CK0Nbaby]

@@koldunya2002 That film is what started it all for me :)

[@user-hc8gz5ks6q]

Thank you both for turning up the lights.❤😊

[@andreasschneider3804]

So ignoring problems makes them go away?? Doesn't work according to my experiments...

[@francisfischer7620]

Trust me, I grew up in Christian Science. It does not! It killed over half my family. Fantasy doesn't heal!

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

That's not what he says. You have to deal with the reality that we have available to us. We have no other choice.

[@ananyasingh3022]

what he is saying is thing only exist as long as we are conscious of them. when you stop puttting your awareness on the problem it will cease to exist

[@andreasschneider3804]

Yes, but there is no reason to believe that. That is nonsense.

[@ananyasingh3022]

@@andreasschneider3804 its up to you to believe it or not .byt ut is scientifically proven

[@paulewog857]

This man is on it! I love listening to him…… makes my mind go bonkers

[@JimboJones99]

God Bless this man 🙏🌄 God Bless President Trump 🙏🇺🇲

[@paulewog857]

@@JimboJones99 love ya! Not sure that’s he’s going to be help but I hope you’re right because we need help here-I was thinking that we were the ones we were waiting for

[@kayakMike1000]

He's completely absurd.

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Nice! 2 days! One of my scientists!

[@ready1fire1aim1]

Monad (from Greek μονάς monas, "singularity" in turn from μόνος monos, "alone") refers, in cosmogony, to the Supreme Being, divinity or the totality of all things. The concept was reportedly conceived by the Pythagoreans and may refer variously to a single source acting alone, or to an indivisible origin, or to both. The concept was later adopted by other philosophers, such as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who referred to the Monad as an elementary particle. It had a geometric counterpart, which was debated and discussed contemporaneously by the same groups of people. Q: Is the Monad (first emanation of God) the zero-dimensional space binding our quarks together with the strong nuclear force? A: Leibniz's "The Monadology" is a philosophical work that explores the concept of monads as indivisible, immaterial substances that make up the fabric of reality. While the notion of monads is primarily philosophical and not directly related to modern physics, I can attempt to draw a connection between some of Leibniz's ideas and the strong nuclear force holding quarks together. Here are seven points of connection you could consider: 1) Indivisibility and Unity: Leibniz's monads are indivisible and lack parts. In a similar vein, quarks are elementary particles, indivisible according to our current understanding, and are the building blocks of hadrons, the particles held together by the strong force. 2) Interconnectedness: Leibniz's monads are interconnected, each reflecting the entire universe from its own perspective. In particle physics, the strong force binds quarks within hadrons, creating a complex interconnected system of particles. 3) Inherent Properties: Monads possess inherent perceptions and appetitions. In particle physics, quarks are associated with intrinsic properties like color charge, which influences their interactions through the strong force. 4) Harmony: Leibniz describes monads as creating harmony in the universe. Similarly, the strong nuclear force maintains stability within atomic nuclei by balancing the repulsive electromagnetic forces between positively charged protons. 5) Pre-established Harmony: Leibniz's concept of pre-established harmony suggests that everything is synchronized by design. In particle physics, the strong force ensures that quarks interact in ways that give rise to stable particles, exhibiting a form of "harmony" in their interactions. 6) Non-Mechanical Interaction: Leibniz's monads interact non-mechanically through perceptions. In the context of the strong force, quarks interact through the exchange of gluons, which doesn't follow classical mechanical rules but rather the principles of quantum field theory. 7) Holism: Leibniz's emphasis on the holistic nature of reality could be compared to the way quarks contribute to the overall structure and behavior of hadrons through their interactions mediated by the strong force. em·a·na·tion noun an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source.

[@halfordmunene3121]

When you go down this rabbit hole, everything that you think about has to be thought about 180 degrees opposite from the standard way of thinking about it😂😂😂 When i got this, everything opened up❤

[@MsTessG]

One of the best interviews I've ever seen. Well done and incredibly insightful. André asked every question I wanted to ask the guest.

[@mentallygreat]

Hey there. I'm having an interview tomorrow with Don. Anything else you wuld've liked to ask?

[@patrickrishton6067]

It can't be seen or touched, but when we meditate, we feel it more than we can imagine. ❤❤flex your pineal brothers and sisters

[@blake975]

Donald Hoffman!! I watch every podcast he's on.

[@elizabethtucci3305]

I've listened to several interviews with Donald Hoffman and this is the best one I've seen so far. Andre has drawn out his humanity so much more than anyone has so far. He's more likable and at ease. There's more depth and detail. It's more nuanced and yes I agree that he's not pretending to have it all done, all sorted out. Thanks Andre I'm inclined to watch it again.

[@boatrentalthames5285]

I absolutely agree. Great interview

[@tabularasa2015]

TOTALLY AGREE

[@strikerorwell9232]

Check Stanford University-US Army Intelligence lab tests on remote viewing and SRA (Scientific Remote Viewing) which explains how they achieve their remote viewing targets with an average of 90 to 95% certainty and how we exist all over the Universe at the same time?

[@kayakMike1000]

I disagree, he makes claims that cannot be investigated through experimental observation. All observation is done through some cheap headset, but humans build tools to investigate beyond what our cheap headset can observe.

[@OrdnanceTV]

​@@kayakMike1000His claims *can* be investigated through direct observation though, using complex physics equations with his team and mathematical concepts. There are numerous videos on these as well.

[@seriouslyyoujest1771]

Decades ago I was talking to an old man who lived across from me. I had just moved up to the southern coast of Oregon. The air was clean, and light after the sunset, but before dark, stunning. I remarked about the beautiful glow if the Pacific in front of us, and the mountains behind. He said, “ What’s really amazing is that none of this exists”. I replied, “ That would be even more amazing”.

[@patrick764]

The best interview with Doctor Hoffman that I’ve seen so far.

[@tylerbrooks9084]

I’m blown away by Donald Hoffman. This was my first time hearing him in an interview. Great interview!

[@AndriiMuliar]

But objects in space and time EXIST even if they have not perceived. His interpretation of reality is wrong.

[@kwimms]

@@AndriiMuliar Yeah, he's just another babbling intellect on the internet. Next.

[@Mike-gc2hm]

​@kwimms my testicle started hurting watching 10 minutes of this had to log off after I write this comment 😮

[@Mike-gc2hm]

​@@kwimms😮 c above comment

[@nyoracl]

Oh thank god someone who lets Hoffman share all he is and knows without hijacking the interview to make it about the host. Here's looking at you, Tom Bilyeu. This is 100x better than the Tom Bilyeu attempts where Tom tries to make it all about himself. Refreshing that the host honors, respects and lets us learn from the knowledge, wisdom, insights of Hoffman.

[@whitjones9395]

💯 agree

[@James-ll3jb]

Bilyeu is annoyingly hoggish, distressingly pretentious, haughty, anti-intellectual!😅

[@northofyou33]

Tom likes everyone to know how clever he is. Sorry to diss him. Just sayin'.

[@James-ll3jb]

@@northofyou33 It's true. He's a compulsive anti-intellectual.

[@75catie]

I had forgotten all about Tom Billeu!! And you are so right about him. He used to be all over my suggestions...my algorithm is evolving awakening with me....😂 And yes Andre is my favorite. Podcaster by far...I just love him!!

[@LimitlessMagic777]

I love this. When we see everything is an illusion Change the players on the board and play the game the way you want.

[@lizboudreau87]

I love every single one of your podcasts but this one may be my favorite 🤯 I had a seriously amazing consciousness shift learning the new science and math behind what I’ve always felt in my intuition. I felt like crying, like that coming home comforting feeling. 🙏🙂

[@michaelt1775]

🙏

[@InnerLuminosity]

Welcome home to a place you never left❤😉😇

[@chrishornbach162]

Remember being Connected to the devine as innocent child? Then conforming by force to the "hard working American" adult?

[@screamjackpsy]

This is science at its finest. And this man is a true scientist. Absolute love the humility and openness through which the infinite intelligence finds such graceful expression.

[@Createyouramazing]

"Through which the Infinite intelligence finds such graceful expression" ❤

[@jerryroberson360]

You hit it right on the head awesome off.

[@theoriginal7727]

#TrueScience NOT the weird religion of recent decades, Scientism.

[@squarerootof2]

Donald Hoffman only exist in your mind and on your computer monitor. He's not real.

[@amd8365]

This is philosophy not science

[@slippa0109]

This is just Brilliant! I’ve being waiting for something like this outlook on reality vs consciousness. Something that older civilisations explored on a different level. So EXCITING! ❤

[@IndigoHazelnut]

This conversation is incredible. Thank you

[@m.n.d5949]

Oh donald is speaking wisdom right here. And it ticks so many perspectives so i love it. Im not a science person but when im talking to a highly scientific mind i now gain perspective on how to understand spririt scientifically so can communicate better. Thanks Donald. Thanks andre for getting him on here. Also i second free will. Here is what i understand. When you are aware you can choose. When your unconcious and fully become the character and follow the pattern you dont have free will because you are following a pattern. And the free will is only to choose between fear and love in any decision. When you are in fear/ lack you are unconcious and following a pattern when you are choosing love your aware for that moment. Its about becoming aware more and more in this waking dream. Love to all .

[@curtcoller3632]

Where is the evidence - where is the wisdom?

[@tygerlillee]

​@@curtcoller3632It's in all of us.

[@EdgarMorales-kn7ph]

@@curtcoller3632right in your face

[@mariovillarreal8647]

MN love and Peace to you as well.❤Thanks. Mario SirSirReal Villarreal AKA Marman ❤. Yadi.

[@allstrongfitness]

Synchronicity is strong with my personal experience in this one. I have really been getting the hang of improving consciousness and manifesting in my life. I was also raised Christian, told meditation was bad, and had sleep problems that 4 different medications couldn’t fix. Started meditating based off a counselor I was visiting recommended. Used it for sleep. Now I use it for changing my life. Best advice I can give, is to literally put on a headset. I put on earplugs, with earphones over them used in gun ranges, put on a face mask, get in a room with comfortable temperature, and go. From first person, see yourself driving your favorite car. Feel the seat, hear the wind rushing through your hair. Turn up the radio on your favorite song. Feel it as much as you can. Every single sense. Once you get the hang of it, it gets fun. I just went to the grocery store and picked up an expensive bottle of wine and fish to feel the texture. Then I closed my eyes in the store and imagined every feeling of checking it out, putting in my credit card. Smiling to the cashier. Saying goodbye to them in a friendly tone. I then walked outside and imagined the parking lot covered with cheesecakes on the ground and felt myself stepping on cheesecakes to my car. Some manifestations are serious (becoming financially free), while others should be fun in just being creative. That’s what it’s all about. Not getting the thing, but the joy of imagining yourself in that perspective doing it, based off what YOU truly want. These fun manifestations will still show cause into your life. And they build your confidence and trust into this WONDERFUL world we live in. Try it out! Love and peace to everyone (:❤

[@theoriginal7727]

Jesus approves this message. lolz really though, the mainstream religion has almost nothign to do with what Jesus taught or who he was; pretty sure he lived in India at least part of the years he was mission from the bible (30 out of 33 or so). When you read his teachings in the context of the age and cultures he was in 2000 years ago, it echoes a lot from Upanishads and Taoism in particular, Buddhism to an extent too. The ways he talks about God, our relationship to Him/it, the reality of Oneness, equality and humanity of women, and so on. Love is what matters, the rest is details. Literally what He taught! And almost entirely absent from modern Christianism, especially in the US/right wing

[@allstrongfitness]

@@theoriginal7727 it never has been more clear to me and it’s so freeing. It always seemed like separating religions was not the right thing deep down. And rather a set of guidance and values to help push us towards the true meaning of life. But ironically it has created more separation. Luckily, it has (luck myself) sprung me into the process of awakening!

[@freespiritwithnature4384]

Now I just have to man- i- fest ,a manl😂❤

[@allstrongfitness]

@@freespiritwithnature4384 You already have manifested him. He’s yours. Imagine what you’ll do with him. Imagine how you’ll feel with him. Imagine eating dinner with him. Close your eyes, visualize it all. It will come so fast and so right, in a way that’s right for you.

[@chrishornbach162]

Resonation to these words! The genuine comforts to the natural connection as an innocent child....they stripped it from almost all of us and now we all conform...live and let die I suppose 😢 1 ❤

[@aleksandramaksymowicz4352]

What comes into my mind after 1:35 h of this interview is that we all are trying to mimic somehow is what really happens into our perception of world. Via science, spirituality, creating and using AI, creating games (even NPC’s which may be equivalent of people more attached to the avatar and trying to make them more alive by AI) via art, paintings, books, fiction, et cetera. And on the surface level we all know that we make this because we like to understand the world, but it seems to me on a deeper level that we as a one from the very beginning are trying to collectively understand what the one is. Just like universe wanting to be aware of itself. Maybe this is the path that evolution is going as it works. I am very fascinated and really invested in science and spiritual take on life as both seems to compliment each other.

[@aleksandramaksymowicz4352]

Also there is mentioned mathematics. We have to remember it is and always will be a tool for communication, more universal and more specified that language, but still limited.

[@trn1973]

Very nice interview. Excellent questions and explanations. All these topics are well explained by Matías De Stefano too.

[@OnlyThisMoment]

Hi me, it’s you ;)

[@richardminish9952]

Hi you, it's me

[@AndreDuqum]

@@richardminish9952 hey y’all, it’s us!

[@mk_-8794]

Hey us, it’s we?

[@michaeljmalizia8984]

What does Donald think about this. Does your significant other exist when you are not seeing her or getting any updates from any source about them?

[@ambergardener5157]

​@michaeljmalizia8984 Neither you nor her, as you know yourselves to be, exist outside of the space time operating system. She is the same as you, a rendering within space time. You observe each other as real because of the rules of the being a conscious agent within an operating system, i.e. space time. So, in essence, the game does seem and look real.but it is not in the way we think it is. The program is running on top of another super structure of some kind.

[@sharpsphere6340]

This is my fav Don Hoffman podcast so far. He's magnificent.

[@donnab345]

Excellent interview! I enjoyed and learned so much. Thank you for many mind opening theories and thoughts.

[@catsmeow1630]

WOW, mind blowing! Fabulous interview and such profound concepts 🎆😊

[@xstephtrinhity]

The time it takes to digest this is just an artifact of limited perception 👹 absolutely paradigm-shattering in the best way 🙌

[@prebujenje9]

This conversation is so freeing. Thank you for everything that you're doing. 🙏

[@madelynhernandez7453]

Not to me

[@ChristineNicoleCoaching]

I can’t say how much I appreciate brilliant, courageous and leading edge conversations! Thank you both for this talk 🙌🏻 I would love to hear this man speak with Darius J Wright who explains through out of body travel what prime reality is outside the simulation

[@monicaarcher7107]

Where can I find Darius J Wright it sounds interesting

[@ChristineNicoleCoaching]

google his name on youtube!@@monicaarcher7107

[@fjfaase]

Donals Hoffman just came into existence now that I watched this video. Before he did not exist, I understans.

[@Hermetic7]

Donald Hoffman is one of my favorite people! I am so fascinated by him, Bernardo Kastrup, and Thomas Campbell. I keep having new insights every time I listen to one of them. This was an absolute blast of a conversation Andre. Your content is simply superb! Thank you!

[@garyhill4990]

I’m currently re-reading A Course in Miracles for the seventh time. Hoffmann and the Course are saying the same thing, the Course from a spiritual perspective and Hoffman from a scientific perspective. The two are practically one.

[@SarahDale111]

I'm reading ACIM and doing the lessons for the first time this year. It does feel like just the beginning of a long journey. Better late than never! Joel S. Goldsmith also echos the Course. The pieces of the puzzle seem to be falling into place! When the puzzle is complete, does the image disappear? 🤔

[@yolandamalinga837]

Awakening is a life long journey. I used to think there was a Destination to get to, but it's back and forth. Learning and relearning.

[@SarahDale111]

@@yolandamalinga837 Seems like more of an unlearning to me. Letting go of the limiting thoughts and beliefs. Perhaps an unsleeping process rather than an awakening process. It certainly seems to take time, whatever it is. 🙃🙂

[@fitzysbaby2677]

What made me question reality was dreaming, when i dream i can feel pain, touch n have vision. None of it is real but i can create everything on my own even well im resting..

[@louislovereality]

Thank you so much. wow - glad to be sharing this conscious experience of reality thanks to the brilliance and clarity of Professor Hoffman's gift. Your distinguished guest somehow brings Nobel prize work in physics within reach of my kindergarten level of comprehension 🕊it brings a feeling of safety and relief thanks to his mirror neurons 🙏the implications of this pioneering interview are beyond words 🙏 thank you both bookmarked for repeat viewing🌱may the seed grow🌳

[@smitadas2001]

This conversation is amazing.Thanks for bringing it to us Andre.

[@bigboicreme]

Thank yopu😊

[@woodcutterdave7835]

Fantastic interview, provides a incredible prospective on reality that brings science nature and spiritually together to the best of our current understanding of reality as we perceive it

[@ronniewilliams7127]

That which observes you through my eyes, is the same as that which observes me through your eyes... Namaste 🙏🏽

[@lmiller1528]

This is possibly the most thought provoking idea(s) I have heard. Thanks for sharing these.

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

You’ve been living under a rock. Welcome to the light! This knowledge has existed for a few thousands of years though.

[@thesilverfox_ok]

1:14:22 There is a third option to play this game: I am the paradigm, I am the reality, Im the only one who decides in my reality, it is my experience, you have no right to enter it and touch my emotional, mental or psychological world. Im 100% sure of my desirions, cause they are mine and this game is mine.

[@coolbreeze5683]

I love reading about near death experiences since many people describe how there is no concept of time or space and there is that feeling of infinity that words can't describe.

[@monicaarcher7107]

Yes, the NDE experiencers, many of them seem simply genuine people. It is sometimes almost furstrating because they say they saw such a Vaster reality. I wonder why we are kind of shackled by our limited brains. W😊hat is the point of 70 years being shackled? But then I get up and walk the dog and worry about my grandchildren - for the zillionth time !!

[@justincboyd6396]

I was in the army and got hit by a IED then shot I Iraq and I thought I was dead 1500 years even though I was dead for 4 min

[@Jimhomewardbound]

Great conversation! A conversation to potentially end all wars! By harming you I harm myself! Thanks to Donald and thanks to Andrè for letting Donalds message flow without unnecessary interruption and asking some great questions 🙏

[@JohnnyCab1980]

Maybe why we feel bad when we hurt someone and we feel good when we help someone(most of us anyway)

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

This isn’t new, this knowledge existed for over 3000 years dear. Nope, it didn’t stop wars! We require wars for our UNITED awakening, so we’ll keep on suffering until then. Most people are just fake walking egos, under illusion that they’re seperate somehow and nit just part of one super giant conscious that is at the origin of everything, every universe, and every creature.

[@aXDroptimus]

Third podcast in a row I've watched. Love him!

[@chevellestevenson2738]

This podcast right here…..🤯! Definitely further along on my path, after listening to this one. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏽

[@EmyAmi]

Maya - It´s phenomenal - it´s magic - it´s precious life

[@deedots2878]

It’s so freeing! I am so grateful for you sharing the knowledge.

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

This is precisely what Kabbalah taught us fot a thousands of years…. Kabbalah is the first original science, and it already unfolded ALL of the info modern scientists are discovering in the 21 century. Of course, I’m talking about real Kabbalah, not some Madonna ВS… 😂🤦🏻‍♀🙄 Look into it! It’s no surprise, it became the basis for all human monotheistic religions ✡☪✝, & even ☸! Very important to understand the principles and practice of authentic Kabbalah. Happy to hear, this researcher is spreading the truth about the united consciousness we’re all part of! Love your brother as yourselves, because we are one! Just like the first monocellular colony existed at the beginning of organic life on Earth, we are still ONE. One with all humans, creatures and this universe. If we don’t wake up, game over for us! Start doing what you must, by loving others as yourself. It’s simple! Loose the ego, it’s fake.

[@ENAIRAMA1]

Matias De Stefano and Donal Hoffman should be together in a podcast like this, lasting at least 3 to 4 hours minimum, and the mediator asking a question and each of them talking about every topic from their point of view and knowledge filling each other’s voids to complete the picture… my dream podcast…

[@natyx7704]

They’re the two ppl I really still listen to, to understand the universe and spirituality and science of life and all! Both wicked smart and non judgmental, non argumentative, non “I’m better than u type of ppl” that often u do get w these type of ppl!

[@anngerrard6364]

Blimey, another brilliant discussion. Thank you both so much. My mind feels like it’s been through a blender. I hope Don gets the Noble prize one day, not only is he brilliant but also incredibly courageous.

[@Ty-mx2fk]

Did you know the Nobel peace prize was created by the guy who synthesized dynamite? He made his riches off weapons of war and spent them leaving a legacy people truly don’t understand. The prize has been given out to people who have ordered the killing of hundreds of thousands, just look at Obama. The peace prize isn’t much of a peace prize at all.

[@rareartists]

✨👏

[@kayakMike1000]

He hasn't made any interesting discoveries, he just blathers nonsense. Sure I would agree that perhaps our limited perception might be an interpretation of reality that's geared toward survival. But humans also build tools to scan things very deeply to uncover more subtle things about this obviously real world.

[@christophenevejan4782]

This is one of the most interesting interviews I’ve ever witnessed. So interesting.

[@Diosa0216]

The more I listen to this the more the books by Carlos Castaneda make sense to me. amazing. Thanks for this content

[@lureup9973]

I’m sure there are a few who will resonate with this thought…. in the movie the matrix there was a revelation revealed to the character that almost seemed intuitively true about his own reality and that is what made the movie such an incredible movie. I love how Donald use the phrase I am the one just like Neo. Has it sunk in to you yet? Do you realize you are the one😮

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

Yes, except this universe is ONE. With everything connected within it, nothing can ever be separate.

[@Mari3.14]

Our will is free as much and far as our imagination goes. If we are here in some kind of game playing avatar then we can do whatever we want (have you seen “Inception”?). On a higher level I assume there is no free will because Conciseness is absolute and fundamental and it has everything in it so it doesn’t have or need and Will. It just IS. Everything what is added to it is a limitation.

[@pope1089]

Everything is real. Narcissist think that everything is there for them and they are right thinking so but they have it wrong, we are here for everything. Everything is real

[@canitbu6217]

About 7 years ago, I was bitten on my leg by a venomous spider. I was healthy my entire life (71 now). It took five years to nearly defeat the recurring infection. I learned what it is to be vulnerable to a chance encounter with a relatively tiny messenger of demonstrated human frailty.

[@idatong976]

Thank you so much Andre for this episode. I've been listening to Donald Hoffman for the last few years and this one gives me a much better understanding. Indeed, it's a great learning for me.

[@larryleasher7773]

Outstanding conversation! I had never heard of Donald Hoffman before but love, love, love how well he explains something that is such a huge shift in our perception of the very nature of reality. The VR Headset analogy was a huge benefit of how to wrap my brain around something that would otherwise leave me with a deer in the headlights look on my face. "Ahhh, what the hell did he just say???" I am a big IT nerd so that spoke volumes on a topic that would otherwise be unintelligible to me.

[@jerryroberson360]

Excellent response, my friend me also very much

[@seventy9819]

Such an OUTSTANDING podcast! Thank you!!!!!

[@user-ol7tl1vf5m]

The analogy you draw between virtual machines and consciousness in humans is an interesting one. Some philosophical and spiritual perspectives posit that individual consciousness operates independently within each person, akin to how virtual machines function within a virtualized environment. Each person's consciousness perceives and interacts with the world, unaware of the consciousnesses of others, just as each virtual machine operates in isolation from others within a virtualized system. This viewpoint highlights the subjective nature of consciousness and the unique experiences and perspectives that characterize individual human existence. It also underscores the complexity and mystery surrounding the nature of consciousness and its relationship to the physical brain and the external world. While the comparison between virtual machines and human consciousness is metaphorical, it offers an intriguing perspective on the nature of subjective experience and the interconnectedness of individuals within a broader context.

[@peterkuhn78]

This is the most wonderful conversation I ever heard! And you both were wonderful partners, the one consciousness, showing itself through different perspectives in a way of loving kindness! Thank you both!

[@kayakMike1000]

Donnie is probably wrong, though. What does it mean if we can't see the true universe? We CAN build a machine to see things we cannot see with our own eyes.

[@DR.DisInfect]

Lol

[@monicaarcher7107]

It's okay saying space-time is doomed.... But we seem to be bound by them for now. Maybe we are best trying to make the most of the space and time we seem bound to. Stop trashing the earth and it's climate, stop dropping bombs all over the fertile earth, and mining it with explosive devices, make old age something that is less disgusting for poor people, people who have no pension etc. Space time isn't going to disappear for a while yet. It's our challenge,💥I guess, arising in the big bang we seem to have "sensed" with our telescopes ??¿

[@threestars2164]

Were the : Holocaust (1941-1945) Rwandan Genocide (1994) Cambodian Genocide (1975-1979) Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945) Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938) My Lai Massacre (1968) Srebrenica Massacre (1995) September 11 Attacks (2001) also just "different perspectives"??

[@calliebelwayns]

Very cool in my near death experiences I describe dissolving into the Quark field for lack of a better way to describe it. The entirety of timeless space filled with unmanigest particles of light and each of them held all the information, possibilities and every potential variable of the entirety of existence - all that ever has been, will be or could be in form and in none physical reality from beginning less time. I WAS one with every particle - not the personality of me but a larger awareness - this field was divinely conscious and ultimately loving and not subject to space or time. It was also and so I was also ultimately and totally unified. Not an iota of actual separation exists. Everything in ultimate complex connection as one pulsing larger field higher than our perceived form. When I came back into my body I was awake to the fact that I am the very substrate I am that quark gluon field held in place by a huger pan consciousness. All is that. All is love. I am no longer totally subject to space time. Sure the local aspect of me is but believe me I can fold space. I know how loo loo it sounds crazy but it true. This has given me great drive, love and purpose. This conversation and exploration is amazing. Thank you for the research and for the Podcast. goin to listen again.

[@Alicia-vq8jg]

Could you explain more

[@theoriginal7727]

Love this! Looking forward to the book. =)

[@calliebelwayns]

@@theoriginal7727 🙂 coming soon lol! thanks for the smiles you gave me.

[@investigator2016]

Sounds like a DMT trip

[@Pwnag3Inc]

Experiences? As in plural? You need to make some life changes…

[@michaelwilmshurst3663]

The biggest difference between spiritual traditions and science is direct experience. Science is trying to prove something without the direct experience to go along with it, whilst for many they have had direct experience of this great illusion yet may lack the fundamental understanding of the structure of maya, mostly because it is not neccessary to know. The main thing is that once you know from experience everything changes. Interesting to see how both paths are finally coming together though.😊

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

Kabbalists had this info first, thousands of years ago, dear! Were you living under a dark rock your entire life or what? 🙄

[@SusanPittman-bj4lc]

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"❤

[@josecastillosolis]

Thank you! It is really important that non-physicalist scientists get exposure!

[@niblick616]

Why? Name a single thing that Hoffman ever shown to be true?

[@niblick616]

@@JBS2018 1/ No, these are not new ideas in science because they are, fundamentally, not science. 2/ Science builds upon at least some existing evidence and follows the evidence where it leads. What Hoffman has demonstrably been doing is the opposite of science. There is not a single piece of valid and verified evidence for any of his claims about consciousness existing independently of any brain. In fact, there is an abundance of existing, valid and verified evidence that countermand his empty musings. 3/ He has never been able to demonstrate a single valid and verified example of any consciousness surviving the death of the associated brain. Not one - despite the possibly trillions of brains that have lived and died on earth. 4/ Hoffman has been documented to cherry-pick words and phrases from actual experts in their fields, such as Nima Hamed-Arkani in theoretical physics. He does this because he imagines they somehow support his pre-determined conclusions. When he tries to use those terms, he demonstrates that he fundamentally misunderstands them in an embarrassing way for him. He is demonstrably way outside his area of expertise when he cherry-picks from scientific areas he does not understand. 5/ As part of his shtick, he regularly misrepresents current science to suit his predetermined conclusion. That is just one reason why many actual scientists do not take his work on some uber-consciousness seriously. 6/ Hoffman also tends to take things that already have perfectly good descriptions and definitions and absurdly calls them "Hoffman icons" as if that added anything meaningful. 7/ What Hoffman is trying to do is to smuggle some 'god' thing into existence. Naturally, he is free to believe whatever absurdities he wants. What he is doing, however, is demonstrably, not science.

[@dotpenji]

Donald Hoffman, your exploration of consciousness and reality is truly captivating. As you challenge conventional beliefs and delve into these profound topics, could you share your thoughts on how this paradigm-shifting understanding of reality might impact our everyday lives and the way we perceive the world around us?

[@DenverOrtiz]

The idea that each of us possesses infinite intelligence is not only intriguing but also empowering.

[@markanthonymanayan2136]

Fascinating discussion, and it really challenges our perceptions of reality and makes you ponder the mysteries of the universe. Thanks for sharing this kind of content, love it!

[@CyrineZee]

This is quite interesting video.

[@jeromelajom4856]

@dotpenji Agree! it's truly captivating I enjoyed this video very much! looking for more!

[@motivatedbeastph]

Impressive! I admire how Donald Hoffman doesn't claim to have all the answers and remains humble and grounded in his approach.

[@cliffmcelrea5299]

"There is no life, truth, intelligence nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and it's infinite manifestation..." Mary Baker Eddy, circa 1880

[@drawn2myattention641]

This really is an example of an intellect at the end of its tether. When I accidentally burn my hand on a hot stove, I’m metaphysically certain that it exists. Any doubts? As Sam Harris says, “Consult the stove again.”

[@PhilBradburyLondon]

Wonderful talk, thankyou. You linked it separately afterwards but you didn't include his latest and most relevant book 'The case Against Reality' (2019) in the list of his books above.