This remarkable dialogue between Deepak Chopra and cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman explores the fundamental nature of reality. Starting with the assumption that conscious experience is all we can know, Don Hoffman describes his program of the mathematical investigation of reality, and explains the value of a mathematical model of consciousness. In a statement that draws applause from the audience he says, “by having a rigorous way to kill off bad stories, we can make progress.”
A False Privilege
It is a false privilege to seem to extract ourselves from the messy mosaic of life by reaching for, upholding and hiding behind, spiritual truths that end up serving a sense of entitlement
