Comments by "iggle" (@iggle6448) on "Is Reality an Illusion? | Dr. Donald Hoffman | EP 387" video.

@rebelraccoon9018 He says that what he's discovering through his study and the math of consciousness is that consciousness is what comprises everything (though we don't know where, when, why, how it is - space and the universe seem to be a very elaborate stage set, rather like a video game). Pieces of this consciousness break off to animate, inhabit, inspire, operate human bodies (and presumably every creature). That is every living thing is a part of The Consciousness temporarily playing a role. When our avatar bodies die, our consciousness doesn't die, it returns to the The Consciousness. Of course, in principle this is what many sages and philosophers have posited for millennia. Dr Hoffman believes he's proving it through the work he and his team are doing.
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@engineering5090 We are at the beginning of learning that most of our scientific explanations are wrong. We simply do not understand what's fundamentally going on. Werner Heisenberg: "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."
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@adamvicari3295 Though what he's positing is that space,time, the universe is rather like a video game, it doesn't really exist just as humans and all other creatures exist only as avatars in that game. It all arises from one coherent consciousness though we don't know where, when, how, why it is. (Apologies, my precis surely doesn't do his theory justice).
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Very neat way of putting it.
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@evanmccue736 I'm thinking that 'unnatural insights' are actually perfectly natural and normal when we're in our right minds and attuned to reality. Btw, that bungie cord...to what part of your body was it attached? (Serious question).
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Rocksteady246 Although I value Peterson's many other insights, his ignorance about pharmaceuticals always concerned me. (Cf. UK report yesterday: in the last year 2 people an hour have been seriously harmed by the state's mental health service.)
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Yes, though it's problematic that 'the divine' has given us a universe that is incredibly dangerous and a world where the primary goal is to survive at the expense of others.
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Yes, literally vital to remember that. Thus it occurs to me that there is very little chance for humans to 'evolve to higher states of consciousness' when we're forever competing with others.
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I don't understand what he's doing with these bizarre suits. By all means, people can dress as they like within the bounds of decency. But outre dress is often 'look at ME!' and gets in the way of a person's credibility.
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@jonathansolero7 Sucking eggs here.
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All very well said, thank you . @ReyFelipe00
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@matthewdavison7729 Good questions. I found Dr Hugh Ross' explorations quite useful. Dr Ross is an astronomer and mainstream scientist.
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Have youbeen following Dr Hoffman? What he's saying here is really the same as he's been saying for the last decade - only now with math.
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@48403 Aye, just so. But you and I know that. Now we need to get the other 8 billion to see the light.
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@attilaszekeres7435 YES! Thank you! Sages in many cultures have been avowing this same interpretation of our being for millennia. Dr Hoffman's contribution seems to be the math which may (or may not) prove it.
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@CH-RC Well, it's looking like spacetime is falling out of favour as a fundamental determinant of the whole structure. It'd probably be smart not to use s/t based math! To me, his version of how-things-really-are sounds slightly more probable than string theory and bifurcating timelines ad infinitum!
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