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Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist and professor at the University of California, Irvine with an interest in the nature of consciousness. His interface theory of perception postulates that our everyday experience of space, time and physical objects is a 'user interface' constructed within our minds. Objects of perception experienced within this interface are simplified representations of a much deeper reality.



In his theory of Conscious Realism, the reality beyond our 'user interface' is a reality of consciousness organised into an infinite network of 'Conscious Agents' of which we are all a part. This reality of conscious agents exists outside of space and time. In this episode we discuss his theories and what their possible implications are if they turn out to be correct.


Donald is but one of a growing number of scientists, philosophers and public intellectuals who are starting to take seriously the notion that consciousness is more than the product of brain activity and may be a fundamental feature of, or the very nature of, the universe itself.



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In the next video, I talk with philosopher Bernardo Kastrup about a theory of fundamental consciousness called monistic idealism that he argues is a more parsimonious explanation of reality than the conventional materialist position.