In this episode we’re joined by Andrés Goméz Emilsson, President and Director of Research at the Qualia Research Institute (QRI), with whom we go deep on their computational approach to probe the mysteries of consciousness and the psychedelic experience — and thereby, perhaps, make the world a substantially happier place. Join us for an adventurous dialogue at the intersections of phenomenology, spirituality, and mathematics…with stops along the way to ask about the neurobiological construction of time’s arrow(s), the geometry of DMT space, and the ethical challenges of creating conscious computers. It’s a trip…!
00:00:00 Intro, Thanks, and News
00:11:18 Dialogue Starts
00:14:15 The Origins of Qualia Research Institute
00:17:37 The Importance of Consciousness Research
00:22:18 Phenomenology and Symmetry
00:47:38 The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT
00:54:12 Avoiding Dissonance in Psychedelic States
00:56:09 Complexity, Music, and Cognitive Processing
00:57:22 Future Shock and Technological Overwhelm
01:04:28 Pharmacological Adaptations to Technology
01:08:39 Temporal Perception and Psychedelics
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✨ Mentioned:
QRI Research Lineages
Andrés’ Noonautics Advisory Board Bio
The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences: Symmetries, Sheets, and Saddled Scenes
The Pseudo-Time Arrow
Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness Contest: Psychedelic Cryptography (Innovate)
Digital Sentience Requires Solving the Boundary Problem
Qualia Mastery (Guided Meditations, Part 1 & 2)
Principia Qualia by Michael Edward Johnson
The Psychedelic Transhumanists: A Virtual Round Table Between Legends Living & Dead by Michael Garfield
One Half A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
Jürgen Schmidhuber’s Homepage
The Peripheral (TV series adapting William Gibson)
Toward A New Evolutionary Paradigm 1.0 by Michael Garfield
An ‘Integrated Mess of Music Lovers’ in Science by Michael Garfield for SFI
Westworld (TV series adaptation)
Sean McGowan
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Jim O’Shaughnessy
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Jaron Lanier
Steven Lehar
Rupert Sheldrake
William Gibson
Jürgen Schmidhuber
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H. P. Lovecraft
Noonautics
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