Markovian and Quantum Dynamics Defined, Conscious Artificial Intelligence?, Why We Can Never Reach Even the Known Universe and Much More with Deepak Chopra and Dr. Don Hoffman!

 Hello friends, and welcome to a very special episode of Regarding Consciousness. I have the pleasure today of interviewing Deepak Chopra and Donald D. Hoffman around the idea of consciousness in an ongoing series that Deepak and Don and I have been engaging in for the past three years entitled "Conversations at the Intersection of Cutting Edge Science and Spirituality."

We hope you enjoy this.

In this interview with, you'll discover:

-Don defines what is fundamental reality and why our view of "space time" is changing...02:01

-Deepak gets us up to speed with his recent and current work and research...06:25

-Markovian chains and dynamics: what they are and how they affect our perception of time and space...13:50

-We are not in space-time; we are the creators of space-time...20:00

-Infinite universes come and go in the vast mode of consciousness...26:45

-We can never approach even the known universe because of the space-time continuum...33:43

-Is it possible that dark matter is all the conscious agents that can't be measured outside of space-time?...39:30

-How does love factor into all of this?...42:50

-Will artificial intelligence ever achieve what we know as consciousness?...45:10

-And much more...

Resources mentioned:

deepakchopra.com

Conscious Agents and the Subatomic World co-authored by Don Hoffman

Deepak's Facebook page

Don Hoffman's Twitter

About the guests:

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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DEEPAK CHOPRA MD, FACP, FRCP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a whole health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation.

Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers.

His 91st book, Total Meditation: Practices in Living the Awakened Life explores and reinterprets the physical, mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual benefits that the practice of meditation can bring.

For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution. His latest book, Living in the Light co-authored with Sarah Platt-Finger.

TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.”

www.deepakchopra.com

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