Tom Bilyeu interviews cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman about his theory that reality is a simulation and that consciousness is fundamental. Hoffman explains how physics and evolution support the idea that what we perceive isn't objective reality. He introduces the concept of conscious agents, mathematical descriptions of consciousness, and Markovian kernels to explain the probabilistic relationships between experiences. They discuss the implications of this theory for understanding dark matter and dark energy, and the potential for AI to provide windows into consciousness without creating it. The conversation explores the nature of consciousness, the limitations of space-time, and the possibility of non-computable functions playing a role in the universe's workings.
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