Carlo Rovelli on Consciousness, the Illusion of Time, Loop Quantum Gravity, & Philosophy of Relational Quantum Mechanics

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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LINKS MENTIONED (affiliate links for books):

-The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli: https://amzn.to/3ISZYo7

-The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist: https://amzn.to/325VKso

-Stephon Alexander's "Fear of a Black Universe": https://amzn.to/3seSpTb

-Conversations on Quantum Gravity: https://amzn.to/3dXtafH

-Quantum principle of relativity: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02780

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:27 The relational interpretation of quantum mechanics

00:12:29 Why is there consistency in the world?

00:16:35 How can "relationships" be more fundamental than "things"?

00:24:05 Visualizing the relations

00:33:43 Philosophy and physics (why modern physicists are philosophobic)

00:45:11 Definition of the "Universe" (does physical law stand "outside" the universe?)

00:51:06 The problems with the concept of "Universe"

00:56:00 Many Worlds (why Carlo doesn't like this interpretation)

01:00:40 Mathematics alone isn't sufficient ("between reality and math, there's a gap")

01:06:13 It's not false to say the Sun revolves around the Earth

01:08:45 An ecumenical approach to understanding the Universe and religions

01:15:29 Anti-foundationalism has taken over philosophy

01:20:04 Entropic Time / Thermal Time (illusion of time)

01:38:18 Lee Smolin's view on time (that time is the MOST real quantity)

01:48:26 Julian Barbour's theory of time

01:56:00 Thoughts on Wolfram's model

02:05:08 Thoughts on Sean Carole's Many Worlds

02:14:08 Donald Hoffman (and briefly Eric Weinstein)

02:22:04 What do we mean by "real"? (Wittgenstein's language games)

02:28:09 Does there exist what lies outside your knowledge?

02:32:25 "Philosophy is a cure against wrong questions"

02:43:11 Information paradox is like "falling in love with holography" (based in dogma)

02:50:23 Does learning math / physics get easier with age or harder?

02:51:33 What Carlo would have done differently in developing LQG?

02:53:27 [Stephon Alexander] How does time play into Quantum Gravity?

02:55:48 [Bernardo Kastrup] How does Carlo's view of "relations" not lead to an infinite regress?

03:00:43 Idealism vs Materialism (science doesn't presume a metaphysic)

03:12:33 Hard Problem of Consciousness is a "confusion"

03:17:36 Forget about Philosophical Zombies -- Think Philosophical Babies

01:38:29 [Nikhil Ns] Quantum principle of relativity

03:23:53 [goodsirknight] Carlo's LSD experience and the satori moment's influence on LQG

03:34:25 [Aaron Heidari] Alfred North Whitehead

03:38:13 We don't need new ideas for quantum gravity

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