549. Donald Hoffman

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2020

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Donald Hoffman received a Ph.D. from MIT and is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of The Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Edge, and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, National Public Radio, Discover Magazine, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. He has a TED Talk titled “Do we see reality as it is?” Website Other book: Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded May 9, 2020 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump with Donald Hoffman 00:04:52 - Meditation as an Exploration 00:09:08 - The Process of Transformation and the Endless Exploration 00:13:08 - Safety First 00:17:22 - The Illusion of Space-Time 00:22:25 - The Limitations of Space-Time and Measurement 00:26:32 - The Observer and the Observed 00:31:40 - The Oneness of Ultimate Reality 00:36:35 - The Illusion of Objective Reality 00:41:47 - Humility and Precision in Science and Spirituality 00:46:03 - Challenging Dogmatism & the Split between Science and Spirituality 00:50:57 - Rethinking Reductionism and Fundamental Reality 00:55:56 - The Role of Science and Reason in Spiritual Exploration 01:01:03 - The Humility of Scientific Spirituality 01:05:36 - Godel's Candy Store Theory of Consciousness 01:10:03 - The Dynamics of Consciousness 01:14:07 - The Nature of Scientific Progress 01:19:03 - The Science Game and Precision in Spiritual Experiences 01:23:23 - Exploring Consciousness beyond Space-Time 01:27:33 - The Fundamental Dynamical Principle of Consciousness 01:31:38 - The Fictions of Space-Time and Extraordinary Experiences 01:35:20 - Consciousness as Fundamental 01:39:32 - The Evidence for Consciousness as Fundamental 01:43:21 - The Dance Between Precision and No-Concepts 01:47:08 - The Importance of Avoiding Sloppy Thinking 01:51:20 - The Conscious Agent and Unity Consciousness 01:55:58 - The Nature of Consciousness and Emotions 02:00:16 - The Infinite Nature of Consciousness and Godel's Theorem 02:04:41 - Exploring Infinite Possibilities within the Source 02:08:20 - The Playfulness of Exploration 02:11:29 - Consciousness as Fundamental

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.3	Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people
0:34.6	and also people who have some expertise in the field of consciousness
0:40.9	and very often the field of science and how it interrelates with consciousness or spirituality.
0:47.6	I've done well over 500 of these now and if this is new to you and you'd like to listen to
0:53.1	previous ones,
1:01.4	please go to batgap.com, B-A-T-G-A-P, and look under the past interviews menu where you'll see all the previous ones archived. This program is made possible through the support of
1:07.0	appreciative listeners and viewers. So if you appreciate it and feel like helping to support it,
1:12.4	there's a PayPal button on every page of the site. And if you don't feel like dealing with PayPal,
1:16.9	there's a page where you explain some other ways of helping. My guest today is Donald Hoffman.
1:24.1	Welcome, Donald. Thank you very much, Rick. Good to be here. Yeah, good to have you.
1:29.3	Donald Hoffman received a PhD from MIT and is a professor of cognitive sciences at the University
1:35.1	of California, Irvine. He is the author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including
1:41.6	The Case Against Reality, Why why evolution hid the truth from
1:45.6	our eyes, which I've been reading this week. He received a distinguished scientific award
1:51.4	of the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustam Roy Award of the
1:57.5	Chopra Foundation, and the Trowland Research Award of the U.S. National Academy of
2:02.7	Sciences. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, L.A. Review of Books and Edge,
2:10.1	and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, the Atlantic, Ars Technica, National Public
2:15.6	Radio, Discover Magazine, and through the wormhole with
2:18.6	Morgan Freeman. He has a TED talk titled, Do We See Reality as it is? So, Don, I've spent a really
2:27.6	enjoyable week. I often say this, but this week was really great. Listening to many, many hours
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