Coleman Hughes: Have Podcasts Replaced Universities?

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Curt Jaimungal joins Coleman Hughes to explore the nature of death, the reference class problem, and the role of consciousness in fundamental reality. The conversation also tackles UFO sightings, the hard problem of consciousness, and philosophical questions about probability and the future of the sun.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:02:20 - Quantum mechanics overview- 00:04:24 - Podcasts vs universities- 00:06:49 - UFO discussion- 00:11:06 - Skeptic strawmans on aliens- 00:15:27 - Sightings as contagion?- 00:21:44 - Consciousness in reality- 00:24:51 - Hard problem of consciousness- 00:29:29 - Mystery of consciousness- 00:35:05 - Life vs death explanation- 00:49:24 - Identity and self- 00:55:53 - Reference class problem- 00:59:22 - Philosophy of probability- 01:04:05 - Outro with ColemanSPONSORS:- Brilliant: 20% off at https://brilliant.org/TOE- NordVPN: exclusive deal at https://nordvpn.com/theories- Manscaped: 20% off and free shipping with code [EVERYTHING20] at Manscaped.com- Wren: plant 10 trees per sign‑up at https://wren.co/theories- Trade Coffee: $30 off first order + free shipping at https://drinktrade.com/everything- ButcherBox: two NY strip steaks + lobster claw free at https://butcherbox.com/THEORIESRESOURCES:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything- Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch- Coleman Hughes' channel / podcast: https://www.youtube.com/ColemanHughesOfficial- Garry Nolan: https://youtu.be/g3bk1UXjKLI- Salvatore Pais: https://youtu.be/5E6QyAhTB3o- Better Left Unsaid documentary: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. SPONSOR: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.2	education MBA and DBA programs now by searching WBS London Coleman Hughes is an accomplished writer
0:47.0	a philosophy graduate and the host of the podcast Conversations with Coleman a link to which is in the
0:53.0	description Coleman sat down with me for a podcast on consciousness, UAPs, and theoretical physics.
0:58.8	Though because of certain technical issues, this is being released on the Toad podcast instead of
1:03.1	on his platform. A much longer follow-up is going to be conducted over Zoom for his channel.
1:08.9	Comment with any questions that you feel were left unanswered
1:11.8	or areas that you would like to be explored more, and Coleman will try to address them for the
1:16.5	follow-up. Next week on the Toe Channel will be Professor Abai Ashtikar, who is a prestigious and acclaimed
1:22.5	physicist who paved the way for modern quantum gravity approaches like loop quantum gravity and loop quantum cosmology.
1:29.1	He talks about what occurred prior to the Big Bang. I'm sure you heard that nothing existed prior
1:33.7	to the Big Bang. Well, that's only true in certain models. There are cyclical models where that's not
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