Matt O'Dowd: PBS Space Time Host on Free Will and Dualism

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

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🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Matt O'Dowd, host of PBS Space Time, discusses free will, consciousness, and spacetime, proposing a dualistic view that integrates metaphysics into scientific theory. He also talks about his upcoming film Inventing Reality and examines the hard problem of consciousness, the limits of science, and the nature of free will.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:02:17 - PBS Spacetime- 00:05:38 - Inventing reality- 00:12:52 - Scientific perspective- 00:15:44 - Metaphysics in theory- 00:23:23 - Material dual to consciousness- 00:25:46 - Ought from is- 00:32:12 - Science incomplete- 00:55:21 - Hard problem- 01:04:49 - Free will- 01:37:15 - Inconsistency- 02:00:53 - Deacon on absence- 02:06:52 - OutroSPONSORS:- Henson: https://hensonshaving.com/everything- Rocketmoney: https://rocketmoney.com/everything- ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/theoriesofeverythingRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/T6xLFRHW-IY- http://theoriesofeverything.org- https://theoriesofeverything.org/- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inventing-reality- 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 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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0:00.0	that whenever you grant perspective, you grant power.
0:04.2	We've buried our heads so deeply.
0:06.4	You know, we're sort of all, we're all playing our own little mini-games.
0:10.1	We like to organize the world into these simplified little systems of elements and simple rules,
0:15.0	and we sort of organize these mini-games of life, and then, you know, we try to win them.
0:22.2	Today's episode is about free will. Is there even a theory of everything and the physics of
0:28.0	idealism? That is the notion that consciousness is fundamental and only. We also touch on
0:32.7	interpretations of quantum mechanics where the observer has a privileged role in creating the universe.
0:38.0	Matt O'Dowd is a science communicator and an astrophysicist, a professor at the City University
0:43.1	of New York, involved in gravitationally lensed quasars, which touch on the crisis in cosmology,
0:49.3	which is something that we'll speak about in this episode and for sure in the next one at length.
0:54.3	Matt is also the host of PBS Space Time, which has over 2 million subscribers, I think it's 2.8,
1:00.6	and they're the largest physics and space show on YouTube.
1:04.4	And in case you're wondering who I am, my name is Kurt Jymungle.
1:07.2	I have a background in mathematical physics, and this channel is Theories of everything, which is dedicated to the theoretical physics endeavor of understanding gravity and quantum field theory, but as well as we investigate consciousness and the fundamental role it may have.
1:21.1	If you're watching this, you'll see that I'm in a new location and all of this.
1:25.0	I can't wait to tell you more about in a day in the life episode.
1:29.0	We're filming a day in the life.
1:30.2	And you can expect to see that in the next couple of weeks.
1:33.0	You can also expect many changes behind here, many different angles.
1:36.3	We're still setting it up.
1:37.3	You can also expect three sponsors in today's episode that is Rocket Money, Henson, and ExpressVPN.
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