Today we feature Philip Gough, a leading professor and philosopher of the mind.

Th Durham University, he's also a best-selling author and a good friend.

You've seen him on Joe Roggan and on Lex Freeman.

His work revolves around the intricacies of consciousness, exploring profound questions that challenge our understanding of reality. Critical of materialism and dualism, he advocates a new kind of antipsychism, the view that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature

of the physical world. I found it fascinating, even if I don't always agree, as you'll see.

In his most recent book, aptly titled Why, the purpose of the

universe, he explores the meaning and purpose and challenges to the Western

thought dominated by the dichotomy of traditional religion and secular atheism.

Join us on a thought-provoking, sometimes provocative and confrontational journey into the mind,

the nature of existence and the ultimate purpose of the universe. technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Open the pod bay doors now.

Welcome everybody to a meaningful and purpose-filled addition of the Into the Impossible podcast featuring a second-time

returning guest the incomparable professor Phil of Gough joining us all the way

from the UK how are are you today, Phil?

I'm very well. Good to see you again, Brian. I'm looking forward to chatting.

Yes, some people were surprised that I had you back on because you wrote this book and it sort of suggests that my hero, Galileo, made some

mistakes.

So we already talked about that in your previous wonderful book, Galileo's error sitting behind

you on your shelf.

But today we're going to talk about really some incredibly

audacious goals such as meaning, existence, religion, and the ultimate purpose of the universe.

I'm a cosmologist and you're a philosopher and I think between the two of us we can get

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