S2E24: The Inventor of the Microprocessor Questions Reality | Talk Tracks
The Telepathy Tapes
Ky Dickens
4.5 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
This week’s guest, Federico Faggin, helped invent the microprocessor - the technology that powers the modern world. By every measure, he had achieved success. And yet he felt something was missing.
After a spontaneous and profound experience of consciousness, Federico began questioning everything he thought he knew about the nature of reality. What followed was a decades-long investigation into one of the biggest mysteries in science: not how the brain creates consciousness, but whether consciousness comes first.
In this episode, Federico shares his theory that we are not our bodies, but fields of consciousness having a human experience. He explores the role of free will, the limitations of neuroscience, and why quantum physics may be pointing us toward something far deeper.
We also dive into his encounters with non-speaking individuals with cerebral palsy who appear to communicate telepathically, and what their experiences might reveal about the true nature of connection.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, I'm Kai Dickens, and I'm thrilled to welcome you to the talk tracks. |
| 0:07.2 | In this series, we'll dive deeper into the revelations, challenges, and unexpected truths from the telepathy tapes. |
| 0:13.0 | The goal is to explore all the threads that weave together our understanding of reality, |
| 0:17.2 | science, spirituality, and yes, even unexplained things like sci abilities. |
| 0:21.1 | If you haven't yet listened to the telepathy tapes, I encourage you to start there. |
| 0:25.0 | It lays the foundation for everything we'll be exploring in this journey. |
| 0:27.9 | We'll feature conversations with groundbreaking researchers, thinkers, non-speakers, and |
| 0:32.8 | experiencers who illuminate the extraordinary connections that may defy explanation today, but won't for long. |
| 0:44.0 | Today's incredible guests helped build the foundation of the modern digital world. |
| 0:51.0 | Ferriko Pagin is a physicist and inventor who developed the first microprocessor, |
| 0:56.0 | technology that powers nearly every device we use today. |
| 0:59.0 | By all measures, he had everything he'd ever wanted, success, recognition, wealth, achievement, |
| 1:04.0 | but he still felt like something was missing from his life. |
| 1:09.0 | After powerful and unexpected experience, Federico began to question everything he thought he |
| 1:14.5 | knew with the benefit of an extremely technical, scientific mind. |
| 1:19.4 | And this ultimately led him down a quest to understand consciousness. |
| 1:22.6 | And what he shares in this episode is pretty riveting. |
| 1:25.0 | Beyond his incredible theory around reality and what it is, |
| 1:28.0 | he had an enriching encounter with telepathic non-speaking students in Italy before the |
| 1:32.7 | telepathie tapes ever came out. So Federico, that was my attempt at introducing you. How would |
| 1:39.9 | you introduce yourself? I'm Federico Fagin. I am a physicist. I'm an inventor. I'm an entrepreneur. |
| 1:48.3 | And I'm now a student of consciousness, free will, and the nature of reality. I was born and raised in |
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