Thomas Campbell: A Physicist's Comprehensive Theory of Consciousness

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 203 minutes

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Thomas Campbell, author of the My Big TOE trilogy, explores his comprehensive Theory of Everything, linking scientific paradoxes with paranormal phenomena and the nature of consciousness. The conversation dives into remote viewing, psi variables, ego, intuition, and the implications of a virtual reality universe.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:03:05 - How did he develop his TOE?- 00:10:05 - Reality beyond operational definitions- 00:12:27 - Remote viewing evidence- 00:20:59 - Remote viewing vs OBE- 00:24:45 - Variables affecting psi- 00:27:26 - Writing My Big TOE book- 00:34:44 - MBT overview- 00:42:03 - Overcoming GR non-renormalizability- 00:46:08 - Model beyond force unification- 00:47:59 - Logical vs intuitive audience- 00:52:05 - Math describes not explains- 00:52:57 - Platonism question- 00:53:40 - Weinstein & Wolfram mention- 00:58:16 - Probabilistic QM- 01:00:56 - Hoffman vs Campbell vs Matrix- 01:03:33 - Intellect vs intuition- 01:10:30 - Jung vs Campbell- 01:12:51 - Curt on fear/ego- 01:20:18 - Peterson vs Campbell- 01:27:04 - Discussion on fear- 01:32:29 - Consciousness vs self- 01:34:26 - AUO and AUM definitions- 01:38:16 - Curt's entropy objections- 01:46:05 - Virtual Reality claim- 01:52:29 - Identity question- 01:56:35 - Identity and death- 02:01:54 - Consciousness and ego- 02:05:34 - Intuition reliability- 02:09:50 - Psychedelics caution- 02:20:06 - Psychedelics vs meditation- 02:24:20 - Politeness and society- 02:27:41 - Morality without ego- 02:40:33 - Science and consciousness- 02:42:12 - Campbell's OBE specifics- 02:45:27 - Transcendental Meditation help- 02:49:54 - Non-dualism vs Campbell- 02:58:09 - World determinism question- 03:03:05 - Start with nothing?- 03:07:01 - Auras in photos- 03:08:50 - Second quantization foundationsRESOURCES:- Video version (necessary to see equations): https://youtu.be/kko-hVA-8IU- Thomas Campbell's WEBSITE: https://www.my-big-toe.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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1:03.1	Thomas Campbell is the author of My Big Toe, that is My Big Theory of Everything,
1:09.5	and is a former nuclear physicist.
1:11.6	He's also one of the most requested guests of this channel, recalling that this channel is dedicated to explicating on theories of everything.
1:19.6	Keep in mind that he calls it a big toe as opposed to a small toe because he makes the delineation that a big toe is supposed to be responsible for the fundamental laws of physics,
1:28.3	an explanation as to what consciousness is or how consciousness arises, how should we interact with one another,
1:33.5	why are we here, what is God, is there a God, etc., as opposed to a small toe,
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