Curt Jaimungal: Consciousness, Irreducibility, and the Local to Global

Why can't local agreement scale to global truth? At the Mind at Large consciousness conference, hosted by the Center for Process Studies, I make the case using sheaf theory and physics — breaking down consciousness, free will, and the hard problem to show why sincerity beats any polished, totalizing philosophy.

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TIMESTAMPS:

- 00:00:00 - Intellectual Slogan Fatigue

- 00:06:11 - The Reverse Elephant Metaphor

- 00:11:12 - Local-to-Global Extension Failures

- 00:16:13 - Three Senses of Irreducibility

- 00:21:16 - Sheaf Theory and Obstructions

- 00:26:30 - Hard Problem Formalizations

- 00:31:36 - Averted Vision and Consciousness

- 00:36:36 - Taxonomy of Everything

- 00:41:39 - Pre-articulate Scientific Intimations

- 00:46:45 - Speculative Philosophy and Humility

- 00:51:47 - Ontological Significance of Vagueness

LINKS MENTIONED:

- Matthew Segall [TOE]: youtu.be/DeTm4fSXpbM

- Jenann Ismael [TOE]: youtu.be/7kvXihDAOi0

- Aephraim Steinberg [TOE]: youtu.be/cOZ3Kto6NIc

- The Third Option [TOE]: youtu.be/tJsghrZQaYU

- Scott Aaronson & David Chalmers [TOE]: youtu.be/7PlmOXQ18jk

- Curt Debunks "All Possible Paths" [TOE]: youtu.be/XcY3ZtgYis0

- Consciousness Iceberg [TOE]: youtu.be/65yjqIDghEk

- Stephen Wolfram [TOE]: youtu.be/FkYer0xP37E

- Karl Friston [TOE]: youtu.be/uk4NZorRjCo

- Michael Levin [TOE]: youtu.be/c8iFtaltX-s

- Geoffrey Hinton [TOE]: youtu.be/b_DUft-BdIE

- Noam Chomsky [TOE]: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlORiRfcaQ…

- Anna Ciaunica & Michael Levin [TOE]: youtu.be/2aLhkm6QUgA

- Mind-at-Large Project: ctr4process.org/mind-at-large

- Process and Reality [Book]: amazon.com/dp/0029345707?tag=toe08-20

- The Structure of Science [Book]: amazon.com/dp/0915144719?tag=toe08-20

- Sorites Paradox: plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox

- The Mathematics of Self [Article]: curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/the-mathematics-o…

- Gödel, Escher, Bach [Book]: amazon.com/dp/0465026567?tag=toe08-20

- Sheaf (Mathematics): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheaf_(mathematics)

- Counterexamples in Topology [Book]: amazon.com/dp/048668735X?tag=toe08-20

- Process Philosophy: plato.stanford.edu/entries/process-philosophy

- Consciousness Explained [Book]: amazon.com/dp/0316180661?tag=toe08-20

- The Conscious Mind [Book]: amazon.com/dp/0195117891?tag=toe08-20

- Matter and Memory [Book]: amazon.com/dp/1420937804?tag=toe08-20

- Boiling Frog: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

- Peano's Axioms: mathworld.wolfram.com/PeanosAxioms.html

- Aharonov-Bohm Effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharonov%E2%80%93Bohm_ef…

More links at curtjaimungal.substack.com

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