22: River Kanies - Entropy, Time, AI, the Ruliad as a Computational Space of Conscious Experience Mystics and Muons

Gabe and River discuss topics related to idealism, consciousness, and the nature of reality. They explore River's paper on idealism and its connection to Stephen Wolfram's work, as well as Gabe's experiences with Kundalini awakening and his exploration of entropy. They discuss different perspectives on the Ruliad and consciousness, the nature of time and the past, and the value of embracing paradox and limitations. The role of chaos and order in consciousness is examined, along with the connection between information and relationships. The discussion also touches on the cyclical nature of materialism and the incompleteness of models. The relationship between quantum mechanics and consciousness is discussed, as well as the role of AI in the collective consciousness. The future of consciousness are also examined, along with the dream as a model of consciousness. The conversation explores the grand purpose of life and the practical implications of finding meaning and purpose.



River's Work:

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New to the podcast? Make sure you watch Episode 2 or read it in on the Substack for the integrative narrative of Mormon origins:

https://youtu.be/5YBeMrR1seM

https://open.substack.com/pub/mormonsmysticsandmuons/p/mormonism-psychedelics-quantum-physics



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00:00 Introduction

03:30 River's Paper on Idealism and Wolfram's Work

07:38 Gabe's Kundalini Awakening

11:14 Entropy as an Artifact of Observers' Computational Bounds

22:15 Reality: Exploring the Computational Space of all Conscious Experiences

26:21 Computational Bounds and the Ruliad

31:24 Observers Exist within the Ruliad as Perspectives

33:19 Time as the Iteration through Permutations of Conscious Experience

37:07 Photogrammetry as a Model of Models of Reality

39:55 Seeing and Hearing in 2D, but Upsampling to 3D

41:44 Embracing Paradox and the Value of Limitations

43:54 Identifying not as the Query in the Infinite Database, but the Coder

49:43 The Intersubjective Nature of Reality

57:27 Ordering Chaos Through Dimensions

01:00:36 Limits of Reductionism due to the Balance of Order and Chaos

01:04:30 The Computational View vs. Reductionism

01:06:52 Using Recursion to Colonize the Ruliad

01:09:57 Quantum Physics as the Divine Spark

01:13:16 Information and Models Must be Ordered Hierarchically

01:23:14 The Trajectory of Consciousness

01:25:48 The Role of AI in Consciousness

01:31:05 Dreams Illustrate the Substrate Independence of Consciousness

01:35:40 Assembly Theory

01:37:55 The Learning Process of Reality

01:41:54 Dreams as a Roadmap for the Future of Consciousness

01:47:43 The Meaning of Existence

01:51:28 The Death of Meaning, and Meaning on the Other Side of Nihilism

01:52:45 Setting Collective Meaning

01:57:37 Finding Meaning in Suffering

02:02:03 AI as a Catalyst for Change

02:07:51 The Only Free Will we have is what Perspective to Adopt

02:12:32 Perspective is the Difference between Armageddon and the Millennium

02:14:56 Polarities are Necessary

02:15:51 Seeking to Catalyze Change for Others, Rather than Seeking to Change Them

02:18:25 Embody Change Rather than Evangelize

02:19:59 CyberMonk App

02:21:22 Reality as a Conversation Between its Parts