Carlo Rovelli on Consciousness, the Illusion of Time, Loop Quantum Gravity, & Philosophy of Relational Quantum Mechanics Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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LINKS MENTIONED (affiliate links for books):
-The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli: https://amzn.to/3ISZYo7
-The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist: https://amzn.to/325VKso
-Stephon Alexander's "Fear of a Black Universe": https://amzn.to/3seSpTb
-Conversations on Quantum Gravity: https://amzn.to/3dXtafH
-Quantum principle of relativity: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02780

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:27 The relational interpretation of quantum mechanics
00:12:29 Why is there consistency in the world?
00:16:35 How can "relationships" be more fundamental than "things"?
00:24:05 Visualizing the relations
00:33:43 Philosophy and physics (why modern physicists are philosophobic)
00:45:11 Definition of the "Universe" (does physical law stand "outside" the universe?)
00:51:06 The problems with the concept of "Universe" 
00:56:00 Many Worlds (why Carlo doesn't like this interpretation)
01:00:40 Mathematics alone isn't sufficient ("between reality and math, there's a gap")
01:06:13 It's not false to say the Sun revolves around the Earth
01:08:45 An ecumenical approach to understanding the Universe and religions
01:15:29 Anti-foundationalism has taken over philosophy
01:20:04 Entropic Time / Thermal Time (illusion of time)
01:38:18 Lee Smolin's view on time (that time is the MOST real quantity)
01:48:26 Julian Barbour's theory of time
01:56:00 Thoughts on Wolfram's model
02:05:08 Thoughts on Sean Carole's Many Worlds
02:14:08 Donald Hoffman (and briefly Eric Weinstein)
02:22:04 What do we mean by "real"? (Wittgenstein's language games)
02:28:09 Does there exist what lies outside your knowledge?
02:32:25 "Philosophy is a cure against wrong questions"
02:43:11 Information paradox is like "falling in love with holography" (based in dogma)
02:50:23 Does learning math / physics get easier with age or harder?
02:51:33 What Carlo would have done differently in developing LQG?
02:53:27 [Stephon Alexander] How does time play into Quantum Gravity?
02:55:48 [Bernardo Kastrup] How does Carlo's view of "relations" not lead to an infinite regress?
03:00:43 Idealism vs Materialism (science doesn't presume a metaphysic)
03:12:33 Hard Problem of Consciousness is a "confusion"
03:17:36 Forget about Philosophical Zombies -- Think Philosophical Babies
01:38:29 [Nikhil Ns] Quantum principle of relativity
03:23:53 [goodsirknight] Carlo's LSD experience and the satori moment's influence on LQG
03:34:25 [Aaron Heidari] Alfred North Whitehead
03:38:13 We don't need new ideas for quantum gravity

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