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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:22 Interview Start
00:04:07 Defining Consciousness
00:06:49 Challenges in Defining Consciousness
00:12:24 Fundamental Consciousness vs. Emergent Consciousness
00:18:25 Experiencing Consciousness
00:19:54 Experiences Beyond Self
00:23:02 Emergence of Consciousness, Space and Time
00:24:30 Questioning Consciousness with Psychedelics
00:29:05 Questioning Consciousness with Science
00:33:24 Sponsor Break
00:35:40 Rich's Meditation on the Nature of Consciousness
00:37:48 Audio Documentary, "Lights On"
00:39:05 Limits of Communication
00:40:05 Sensory Substitution and Addition
00:42:53 Consciousness and Universal Structure
00:46:21 Physics and Consciousness
00:52:01 Understanding Things That We Can't Perceive
00:54:36 Surrendering to Not Knowing
00:57:05 Dimensions of Love
00:58:35 The Difficult Questions Surrounding Consciousness
01:01:23 Sponsor Break
01:03:32 Emergent Property vs. Fundamental Property
01:08:45 How Does A Fundamental Perspective Square With Science?
01:11:38 AI and Consciousness
01:15:44 Experiential Science
01:17:42 Sharing Intuition
01:20:42 The Importance Of Asking The Deeper Questions
01:24:37 Cinematic Reflections
01:25:59 The Universe Is One Thing
01:29:56 Developing a Deeper Sense of Compassion
01:31:42 Scientific Reception of Consciousness Ideas
01:33:21 Consciousness and Suffering
01:35:21 Closing Thoughts

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