Annaka Harris

And there are many efforts to try to understand the types of things we see in quantum mechanics. And a lot of people, I should say, try to kind of make this connection that, you know, we still don't understand consciousness and that's mysterious and we don't understand quantum mechanics. And so maybe it's part of the same thing. And I think that's not a good reason for putting them together.

And there are many efforts to try to understand the types of things we see in quantum mechanics. And a lot of people, I should say, try to kind of make this connection that, you know, we still don't understand consciousness and that's mysterious and we don't understand quantum mechanics. And so maybe it's part of the same thing. And I think that's not a good reason for putting them together.

But my path, you know, it's interesting, my path brought me to fundamental physics from neuroscience because my work in neuroscience led me to believe that consciousness very well might go deeper in nature and led me to believe if it does go deeper in nature, it could go all the way down to the fundamental.

But my path, you know, it's interesting, my path brought me to fundamental physics from neuroscience because my work in neuroscience led me to believe that consciousness very well might go deeper in nature and led me to believe if it does go deeper in nature, it could go all the way down to the fundamental.

But my path, you know, it's interesting, my path brought me to fundamental physics from neuroscience because my work in neuroscience led me to believe that consciousness very well might go deeper in nature and led me to believe if it does go deeper in nature, it could go all the way down to the fundamental.

So then I kind of, you know, had to start working with physicists to understand what that meant or if that made no sense at all or if, you know, something we already understand about physics that would rule that out. But what I found is if consciousness is fundamental, it actually helps us make sense of some of the things that we're seeing in quantum mechanics. That doesn't mean it's true.

So then I kind of, you know, had to start working with physicists to understand what that meant or if that made no sense at all or if, you know, something we already understand about physics that would rule that out. But what I found is if consciousness is fundamental, it actually helps us make sense of some of the things that we're seeing in quantum mechanics. That doesn't mean it's true.

So then I kind of, you know, had to start working with physicists to understand what that meant or if that made no sense at all or if, you know, something we already understand about physics that would rule that out. But what I found is if consciousness is fundamental, it actually helps us make sense of some of the things that we're seeing in quantum mechanics. That doesn't mean it's true.

But it's interesting to me that it's helpful in terms of interpreting those things. And I think whether or not consciousness is fundamental, thinking of it that way, in the same way that we've assumed consciousness arises out of complexity, we've actually made a ton of progress in neuroscience based on that assumption.

But it's interesting to me that it's helpful in terms of interpreting those things. And I think whether or not consciousness is fundamental, thinking of it that way, in the same way that we've assumed consciousness arises out of complexity, we've actually made a ton of progress in neuroscience based on that assumption.

But it's interesting to me that it's helpful in terms of interpreting those things. And I think whether or not consciousness is fundamental, thinking of it that way, in the same way that we've assumed consciousness arises out of complexity, we've actually made a ton of progress in neuroscience based on that assumption.

I think we could start with this, you know, just as many reasons to start with the opposite assumption that is fundamental and take the science from that starting point and see where it goes. And I actually think we will make

I think we could start with this, you know, just as many reasons to start with the opposite assumption that is fundamental and take the science from that starting point and see where it goes. And I actually think we will make

I think we could start with this, you know, just as many reasons to start with the opposite assumption that is fundamental and take the science from that starting point and see where it goes. And I actually think we will make

a lot of interesting progress and think about things in a very different way and kind of open up our creativity to the way we think about things, whether or not it turns out to be true or not, because we still haven't figured out that consciousness is due to complexity in the way we kind of started out with that assumption. We haven't gotten any closer to believing that's true.

a lot of interesting progress and think about things in a very different way and kind of open up our creativity to the way we think about things, whether or not it turns out to be true or not, because we still haven't figured out that consciousness is due to complexity in the way we kind of started out with that assumption. We haven't gotten any closer to believing that's true.

a lot of interesting progress and think about things in a very different way and kind of open up our creativity to the way we think about things, whether or not it turns out to be true or not, because we still haven't figured out that consciousness is due to complexity in the way we kind of started out with that assumption. We haven't gotten any closer to believing that's true.

And I think we could start with this other assumption and do some really interesting work there. Um, but yes, I do think that if we think about consciousness as being fundamental, that it is actually what everything physical that we perceive and measure and see is actually a representation of other conscious experiences arising in the universe.

And I think we could start with this other assumption and do some really interesting work there. Um, but yes, I do think that if we think about consciousness as being fundamental, that it is actually what everything physical that we perceive and measure and see is actually a representation of other conscious experiences arising in the universe.

And I think we could start with this other assumption and do some really interesting work there. Um, but yes, I do think that if we think about consciousness as being fundamental, that it is actually what everything physical that we perceive and measure and see is actually a representation of other conscious experiences arising in the universe.