Donald Hoffman

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2,139 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2025 last heard 26 Jun

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And you can ask for all these, and there's dozens of these theories.

You can ask for each one of them.

Okay, so you're proposing a theory of conscious experiences.

So give me one.

What is your mathematically precise theory for the taste of mint?

Right.

Good luck.

And the answer is zero.

And again, that's why I was saying up front, these are my friends and they're brilliant.

They are brilliant.

And they're working hard.

And they have zero experiences that they can explain.

Precisely zero.

And we've been at this for decades.

And the reason you can't do it is not because they're not smart.

Many of them are geniuses.

They're brilliant.

And you just can't do it.

You can't start with non-conscious ingredients and put up consciousness.

And we're learning that the hard way.

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