Philip Goff

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Eye On A.I. · How Modern Science Got Consciousness Wrong From the Start | Philip Goff · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

So so I'm I'm with the majority of philosophers of physics thinking we do need to add something to quantum mechanics.

We do need to add something beyond just the Schrdinger equation.

The most basic bit of the mathematics.

Um maybe collapsing.

Explain how collapse happens that that we don't observe superpositions.

In t maybe I should put it in terms of Schrdinger's cat.

You know, why do we not see these many living and dead cats?

We just see a definitely living cat or a definitely dead cat.

So we have to add something to make sense of quantum mechanics.

Similarly, we we we have to add something to to make sense of consciousness.

That's I I think the basic problem of consciousness is we know all this stuff about it from the inside that we somehow have to add to the scientific story.

So we have to add something to make sense of quantum mechanics.

We have to add something to make sense of consciousness.

It would be nice if we could kill two birds of one stone and we could have one.

extra posit that explains both how consciousness fits in and

Wave function collapse.

So so I think that's it doesn't mean it's inevitable.

Maybe consciousness and quantum mechanics will have nothing to do with each other, but I think we should explore these models where you try to kill two birds of one stone, even though they're not incredibly fashionable at the moment.

Um, I'm not so keen though on um Penrose hammer off view, much as I love both of these people, uh Penrose.

As my hero growing up, and uh and Hamarov is a good friend and a very interesting thinker.

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