Matt O'Dowd: PBS Space Time Host on Free Will and Dualism

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/T6xLFRHW-IY This episode has been released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org. Matt O'Dowd is the host of PBS Space Time and a Professor of Physics at the City University of New York. His upcoming film on physics and consciousness is called Inventing Reality. You can find out more here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inventing-reality Sponsors: - Henson : https://hensonshaving.com/everything - Rocketmoney : https://rocketmoney.com/everything - ExpressVPN : https://expressvpn.com/theoriesofeverything *New* TOE Website (early access to episodes): https://theoriesofeverything.org/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything LINKS MENTIONED: - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inventing-reality TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:17 What is PBS Spacetime? 00:05:38 Inventing reality 00:12:52 The scientific perspective of understanding reality 00:15:44 Metaphysics needs to be a part of "theory" 00:23:23 Material is "dual" to Consciousness 00:25:46 Ought from an "is" 00:32:12 Science is incomplete 00:55:21 The hard problem of consciousness 01:04:49 You have free will 01:37:15 Inconsistency in the universe 02:00:53 Terrence Deacon and "absence" / "nothingness" 02:06:52 Outro

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