Podcast episodes
The Brain as a Non-Linear Optical Computer: Reflections on a 2-Week Jhānas Meditation Retreat
In this episode, QRI's research director, Andres Gomez Emilsson, describes his experience with a 2-week Jhanas meditation retreat. He talks about what it means to experience higher dimensions, his personal background with meditati...
Thinking Like a Musical Instrument or Psychoactive Substances Give Access to the Nature of Brains
In this episode, we explore the similarities between the brain and a musical instrument. We illustrate how the brain tissue is represented by metal and how brain activity can be mimicked by sound. We also demonstrate how substance...
Qualia or When A.I. equals Advanced Incompetence - Transhumanist Satire
In this episode, we explore the hard problem of consciousness. What is it, and why is it so hard to solve? We'll also discuss the work of the Qualia Research Institute, and what they're doing to try to quantify and map the qualia ...
Emergent Simplicity or A Toy Model of the 5-MeO-DMT Psychedelic Effect
In this episode, we explore the idea of emergent simplicity - the idea that adding just one extra component to a complex system can cause it to "tip" into a drastically simpler state. We use the example of adding carbon dioxide to...