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Quantum and Qualia

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Explore the boundaries of perception, time, reality, and consciousness. Each week, we take a deep dive into a research paper, from neuroscience to philosophy of mind to the foundations of physics. New episodes every other Wednesday. Produced with NotebookLM.

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Why Materialism Is Almost Certainly False

In this episode, we break down Thomas Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos, a philosophical critique of reductive materialism and the neo-Darwinian account of life. Nagel argues that consciousness, cognition, and objective value cannot be treated as accidental byproducts of physical law, and suggests that nature may contain teleological principles that bias it toward the emergence of mind. We unpack what this means for evolutionary theory, realism about value, and the possibility of a unified conception of the natural order that integrates the mental and the physical without appealing to religion. The book referenced in this episode along with bonus content for visual learners can be found at https://quantumqualia.notion.site/sources [https://quantumqualia.notion.site/sources]

26. Feb. 2026 - 35 min
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Your Emotions Are Constructed, Not Trigged

In this episode, we break down the theory of constructed emotion, a framework that challenges the idea that emotions are innate biological “fingerprints.” Instead, emotions are described as predictive simulations the brain constructs to regulate the body’s internal resources through allostasis. We unpack how the brain acts as a concept generator, using past experience and active inference to shape feelings like fear or happiness as context-dependent patterns rather than fixed modules. The result is a view of emotion grounded in large-scale brain networks and a unified predictive mind oriented toward survival and energy efficiency. The research paper referenced in this episode along with bonus content for visual learners can be found at https://quantumqualia.notion.site/sources [https://quantumqualia.notion.site/sources]

18. Feb. 2026 - 13 min
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