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curt jaimungal substack subscribe sign in home notes core youtube spotify donate podcast archive leaderboard about 1 26 39 awake aware unable to move the unsettling cases that led this scientist to find ways of testing consciousness 17 hrs ago curt jaimungal 8 1 3 earth s alien minds how many minds can one body have interview with peter godfrey smith on octopuses and other bizarre consciousnesses aug 10 curt jaimungal 19 4 2 1 42 19 the caterpillar soup myth to quote jerry seinfeld the soup counts aug 9 curt jaimungal 29 14 4 he won math s highest prize then announced the end exclusive first podcast with jacob tsimerman aug 7 curt jaimungal 20 2 4 1 27 29 did jung and tolkien enter the same world two fantastical red books an interview with becca tarnas jul 30 curt jaimungal 34 11 2 1 49 55 most popular view all the computational theory of mind just collapsed sep 19 2025 curt jaimungal 71 19 3 neil degrasse tyson doesn t understand what belief means feb 27 curt jaimungal 69 6 12 quantum mechanics explained from scratch jul 25 curt jaimungal 55 11 5 the most terrifying philosopher i ve encountered oct 23 2025 curt jaimungal 181 102 35 come join curt s labyrinth for early access to concealed content subscribe curt s writings view all the caterpillar soup myth to quote jerry seinfeld the soup counts aug 9 curt jaimungal 29 14 4 the standard model lagrangian explained term by term as simply as possible jul 19 curt jaimungal 41 8 9 the eldritch things famous rationalists believed doubted and took seriously god spirit telepathy purpose free will and the limits of physics jul 15 curt jaimungal 40 22 4 this is a strange post whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent jul 7 curt jaimungal 37 38 8 what are the octonions exactly a super gentle introduction to normed division algebras jul 3 curt jaimungal 47 14 5 what are principal bundles and why are they so important in physics the world through the language of principal bundles is much simpler but quite radical jun 27 curt jaimungal 61 92 9 why some of the greatest minds walk away it s not often that you reach a level of prestige and walk away from what gave you that status jun 24 curt jaimungal 37 20 7 update for the past three months i ve been going through some health problems jun 9 curt jaimungal 94 79 6 curt s show notes view all ai is physics now says mit s tegmark show notes ai is taking over physics consciousness may be next apr 14 curt jaimungal 30 27 7 jennifer nagel why defining knowledge always fails show notes and how skepticism is a cognitive illusion generated by conversational pressure not insight mar 15 22 1 2 the philosopher who says science doesn t aim for truth show notes professor bas van fraassen s 1980 book the scientific image detonated a bomb in philosophy of science that s still reverberating mar 2 curt jaimungal 17 4 3 language without meaning mind without memory show notes abstract feb 26 18 4 2 you don t speak language it speaks you show notes abstract feb 22 elan barenholtz 13 7 4 stuart kauffman there is no theory of everything transcript why complexity theory and kantian wholes makes reductionism flawed feb 20 curt jaimungal 15 4 4 consciousness is less emergent than unconsciousness anil seth λ michael levin show notes is the brain a computer with consciousness as the software xenobots split brain islands of awareness and why llm outputs may reveal nothing about jan 28 curt jaimungal 35 9 7 the assumption that made quantum mechanics weird jacob barandes show notes harvard s jacob barandes shows markovianity not spooky action creates the quantum classical divide jan 15 25 8 3 curt s podcasts view all 1 26 39 awake aware unable to move the unsettling cases that led this scientist to find ways of testing consciousness 17 hrs ago curt jaimungal 8 1 3 1 42 19 earth s alien minds how many minds can one body have interview with peter godfrey smith on octopuses and other bizarre consciousnesses aug 10 curt jaimungal 19 4 2 1 27 29 he won math s highest prize then announced the end exclusive first podcast with jacob tsimerman aug 7 curt jaimungal 20 2 4 1 49 55 did jung and tolkien enter the same world two fantastical red books an interview with becca tarnas jul 30 curt jaimungal 34 11 2 2 57 42 quantum mechanics explained from scratch a comprehensive lecture by tim maudlin jul 25 curt jaimungal 55 11 5 1 11 37 the quantum interpretation that divides physicists what exactly is the wave function jul 17 curt jaimungal 21 12 2 55 27 the physicist who unexpectedly derived gravity from entropy in depth interview with ginestra bianconi jul 11 curt jaimungal 31 11 5 2 29 54 the story of conformal gravity philip mannheim s first podcast ever jul 5 curt jaimungal 32 5 6 2026 curt jaimungal privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts