July 2014 PMID 24987382

Objects of consciousness.

Donald D Hoffman, Chetan Prakash

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Peak: 5 in Jan 2024
across 6 sources since Jul 2014

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289,463
potential audience

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Where it's discussed

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What people are saying

The overall discussions strongly support the idea that valuing consciousness over material objects is essential, using phrases like 'we must value consciousness' and referencing societal issues like materialism and the 6th extinction. The tone is reflective and philosophical, with examples such as aliens warning about materialism and quantum physics suggesting consciousness as fundamental, which highlight a deep engagement with the publication's themes.

AgreementModerate agreement

The majority of discussions emphasize the importance of valuing consciousness over material objects, aligning with the publication's core argument.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high curiosity and engagement with the philosophical implications, referencing concepts like qualia, the nature of consciousness, and societal impacts.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many posts delve into deep reflections, compare historical shifts, and incorporate examples like alien perspectives and quantum physics, indicating active and thoughtful engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

While the conversations are thought-provoking, they seem more philosophical and theoretical, with less direct influence on practical change or societal action.

Abstract in brief

  • Recent research suggests that perception is more about fitness and survival rather than accurately reflecting true physical properties of objects, which challenges traditional models assuming we perceive reality exactly as it is.
  • Findings from quantum physics, especially certain interpretations, imply that physical properties may not have definite values unless observed, meaning that reality might be fundamentally tied to the observer, not independent of it.
  • The authors propose a new model of consciousness called a "conscious agent" where perceptions and physical properties emerge from interactions among these agents, leading to a reinterpretation of objects like particles as vibrations of consciousness rather than preexisting truths.]

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Joshua Rasmussen
@worldviewdesign · X

"particles are vibrations not of strings but of interacting conscious agents." (Hoffman and Prakash 2004, https://t.co/7pTQehhZVn, @donalddhoffman @ChetanPrakash) https://t.co/HfFtGp9Trv

Aug 5, 2021 · 12 likes · 9,612 followers View post →
Nisargadatta Maharaj
@nisargadatta.bsky.social · Bluesky

All the objects of consciousness form the universe. What is beyond both, supporting both, is the supreme state, a state of utter stillness and silence. Whoever goes there, disappears. It is unreachable by words, or mind.

Jan 6, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share View post →
Donald Hoffman
@donalddhoffman · X

@username_is_unq We discuss the difference of our approach from that of Alvin Plantinga in this publication: https://t.co/EHPn0xg0B4

Feb 4, 2025 · 3 likes · 49,955 followers View post →
Joshua Rasmussen
@worldviewdesign · X

@nath_ormond Here's a theory: https://t.co/ejfnNCY1CV

Jul 5, 2024 · 3 likes · 9,612 followers View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Mark, the fundamental problem we face is materialism. We value the objects of consciousness when we should be valuing consciousness itself. Materialism polarizes the mind's lens on reality creating duality (separation, objectification, exploitation, etc.). Polarity = the end of some ongoing sysytem.

Apr 6, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
Dave Villalva
@DaveJWVillalva · X

Objects of Consciousness https://t.co/XmL6pQU2D1

Apr 24, 2024 · 2 likes · 10,531 followers View post →

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Charles S. Peirce
@charlespeirce.bsky.social · Bluesky

For it is not questioned that there are distinctions in what is present to the mind, but the question is, whether independently of any such distinctions in the immediate objects of consciousness, we have any immediate power of distinguishing different modes of consciousness.

Sep 30, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Both. We were higher order sentients from the beginning, existing in a garden (think of the amazing creatures in Costa Rica, etc.), it was all good. Then we became attached to the objects of consciousness valuing them, gold (for example), as important. This introduced dualism/separation, good&evil.

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The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Yes, materlialism as "the way of life" led us here to this place facing pending 6th extinction as a sword of Damocles, societal polarization, and few jobs. The thoughts of people will wonder according to the wind. The option is that we must value consciousness, not the objects of consciousness. I AM

Aug 9, 2025 · 1 like View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

I've met them. The aliens say they want our minds. They say that the focus on materialism that drives our cultures is misguided and ends in polarity (death, then singularity). We must value consciousness itself, not the objects of consciousness. It is consciousness itself that is most alien to us.

Jun 4, 2025 View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

What of the spacetime housing the stars? We tend to focus on the objects of consciousness while missing consciousness itself, which creates all illusions. This alludes to profound insight; that spacetime is the substance of consciousness.

May 20, 2025 · 1 like View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Yeah. What is it that makes life so toxic, for everyone else, for other species and the planet at large? It's the materialism people. Materialism polarizes the mind's lens on reality creating duality (separation,objectification, polarity). We must value consciousness not the objects of consciousness

May 19, 2025 View post →
Club Midnight
@jeff-wietor.bsky.social · Bluesky

Yosi Horikawa VAPOR Sacrum Sacral Sacred Violin Violence ON THE BEACH back when Fred Astaire acted Need more time Help others Help themselves Tender issues Tender tissues Broadcast your Objects of consciousness But nevertheless Awesome Awareness Like sipping Lilac Wine w/bubbles

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Gary Sugar
@garysugar.bsky.social · Bluesky

"Qualia remains the paradox". They're not asking "What am I?" or "Why do I exist?" Descartes says they don't even notice clearly and distinctly that they exist, and they say Descartes just thinks he thinks. They only notice quales or the objects of consciousness.

Apr 30, 2025 · 1 share View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Mark, the fundamental problem we face is materialism. We value the objects of consciousness when we should be valuing consciousness itself. Materialism polarizes the mind's lens on reality creating duality (separation, objectification, exploitation, etc.). Polarity = the end of some ongoing sysytem.

Apr 6, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

We have to understand that this is what they want. They want a feudal system where they are as lords over us. This is the nature of societies built on materialism; of which capitalism is a fruit. We have to value consciousness, not the objects of consciousness.

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The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

That's a good point. I appreciate it. I am speaking to a deep historical context in which we as conscious beings turned our attention from valuing consciousness itself to valuing material things - the objects of consciousness. The enchanted world of the distant past to today's technological world.

Feb 13, 2025 · 3 shares View post →
Donald Hoffman
@donalddhoffman · X

@username_is_unq We discuss the difference of our approach from that of Alvin Plantinga in this publication: https://t.co/EHPn0xg0B4

Feb 4, 2025 · 3 likes · 49,955 followers View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Specifically, "no thing" as in "objects." There is one being that can be accounted for existing by itself, it is consciousness with no objects to perceive. Consciousness itself exist independent of the objects of consciousness, which in turn, require context for their existence.

Feb 3, 2025 View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Very much so & rooted in the old world mixed in with emerging dominant Rome. Western minds adopted materialism moreso while divorcing the valuing of consciousness itself (meditations, etc) as the way. The paradigm of materialism values the objects of consciousness. Consciousness itself is estimable.

Jan 11, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Nisargadatta Maharaj
@nisargadatta.bsky.social · Bluesky

All the objects of consciousness form the universe. What is beyond both, supporting both, is the supreme state, a state of utter stillness and silence. Whoever goes there, disappears. It is unreachable by words, or mind.

Jan 6, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

The alternative of materialism lies in valuing consciousness, not the objects of consciousness. Consciousness sees it all, it creates everything we experience. We have chosen to value the objects of consciousness but ignore the most profound aspect of being. We are conscious agents in spacetime.

Jan 5, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
The Mirror
@iam-mirror.bsky.social · Bluesky

Yes, this is true. Materialism polarizes the mind's lens on reality creating duality (separation, objectification, exploitations, wars, greed, and many forms of social ills). And now we know that we are in the 6th extinction. The alternative is in valuing consciousness not objects of consciousness.

Dec 2, 2024 View post →
Joshua Rasmussen
@worldviewdesign · X

@nath_ormond Here's a theory: https://t.co/ejfnNCY1CV

Jul 5, 2024 · 3 likes · 9,612 followers View post →
Chris Grounds
@imludichris · X

@SpeedWatkins @BayouPhilosophy See also his Objects of Consciousness: "...This allows us to reinterpret physical properties such as position, momentum, and energy as properties of interacting conscious agents, rather than as preexisting physical truths." https://t.co/7pqNovXHxO

Jun 12, 2024 · 96 followers View post →
iX | AI Video Creator
@iX00AI · X

Apr 25, 2024 · 7,357 followers View post →
Dave Villalva
@DaveJWVillalva · X

Objects of Consciousness https://t.co/XmL6pQU2D1

Apr 24, 2024 · 2 likes · 10,531 followers View post →
John Gregg
@johnrgregg3.bsky.social · Bluesky

To avoid infinite regress, there can be no homunculus in the audience of the Cartesian theater. Somehow the objects of consciousness, the actors, the props, and the set, are consciousness itself.

Jan 12, 2024 View post →
Oprichnik
@Oprichnikiy · X

@EstateIngoSwann So, been working on some correlations on accuracy. Then I find things like this..... https://t.co/MhXXwdZOuX

Mar 26, 2023 · 1 like · 298 followers View post →
Joshua Rasmussen
@worldviewdesign · X

"particles are vibrations not of strings but of interacting conscious agents." (Hoffman and Prakash 2004, https://t.co/7pTQehhZVn, @donalddhoffman @ChetanPrakash) https://t.co/HfFtGp9Trv

Aug 5, 2021 · 12 likes · 9,612 followers View post →
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