Bernardo Kastrup
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
Author, philosopher, computer scientist. Executive Director of Essentia Foundation (http://essentiafoundation.org). Views are my own, not Essentia Foundation's.
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Again very impressive. Google seems to be on a roll! And AGI may not be far after all...
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Google’s SIMA 2: The Most Advanced AI Agent Ever Built
YouTube video by TheAIGRID
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November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Again very impressive. Google seems to be on a roll! And AGI may not be far after all...
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If true, this is a massive breakthrough in AI! I can't make the full post here, but you can find it on mastodon:
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...sufficient to form a structure equivalent to reasoning. It doesn't explicitly operate rules but can naturally generate logical patterns in a sufficiently complex stati...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If true, this is a massive breakthrough in AI! I can't make the full post here, but you can find it on mastodon:
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Nora Bateson is a filmmaker, author and director of the Bateson Institute. In this conversation, Hans Busstra talks to Nora about her work and that of her father Gregory Bateson, who was one of the founding fathers of cybernetics.
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Why we need to quit 'fixing' the world: A cybernetic approach to planetary challenges
Nora Bateson is a filmmaker, author and director of the Bateson Institute. In this conversation, Hans Busstra talks to Nora about her work and that of her father Gregory Bateson, who was one of the fo...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Nora Bateson is a filmmaker, author and director of the Bateson Institute. In this conversation, Hans Busstra talks to Nora about her work and that of her father Gregory Bateson, who was one of the founding fathers of cybernetics.
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-we-need-...
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-we-need-...
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Was happy to host @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and @bernardokastrup.bsky.social in conversation in Sept - in this excerpt, they update each other on their work during the last year, including
- Reversing ageing
- Cells that hear and learn
- Starting a new AI company
youtu.be/X1lm0pmSDtw
- Reversing ageing
- Cells that hear and learn
- Starting a new AI company
youtu.be/X1lm0pmSDtw
Michael Levin | Bernardo Kastrup: Cells that hear & learn
YouTube video by Bernardo Kastrup 🇪🇺
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November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Was happy to host @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and @bernardokastrup.bsky.social in conversation in Sept - in this excerpt, they update each other on their work during the last year, including
- Reversing ageing
- Cells that hear and learn
- Starting a new AI company
youtu.be/X1lm0pmSDtw
- Reversing ageing
- Cells that hear and learn
- Starting a new AI company
youtu.be/X1lm0pmSDtw
Dr. Matt Colborn argues that, by denying the objective reality of what appears to us as the physical world out there, materialist cognitive science renders its own metaphysical assumptions untenable.
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Post-materialist cognitive science: Is it viable?
Dr. Matt Colborn argues that, by denying the objective reality of what appears to us as the physical world out there, materialist cognitive science renders its own metaphysical assumptions untenable. ...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Dr. Matt Colborn argues that, by denying the objective reality of what appears to us as the physical world out there, materialist cognitive science renders its own metaphysical assumptions untenable.
www.essentiafoundation.org/post-materia...
www.essentiafoundation.org/post-materia...
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Conversation today with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social on the relationship between perception and reality, will and representation:
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The meaning and modes of perception
Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 4th Nov 2025
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November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Conversation today with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social on the relationship between perception and reality, will and representation:
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-meaning-...
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-meaning-...
I had a nice conversation with Alex O'Connor:
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Why Materialism is Complete Nonsense - Bernardo Kastrup
YouTube video by Alex O'Connor
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November 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I had a nice conversation with Alex O'Connor:
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Christof and I discuss consciousness, both natural and artificial.
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Can AI Be Conscious? A Neuroscientist & A Philosopher Discuss | Christof Koch & Bernardo Kastrup
YouTube video by Accelerator Media
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November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Christof and I discuss consciousness, both natural and artificial.
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There is an unexpected pleasure, at this stage of my life, in being on the front page of my country's main financial journal NOT because of my philosophy work, but because of my engineering/entrepreneurship output, my early loves. A long life arch is closing by returning to its origins...
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There is an unexpected pleasure, at this stage of my life, in being on the front page of my country's main financial journal NOT because of my philosophy work, but because of my engineering/entrepreneurship output, my early loves. A long life arch is closing by returning to its origins...
Dr. Kelvin McQueen, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Chapman University, examines the leading quantum-consciousness theories and the unresolved questions that still hinder them all: what exactly is collapse, and what counts as a measurement?
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Can Neuroscience Settle a 100-Year-Old Quantum Debate?
YouTube video by Essentia Foundation
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October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dr. Kelvin McQueen, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Chapman University, examines the leading quantum-consciousness theories and the unresolved questions that still hinder them all: what exactly is collapse, and what counts as a measurement?
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If you're a 'seeker,' you might think your dashboard onto reality is something to be transcended, but @bernardokastrup.bsky.social disagrees. Human perception is also part of reality, governed by the same archetypal templates as Mind at Large:
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Recording: No need to transcend the human experience
Recording 28th Oct 2025
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October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you're a 'seeker,' you might think your dashboard onto reality is something to be transcended, but @bernardokastrup.bsky.social disagrees. Human perception is also part of reality, governed by the same archetypal templates as Mind at Large:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-no...
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-no...
My party lost, but the Dutch elections have been won by a good party, led by a good man. In face of the epidemics of populism, nastiness, and lies, the Dutch have re-found their center. I'm proud of the Netherlands and its people. And congratulations, Rob Jetten!
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Rob Jetten - Wikipedia
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October 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My party lost, but the Dutch elections have been won by a good party, led by a good man. In face of the epidemics of populism, nastiness, and lies, the Dutch have re-found their center. I'm proud of the Netherlands and its people. And congratulations, Rob Jetten!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Jet...
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But could the very nature of perception evolve? Obviously, other species are experiencing the planet with very different senses to our own. What about our ancestors and future selves? Discussion tomorrow with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/the-evolutio...
The evolution of perception
Can our relationship to reality transform? Q&A with Bernardo 28th Oct 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
But could the very nature of perception evolve? Obviously, other species are experiencing the planet with very different senses to our own. What about our ancestors and future selves? Discussion tomorrow with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/the-evolutio...
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Het vertrouwen in de politiek is historisch laag. Te veel partijen spelen met vuur, schreeuwen liever dan ze oplossen. Wij kiezen voor eerlijk bestuur, visie en respect voor onze democratie. Op 29 oktober kies je niet zomaar een partij, maar tussen meer chaos of eindelijk vooruitgang. Stem Volt.
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Het vertrouwen in de politiek is historisch laag. Te veel partijen spelen met vuur, schreeuwen liever dan ze oplossen. Wij kiezen voor eerlijk bestuur, visie en respect voor onze democratie. Op 29 oktober kies je niet zomaar een partij, maar tussen meer chaos of eindelijk vooruitgang. Stem Volt.
Yes, superchip, superpowers 💪😎
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Superchip van Eindhovense start-up wil AI-wereld veroveren: ‘Dit is geen bullshit’
Het klinkt te mooi om waar te zijn. Als grootspraak zelfs: een chip die honderd keer krachtiger én veel zuiniger is dan het vlaggenschipproduct van Nvidia. Maar in een klein kantoor op de High Tech Ca...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Yes, superchip, superpowers 💪😎
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Volgende week, stem ik Volt!
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Volgende week, stem ik Volt!
Brian Fang discusses why mathematics developed without empirical motivation turned out to precisely describe the physical patterns of nature: Nature is itself the expression of mind-like structures also directly present in the human intellect.
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Why mathematics works: The mind-reality connection
Brian Fang discusses the many instances in which mathematics developed without empirical motivation turned out to precisely describe the physical patterns of nature. Why would primates evolved to hunt...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Brian Fang discusses why mathematics developed without empirical motivation turned out to precisely describe the physical patterns of nature: Nature is itself the expression of mind-like structures also directly present in the human intellect.
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-mathemat...
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-mathemat...
We did it, and it was a blast! Our invitation-only 2025 conference may have been a seminal moment, a first step on the road to science's first predictive theory of the noumena. Thanks everyone for participating and contributing so much! #EssentiaFoundation #engelberg #engelbergswitzerland
October 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We did it, and it was a blast! Our invitation-only 2025 conference may have been a seminal moment, a first step on the road to science's first predictive theory of the noumena. Thanks everyone for participating and contributing so much! #EssentiaFoundation #engelberg #engelbergswitzerland
In this remarkably Schopenhauerian essay, Arthur Haswell argues that a world where consciousness is fundamental may still be a world of suffering; even fundamental suffering.
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Is ours a world of fundamental conscious suffering?
In this remarkably Schopenhauerian essay, Arthur Haswell argues that a world where consciousness is fundamental may still be a world of suffering; even fundamental suffering: "Does a universe imbued w...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In this remarkably Schopenhauerian essay, Arthur Haswell argues that a world where consciousness is fundamental may still be a world of suffering; even fundamental suffering.
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Most people think that the sun and stars, the rivers and trees are what is 'out there.' @bernardokastrup.bsky.social contends that this is impossible - our experience is a dashboard about reality, not a window onto it. Summary of this conversation is here:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
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Recording: What perception veils and reveals
Dashboards, dials and what lies beyond. Q&A with Bernardo on 14th Oct 2025
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October 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Most people think that the sun and stars, the rivers and trees are what is 'out there.' @bernardokastrup.bsky.social contends that this is impossible - our experience is a dashboard about reality, not a window onto it. Summary of this conversation is here:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
"The launch is part of Europe’s growing push for independence in semiconductors and follows European startup Euclyd’s freshly announced CRAFTWERK SiP that claims bandwidth levels far beyond Nvidia’s designs."
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SiPearl’s Athena1 promises dual-use security for European defense and aerospace
Athena1 is described as the most secure CPU ever designed, but questions remain over whether Europe’s sovereign chip can compete with rivals when it launches in 2027.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"The launch is part of Europe’s growing push for independence in semiconductors and follows European startup Euclyd’s freshly announced CRAFTWERK SiP that claims bandwidth levels far beyond Nvidia’s designs."
tech.yahoo.com/computing/ar...
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Mostly in English, and there are English subtitles for the Dutch segments.
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Zo kan economisch nationalisme Europa redden volgens Rana Foroohar | VPRO Tegenlicht
YouTube video by VPRO Tegenlicht
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October 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mostly in English, and there are English subtitles for the Dutch segments.
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Let us not let history repeat itself.
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The Nazi Dismantling Of Constitutional Law In Germany
YouTube video by Timeline - World History Documentaries
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October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Let us not let history repeat itself.
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Ahh, now I feel at home... The setup is almost complete, missing only the NeXT speaker, which is on the way...
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ahh, now I feel at home... The setup is almost complete, missing only the NeXT speaker, which is on the way...
David Lloyd invites us to see form as an expression of feeling, a notion whereby the physical world becomes the geometric expression of inner emotion, carrying—or, better yet, mirroring—in its patterns the qualitative structures of feeling.
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The geometry of the world: Form as an expression of feeling
David Lloyd invites us to see form as an expression of feeling, a notion whereby the physical world becomes the geometric expression of inner emotion, carrying—or, better yet, mirroring—in its pattern...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
David Lloyd invites us to see form as an expression of feeling, a notion whereby the physical world becomes the geometric expression of inner emotion, carrying—or, better yet, mirroring—in its patterns the qualitative structures of feeling.
www.essentiafoundation.org/the-geometry...
www.essentiafoundation.org/the-geometry...