Claus Metzner
@clausmetzner.bsky.social
Post-material physicist (PD PhD). Went from quantum theory to biophysics, complex systems, theoretical neuro-science and AI. Philosophizing, playing Jazz, podcasting, meditating.
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Claus Metzner
@clausmetzner.bsky.social
· Nov 21
My current world view in a nutshell: Matter is a 'phase' of consciousness. There is more to the world than mainstream science presently knows. Natural laws are emergent and may change as everything is evolving. Let us try to be open and work together with joy.
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This research appears to confirm in humans what has already been established in animals here: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Notice that they don't claim that the thalamus "creates" or "generates" consciousness; rather, it "filters" or "modulates" it.
Notice that they don't claim that the thalamus "creates" or "generates" consciousness; rather, it "filters" or "modulates" it.
Consciousness science is fascinating - and now researchers are starting to study its neural underpinnings deep in the brain 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure
In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.
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April 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This research appears to confirm in humans what has already been established in animals here: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Notice that they don't claim that the thalamus "creates" or "generates" consciousness; rather, it "filters" or "modulates" it.
Notice that they don't claim that the thalamus "creates" or "generates" consciousness; rather, it "filters" or "modulates" it.
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of my initial visit to Japan, and I have written a few heartfelt words to mark the occasion: www.tumblr.com/cm-shorts/77...
Thank you so much, Japan!
Thirty years ago today, I stood at Nuremberg Airport with my mother and a large group of friends from my former research institute. I said a woeful goodbye to everyone and then boarded a plane bound…
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March 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of my initial visit to Japan, and I have written a few heartfelt words to mark the occasion: www.tumblr.com/cm-shorts/77...
A new episode of the 'CM Memes' podcast is out creators.spotify.com/pod/show/cmm...
E065 - Trained Creators by CM memes
In this episode, I explore the concept of "Trained Creators" - systems like AI, humans, or nature that generate novel, functional patterns by leveraging deep learned correlations. Building on ideas fr...
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February 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A new episode of the 'CM Memes' podcast is out creators.spotify.com/pod/show/cmm...
A little collection of my home music videos bit.ly/Claus_Metzner_Music_Videos
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February 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A little collection of my home music videos bit.ly/Claus_Metzner_Music_Videos
And again, I FULLY AGREE with all you just said. It is indeed incredibly naive to assume scientific truth is the only one. But many scientists still seem to believe that - and thus I fight for other conceptions of truth (without mingling them).
Regardless of whether it’s scientific realism, postmodern relativism, or analytic idealism, these are all human conceptions of reality, each with its own logic, grounding, and epistemology for understanding the truth.
Claiming that any of these is the absolute and only TRUTH is sheer arrogance.
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Claiming that any of these is the absolute and only TRUTH is sheer arrogance.
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February 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And again, I FULLY AGREE with all you just said. It is indeed incredibly naive to assume scientific truth is the only one. But many scientists still seem to believe that - and thus I fight for other conceptions of truth (without mingling them).
A new episode of 'CM Memes' is out:
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/cmm...
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/cmm...
E064 - Opinions and Emotions by CM memes
In this episode, I explore the relationship between opinions, emotions, and truth in today's 'post-truth' era. I discuss how mistrust in institutions, the spread of misinformation, and the echo chambe...
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January 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A new episode of 'CM Memes' is out:
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As the weekend draws to a close, another little home music video youtu.be/YtStaPvgkSg?...
Evening
YouTube video by Claus Metzner
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January 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As the weekend draws to a close, another little home music video youtu.be/YtStaPvgkSg?...
A little Bach-style improvisation www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jt6tl...
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January 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A little Bach-style improvisation www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jt6tl...
I bought an 'iRigStream' to video record my digital piano playing with decent sound quality. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sk65d...
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January 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I bought an 'iRigStream' to video record my digital piano playing with decent sound quality. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sk65d...
The Landauer Limit defines the minimum energy required to erase 1 bit of information as kT*ln(2). REVERSIBLE COMPUTING avoids this by preserving all information during computation, enabling near-zero energy use—a breakthrough for ultra-efficient processors. www.electropages.com/blog/2025/01...
How reversible computing enables near zero-energy silicon chips
Vaire Computing's reversible computing technology promises near zero-energy chips, reducing energy demands for data centres, AI, and advanced applications.
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January 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Landauer Limit defines the minimum energy required to erase 1 bit of information as kT*ln(2). REVERSIBLE COMPUTING avoids this by preserving all information during computation, enabling near-zero energy use—a breakthrough for ultra-efficient processors. www.electropages.com/blog/2025/01...
Interesting epistemic move: Tom Froese's 'Irruption Theory' embraces fundamental unintelligibility to scientifically tackle the interaction of mind and matter. www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/26....
Irruption and Absorption: A ‘Black-Box’ Framework for How Mind and Matter Make a Difference to Each Other
Cognitive science is confronted by several fundamental anomalies deriving from the mind–body problem. Most prominent is the problem of mental causation and the hard problem of consciousness, which can...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Interesting epistemic move: Tom Froese's 'Irruption Theory' embraces fundamental unintelligibility to scientifically tackle the interaction of mind and matter. www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/26....
A new episode of the 'CM Memes' podcast is out:
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/cmm...
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/cmm...
E063 - Towards Science 2.0 by CM memes
In this episode, I explore why we need a broader kind of science alongside traditional, reductionistic research. I respond to listener Ance’s comment that science must remain falsifiable and narrowly ...
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January 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A new episode of the 'CM Memes' podcast is out:
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A new episode of 'CM Memes' is out: open.spotify.com/episode/121K...
E062 - Inexhaustible Truth
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January 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A new episode of 'CM Memes' is out: open.spotify.com/episode/121K...
Happy to see that Ross Coulthart is now also arriving at the UAP-Consciousness connection ... youtu.be/sucrnlxq8CA?...
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December 6, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Happy to see that Ross Coulthart is now also arriving at the UAP-Consciousness connection ... youtu.be/sucrnlxq8CA?...