New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Sep 15, 2024 Federico Faggin created the self-aligned MOS silicon-gate technology, which made possible memory chips, CCD image sensors, and the microprocessor. He designed the Intel 4004, 8008, and 8080 microprocessors, as well as the Zilog Z80 and Z8 processors. In 2010, he received the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor the United States confers for achievements related to technological progress. He is author of Silicon: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness, and also Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature. His website is http://www.fagginfoundation.org/ Here he describes the arc of his pioneering career as well as the hypotheses he has developed regarding the nature of consciousness and the world of physics and computation. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:11 Federico’s career in microchip design 00:17:57 Spiritual awakening 00:30:01 Integrating the mystical experience 00:38:14 Consciousness and the quantum field 00:49:11 Nonphysical dimensions of Hilbert Spaces 01:05:02 Why computers cannot be conscious 01:07:38 Self and universe 01:22:06 Conscious agency 01:25:52 Conclusion and summary Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, and Swedish. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. (Recorded on August 15, 2024)