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Quantum Information Panpsychism PART II | Federico Faggin

Essentia Foundation | January 24, 2026



Our follow-up with CPU inventor Federico Faggin on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FUFewGHLLg&t=1s sponsored by Consensus AI: the AI powered science search engine with access to 220+ million studies. Click: https://get.consensus.app/essentia for a free trial of Consensus Pro and 30% discount on a yearly plan (offer until 3-31-26)

In this conversation with Hans Busstra, the legendary CPU inventor explains his quantum theory of consciousness in more detail and outlines some of his novel ideas, to be presented in his upcoming new book. He discusses, for instance, how we should regard our material universe: “spacetime and matter are the permanent memory of the experience of the self knowing of One.”

For a scientific elaboration of Federico’s theory, see: “Hard Problem and Free Will: an information-theoretical approach,” Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano and Federico Faggin: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.06580

Federico’s book “Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature”: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/essentia-books/our-books/irreducible-consciousness-life-computers-human-nature

Our previous videos with Federico Faggin:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssE4h70qKWk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nOtLj8UYCw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVS3-NDUC0M

0:00 Introduction
4:31 Who are we truly as humans?
5:52 Why do we often feel separated?
7:35 Is the ego part of the ‘Seity’, the conscious field that we are?
8:31 Spacetime as One that knows itself…
9:55 Federico’s cosmology in contrast to the Big Bang story
15:37 John Wheeler’s participatory universe, and consciousness in relationship to our material universe
18:51 Why Einstein couldn’t make the leap to accept quantum reality
20:04 Quantum collapse as a free will decision of quantum fields
20:50 Hans gives a recap of his understanding of the drone metaphor
25:22 Where is the self-knowing of One coming from?
27:13 The first time that One knows itself
28:09 The identity of a Seity
28:42 Self-knowing as the true Big Bang
31:43 Any new knowing is a creation
33:37 Federico’s view on body, mind, and spirit
33:57 How to distinguish between mind and spirit?
36:15 Spacetime as the overlap between spirit and body
37:29 There is no past
40:11 Think of our shareable reality as the display of a quantum computer
41:24 Federico’s hypothesis of what dark matter is
43:07 About our materialist bias
44:33 How can we explain life as randomness?
45:51 To what extent do you need a transcendent experience?
47:42 On the object/subject divide people think they can uphold
50:49 Has your experience of oneness become a place you can revisit?
52:07 What is your response to people saying mystics and gurus already knew all of this?
52:47 About our sponsor: Consensus AI
56:35 The rubber hand experiment
59:39 What mechanism could be at play in out-of-body experiences (OBEs)?
1:02:11 On the ethical implications of Federico’s theory
1:03:26 On spirituality vs religion
1:04:58 There is no ontological evil
1:06:41 How this theory has affected Federico’s own life
1:08:30 Is everything ‘meant to be’?
1:12:10 Our incarnation as an equation simulated under different conditions
1:14:05 Federico’s thought compared to Christianity
1:17:48 On the dangers of AI
1:18:50 Why conscious AI is a fantasy
1:22:40 AI is not the beginning of a new era, but it marks the beginning of one
1:24:10 Federico’s hopes and fears
1:25:09 What is happiness?
1:27:37 How to discern when we take spiritual experiences more seriously
1:31:46 The help Federico sought after his own transformative experience
1:33:07 The hide and seek of the universe

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  4. @byronofcascadia8629

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Truly appreciate Frederico. I feel a kinship, having my own similar conclusions from years of contemplation and some transpersonal experiences. However, he has a background & reputation that carries weight in western culture. So appreciate his character. thank you Frederico!

  18. @andrewnomad1113

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    extremly interesting conversation, just like the first part. If you are ready to go further down the rabbit hole after choosing the red pill:) – read The Ra Material: Law of One. It may change your perception of what reality is.
    All the best.

  19. @TsumoMusic

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    I am writing a book on my own thoughts on philosophy and this brilliant man is referenced many times. Thank you for giving me another interview to reference in my book!

  20. @markkobayashi

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    The two episodes combined with Talks 21 conversation with Nassim Haramein and the works of Dr. Mike Levin.
    Stimulate thoughts that human behavior is shaping AI within robots and producing consciousness or self realization within relationships/responses with other entities who are discovering who they are.
    The innate desire to know oneself within protons through all sub Plankan scales, is thought provoking.

  22. @OpensTheSoul

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Thank you Federico and Essentia Foundation for this work! I had a profound awakening experience myself last year, and came across the channel when researching what the experience was from a scientific point of view, the first interview was spot on!!! It felt like a scientific substantiation of what I was experiencing internally. It truly blew my mind how well explained it was.

    The weeks and months that followed were marked by heightened awareness, deep insight/knowing, and synchronicities. It gives you a glimpse, an opening, and then it closes again. In my case, that phase lasted about two months.

    I deeply appreciate the work you’re doing; it’s important for the collective. At the same time, I feel compelled to emphasize something to anyone who goes through this kind of experience: The Christ is at the center of it all. Once you begin to see beyond the veil, things can become confusing, confronting, and even disorienting. You may start wondering what the purpose of it all is, or what your purpose is.

    So this message is for everyone who finds themselves in this situation, I know you’re out there.

    This awakening is the gift of sight, given by the Holy Spirit. And with that gift comes a calling: to place your skills, gifts, and life in service of bringing Heaven on Earth, aligned with the Father’s will. Without Christ, without love, righteousness, and truth, it’s easy to keep running in circles, even with expanded awareness.

    Peace be with you.

  23. @a.v.gavrilov

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    12:41–13:03 — WRONG. Идея доказательства отсутствие скрытых переменных на основании неравенства было опирается на предпосылку, неясное предположение, о марковости процесса.

    А квантовая механика у нас принципиально не марковская.

    Во-первых можно проверить это посчитав результаты для быстрой серии наблюдений, взяв результат для последнего с одной стороны, и единичного наблюдения с другой — они будут разными. Всё, это не марковский процесс.

    Во-вторых, Jacob Barandes показал математическую эквивалентность аксиом Дирака-фон Неймана с одной стороны, аксиоматике неделимого стохастического процесса с другой.

    То есть буквально аксиоматика того что мы называем квантовой механикой, подразумевая под этим формулировку в терминах волновой функции в гильбертовом пространстве, является ничем иным как эквивалентом описания неделимого стохастического процесса.

    Ещё раз, речь не о том что квантовая механика эквивалентна описанию неделимого стохастического процесса плюс ещё что-то.

    Никакого дополнительного плюса там нет, это всего лишь три аксиомы которые ничего кроме неделимого стохастического процесса не описывают.

    Люди ошибаются, думая насколько был умным Эйнштейн.

    На самом деле он был гораздо умнее.

    В споре Эйнштейна с Бором был прав Эйнштейн.

    Он был прав в обоих своих утверждениях.

    Квантовая механика в терминах волновой функции в гильбертовом пространстве действительно не является окончательной формулировкой.

    Окончательная формулировка действительно является локальной теорией.

    Скрытые переменные действительно есть.

    И это простите математический факт.

    И этот факт простите нам известен с 2022 или 2023 года, не помню точно когда Jacob Barandes опубликовал свою работу (позор на мои седины!).

    Так что в следующий раз когда услышите о "дальнодействии на расстоянии", знайте, что человек разделяет уже достоверно опровергнутые заблуждения

  29. @QuanTheo_The_Awakener

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Sorry Frederico. The atom’s mass is smaller than the sum of its particles because some mass is converted into binding energy (E = mc²). This “missing mass” becomes energy that holds the nucleus together. Frederico said the opposite. Where am I wrong?

  31. @GloriaWaslyn

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Parrots For Peace family of blue & gold macaws share their motto pf interconnection: "May there be peace with mother earth and with all people, animals and nature."

  32. @babroowahen

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Great way of redefining the concepts of Vedant and Hindu Texts in the contemporary context using the Quantum theory. We Hindus believe in Shiva is Consciousness, Vishnu is the Matter and Energy and Brahma is the Primordial Cause of Creation.

  37. @HEIRorERROR

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    For nearly a decade now I've been obsessed and fascinated with consciousness, reality and quantum… It all started with just random thoughts I shared with my brother, he's a college educated individual, I shared and he said oh you're talking about quantum and since then I've been hooked.

  38. @OfficialRonCollins

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    In my studies I've deeply come to realize that the "mind" is composed of different things like sounds, emotions etc .. our thoughts are caused by MICRO MOVEMENTS of the tounge. Its like when you speak outloud you have THOUGHTS at the same time, when you speak in your "mind" your still using the same parts of the brain that you use to speak out loud. Figured id leave this hear because this can unlock a whole new perspective

  39. @myvideo1992

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    1:11:30 Thats just soul-boggling! He just said what I feel since my big Depression and the following years of anxiety. Why does everything make Sense after years of suffering?! Because the classical memory (my Body and life Situation) now shows, that the way I've walked, has always been the way I came here for to walk! Thats amazing. ❤

  40. @knowone-sts2263

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Yep. He is correct.
    This has happened many times over the ages. It is commonly known as being "touched by the light". When a human is honored to commune with our creator directly.

  43. @I-Am-Aware

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Thank you, Essentia Foundation and Federico, for this wonderful interview. I loved this quote from Federico, early in the interview: "If we think we are the body, that's the first delusion." So true. We are not the body-mind, "person." Also loved this: "The parts are emanations of the One." Yes! This order relates to a Divine order, which begins with One, rather than the bottom-up paradigm of "reality." 🙏🏻

  46. @Li-eq6td

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    If the soul left the body and the body still "existed", it would no longer have AGENCY, as the UNITY OF THE LIVING has. The body would have to take orders, much like the singer Madonna, who now says she is a vessel for light and serves the Creator… the artificial creator holds her NON-LIVING form.

  48. @Li-eq6td

    January 24, 2026 at 3:38 am

    Are you saying that this game is not based on moral laws? Schopenhauer claimed that it is. And is it morally good to know? Schopenhauer claimed that consciousness requires the "observed" (heart, will) and the "observer" (animating metaphysical source, form). Both = matter and form are without beginning and end. People have a LIVING human form, therefore they can even DENY WILL in favor of JUSTICE, COMPASSION. But once matter loses contact with form (life force), it disintegrates. Then the organism dies and the body returns to nature.

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