https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.02813/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32379001urn:hackerpapers:mention:1709.02813:32379001Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:18:19 GMT<p>Conscious realism and the cosmological polytope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQYZ9Rj4 https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02813 According to Prof. Hoffman, this model of the universe is highly parsimonious in that it can model data from the Large Hadron Collider using a single parameter, while the best incumbent (Quantum Field Theory) needs millions. The implication is that everything we see and experience are not fundamental, including space and time itself. The fundamental unit of reality is consciousness. This has far reaching implications into every other scientific and non-scientific human…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.02813/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>hep-thhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32278512urn:hackerpapers:mention:1709.02813:32278512Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:50:58 GMT<p>Conscious realism and the cosmological polytope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQYZ9Rj4 https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02813 According to Prof. Hoffman, this model of the universe is highly parsimonious in that it can model data from the Large Hadron Collider using a single parameter, while the best incumbent theory (quantum field theory) needs millions. The implication is that everything we see and experience, including space and time itself, are not fundamental. The unit of reality is consciousness. This has far reaching applications into every other scientific and non-scientific human…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.02813/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>hep-th