Science Is Shattering Our Understanding of Reality: It’s All About Consciousness - Annaka Harris (Video)
In this 10 March 2025 video, host Rich Roll talks with Annaka Harris, a New York Times bestselling author and creator of the audio documentary “Lights On.” We explore whether consciousness is fundamental to the universe, the illusion of self, and my transformative psychedelic experience that collapsed space-time.
https://youtu.be/4GL4YvX76wg
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:22 Interview Start
00:04:07 Defining Consciousness
00:06:49 Challenges in Defining Consciousness
00:12:24 Fundamental Consciousness vs. Emergent Consciousness
00:18:25 Experiencing Consciousness
00:19:54 Experiences Beyond Self
00:23:02 Emergence of Consciousness, Space and Time
00:24:30 Questioning Consciousness with Psychedelics
00:29:05 Questioning Consciousness with Science
00:33:24 Sponsor Break
00:35:40 Rich’s Meditation on the Nature of Consciousness
00:37:48 Audio Documentary, “Lights On”
00:39:05 Limits of Communication
00:40:05 Sensory Substitution and Addition
00:42:53 Consciousness and Universal Structure
00:46:21 Physics and Consciousness
00:52:01 Understanding Things That We Can’t Perceive
00:54:36 Surrendering to Not Knowing
00:57:05 Dimensions of Love
00:58:35 The Difficult Questions Surrounding Consciousness
01:01:23 Sponsor Break
01:03:32 Emergent Property vs. Fundamental Property
01:08:45 How Does A Fundamental Perspective Square With Science?
01:11:38 AI and Consciousness
01:15:44 Experiential Science
01:17:42 Sharing Intuition
01:20:42 The Importance Of Asking The Deeper Questions
01:24:37 Cinematic Reflections
01:25:59 The Universe Is One Thing
01:29:56 Developing a Deeper Sense of Compassion
01:31:42 Scientific Reception of Consciousness Ideas
01:33:21 Consciousness and Suffering
01:35:21 Closing Thoughts