Scientists & Researchers

Donald Hoffman

2015

University of California, Irvine cognitive scientist whose "interface theory of perception" and "conscious agents" model (The Case Against Reality, 2019) argue that spacetime and objects are a species-specific user interface, not fundamental reality - a view often invoked in consciousness-first readings of the UAP phenomenon.

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Connections (4)

confirmedThe Science of Consciousness

a frequent presenter

Source: The Science of Consciousness / U. Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies

confirmedFederico Faggin

allied proponents of a consciousness-first reality

Source: consciousness-is-fundamental / anti-materialist literature

confirmedBernardo Kastrup

leading proponents of consciousness-first, anti-materialist models

Source: consciousness-is-fundamental / anti-materialist literature

confirmedDavid Chalmers

fellow philosophers of mind debating consciousness's fundamentality

Source: philosophy-of-mind literature

Part of The Red Thread Files — an independent, evidence-first investigation into the UAP, USO, and consciousness question. Confidence labels (confirmed / reported / disputed) are an automated approximation based on the wording and directness of each source, not a verdict. Corrections: [email protected].