Screen of Consciousness: A Salon on Consciousness, Holograms, and Digital Psychedelics

Описание: A long-form salon hosted by ekkolápto with researchers from the Qualia Research Institute and FAU’s Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Lab.

Is consciousness best understood as a hologram our brain computes in real time? In this salon, researchers from the Qualia Research Institute and FAU’s Machine Perception & Cognitive Robotics Lab explore how qualia, computation, and “digital psychedelics” meet in practice spanning nonlinear optics, coupled oscillators, predictive processing, and the geometry of smell.

Guests include researchers from QRI and FAU/MPCR, with a feature presentation by QRI co‑founder Andrés Gómez Emilsson and an olfaction discussion by QRI’s perfumer.

Timestamps

0:00 — Welcome & guest introductions
2:20 — Presentation: Andrés Gómez Emilsson — The Screen of Consciousness
5:04 — Steven Lehar’s theory of perception (indirect realism)
8:45 — The homunculus problem and the little guy inside
15:55 — Blending senses: vision, proprioception, force fields
22:30 — Debate: simulating vs error-minimizing brains
26:45 — Is consciousness computable
37:40 — Energy models, symmetry, and psychedelic hallucinations
41:00 — 40 Hz SUBPAC experiment
45:00 — Phases of consciousness: jhānas, DMT, tactile textures
49:00 — The holographic brain: fusing visual and tactile fields
51:25 — Navigating DMT space: symmetry, healing, embodied resonance
57:45 — Panel discussion begins
58:00 — The binding problem and binding by synchrony
1:00:15 — Challenging the unity of consciousness
1:07:45 — Universal geometry of embeddings in LLMs and minds
1:14:45 — Infohazards, thought forms, and psycho-fauna
1:25:00 — Is the state space of color platonic
1:32:35 — Olfaction, altered states, and Open Fearless
1:42:35 — Cognitive augmentation and QRI meditation techniques
1:44:00 — Psychedelic cryptography: messages for altered states
1:51:50 — Audience Q&A: NDEs, motion hallucinations, MDMA
2:05:20 — Presentation: Eliade Weismann — The Phenomenal Objects of Odor
2:22:00 — The geometry of affordances in scent
2:26:00 — Q&A for Eliade
2:33:15 — Closing and where to find the panelists

Links

Qualia Research Institute (QRI)
https://www.qri.org/
QRI Magical Creatures Scents
https://qri.org/scents
Andrés Gómez Emilsson
https://www.qualiacomputing.com
https://x.com/algekalipso
   / @andrésgómezemilsson  
Ekkolápto
https://ekkolapto.org/
   / @ekkolapto3  
Elan Barenholtz
https://elanbarenholtz.substack.com/
William Edward Hahn
   / @williamedwardhahn  
Eliade Weismann
https://x.com/eliadeweismann

QRI Resources

Psychophysics Toolkit — Tracer Replication Tool
https://psychophysics.qri.org/
Modeling Psychedelic Tracers with QRI’s Psychophysics Toolkit
https://qri.org/blog/psychophysics-to...
Replication Contest — call + context
https://qri.org/blog/replication-contest
Replication & Psychedelic Cryptography
https://qri.org/blog/contest
Visualizing Tactile Sensations
https://qri.org/blog/visualizing-tact...
HEART: Tactile phenomenology of 5‑MeO‑DMT (video + replications)
https://heart.qri.org/retreats/2023-c...
HEART: Replications gallery (psychedelic visuals)
https://heart.qri.org/retreats/2023-c...
Navigating Between Phenomena and Artefacts: a critical history of brain waves
https://qri.org/blog/brain-waves-history
The Pseudo‑Time Arrow (phenomenal time via local binding)
https://qualiacomputing.com/2018/11/2...
Symmetry Theory of Valence — 2020 presentation
https://qualiacomputing.com/2020/12/1...
Buddhist Annealing: Wireheading Done Right (Seven Factors of Awakening)
https://qualiacomputing.com/2021/04/0...
Good Vibe Theory (physics‑of‑consciousness sketch)
https://qualiacomputing.com/2023/02/2...
On Rhythms of the Brain: Jhanas, LFPs & electromagnetic theories
https://qualiacomputing.com/2022/10/2...
Cel Animation as a Key Metaphor to Model DMT Hallucinations (BaaNLOC angle)
https://qualiacomputing.com/2025/03/0...
Digital computers will remain unconscious… (fields & topological boundaries)
https://qualiacomputing.com/2022/06/1...