Spacetime is the memory of a self knowing universe
Seeing | Metaphysics | 2026-01-23
Federico Faggin
Hans Busstra, MA
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.”
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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