Consciousness Radio Antenna

Will O'Brien believes consciousness isn't localized to the brain like a DVD player but functions more like a radio antenna that can connect to other people, spirits, or possibly God. This perspective helps explain various paranormal phenomena and spiritual experiences that traditional brain-centric models struggle to account for.

Key Points:

• Consciousness Beyond the Brain:

  • Rejects the idea that consciousness is just "played to us" like a DVD player
  • Views humans as having a "radio antenna" that can connect to things beyond ourselves
  • This explains phenomena like knowing when loved ones have died before being told

• Evidence from Parapsychology:

  • Cites the Ganzfeld experiment as reproducible scientific evidence
  • Experiment involves sender/receiver in separate rooms with one viewing images
  • Results consistently show above-chance (>25%) success rates:
    • General population achieves ~30% accuracy
    • Twins, spouses, and artists achieve 35-70% accuracy in some instances

• Implications for Understanding Reality:

  • "Our brain is not like this AI chip that runs and just tells us what to do"
  • Instead, it's "an AI chip but it also has a radio antenna"
  • This antenna can connect to other people and possibly spiritual entities
  • Explains "a lot of the spiritual and woo woo stuff" with "very good experimental evidence"

• Integration with Technology Evolution:

  • Sees this perspective as part of a larger integration of mind, body, and spirit
  • Tech industry started with "hippies that found computers" (spiritual axis)
  • Evolved through "nerds" like Gates and Zuckerberg (mind axis)
  • Now incorporating physical fitness and bodily development (body axis)
  • This complete integration makes this "the most interesting time in technology right now"