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The Universe Knowing Itself | Federico Faggin

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*What kind of experience could change a physicist's entire understanding of reality?* Federico Faggin describes an extraordinary experience of consciousness that led him from neuroscience and AI research to the conviction that consciousness and free will are fundamental features of the universe. 1:15 From Neuroscience to the Problem of Consciousness 4:41 The Experience That Changed Everything 6:16 Why Consciousness Must Be Fundamental 8:59 Quantum Physics, Information, and Meaning 11:04 The Universe Knowing Itself Through Conscious Fields 16:05 Death, Identity, and Meaning *Federico Faggin* is an Italian-American engineer and inventor best known for designing the Intel 4004, the world's first commercial microprocessor. His pioneering work helped lay the foundation for modern computing technology. *More from Federico Faggin on Closer To Truth:* * Closer To Truth: The Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_ * The Science of Consciousness - Barcelona 2025: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pIUoy--cKi3okUdXDGAhKsm * Faggin’s Quantum Information-Based Panpsychism: https://loc.closertotruth.com/theory/faggin-s-quantum-information-based-panpsychism * Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/federico-faggin/ *Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV *Join the Community:* * Membership (5,000+ videos): https://closertotruth.com/register/ * Audio Podcast: https://closertotruth.podbean.com * Support the Show: https://closertotruth.com/donate/ * Official Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/closertotruth/ *Follow Us:* * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloserToTruthTV/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/closertotruth/ * X: https://x.com/CloserToTruth Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers. #CloserToTruth #Consciousness #FedericoFaggin #SpiritualityAndScience #MeaningOfLife

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@CloserToTruthTV 2026-06-18

*Federrico Fajin describes an extraordinary experience that convinced him consciousness is fundamental and that the universe may know itself through conscious beings.* Did personal experience play an important role in shaping your view of reality, or should our understanding of reality rely only on objective evidence?

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@deehoo40 2026-07-19

I love that he starts with the conclusion that there is free will. 🙃

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@Ed-quadF 2026-07-13

Covered a lot of ground here. In the end, can't deny a personal experience. So many people describe the same thing, in their own way.

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@ringzerocoderdotcomColon1111 2026-07-13

Positively absolutely superb. Federico speaks and writes in a way which resonates with my own spiritual path. More interviews with him would certainly be welcome!

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@Mikikb 2026-07-16

He is clearly awakening in the right pad. Congratulations Federico. Love every part of this interview. Thank you.

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@clivejenkins4033 2026-07-20

Experiencing every experience there is to experience

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@ElizabethRaper-k1x 2026-07-14

Federico, Thank you for sharing your experience and understanding. 😊

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@azoteapost8734 2026-07-13

Thank you Federico. !

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@2410manchester 2026-07-13

Federico, I had an identical experience. An actual feeling sensation of something I can only describe as a spring of water bursting from my center and the experience was one where I felt that I was in a direct chain of being with God…that the spring wasn’t mine in an ego sense but that I was a vessel of love and it was bursting forth…and it was the most unbelievable sense of bliss I could imagine…like a cup overflowing with an infinite abundance of love that the cup cannot contain.

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@uktree1 2026-07-16

[1Co 13:12 KJV] For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. Great interview. Eventually we will all "know as we are known" - the "perfect man" Ephesians 4:13. Bring it on. Wonderful!😊

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