Concepts
Consciousness substrate
The idea that mind or information exists outside individual brains and people tap into it. Related frameworks come from Michael Levin and Donald Hoffman.
Ties
| To | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Levin | related: mind and goals at many scales of biology | Concept | ||
| Interface theory | related: perception as an interface, not reality | Concept |
Tied from
| From | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Mossbridge | holds that minds can draw on information outside themselves | Documented · occurred | nowayout.buzzsprout.com | |
| Michael Levin | speculates about a 'Platonic space' of patterns that biology draws on | Concept | en.wikipedia.org | |
| James Ryder | 2015–18 Lucis Trust talks on light, consciousness, 'fairies, devas and UAP' | 2015–2018 | Documented · occurred | |
| Whitley Strieber - Communion (1985) | Strieber and Kripal's The Super Natural (2016) frames it as consciousness, not ETs | 2016 | Concept | |
| Consciousness could exist as a disembodied, self-reinforcing plasma intelligence | Nolan: consciousness could become 'free' of matter, a 'self-reinforcing plasma' | 2024 | Unproven | youtube.com |
| Levin said minds are patterns in a non-physical 'Platonic space' that bodies and bots 'ingress' through | Levin's 'Platonic space': minds ingress through physical interfaces | 2025 | Unproven | stream.syscoi.com |
| Watson said consciousness is fundamental (analytic idealism) and 'the universe wants to know itself' | Watson: 'one podcast away' territory; sympathetic to Kastrup's analytic idealism, skeptical of Levin's Platonic space | 2026 | Unproven | youtube.com |