First Person Science with David Chartrand

​First-Person Science is a live monthly series exploring one of the hardest open questions in science... consciousness itself:

​Millions of people report life-changing experiences that research cannot yet explain.

​Neuroscience tells us what the brain does, but it has no account for why any of it feels like something. That gap, between physical process and subjective experience, is the hardest open problem in science.

​These sessions offer a direct look at how that question is being approached today, with key members of the CUSAC team and their research partners.

​Each session opens with a public presentation at the frontier of physics, research, and subjective experience, followed by a private, extended session for Inner Circle members to engage with the team.

​During the session, you’ll have the opportunity to join the Inner Circle and stay for the extended conversation.

​​May 1

​Putting Quantum Idealism to the Test with David Chartrand

• ​What is Quantum Idealism as a theory of consciousness?

• ​What if reality is not fixed?

• ​Can meaning influence outcomes?

• ​The “Three Worlds” model of reality: possibility, consciousness, and physical history

• ​How to experimentally test these ideas?

​Sinead Whelehan (Director of Communications) and Stacey Murphy (Director of Operations) guide the conversation and draw out the most important questions emerging from the work.

​This event is hosted by the Center for the Unification of Science and Consciousness (CUSAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2018 by Tom Campbell, a former NASA and Department of Defense physicist.