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Bernardo Kastrup
I'm the Executive Director of Essentia Foundation and Chief Scientist at AI processor company Syncthetics BV. My work has set off the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism. I have a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, I have worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). I've also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years, having founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Most recently, I've founded AI company Syncthetics BV. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, my ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the magazine of 'The Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. My latest book is 'Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics.'
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  • Conquering the fear of oblivion (in 15 minutes)
    Photo by Bernardo Kastrup of a statue by Hildegard Bienen, hereby released into the public domain. Most people fear death. And amon...
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    Image source: Wikimedia Commons. As we leave yet another intense week behind, there is a confluence of concerning thoughts in my mind re...
  • UAPs and Non-Human Intelligence: What is the most reasonable scenario?
    Editorial note:  I originally intended to publish the essay below in an (online) magazine, not my own blog. I still have this intention, but...
  • AI won't be conscious, and here is why (A reply to Susan Schneider)
    I have just participated—literally 10 minutes ago as I write these words—in an online debate organized by the IAI , in which Donald Hoffman,...
  • Sabine Hossenfelder digs herself into a deeper hole
    YouTubing physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has now replied to my criticism of her debate performance  against me, published yesterday on this b...
  • The LSD study: you're being subtly deceived (again)
    (Update 13 April 2016: A follow-up essay has been published after a study author commented on this post. Click here to view. ) From PN...
  • My unfortunate attempt at debating Tim Maudlin
    I recently was invited by Curt Jaimungal, of the Theories of Everything  podcast, to debate philosopher Tim Maudlin on issues of philosophy ...
  • Sam Harris' critique of Eben Alexander
    Cover of Newsweek  magazine with Eben Alexander's story. Newsweek Magazine's cover article this week is Eben Alexander's r...
  • The Church's incomprehensible suicide
    I woke up today to the news that the Vatican has declared homosexuality a 'sin' and a 'choice' (Some have claimed that what ...
  • New Analytic Idealism literature
    This summer lots of exciting new literature on Analytic Idealism is coming out, some of which you may already have noticed. If not, this bri...

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