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Quantum and Qualia

Quantum and Qualia

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Quantum and Qualia is a podcast about the pursuit of knowledge. Each episode is a deep dive into a research paper from the foundations of physics to cognitive neuroscience. We clearly explain ideas about perception, time, reality, and consciousness with accuracy and depth. New episodes are released every Wednesday. This podcast is made possible by NotebookLM.

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    • Cancer Is a Shrinking of the Self
      Jan 28 2026

      In this episode, we break down Michael Levin’s scale-free framework for the biological self, a view arguing that cognition and goal-directedness show up at every level of living systems. Levin argues that bioelectric signaling lets cells coordinate into higher-order agents that pursue coherent anatomical goals, and reframes disease states like cancer as a collapse of collective problem-solving into a narrow, short-term local horizon. We unpack his “cognitive light cone” rubric for measuring agency by how far an agent can sense and act across space and time, and why it matters for regenerative medicine, synthetic biology, and a new definition of “self” as an informational boundary rather than a specific material.

      The research paper referenced in this episode along with bonus content for visual learners can be found at https://quantumqualia.notion.site/sources

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      20 min
    • Consciousness Is a Question Your Brain Asks
      Jan 25 2026

      In this episode, we break down “Qualia as Query: The Phenomenology of Predictive Error Coding,” a paper that links cognitive neuroscience and phenomenology to explain conscious experience. The author argues that qualia are not static mental “states,” but active query-like acts, and reframes the brain as an active inference system that continually tests predictions against sensory input. We unpack how this approach aims to bridge objective neural mechanisms with first-person experience, and why it matters for psychiatry and AI.

      The research paper referenced in this episode along with bonus content for visual learners can be found at https://quantumqualia.notion.site/sources

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      18 min
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