Juan Benet argues consciousness may be empirically hookable via a mathematical universe
juanbenet · x · 2026-09-30
Protocol Labs founder Juan Benet pushes back on the view that consciousness sits outside science. Citing Penrose's triangle mysteries and Mark Tegmark's Mathematical Universe hypothesis, he argues that since physics is embedded in math space and conscious processes are computational, universal computers/constructors should be able to run any such process — meaning we will likely find a way to "hook into" consciousness empirically or mathematically. The thread also touches on whether valuing diversity of consciousnesses can be derived from the growth-of-knowledge principle, tied to the orthogonality thesis.
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