Metamodern Self Cafe v2: Quantum–Integral Epistemology as Partially Examined Life
Posted: November 10, 2025 Filed under: AI-Powered Essays | Tags: consciousness, philosophy, relationships Leave a commentSequel to The Metamodern Self Café
Have Tom Stoppard host Carlo Rovelli, Iain McGilchrist, and Douglas Hofstadter on a special episode of the Partially Examinded Life podcast to explore and explain QIE.
ChatGPT Prompt
Guest Host: Tom Stoppard
Guests: Carlo Rovelli, Iain McGilchrist, Douglas Hofstadter
1. Cold Open
Theme music fades. The sound of clinking teacups. A brief rustle of paper scripts.
Stoppard (dry, amused):
Welcome to The Partially Examined Life. Tonight, an experiment in epistemic theater — or perhaps a theatrical experiment in epistemology.
We are gathered to discuss something called Quantum–Integral Epistemology, or QIE — which, as far as I can tell, is either the most ambitious synthesis since Hegel, or the best pub name never used.
(Polite laughter from the guests.)
My guests are three gentlemen who make the incomprehensible sound lyrical: physicist Carlo Rovelli, neurophilosopher Iain McGilchrist, and cognitive cartographer Douglas Hofstadter.
Together, they will attempt — God help us all — to make the Quantum–Integral Café comprehensible to mere mortals.
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