Reposted by Keith Raymond Harris
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
![Remarkably, Douthat thinks consciousness is important in part because modern physics shows that at “the quantum level of reality, the human mind seems to play some decisive role in making physical reality take actual shape.” Douthat says this is the “Copenhagen Theory,” which posits that “the conscious observer places [sic] a mysterious but essential role in collapsing quantum possibility into physical reality.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tadhqd2kekknk4ygdrj7jd4z/bafkreicvhtjjrq3dpni5rpjic277ndgmyvzygji5ahsd3ig6qtuqvj5b4i)
