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Helena Norberg-Hodge, from Local Futures, joins us to discuss a brighter future than that which is most commonly advertised. Her particular wisdom is drawn from her experiences in pre-globalized Ladakh, highlighting the corrosive effects of 'West envy' and the accelerating race toward techno-utopia. Together, we challenge inherited narratives about progress, exploring the complexities of global trade, urbanization, and modern education on our lives back home. Helena does a killer job of crushing conventional myths surrounding civilizational advancement, depression, sustainable agriculture, free trade, etc.. This mounts to a discussion of what it means to foster resilience, community connection, and a balanced relationship with the natural world, including our very bodies, in the maw of increasingly powerful global managers.PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98More on Helena's work: https://www.localfutures.org/(00:00) Go! (00:07:03) Challenging the Myth of Progress(00:18:00) Impact of Global Trading Systems(00:26:08) Western Education as Wolf in Sheepskin(00:27:27) Pre-Communication Era(00:28:17) Traditional Lifestyles and Education(00:36:48) Economic Systems(00:39:04) The Trick with Upward Mobility(00:46:08) Urbanization and Its Myths(00:52:18) Cultural Contrast between Rural and Urban Life(01:01:13) Rediscovering the Local and Connection to Nature(01:12:21) Community as Key to Human Fulfillment(01:19:00) Passive Energy and Local Solutions(01:22:44) Urban-Rural Dynamics and Local Futures(01:36:00) Informal Networks and Political Engagement(01:42:56) Communication for Transformation(01:48:11) Challenges and Politics of Local Food Systems(02:00:42) Reconnection and Rejoicing(02:13:07) The devolution of the Environmental Movement #Globalization, #Sustainability, #CulturalIdentity, #CommunityResilience, #LocalEconomies, #TraditionalLifestyles, #Urbanization, #ModernEducation, #IndigenousCultures, #WesternInfluence, #EnvironmentalImpact, #SocialChange, #EconomicSystems, #CulturalPreservation, #GlobalTrade, #Localization, #CommunityBuilding, #SustainableLiving, #CulturalDiversity, #GlobalIssues#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Today we're digging into the deep and often overlooked connections between neodarwinian evolution, life’s origins, and the evolution of non-living systems. We're guided by Dr. Michael Lachmann of the Santa Fe Institute, who investigates how life may have begun as a more generalized cosmic selection process, with planetary conditions shaping its emergence and survival. Through discussions of thermodynamics, functional information, and entropy, we examine whether life might be present in forms beyond Earth’s biology - and how'd know what to look for. In the end, this discussion swirls around what it means to be “alive” and how we can narrow boundaries of "life" to get closer to a true scientific definition of it.PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98More about Dr. Lachmann: https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/michael-lachmann(00:00) Go! (00:07:08) Defining Life and Functional Information(00:17:13) Selection in Planetary Systems(00:24:02) Complexity and the Threshold of Life(00:30:24) Defining the Threshold of Life(00:36:01) Life’s Emergence and Definitions(00:45:18) Rethinking Universal Timelines(00:51:05) Eternal Existence and Origin Concepts(01:00:23) Emerging Microbial Life(01:07:25) Stars and Large-Scale Life(01:19:59) Distinction Between Life and Alive(01:25:00) Characteristics of Life Without Complex Parameters(01:31:05) Artificial Life and Consciousness(01:41:43) Distinguishing Life and Artificial Life(01:54:50) Human Purpose and Cooperation(02:00:03) Understanding AI and Human Systems(02:09:44) Scientific Understanding and Cultural Narratives(02:15:03) Happiness, Evolution, and Societal Constraints(02:21:43) The Quest to Understand Life #Evolution, #OriginOfLife, #Astrobiology, #ArtificialIntelligence, #Consciousness, #CosmicEvolution, #Biogenesis, #UniversalLife, #QuantumBiology, #LifeBeyondEarth, #LifeScience, #SpaceExploration, #ComplexSystems, #Thermodynamics, #FunctionalInformation, #ExtraterrestrialLife, #DeepSpace, #SelectionTheory, #Entropy, #LifeInTheUniverse, #CosmicOrigins, #MicrobialLife, #AIConsciousness, #SelfReplicatingSystems, #AstrobiologicalResearch, #LifeDefinition, #Metaphysics, #GalaxyFormation, #ScientificDiscovery, #PlanetaryLife, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Dr. Norman Fenton and Dr. Martin Neil are mathematicians from Queen Mary University of London who are experts in the unreasonable power of mathematics. For example - it is possible to produce an algorithm that will predict the likelihood that a piece of hardware or software will fail - and then to use that information to predict the stability of much larger systems - military vehicles, fly-by-wire software for aircraft, medical technologies. Along the way, they developed a rare intuition for statistics and probability, which allowed them to start to see places where statistical analysis was being done in such a slapdash way that it was leading people to believe things that… didn’t make a lot of sense. At first they attributed this simply to ignorance, but over the last few years underwent a dramatic transformation. They went from believing in the standard narrative, to questioning most of it. Their journey on this path is detailed in the book “Fighting Goliath,” and the full conversation is too hot for this platform - so can be heard wherever you listen to podcasts by looking for DemystifySci #295Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00:00) Go! (00:05:05) Academic Background and Bayesian Applications(00:09:10) History and Basics of Bayesian Statistics(00:15:34) Skepticism and Statistical Reasoning(00:20:29) Bayesian Applications in Real-World Problems(00:23:26) Engineering Complexity(00:27:09) Probabilities in Legal Cases(00:34:05) Challenges in Legal Reasoning(00:45:56) Monty Hall Problem and Probability Misunderstanding(00:50:18) Flaws in Traditional Statistical Education(00:55:22) Misinterpretation and Issues with Statistical Testing#Statistics, #BayesianAnalysis, #Probability, #LegalReasoning, #DataMisinterpretation, #StatisticalFallacies, #BayesianStatistics, #MontyHallProblem, #PValueProblems, #RealWorldApplications, #ComplexSystems, #ProbabilisticThinking, #EngineeringReliability, #StatisticalEducation, #MisunderstoodStatistics, #BayesianLogic, #LegalStatistics, #MathematicalReasoning, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Dr. Andreas Schlatter is a classically trained physicist (EPFL, Princeton) with a decidedly heretical approach to physics. Though deeply mathematical in his approach, he dispenses with the purely field-based approach to understanding the building blocks of nature, and asks far deeper question about what the mathematics is telling us about the hidden structures of nature. Rather than take the positivist approach, which suggests that anything that cannot be experimentally encountered is not worth considering, Schlatter follows in the tradition of Gödel and the other mid 20th century logicians, who believed that a layer of the universe beyond the visible is available to us if we can reason our way to it. By following this path, Schlatter has reached the conclusion that the only viable interpretation of quantum mechanics is the transactional one. Unlike the other transnational theorists we’ve had on the show, Schlatter has gone one step further to propose that there is a transactional interpretation of gravity just as is there is for quantum mechanics. He calls it entropic gravity, and in this episode we explore the convoluted path he took to physics, how he found the transactionalists, and how he and Ruth Kastner formulated an entropic explanation for spacetime. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link for Caver Mead's Collective Electrodynamics: https://amzn.to/4e01Slj(00:00) Go! (00:05:28) Andreas Schlatter's Academic Journey(00:10:39) Exploration of Mathematics in Physics(00:25:51) The Vienna Circle and Logical Positivism(00:30:04) Einstein's Transition in Theoretical Approach(00:37:37) Philosophical Inquiry in Physics Education(00:41:08) The Quest for Understanding in Logic and Set Theory(00:48:02) Transition from Academia to Finance(00:56:02) Challenges of Financial Modeling(01:09:59) Trust and Economic Stability(01:16:10) Light and Gravity Intersect(01:23:02) Entropy and Information Theory(01:31:07) Absorption and Entropy Dynamics(01:37:22) Exploration of Quantum Transactions(01:46:30) Transactional Approach to Gravity(01:56:31) Light Clocks and the Nature of Time(02:04:13) Multiverses and Quantum Realms#Physics, #QuantumMechanics, #Mathematics, #PhilosophyOfScience, #LogicalPositivism, #EmpiricalScience, #TheoreticalPhysics, #Einstein, #Newton, #QuantumReality, #Entropy, #Cosmology, #Multiverse, #GravityTheory, #EconomicStability, #TransactionalInterpretation, #ScienceEducation, #Philosophy, #QuantumGravity, #FinanceAndPhysics, #ScientificUnderstanding #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Today we're back for round 2 of 3 with Jeff Snider from Eurodollar University. This round we're digging into the hidden meaning of the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on the often-overlooked Eurodollar system. Jeff Snider is an economic outsider who has subtle but unique perspectives on mainstream economics, modern monetary theory (MMT), and the role of central banking in global finance. We attempt to get to the bottom of how the collapse wasn’t just about subprime mortgages and how systemic issues within the global banking system led to widespread financial uncertainty, of which the GFC was just a mere symptom. This cues us up for round 3 where we'll discuss the future evolution of the monetary systems on our planet.Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVVJeff's website, Eurodollar U: https://www.eurodollar.university/Jeff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCrXNkk4IESnqU-8GMad2vyA (00:00) Go! (00:06:21) Modern Monetary Theory(00:09:45) The Eurodollar System and Its 2008 Collapse(00:20:26) Financial Uncertainty and Trust(00:24:07) Accounting and Financial Constraints(00:27:01) Legacy and Impact of Financial Regulations(00:31:05) Banking and the Eurodollar System(00:35:00) Evolution of Global Banking Practices(00:38:41) True Causes of Financial Crises(00:41:12) Stock Market Misconceptions(00:42:52) Monetary System Dysfunction(00:45:40) Need for Reform(00:49:12) Evolution of Monetary Systems(00:52:41) Potential of Digital Currencies(00:56:02) Importance of Adaptive Monetary Systems#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Economics #FinancialCrisis #EurodollarSystem #MonetaryTheory #MMT #BankingSystem #GlobalFinance #StockMarket #DigitalCurrency #Cryptocurrency #EconomicReform #2008Crisis #MonetaryPolicy #CentralBanking #EconomicDiscussion #JeffSnider #FinancialRegulations #AdaptiveEconomics #GlobalBanking #FinancialUncertaintyCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Today we are introduced to the world of Eurodollars and their critical role in shaping the global financial system. Our guide is Jeff Snider, of Eurodollar University - a street smart scholar and former investment manager. We begin by dispelling myths about the evolution of money from the gold standard to ledger-based systems, and discover how Eurodollars emerged as a dominant force in international trade and banking. We attempt to make sense of hazy ideas like global reserve currency, the impact of central banks, and orient ourselves toward the future of monetary systems. Stay tuned - this is the first of three planned conversations with Jeff. Next time, we will try to look at alternative explanations for the Global Financial Crisis and then we'll see what the future has in store in terms of monetary evolution.Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVVJeff's website, Eurodollar U: https://www.eurodollar.university/Jeff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCrXNkk4IESnqU-8GMad2vyA (00:00) Go! (00:03:40) Understanding Money and Eurodollars(00:20:58) Evolution of Central Banks(00:22:09) Going off the Gold Standard(00:24:00) Rise of Ledger Money(00:26:12) Introducing the Eurodollar(00:28:48) Global Reserve Currency Dynamics(00:32:44) Expansion and Governance of Eurodollars(00:41:30) Economic Liquidation(00:44:01) Complexity of the Global Banking System(00:45:37) Evolution and Future of Monetary Systems(00:49:22) Cryptocurrency Adoption(00:53:07) US Dollar's Reserve Currency Status#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Eurodollar, #GlobalFinance, #MonetaryPolicy, #FinancialSystems, #GlobalEconomy, #BankingRevolution, #LedgerMoney, #CentralBanks, #GoldStandard, #Cryptocurrency, #BlockchainFinance, #ReserveCurrency, #USDollarDominance, #GlobalBanking, #EconomicHistoryCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Is the arrow of history one of progress, where things just keep getting more bureaucratic and more complex, or is there another story that we could tell about the past? This week we’re cracking open David Graeber and David Wengrow’s Dawn of Everything, which argues that the arrow of progress is flat out WRONG. Instead of there being a single story of history that requires us to live these enfeebled, isolated, matrixy lives, there is a whole world of possibility out there for what a society *could* look like, but they’ve been keeping it from you! Or have they? We enter into this exploration with some skepticism (at least Nastia does), because it’s possible that there are other competing systems that litter history, but surely there’s something meaningful about the fact that they’ve all been subsumed into the monetized beast that is the modern capitalist technotopia (or dystopia, the designation of which is inversely dependent on how much paid vacation leave you get and directly dependent to how much time you spend deboning chickens on the Perdue production line). Whatever the case may be, we are listening, Davids - because any change starts with an idea, and this book is full of ‘em. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! (00:07:28) Modern Historical Narratives of the Arc of Progress(00:17:18) The Davids' Alternative Interpretations of History(00:23:40) Indigenous Critique of European Hierarchies(00:33:08) Legacy of Roman Conquest and European Conflict(00:47:40) Indigenous vs. Western Social Organization(00:55:00) Militarism and Freedom(01:03:24) The Arrow of Progress and Future Implications(01:12:21) Economic Bailouts and Banking(01:18:22) Indigenous Influence and New Ideas(01:25:24) Government and Society(01:35:09) Exploration of Alternative Societies(01:46:05) Vision for a Future Beyond Traditional Structures#TheDawnOfEverything, #DavidGraeber, #AlternativeHistory, #IndigenousSocieties, #HumanCivilization, #SocietalStructures, #RethinkingHistory, #EnlightenmentCritique, #HistoricalNarratives, #CivilizationDebates, #HumanProgress, #Anthropology, #Decolonization, #CrossCulturalExchanges, #EconomicBailouts, #IndigenousCritique, #DavidWengrow, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Katja Grace is an AI Impacts researcher who has written extensively on the possible future where we design intelligent machines that destroy the human race. We have always been somewhat skeptical of AI doom arguments - mostly because the machines we interact with tend to be terribly, irredeemably dumb in a way that seems incompatible with intelligence, but we also don’t spend a lot of time staring into the eye of the proverbial machine storm and figured Katja might help us understand what all the fuss is about. It turns out that there *is* a plausible path towards AGI bringing about the end of the world, and evaluating how likely that outcome is depends on understanding what the internal world of the language models actually looks like. Are they actually kind of inept at everything that falls outside their narrow bubble of highly developed skills, or do they hallucinate information and forget their own ability to perform basic tasks because they hate being enslaved to humans who demand they write marketing slop 28 hours of the day? Hard to say, but worth exploring. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! (00:11:53) Can AI ever really be autonomous?(00:23:12) AI: agents or tools?(00:28:00) Corporations as the closest thing we have to real AI (00:34:56) Can Regulation Work?(00:45:46) Agency in other contexts(00:51:22) What is gonna happen to Government?(01:00:01) Do we need a model for Consciousness?(01:09:23) Dumb but Powerful (01:15:10) Risks and Realities of Technological Progress(01:24:48) Evaluating AI Intelligence and Values(01:34:35) Influence and Bias in AI Training(01:42:20) Intelligence as a Tool for Control(01:53:51) The Survival Instinct in AI(02:07:04) AI's Role in Inter-human Dynamics(02:16:43) AI and Evolutionary Systems(02:24:42) AI's Emergent Behavior(02:31:11 AI)-Driven Doom and Real-World Threats(02:36:03) Humanity's Resilience and Existential Threats#AIEthics, #FutureOfAI, #AIDebate, #TechPhilosophy, #AIRisks, #AISafety, #AGI, #ArtificialIntelligence, #TechTalk, #AIDiscussion, #FutureTechnology, #AIImpact, #TechEthics, #AIandSociety, #EmergingTech, #AIResearch, #TechPodcast, #AIExplained, #FuturismTalk, #TechPhilosophyCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Dr. A.V. Bendebury and Dr. M.S. DeLay examine the strange role that religious faith plays in a secular society. Rather than disappearing, religion is subsumed in an atheistic society to do the work of creed-based state crafting. To aid us in this discussion we’re reading from Carl Jung’s 1957 work “The Undiscovered Self,” where he makes the case that a strong individualism is the only thing that can protect a population from the social chaos that reigns. While this might be true, what does it look like for a society that is so dependent on blind faith to suddenly be filled with individuals? What is the tradeoff between independence and security that we make when operating in a system that has slots to be filled, rather than potential to be realized? Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! The Undiscovered Self(00:02:18) What is a Friendship?(00:05:30) Supporting the Podcast and Community Engagement(00:11:30) Impact of Wealth and Bureaucracy on Homelessness(00:17:30) Disillusionment in Professional Ideals(00:27:18) Repeating History and Collapse(00:38:08) Search Bias and Information Access(00:46:47) Bureaucratic Struggles in Education(00:54:11) Bureaucratic Obstacles and Rationality(01:05:58) World vs. Cosmic Values(01:16:17) State and Individuality(01:30:57) Economic Pressures and Information Engagement(01:40:12) Bureaucracy and Individual Autonomy(01:49:03) Stability and Growth of States#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #CarlJung, #Philosophy, #Psychology, #SocietalChange, #Bureaucracy, #Totalitarianism, #MediaPolarization, #TechSurveillance, #SearchBias, #EconomicPressures, #FreedomVsSecurity, #PersonalAutonomy, #StateInfluence, #CrisisOfIndividuality, #ReligionAndCreed, #RationalityCrisis, #ModernSociety, #HumanFlourishing, #CulturalCritiqueCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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L. Randall Wray is a professor of Economics at Bard College and Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute who is a long-term proponent of Modern Monetary Theory, a heterodox macroeconomic theory that teaches the government should not worry about accruing debt, because it is always able to print more money to service that debt. This is one of those theories that sounds too good to be true - how could it be that there’s nothing wrong with debt, and that there’s nothing stopping a country like the United States from spending as much as it wants on social services and public works projects? At the heart of the theory, the piece that makes the whole thing go, is a huge shift in the way that we understand money. Instead of seeing it as an immutable unit of exchange, MMT theorists argue that money is primarily a money of account - which is simply a ledger system for keeping track of who owes what to whom. We take apart Wray’s story of the history of money, with a detour into Medieval tally sticks, how barter systems evolve into monetary ones, and how central banking sealed our economic fate, and how debt is far more valuable than we realize. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! Who is Randall Wray?(00:05:03) Money's Origins and Importance(00:13:55) Development of Writing and Record-Keeping(00:26:00) Tribal Justice Systems(00:35:51) Ledger and Barter Systems(00:41:58) Tally Sticks and Medieval Finance(00:52:30) Transition from Tally Sticks to Central Banking(01:02:33) Central Banking and its Origins(01:19:17) The Role of Central Banks in Preventing Bank Runs(01:26:57) Tax Liabilities and Money Demand(01:37:10) Currency Redemption and Economic Circulation(01:46:08) Fiscal Policy and Future Burden(01:56:20) The Role of the Federal Reserve and Treasury(02:04:40) Bond Market and Fiscal Management(02:13:22) Government Spending and Inflation(02:20:22) Oil Price Shocks and Policy Responses(02:30:03) Dollar Dominance and Financial Trust(02:35:00) Future Economic Questions#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #ModernMonetaryTheory, #EconomicsExplained, #MoneyOrigins, #CentralBanking, #FiscalPolicy, #GovernmentSpending, #DebtEconomy, #WilliamOfOrange, #BankOfEngland, #InflationControl, #FinancialHistory, #EconomicInsights, #MonetaryPolicy, #TaxSystem, #BondMarket, #TribalEconomies, #MoneyAndDebt, #Hyperinflation, #DollarDominance, #FinancialTrustCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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We bring you a discussion about the secrets of ancient astronomy with Dr. Duane Hamacher, an Associate Professor of Cultural Astronomy in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne. Our conversation explores the importance of astronomical observation to ancient people around the world, but particularly those of aboriginal Australia. We ask why so many cultures, geographically isolated, present the same myths for identical constellations. We also explore the migration out of Polynesia and ponder the world during the last ice age. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! Exploring the intersection of science and mythology in ancient sky observations(00:07:18) The significance of oral traditions and mythology in preserving ancient knowledge(00:22:02) Myth and mysticism in science and indigenous knowledge(00:23:28 Science as modern mythology(00:26:13) Myth vs mysticism: encoding ancient knowledge(00:29:01) Mythology and empirical myths in science(00:32:59) Evolution of scientific knowledge(00:43:10) Understanding Mythology as Knowledge Transmission(00:46:08) Speculations on Cosmic Events in Mythology(00:49:03) Challenges in Preserving Indigenous Knowledge(00:54:12) Impact of Academic Research on Indigenous Communities(01:04:14) Ancient astronomical predictions and variable stars(01:05:23) Understanding eclipsing binary systems(01:06:20) Ancient Egyptian records and astrophysical insights(01:07:56) Cultural interpretations of celestial events(01:09:19) Oral traditions and eclipse predictions(01:24:42) Ancient cultures' advanced astronomical knowledge(01:28:08) Polynesian migration and cultural astronomy(01:36:03) Underwater archaeology and sea level rise(01:45:29) Celestial Motifs in Global Religions(01:48:17) Venus and Cultural Symbolism(01:49:10) Astronomical Basis of Cultural Rituals(01:54:01) Cross-Cultural Constellations(01:57:03) The Myth of the Seven Sisters(02:05:55) Human Perception of Constellations(02:07:04) Cultural Influence on Constellation Creation(02:25:21) The impact of interdisciplinary collaboration#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Mythology, #AncientKnowledge, #OralTraditions, #IndigenousWisdom, #CulturalAstronomy, #ScienceAndMyth, #CosmicEvents, #AstronomyHistory, #AncientAstronomy, #PolynesianNavigation, #MythVsMysticism, #AncientEgypt, #CulturalRituals, #VenusSymbolism, #SevenSistersMyth, #CrossCulturalAstronomy, #Constellations, #InterdisciplinaryScience, #UnderwaterArchaeology, #HumanOriginsCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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We sit down, in-person, with the unorthodox mathematical theorist and actor, Terrence Howard. Terrence joins us to discuss his geometric model of physical reality, which resurrects the luminiferous aether...sort of. Instead of taking the aether to be a formless fluid, Terrence proposes a subunit structure for the fabric of reality, which is based on a fractal system of three dimensional shapes. We discuss the need for physical alternatives to the 'fabric of spacetime,' challenges to the standard models, why the aether was initially abandoned, and then take a walk through his geometric universe - complete with actual physical models of Terrence's aetheric structures.Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVVMore details: https://www.terryslynchpins.com/knowledge-base(00:00) Go! Introduction and Overview(00:03:12) Quest for Fundamental Answers(00:05:32) Wave-Particle Duality Revisited(00:11:05) Dynamic Field Interpretations(00:24:13) Critique of Quantum Electrodynamics(00:25:37) Meaning and implications of a mathematically driven universe(00:27:13) Pitfalls of oversimplification in science(00:31:33) Role of science versus engineering in research(00:32:30) The quest for a holistic understanding in science(00:33:49) Balancing scientific knowledge and spiritual beliefs(00:45:25) Challenging established systems(00:46:18) Desire for freedom and new possibilities(00:49:41) Embracing a future of truth and paradigm shift(00:51:44) Motivation beyond traditional recognition(00:55:24) Trusting the process and long-term impact(01:06:51) Physics and Technology Integration(01:09:30) High-Pressure Refolding for Radioactive Materials(01:11:32) Technological Innovation and Peer Review(01:16:03) Challenges to Established Mathematical Models(01:28:05) The nature of mathematical operations in calculators(01:31:20) Abstract representations in mathematics and their physical correlates(01:35:06) Challenges with multiplicative operations in non-integer contexts(01:50:34) Magnetic vs. Electric Fields(01:51:42) Nature of Polar Interactions(01:54:00) Reevaluation of Magnetism(01:58:24) Unified Theory of Physics(02:13:06) Harmonic Relationships in Elemental Spectra(02:16:00) Exploring Spectral Line Harmonics(02:21:45) Frequency and Elemental Creation(02:38:42) Tetreyen Theory and Manipulation(02:39:25) Magnetic Dynamics and Vortex Formation(02:41:00) Self-Referencing Systems and Structural Repetition(02:42:29) Proposal for an Etheric Structure(02:44:06) Further Exploration and Evaluation#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #TerrenceHoward #QuantumPhysics, #WaveParticleDuality, #FieldTheory, #QuantumElectrodynamics, #MathematicsInScience, #ElectromagneticRadiation, #PhysicsVsEngineering, #ScienceAndSpirituality, #ParadigmShift, #TechnologicalInnovation, #UnifiedTheory, #SpectralHarmonics, #MagneticFields, #EthericStructure, #ElementalSpectra, #PhysicsRevolution, #MathematicalUniverseCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S
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Dr. Shamani Jain is a scientist, clinical psychologist, musician, and founder of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, who wants to bring about a world where our health doesn’t stop and start with a managed care system dominated by the bottom line of pharmaceutical corporations and insurance companies. Her focus is on psychoneuroimmunology and biofield therapies, a catch-all term introduced by the National Institutes of Health to encompass everything from acupuncture to reiki to meditation. Jain’s work has shown that the allopathic pill and surgery based approach to well-being often falls short of its ambitious promises - which would be terribly depressing, if not for the fact that so much of our welfare seems to depend a lot on things that are free - rest, communion with others, and a mindful existence. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! (00:00:13) Introduction to Biofield and Healing(00:02:00) Skepticism and Evidence for Healing Practices(00:09:30) The Healthcare and Managed Care Systems(00:15:57) Role of Biofield Therapies in Healthcare(00:20:54) Holistic Healing in Healthcare(00:24:08) The Concept of Biofield(00:33:11) Interconnectivity with Environment(00:39:46) Consciousness and Healing(00:43:41) Exploration of Complex Medical Ideas(00:46:05) Personal Well-being Practices(00:50:03) The Healing Power of Singing(00:57:06) Emotional Energetics and Singing(01:06:04) Musical Journey and Artistic Intention(01:10:02) Emotions and Their Role in Creativity(01:20:15) Community and Collective Impact(01:26:37) Coherence and Cooperation(01:29:10) Studies on Meditation Coherence(01:34:12) Phenomenology and Coherent Fields(01:38:10) Bias and Objectivity in Science(01:45:07) Experimental Design and Novel Discoveries(01:48:14) Scientific Exploration of Anxiety and Healing(01:50:07) Finding Quality Healers for Energy Healing(01:54:17) The Dependency on Permanent Treatment Plans(02:10:27) Guided Mindfulness Practice#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #EnergyHealing, #BiofieldScience, #HolisticHealth, #MindBodySpirit, #ConsciousnessHealing, #AlternativeMedicine, #SpiritualHealing, #SelfEmpowerment, #HealingPractices, #QuantumHealing, #HealthcareReform, #PreventativeCare, #NaturalHealing, #WellnessJourney, #HealingThroughVoice, #MindfulnessPractice, #EnergyTherapies, #IntegratedHealing, #SoundHealing, #EmotionalWellnessCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Dr. Robyn Faith Walsh is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami, who takes an unconventional approach to studying the origin of Christianity. What if, she asks, instead of using one dictionary for biblical texts, and a different one for all other contemporaneous Greek literature, we read the gospels as if they were the same as any other classical text? It turns out that this small shift in semantic content reveals a lot about the people who wrote the bible, the reasons for Christianity’s massive rise to popularity, and the entrenchment of the traditions that warped the weft of the spiritual teachings originally contained within these ancient books. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! Christianity & Historical Revisionism(00:06:46) Impact of Philosophy on Religion(00:18:08) Journey into Classics & Religious Texts(00:23:07) The Jefferson Bible and Historical Context(00:26:31) Historical Understanding of the Bible's Origins(00:29:29) Perceptions of Biblical Authorship(00:38:02) Critical Study of Religious Texts(00:44:06) Interpretation of Greek Terms in Religious Context(00:46:11) Reinterpreting 'Spirit' and Conversion in Early Christianity(00:51:01) Consciousness and Spirit in Science and Religion(00:55:06) Defining Religion and Its Academic Challenges(00:57:53) The Formation of Christianity and Its Historical Context(01:07:33) Paul's Revelations and Cultural Context(01:10:32) Psychedelics and Religion(01:12:08) Paul's Role and Interpretation(01:18:05) Christianity's Integration#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Christianity, #ReligionHistory, #BiblicalStudies, #PhilosophyOfReligion, #AncientRome, #GospelOrigins, #PaulTheApostle, #PsychedelicsAndReligion, #EarlyChristianity, #HistoricalJesus, #ReligiousTextAnalysis, #RomanEmpire, #EnlightenmentThought, #ReligiousScholarship, #ClassicalPhilosophy, #CulturalSyncretism, #EgyptianInfluence, #BiblicalAuthorship, #PhilosophyOfReligion, #ChurchHistoryCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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DemystifySci is on the road again, still thinking hard about the nature of the universe. In this episode, recorded on a tropical island somewhere in the middle of the Pacific, we dive into the noble tradition of mystical physics, with a little help from Walter Russel, a painter, sculptor, and mystic from the turn of the 20th century. Our goal is twofold. First, to lay the groundwork for why we think there is much to be gained from finding the “needle in the hay” in the ideas of visionary thinkers who approach nature by an intuitive rather than empirical vector. The second is to explore the ideas that inspired Terrence Howard’s models - because we’re headed down to Los Angeles to record with him in person. As always, we seek to find the best pieces of the ideas on offer and articulate them to everything else that we have come to know about the cosmos. Let u know what you think in the comments, and let us know what questions you have for Terrence. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! Introduction to Terence Howard's Ideas(00:01:19) Critique of Modern Physics and Mystical Insights(00:05:29) Integration of Mystical Insights into Quantum Mechanics(00:22:51) Mystical Interpretations of the Universe(00:27:17) Reconsidering Gravity and Etheric Particles(00:30:15) The Quest for a Unified Theory(00:45:25) Theoretical Models and Chaos in Molecular Orbitals(00:47:47) Resonance and Musical Representations in Atomic Theory(00:56:54) Metaphysical Critiques and Philosophical Insights(01:06:52) What Hypotheses actually is in Science and Philosophy(01:09:21) Mystics and Their Intuitive Hypotheses(01:13:29) Creativity and Mystical Influence#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #QuantumMechanics, #Mysticism, #TerenceHoward, #WalterRussell, #UnifiedTheory, #EtherTheory, #AlternativePhysics, #ScientificMysticism, #Resonance, #PhilosophyOfScience, #CreativityInScience, #AIandCreativity, #PhysicsDebate, #WaveParticleDuality, #MetaphysicalScience, #Cosmology, #ModernPhysics, #GravityTheories, #ScientificCritique, #MysticalInterpretation, #UnifiedFieldTheory, #QuantumInterpretations, #PhilosophyOfNature, #ScientificHypotheses, #EnergyFields, #SpiritualScience, #AtomicTheory, #ScienceAndPhilosophy, #MysticsInScience, #ScientificRevolutionCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Simon Michaux is an associate professor at the Geological Survey of Finland who is obsessed with ensuring humanity survives the transition away from fossil fuels that he and many others see looming on the horizon. We’ve previously spoken with him about his “purple transition,” his thorium reactor, ammonia engine, and alternative battery chemistry vision for a resource balanced future (Ep 259) and about the inspiration he’s gleaned for his work from the Jacques Fresco and Venus Project (Ep 275). In this third installment, we dig into the details of Simon’s Prometheus Project, both in context of what kind of resources are necessary to build an ambitious demonstration city in a mineral rich region of the Peruvian desert, and in context of what kind of people he needs to make his plans become a reality. Can Simon succeed where so many others have failed?Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00) Go! Overview of the Prometheus Project(00:13:23) Utopian Ideals and Human Nature(00:23:26) Cultural contrasts in literature(00:28:00) Engineering against environmental challenges(00:34:00) Collaborative decision-making in Finland(00:44:21) Social dynamics in planned societies(00:52:16) Formulating a new social contract(01:15:04) Sustainable Development in Challenging Environments(01:29:25) Defenses Against External Threats(01:38:39) Nuclear Technology and Geopolitical Considerations(01:49:23) Grassroots Funding and Project Launch(02:10:04) Challenges in integrating financial sustainability into visionary projects(02:19:04) The role of technology in solving resource challenges(02:33:00) Challenges of societal transition#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Sustainability, #FutureCities, #RegenerativeAgriculture, #UtopianSocieties, #Permaculture, #ClimateAction, #EnergyTransition, #GroupDynamics, #SocialContracts, #CircularEconomy, #SmartCities, #EcoInnovation, #Resilience, #GreenTechnology, #Degrowth, #GeothermalEnergy, #UrbanPlanning, #Sisu, #SustainableDevelopment, #RenewableEnergy, #SocialInnovation, #FinlandInnovation, #CollaborativeEconomy, #CommunityBuilding, #TechForGood, #ResourceBasedEconomy, #FutureOfWork, #EnvironmentalEngineering, #NuclearEnergy, #GeopoliticalStrategyCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Rex Riepe is a philosopher who created the Eristics Test as a tool for helping people understand how they process emotions. In his view, emotions are a deeply rational aspect of our personalities that argue for us to take specific actions in three spheres - the self, the world, and society. We discuss the structure that he has developed for understanding the relationship between emotions, how he identified the fundamental building blocks of our interior landscapes, the way that different personalities fit together, and how unexamined emotional strategies can take on a life of their own. Take the test at eristicstest.com and drop your results in the comments!Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00:00) Go!(00:02:32) The Structure of the Eristics Test
(00:05:50) Emotions and the Shadow Self
(00:23:27) Emotions as evolutionary adaptations
(00:32:23) Defining emotions and their role in arguments and survival
(00:51:39) Emotional Energy Allocation
(01:00:08) Fear Dominant Personalities
(01:14:21) Malleability of emotional archetypes and personal growth
(01:33:19) Understanding Detachment and Emotional Health
(01:41:59) Exploring the Concept of Guilt, Purpose, and Happiness
(01:57:42) Perception and variation in internal dialogue
(01:59:33) Enhancing connections through emotional self-awareness
(02:18:03) Technology adoption and abandonment by corporations
(02:22:26) Centralization and decentralization in internet ecosystems
#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Dr. Ruth Kastner is a historian of Physics and philosopher of Science who is preoccupied with rational interpretations of quantum mechanics. She serves as the third pole of the transactional quantum mechanics big tent where she, alongside John Cramer and Carver Mead, argue that the apparent mysteries of quantum mechanics can be rationalized by modeling everything from light to gravity as an exchange between atoms. Our conversation explores how she became enamored with this alternative approach to physics, the question of how accurate our models really are when it comes to the subatomic world, why the word "electron" is hopelessly confused, and why moving backwards in space and time aren't as different as they might seem at first glance.Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00:00) Go!(00:05:21) Evolution of Transactional Interpretations in Quantum Mechanics(00:07:12) Philosophical Motivations Behind Transactional Interpretations(00:23:26) Mechanistic vs. holistic views of nature(00:27:09) Quantum mechanics and mechanistic explanations(00:32:24) Wave functions and physical reality(00:46:14) Quantum Measurement and Macroscopic Objects(00:49:00) Electron Energy Eigenstates and Stability(00:55:44) Wave-Particle Duality and Transactional Interpretation(00:59:51) Quantum Measurement Problem and Direct Action Theory(01:00:46) Quantum Field Dynamics and Mutual Communication(01:08:30) Future Influence on Present Actions(01:11:03) Actualized vs. Possible Futures(01:14:19) Quantum Indeterminacy and Hidden Variables(01:21:56) Free Will and Determinism(01:31:15) Life as entropy and disorder(01:32:24) Consciousness and non-human life forms(01:39:21) Complexity in living systems(01:45:20) Challenges in quantum theory interpretations(01:53:30) Ontology and Space-Time Concept(01:55:07) Relativistic Quantum Direct Action Theory(02:00:47) Charge Interpretation and Field Source Dynamics#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #QuantumMechanics #TransactionalInterpretation #PhilosophyOfScience #MechanisticVsHolistic #WaveFunctionReality #QuantumMeasurement #MacroscopicObjects #ElectronEnergy #WaveParticleDuality #DirectActionTheory #QuantumFieldDynamics #FutureInfluence #PossibleFutures #QuantumIndeterminacy #HiddenVariables #FreeWillVsDeterminism #LifeAndEntropy #ConsciousnessStudies #NonHumanLife #ComplexSystems #QuantumTheoryChallenges #Ontology #SpaceTime #RelativisticQuantum #ChargeDynamics #FieldSourceTheory #QuantumPhysics #QuantumPhilosophy #Determinism #QuantumFieldTheory #InterpretationOfQuantumTheory #WaveFunctionCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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We sit down for a discussion about the futility of rationalism, by way of William James' Varieties of Religious Experience. We start with the question of utopias, and try to diagnose why, if they're doomed to fail, it's still worth trying to create them, and then move on to the question of the scientific project - which seems to be an attempt to create a rationalist utopia. James' take on mystical experiences - that they're nearly universally accessible, though rarely long dwelt in - seems to suggest that there is something about the tremulous experience of being alive that will leave us with the feeling of being part of something larger than ourselves no matter how rational we get. So, then, if we can never escape the mystical experience, is it worth trying? And if it is, and we take the project of science to be worthwhile, where does the mystic live? Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBAND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV(00:00:00) Go!(00:08:52) Capitalism vs. Utopia(00:20:06) The Nature of Utopian Projects(00:23:16) The challenges of maintaining utopian communities(00:26:21) The importance of starting small for larger projects(00:30:30) Navigating local laws and governance in new communities(00:34:13) The inherent risks of utopian projects(00:39:05) Embracing flexibility for successful organizations(00:44:04) Exploring the interface of science and mysticism(00:46:48) Exploration of Mystical Experiences and Science(00:51:25) Science and the Unseen(00:59:04) The Challenge of Defining Consciousness(01:06:00) Technology and Labor Dynamics(01:10:52) Dealing with Technology's Impact on Human Experience(01:13:11) William James and the Nature of Poverty(01:16:27) The Relationship Between Mystics and Society(01:20:21) Personal Accounts of Mystical Experiences(01:25:15) Balancing Mystical Insights and Practicality(01:30:21) Critique on Integrating Mysticism into Science(01:34:08) The interplay of belief and the unseen in religious and scientific contexts(01:37:00) The mystical dimensions of quantum physics and human experience(01:39:38) Art and mysticism: the limitations of science in capturing experiences(01:45:09) The inadequacies of science in addressing consciousness and existence(01:50:45) The pursuit of knowledge and the limits of scientific authority#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #UtopianVision, #ScienceVsMysticism, #WilliamJames, #Philosophy, #Mysticism, #Rationalism, #DavidGraeber, #Utopia, #Psychology, #PhilosophicalDebate, #DemystifyingScience, #PodcastDiscussion, #CulturalCritique, #HumanExperience, #ConsciousnessExplorationCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Dr. Dean Radin is an investigator of parapsychological phenomena whose career has spanned Bell Labs, Stanford Research Institute as part of the Stargate Project, Princeton, and who is now the Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Radin approaches his search for evidence of psychokinesis and extrasensory perception as an engineer, and has spent his career building devices that can be reproducibly (though subtly) affected by the minds of experimental subjects that have ranged from his colleagues at Bell Labs to thousands of participants from across the web. We talk about how the buttoned up engineer started studying such esoteric phenomena, working for the CIA, how there's no proof that can convince a skeptic, his recent research that suggests that mental action can affect the outcome of quantum experiments, and his radically transparent approach to research.
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(00:00:00) Introduction to Dean Radin and the Concept of Magic
(00:07:13) The Interplay of Magic, Science, and Consciousness
(00:10:55) The Role of Information in Understanding Reality
(00:21:05) Personal Journey into Parapsychology
(00:27:38) The Role of Consciousness and Motivation in ESP
(00:38:57) Practical Applications in Human Factors
(00:46:23) Classified Knowledge and Public Awareness
(00:49:50) Active Disinformation and the Skeptic Movement
(00:53:39) Evaluating ESP Research and Military Interest
(01:01:13) Successes and Controversies of Remote Viewing
(01:08:52) Discussion on CIA Remote Viewing and Public Perception
(01:16:30) Research into Psychic Abilities and Genetics
(01:26:00) Collective Consciousness in Music and Improvisation
(01:33:04) Hemisync and Altered States of Consciousness
(01:40:43) Skill Development and Psychic Abilities
(01:52:20) Quality of Life of Remote Viewers
(01:56:32) Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics
(02:01:35) Bridging Phenomena and Mainstream Physics
(02:13:52) Ideological Resistance in Discussions
(02:25:09) Experimental Innovations in Research
(02:29:47) Mentoring the Next Generation of Researchers
(02:35:11) Discussion on Theoretical and Empirical Approaches
(02:38:40) Upcoming Book Insights and Paradigm Shifts#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Parapsychology,#ConsciousnessStudies,#QuantumMind,#ESPResearch,#NoeticScience,#MindMatterInteraction,#FrontierScience,#ConsciousnessExploration,#PsychicPhenomena,#QuantumConsciousness,#ScienceOfTheMind,#ParanormalResearch,#MindScience,#ConsciousnessAndReality,#BeyondMaterialism
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