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Dean Radin is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and cofounder and chairman of the biotech company, Cognigenics. He earned an MS (electrical engineering) and a PhD (psychology) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and in 2022 was awarded an Honorary DSc (doctor of science) from the Swami Vivekananda University in Bangalore, India.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is among the top 0.1% most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. She also holds appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior. In addition to the books Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain and How Emotions are Made, Dr. Barrett has published over 275 peer-reviewed, scientific papers appearing in Science, Nature Neuroscience, and other top journals in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, as well as six academic volumes published by Guilford Press.

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Most of us consider ourselves to be "good" but how do we truly know? Is there any objective standard? Dr. Massimo Pigliucci skillfully tackles this important question and others.

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01:22 What does it mean to do the right thing?

03:36 Is it human nature to do the right thing?

06:18 Why would evolution have selected negative traits?

11:28 Is the highest virtue to do for oneself?

14:46 What happens if science shows there are no objective virtues?

25:46 If evolution's goal is survival and reproduction, why does everyone want more than that?

31:23 Can religion solve the questions that science fails to answer?

38:07 Is Neo-Darwinism true?

41:54 Why don't people live up to their own values? 

The idea of a multiverse has captivated humanity for thousands of years (including two current major films about it). Do many worlds actually exist? What are the implications if they do? Rabbi Adam Jacobs speaks with Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Professor of Religion and Science in Society at Wesleyan University.

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01:18 What is wisdom?

03:34 Does wisdom affect how we behave or only how we think?

6:34 Why does philosophy evoke rage in scientists?

10:39 Is God a logical inference of the fine-tuning argument?

14:25 Should the idea of the multiverse affect how we act?

19:35 Why do you lament the western approach to religion?

23:13 What is the difference between monotheism and pantheism?

30:21 Is math discovered or created?

35:57 Are our bodies good or bad for our spirituality?

38:40 Who is held back by the nature of their bodies?

41:00 How do you define the success of a religion?

43:51 What would be your message to religious leaders?

Rabbi Adam Jacobs discusses science, religion, and philosophy with Dr. George Ellis, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Cape Town.

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02:22 What can a non-scientist appreciate most about the scientific endeavor?

04:34 Isn’t more grains of sand just a bigger pile of sand? 

08:03 Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts?

11:20 Is evolutionism sufficient to produce complex information?

13:53 What is the philosophy of evolutionism?

16:07 Why is it important to conduct research in science and religion?

19:35 What do you believe as a Quaker?

22:18 Are you frustrated by the limitations of the human brain?

24:36 Do ordinary experiences have a greater meaning?

28:57 Is Aristotle correct regarding causation?

33:46 What bothers you about intelligent design?

37:30 Do non-physical things exist?

What If All Things Are Conscious? with Dr. Loriliai Biernacki

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Dr. Donald Hoffman has made the astounding discovery that everything that we experience through our senses is an illusion. Space and time do not exist and consciousness is the true building block of reality. Learn more about Donald Hoffman's research at http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Purchase Donald Hoffman's book The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes at https://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Again... 01:06 What is consciousness? 04:44 How does evolution hide the truth? 09:35 Why are we creating this kind of reality? 13:14 Why have we created a reality with 3 dimensions? 17:05 Why does evolution not always follow logic? 20:28 What happens when we stop perceiving? 22:36 How do we create what we see? 24:48 What is reality besides what we perceive? 28:48 What is the difference between information and consciousness? 33:29 How is taste a good example of your theory? 34:44 How do we create reality for concepts and beliefs? 38:26 Is the ultimate truth of reality infinite? 41:48 Has your research pointed towards spirituality?

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Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto shares her thoughts on some of life's deepest mysteries and explores if there can be any true synergy with the spiritual way of considering them. 02:01 What is your deepest motivation to study physics?  06:21 Is science ever frustrating?  11:51 What is the cause of all causes? 15:56 Should philosophers seek out the uncaused cause? 20:55 Is significant information being preserved within the human body? 23:13 Is Your Mind in a Computer Still You?  27:10 Can we restore the consciousness of a lost loved one? 31:18 Can any idea in science be considered dogmatic? 36:23 Does religion allow any self-critique?  39:19 Does the scientific process undercut morality? 43:13 Is the ultimate reality immaterial? For more Jewish inspiration visit https://www.aish.com – the world's leading Judaism website.

Dr. Rick Strassman of the University of New Mexico ran the first federally sanctioned experiments with a psychedelic since the 1970s. He subsequently developed a fascination with what he perceives is an overlap of the psychedelic experience with the states of consciousness described by the Hebrew prophets. 

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01:49 Do psychedelics unlock reality or illusions?

05:22 Why do psychedelics tend to produce feelings of love and oneness?

08:11 Does God communicate with humans through our brains?

13:06 Do our brains block the ultimate reality?

17:02 Do psychedelics reduce our brain’s block on reality?

18:39 What is closer to the DMT experience: Judaism or Buddhism?

25:53 How do near-death experiences compare to psychedelics?

29:18 Did Ezekiel describe a drug-induced experience?

32:52 Why do people enter a prophetic future-telling state?

39:50 Can an Atheist experience transcendence through psychedelics?

41:46 Do you experiment with psychedelics?

43:31 What did you learn through your own psychedelic experience?

How Columbus, Galileo, and Scopes were never persecuted by religious authorities and other popular myths.

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