In this episode, part 2 of our latest chat with @Formscapes , we map the emerging landscape of modern aether theory, tracing the structural ideas proposed by researchers who’ve appeared on DemystifySci. What begins as a survey becomes a deeper look at why so many independent models are quietly aligning around similar mechanical principles. As the conversation unfolds, the old boundaries between fields dissolve, revealing a shared intuition about the medium beneath observable phenomena. Ultimately, the shadows feel less like obscurity and more like the place where a new framework is taking shape.Part 1: https://youtu.be/R8MbZ8DI1ZAPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Requirements for an Aether Theory04:11 Aether as Foundational Medium08:12 Structural Ether and Material Complexity13:16 Limits of Mathematical Modeling20:07 Material Principles and Subunit Configuration23:13 Elasticity, Shear, and the Mechanics of Light26:42 Subunit Connectivity and Solid Ether Models32:12 Mass as a Foundational Concept36:00 Relational Physics and Michelson–Morley Reconsidered41:16 Observational vs Controlled Science47:44 Questioning Particle Physics Paradigms50:58 Structural Failures in Stellar Models57:37 Abstraction, Mystery, and Scientific Authority01:11:22 Cosmological Patchwork and Theoretical Contradictions01:19:09 Reclaiming Comprehensibility Through Structural Thinking01:25:07 A Renaissance of Shared Understanding #Aether, #quantumphysics, #Physics, #FoundationalPhysics, #Reality #MechanicalModels #fields , #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In this first part of our latest conversation with Kehlan Morgan of @Formscapes we trace the aether from ancient cosmology to its quiet removal from modern physics. More than a discarded medium for light, the aether once served as the bridge between mind and matter, form and force, perception and law. Its rejection marked a profound philosophical shift from material mediation to abstract formalism and reshaped how reality itself is defined. If the aether refuses to die, it may be because the questions it once posed are as relevant to the modern world of quantum physics as the ancient world of gods and magic.Part 2: https://youtu.be/q7I94A_vvtYPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Why the Aether Still Matters00:05:56 From Myth to Mechanical Substrate00:09:41 Descartes, Newton, and Early Limits00:12:57 The Philosophical Rejection of Aether00:15:28 Mind, Matter, and the Lost Bridge00:19:10 Consciousness and the Blind Spot of Modern Physics00:22:44 Physics vs Biology as First Principles00:26:36 Laws, Forms, and Perception00:31:08 Structure, Elements, and Mediation00:35:13 Geometry and the Inverse Square Law00:41:08 Material Causes vs Abstract Formalism00:47:26 Reuniting the Physical and Experiential00:51:34 Aether as Interface of Mind and Matter00:57:10 Agency and the Emergence of Life01:00:10 Interiority Across Scales01:06:10 Physics Trapped by Its Own Framework01:12:31 Randomness, Intention, and a Unifying Hypothesis #Aether, #Physics, #philosophy #Consciousness, #NatureOfReality, #quantumphysics , #TheoreticalPhysics, #PhilosophyPodcast, #panpsychism , #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In Part 2 of our conversation with Leo Gura, the discussion moves from abstract truth into the territory most people avoid: morality, evil, love, and survival. If everything is one, what becomes of good and bad? If reality is infinite consciousness, are our moral systems discoveries or inventions shaped by fear and self-preservation? The episode wrestles with whether absolute truth dissolves morality or reveals a deeper foundation beneath it, and what it would mean to live from that realization without collapsing into nihilism.Part 1: https://youtu.be/rLYFHXf1xXUPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:03:55 Good, Bad, and Absolute Ontology00:06:17 Stages of Moral Development00:09:41 Expanding the Self to Infinity00:12:03 Relative vs Absolute Morality00:17:24 Accountability Within Oneness00:21:35 Law, Consent, and Moral Relativism00:27:22 When Love Becomes Naive00:30:24 Survival Corrupts Pure Ideas00:33:02 Radical Open-Mindedness00:37:13 Good and Evil as Human Constructs00:42:01 Can Evil Exist Ontologically?00:46:16 Trauma, Awakening, and Survival00:51:10 Jesus, Suffering, and Infinite Love00:55:06 Ontology of Love and Infinity00:59:05 Infinity, God, and Absolute Reality01:06:40 Unity in Nature and Daily Life01:11:18 Integration and Practical Awakening01:16:23 Consciousness Beyond Humanity01:19:41 Immortality Through Infinity01:21:20 Closing Reflections and Invitation #Nonduality, #Consciousness, #Awakening, #AbsoluteTruth, #PhilosophyOfMind, #MoralPhilosophy, #InfiniteLove, #SelfInquiry, #SpiritualAwakening, #TruthSeeking, #PhilosophicalDebate, #skepticism , #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

This conversation confronts a tension most people avoid: the conflict between experiencing the full truth and survival. Leo Gura argues that pursuing absolute truth dismantles identity, morality, and even humanity’s instinct to preserve itself. The discussion explores nonduality, awakening, institutional rot, and the psychological cost of radical skepticism. At stake is a stark question: do we ultimately serve truth, or does it serve us?Part 2: https://youtu.be/zeHVGPS56BMPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Nonduality00:02:18 Reality as One: Nonduality Explained00:05:33 Meaning Beyond Materialism00:07:58 Rationality, Intuition, and the Infinite00:10:01 Fundamentalism in Religion and Physics00:16:20 Survival, Truth, and Cultural Systems00:19:51 Awakening and Absolute Consciousness00:23:20 Truth Versus Survival Instincts00:27:12 The Cost of Pursuing Absolute Truth00:30:00 Total Skepticism and Institutional Limits00:35:18 Intuition, Fallibility, and Discovery00:39:52 Truth Obsession Versus Curiosity00:42:43 The Book That Triggered the Shift00:49:00 Post-Survival Malaise in Modern Life00:53:08 Truth as Anchor in Cultural Collapse00:57:45 Evolution Through Consciousness01:00:25 When Survival Undermines Truth01:04:50 Absolute Good Versus Human Morality01:08:22 Projection, Duality, and Value01:13:08 The Risk of Anti-Human Philosophy01:15:54 Two Competing Truth Systems01:18:39 Truth as Liberation and Moral Reconstruction #Nonduality, #Awakening, #Consciousness, #truthseekers , #Philosophy, #Existence, #SelfRealization, #Metaphysics, #Morality, #EgoDeath, , #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In part two of our conversation with Dmitry Osenilo, we dive deeper into his gaseous aether model and its attempt to unify light, electromagnetism, and gravity through hydrodynamics. Photons become vortex streets, electric and magnetic fields reduce to pressure gradients and rotational flow, and gravity emerges from thermodynamic imbalance in a compressible medium. Rather than treating fields as abstract entities, this framework insists on mechanical motion, viscosity, density, and conserved flow as the true foundations of physical law. It is a wager that if nature makes sense, it will do so in motion you can picture, not symbols you must accept.Part 1: https://youtu.be/eGBmuwI7X6IPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Return to the aether framework00:05:54 When a gas can carry transverse waves00:09:31 Mass, conservation laws, and hidden assumptions00:14:14 Why gaseous aether fits extreme conditions00:20:31 Atoms as toroidal vortices00:27:48 Vortex stability and atomic longevity00:32:49 Photon as a vortex street00:35:01 Light versus electromagnetic radiation00:41:13 Flow-based light emission and reflection00:50:50 Electromagnetism as aether flow00:53:26 Electric and magnetic fields redefined01:02:27 Gravity as thermo-diffusion in aether01:05:31 Entanglement and faster-than-light claims01:08:06 Experimental predictions and new designs01:11:14 Reflections#physics, #aether, #vortex , #fluiddynamics, #hydrodynamics, #electromagnetism, #gravity, #photon , #theoreticalphysics, #quantumphysics , #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

This episode asks a simple question: if forces act, what is actually moving? Physicist Dmitrii Osenilo revives a gaseous aether model built from hydrodynamics, vortex motion, and mechanical principles rather than abstract fields. Light, charge, and spin are reframed as structured flows in a compressible medium, with Maxwell’s equations emerging from fluid dynamics instead of postulated forces. It is an argument that physics should not stop at mathematics, but push toward a coherent, visualizable account of what the vacuum is made of and how it moves.Part 2: https://youtu.be/7F9bwPm_iQMPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Aether Returns: A Hydrodynamic Alternative00:02:07 Building a Gaseous Aether Model00:06:04 Vortices and the Michelson-Morley Revisit00:09:46 Why Mechanical Models Were Abandoned00:17:09 What Do We Actually Measure in Physics?00:20:08 Aether Drift, Relativity, and Interpretation00:23:20 The Metaphysics Behind Modern Physics00:26:24 Should Nature Make Mechanical Sense?00:28:40 Mathematics vs Physical Reality00:31:14 What Makes a Good Scientific Theory?00:34:08 Computational Limits and Lost Hydrodynamics00:39:04 Vortices as the Basis of Electrodynamics00:43:51 Why Aether Must Be a Gas00:48:48 The Problem with Elastic Solid Aether00:53:19 Why Transverse Waves Matter00:55:14 Electromagnetism as Vortex Flow01:00:04 Particles as Toroidal Vortices#physics #aether , #fluiddynamics , #vortex , #hydrodynamics , #quantumphysics, #gravity #Electrodynamics, #toroid , #astrophysics #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

DemystifySci is the place where we bring people together in search of the theories that will change the world, and Paradigm Drift is your chance to have a hand in that future. Theorists, randomly chosen, get 60 seconds to present their revolutionary idea... and then we see if it's gonna stand the test of time or if it's back into the tank for a little while longer.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Paradigm Drift: how the show works00:02:18 Returning guest and research updates00:03:34 Death, meaning, and the limits of mortality00:07:32 Consciousness, fear, and letting go of death00:13:53 Morality, judgment, and life review myths00:19:25 Quantum choice, discreteness, and randomness00:25:06 Least action as a discrete network00:29:39 Dimensional analysis, Higgs energy, and constants00:36:13 Cosmology, observation limits, and evolving universes00:40:22 Time as the fundamental unit of measurement00:43:21 Free will, attention, and inhibition00:51:12 Willpower as a trainable physical resource00:55:02 Edge theory and topological particle models01:03:00 Human experience behind abstract theories01:09:05 Kundalini, electromagnetism, and physiology01:18:50 Physics metaphors for spiritual experience01:24:45 Dark matter as compressed wavelength states01:31:10 Self-taught physics and interdisciplinary thinking01:39:36 Consciousness as matter and intelligent evolution01:47:36 Thought, embodiment, and physical reality01:54:41 Substrate physics and unified mechanics02:05:36 Vortices, pressure, and force mediation02:14:21 Closing reflections on first-principles inquiry#ParadigmDrift, #FirstPrinciples, #FoundationalPhysics, #QuantumFoundations, #FreeWill, #Consciousness, #AlternativeTheories, #PhysicsBeyondMath, #SubstratePhysics, #Vortices, #TimeIsFundamental, #DarkMatter, #Cosmology, #IndependentThinkers, #RethinkingReality #physicspodcast, #openmic #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

This conversation follows a simple insistence: if physics describes the world, it should also describe what is physically moving. Dr. Robert Close lays out a material, elastic picture of reality where quantum spin, torsion, and angular momentum emerge from deformations of an elastic substrate. Light, charge, and gravity follow as natural consequences. Rather than treating equations as final answers, the discussion asks what atomic-scale landscape could make those equations true. It’s an attempt to return physics to mechanism, material, and the courage to hypothesize on what the math and experiments actually mean.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showROBERT CLOSE'S WEBSITE: https://classicalmatter.org/00:00 Go! Why physics still lacks physical models00:04:04 Discovering gaps in fundamental physics00:05:54 Angular momentum as the root of energy00:13:15 Coupled oscillators and quantized motion00:18:15 Elastic systems and light as deformation00:20:48 From aether to electromagnetism00:24:27 Gravitational waves as shear waves00:31:38 One medium for light, matter, and gravity00:39:57 Chirality, spin, and electric charge00:47:00 Particles as standing wave structures00:55:11 Atoms as unified wave systems01:00:00 Gravity from torsion in an elastic substrate01:08:47 Classical waves behind quantum behavior#physics, #howthingswork, #light, #gravity, #quantum, #energy, #waves, #space, #understanding, #thinking , #discovery, #longform, #podcast #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

What powered the pyramids has always been the missing question. In this second part of our conversation with Geoffrey Drumm,  @thelandofchem  , explore a provocative but physically grounded idea: that ancient Egyptian structures tapped into natural electricity: earth currents, lightning, and conductive geology. They channeled this electricity to drive large-scale chemical processes at the pyramids, which we discussed in Part 1. Drawing on field evidence, climate history, and experimental modeling, the discussion reframes Giza not as a ceremonial site, but as an engineered landscape tuned to environmental energy. If this view is even partly correct, it suggests ancient technology didn’t fight nature for power...it listened to it.Part 1: https://youtu.be/7vuo5dl5bF4PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Natural electricity as ancient power00:05:00 Earth currents, lightning, and energy capture00:14:08 Lightning, gas seeps, and early industrial sites00:20:35 Fulgarites, storms, and Giza’s ancient climate00:26:58 Geology, minerals, and conductive bedrock00:35:52 Pyramids as chemical factories00:48:54 Lunar cycles and electromagnetic timing00:56:10 Pyramid geometry and electric field focusing01:02:00 Trial-and-error evolution of pyramid technology01:07:20 Storm systems encoded in pyramid design01:16:46 Electric activation of chemical reactions01:23:29 Pyramids as integrated chemical reactors01:34:10 Geological and chemical field evidence01:40:07 From theory to step-by-step industrial process#ancienttechnology, #lostcivilizations, #ancientengineering, #pyramids, #egyptianhistory, #ancientpower, #electricity, #historymysteries, #hiddenhistory, #megaliths, #ancientknowledge, #longform #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

What if the pyramids were never meant to be tombs at all? In today's conversation with Geoffrey Drumm,  @thelandofchem  , we explore a radical but physically grounded hypothesis: that ancient Egyptian pyramids functioned as industrial machines, integrating chemistry, pressure, materials science, and natural electricity at monumental scale. Drawing on experimental models, geological evidence, and global architectural parallels, the discussion reframes ancient civilization not as primitive or symbolic, but as deeply practical and technologically fluent. If true, this view doesn’t romanticize the past, it forces us to reconsider how much functional knowledge about nature has been lost, misclassified, or misunderstood.Part 2: https://youtu.be/gTNB3yHMNIcPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Reframing the pyramids as technology, not tombs00:05:24 Atmospheric electricity and ancient power sources00:08:11 Pyramids as integrated chemical reactors00:12:08 Multi-stage fertilizer and acid production system00:15:07 Why the tomb theory doesn’t fit the evidence00:19:27 Experimental proof from the Red Pyramid model00:26:11 Missing mechanical components and removed hardware00:31:42 Advanced metallurgy and stone-cutting technology00:35:48 Industrial chemistry parallels in the modern world00:38:42 Global parallels: stone circles and shared engineering00:43:00 Using nature as the energy input, not the output00:49:03 Electric field concentration and ultrasound catalysis00:52:32 Model failure proves the pyramid’s structural purpose00:58:54 Sonochemistry, quartz, and material selection01:01:42 White Horse Hills and global lightning infrastructure01:08:43 Stone circles as electrical systems01:15:23 A global technological tradition hiding in plain sight01:20:57 What this means for the Great Pyramid (preview)#pyramids, #ancienthistory, #egyptianhistory , #losttechnology , #archaeologymysteries , #ancientengineering , #historymysteries , #ancientcivilizations , #humanhistory , #megaliths , #origins, #longform #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In this second part of our conversation with OSU Project Narrative Professor Angus Fletcher, intelligence is reframed not as calculation, but as the ability to adapt when plans fail and certainty collapses. Drawing from special operations training, neuroscience, and narrative theory, the episode shows why imagination, not optimization, is what keeps humans functional under pressure. The discussion moves from elite decision-making to science, culture, and personal identity, revealing how rigid thinking quietly breaks in the real world. It’s a practical and philosophical exploration of why imagination is the missing ingredient when intelligence alone isn’t enough.Part 1: https://youtu.be/LRzW-J5vFc0PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Narrative intelligence in elite environments00:04:01 Training imagination with special operations00:11:29 Common sense, intuition, and adaptive planning00:17:06 Building and choosing a personal narrative00:22:16 Anger, narrative collapse, and anti-fragility00:27:40 Planning as a skill, not a prediction00:33:14 Violence, restraint, and mature power00:39:15 Aesthetics, wonder, and keeping possibility alive00:46:13 Science as narrative testing, not certainty00:53:29 Narrative suppression in scientific culture00:58:12 Shared stories, social stability, and pluralism01:01:02 Science as moral authority after mysticism01:06:32 Overreach, crisis, and loss of public trust01:10:43 Hope for future paradigm shifts01:16:46 Biology, power, and social structure01:22:53 Collapse, rebirth, and optimism for progress#consciousness , #humanbehavior, #creativity, #intelligence, #decisionmaking, #psychology, #leadership, #criticalthinking, #planning, #resilience, #meaning, #philosophy, #cognition, #adaptation, #uncertainty, #longform #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In this second part of our conversation with CERN & LHC particle physicist and UC Irvine professor of physics and astronomy Daniel Whiteson, we move from abstract questions to concrete examples, asking what electricity, magnetism, and light might actually be doing in the physical world. Rather than treating forces as symbols in equations, we explore whether they can be understood as real interactions, actions, or material processes unfolding beneath the math. The discussion ranges from fields and particles to emergence, scale, and why so many explanations stop just short of physical clarity. We are trying to picture what’s happening when the universe acts, while refusing to let understanding end where calculation succeeds.Part 1: https://youtu.be/om2k1BeASAsPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! From Meaning to Mechanism00:04:17 Understanding Materialism & Its History00:08:54 Intuition, Math, & Material Reality00:13:01 Determinism, Computation, and Time00:19:44 Accuracy, Correctness, and Competing Models00:25:43 Emergence, Scale, & Effective Laws00:30:09 Physics, Meaning, & What Lies Outside Models00:34:01 Objects, Surfaces, & Physical Interaction00:38:13 Are Particles Actions Rather Than Things?00:42:38 Intuition, Surprise, & Scientific Discovery00:46:04 Philosophy, Wonder, & the Role of Explanation00:51:09 History, Models, & Scientific Humility00:56:15 Storytelling & How Science Makes Sense of Reality01:03:01 How New Ideas Actually Gain Acceptance01:06:02 Material Models, Black Bodies, & Light01:09:05 Closing Reflections & Future Questions#physics, #quantumphysics, #particlephysics , #meaning, #understanding, #questions, #thinking, #curiosity, #howthingswork, #ideas, #explanation, #universe, #light, #energy, #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

This episode explores why bold ideas so often fail not because they’re wrong, but because they collide with expert identity, status, and narrative inertia. Drawing on Professor Angus Fletcher’s work across literature, neuroscience, and elite military training, the conversation reveals how resistance forms...and how it can be softened without surrendering truth. We learn why timing, framing, and emotional security matter more than raw correctness when challenging entrenched thinkers. It’s a practical guide for theorists, researchers, and creators who want their ideas to survive first contact and actually be heard.Part 2: https://youtu.be/_e8PDmutK0wPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Narrative resistance and why new scientific ideas fail00:05:20 Inherited beliefs, status, and emotional security in science00:13:15 Why revolutions in science rarely start rigorously00:18:46 Consensus, utility, and the difference between science and truth00:24:30 Science as story: rationality, beauty, and belief00:32:30 Enchantment, myth, and magical thinking in science00:38:48 Making unsexy truths emotionally compelling00:47:10 Narrative intelligence vs modern science communication00:55:54 Isolation at the edge of expertise00:58:14 From neuroscience to narrative theory01:00:31 Why the military took narrative theory seriously01:05:53 Cranks, outsiders, and how breakthroughs get validated01:10:32 Why optimization fails for humans01:17:14 Narrative imagination vs creativity theory01:21:10 Roleplay as preparation for difficult conversations#consciousness , #humanbehavior, #creativity, #intelligence, #decisionmaking, #psychology, #meaning, #innovation, #learning, #thinking, #history, #philosophy, #communication, #leadership, #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In this conversation with CERN, LHC particle physicist and UC Irvine professor of physics and astronomy Daniel Whiteson, we ask a deceptively simple question: when the math works, is that really enough to understand physical reality? Modern physics predicts the universe with astonishing accuracy, yet often sets aside the deeper question of what its equations actually describe in the material world. Moving between poetry and precision, we explore where explanation ends, where intuition fails, and why humans keep reaching for meaning beneath the symbols. This is a discussion about physics, but also about sense-making itself ... about whether understanding is optional, or essential, to knowing where we stand in the universe.Part 2: https://youtu.be/md8SIlIZzZ0PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Do Physics Equations Need Meaning?00:04:34 Questioning Gaps in Fundamental Physics00:09:10 Where Physics Stops and Interpretation Begins00:15:10 Why Demand Deeper Explanations00:18:44 Lessons from Biology and Material Breakthroughs00:23:51 All Models Are Approximations00:29:14 When Abstraction Replaces Physical Reality00:35:40 Are Foundational Questions Really “Just Philosophy”?00:41:18 Description v Explanation00:48:17 Fields as Maps, Not Physical Objects00:55:30 What Counts as a Scientific Question?01:01:09 Why Physics Still Demands Material Explanations01:08:06 The Limits of Models and the Future of Understanding#physics, #quantumphysics, #particlephysics , #meaning, #understanding, #questions, #thinking, #curiosity, #howthingswork, #ideas, #explanation, #universe, #light, #energy, #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In this unedited, on-site conversation with cosmologist Dr. Brian Keating, we examine what counts as evidence in modern physics by pressing on one of cosmology’s most trusted observations: the cosmic microwave background. The discussion centers on a core tension between measurement and interpretation—specifically whether a near-perfect black body spectrum can reasonably be attributed to an early-universe plasma. As assumptions about the Big Bang, black body radiation, and material physics are questioned, the exchange becomes increasingly uncomfortable, revealing how deeply theoretical commitments shape scientific judgment. What emerges is not a verdict, but a rare, unfiltered look at how evidence, authority, and first principles collide in contemporary physics.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! An emotionally charged take on physics00:06:00 Reexamining the Story We Tell About the Universe00:11:00 The Three Pillars of the Big Bang00:13:00 How the CMB Is Actually Measured00:16:00 The Surface of Last Scattering Explained00:18:00 Why the CMB Is Considered a Relic of a Hot Universe00:20:22 Measuring Expansion Without Direct Distance00:21:27 Atomic Simplicity and Early-Universe Conditions00:23:04 Is Science a Narrative or an Empirical Model?00:25:19 Historical Cosmology and Paradigm Shifts00:28:22 Why the CMB Is the Most Perfect Black Body Ever Measured00:33:30 What Produces Black Body Radiation in the Laboratory00:35:09 Can Gaseous Plasma Produce a Perfect Thermal Spectrum?00:36:58 When the Universe Became Transparent00:38:51 Expansion Assumptions and Acoustic Evidence00:39:34 Material Structure and Black Body Precision00:43:02 Measurement vs Interpretation in Cosmology00:44:11 Does the CMB Really Prove the Big Bang?00:47:00 Would Emissivity Errors Change Cosmology?00:50:02 Lab Black Bodies vs Cosmic Sources00:53:09 Are We Applying Earth Physics Correctly?00:56:26 Measuring Temperature vs Explaining Origins00:58:12 Emotional Attachment to Cosmological Models01:01:01 Gases Can't Radiate Planckian Spectra01:04:19 What Actually Makes a Black Body?01:05:56 How Cosmologists Use the CMB as a Thermometer01:08:32 Authority, Gatekeeping, and Scientific Credibility01:10:38 Would Alternative Models Change the Numbers?01:12:55 Could the CMB Be Local Rather Than Cosmic?01:16:11 Do Lattices Matter for Black Body Radiation?01:18:45 Precision, Agreement, and Cross-Checks01:20:22 A Philosophical Divide Over Evidence01:22:16 Peer Review, Outsiders, and First Principles01:24:07 Filtering Ideas and the Cost of Evaluation01:26:13 Expertise, Frustration, and Misalignment01:28:36 Who Bears the Burden of Proof?01:30:02 Expertise vs Novel Ideas in Physics01:31:25 Can Gases Ever Behave Like Black Bodies?01:33:42 The Sun is on Trial Too?#physics, #cosmology, #astrophysics, #quantummechanics , #bigbang, #cosmicmicrowavebackground, #philosophyofscience, #physicsfun , #theoreticalphysics, #spacetime , #fundamentalphysics , #longformpodcast, #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

The future of human evolution will not be decided by genes alone, but by meaning, choice, and culture itself. In this Part 2 of our conversation, Dr. Liane Gabora (University of British Columbia) explores how ideas evolve through creativity, cooperation, and intentional change rather than blind copying. We examine why cultures fracture, recombine, and sometimes collapse. And how concepts behave more like dynamic systems than fixed beliefs. What emerges is a vision of human evolution driven by minds in relationship, where the next phase depends less on survival and more on how we choose to think.Part 1: https://youtu.be/8mnHM7lyfOEPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! Culture as an Evolutionary System00:04:07 Did Culture Create Bigger Brains?00:08:58 Cumulative vs Static Culture00:11:30 Memory, Mind, and Autocatalytic Worldviews00:14:16 Creativity and the Collective Unconscious00:18:38 Why Societies Need Creators and Imitators00:22:03 Creativity Requires Social Networks00:24:07 The Personal Balance of Creation and Absorption00:27:52 When to Preserve vs When to Innovate00:31:53 Why Meme Theory Falls Short00:34:00 What Evolution Actually Requires00:41:18 Cultural Inheritance Is Chosen00:43:12 Culture Evolves Through Acquired Traits00:44:05 Two Selves: Biological and Conceptual00:47:33 Cultural Collapse and Value Wars00:48:40 Culture Can Die Without Death00:50:55 Creativity Is Not Random Mutation00:54:08 The Danger of Ranking Cultures00:55:29 Cultural Identity Hardens Into Law00:57:37 Nothing in Culture Is Permanent01:00:50 Naming, Meaning, and Cultural Fracture01:03:32 Cooperation vs Competition in Human Evolution01:06:14 Creativity Begins When Biology Is Quiet01:08:03 The Co-Evolution of Biology and Culture01:11:25 Cultural Speciation and Cross-Pollination01:15:04 Cultural Time Runs Like Geology01:18:06 Sudden vs Gradual Cultural Shifts01:19:15 Concepts Behave Like Quantum Objects01:24:33 Concepts as Tools, Not Representations01:26:21 The Guppy Effect Explained01:27:40 Concept Entanglement and Meaning01:29:42 Modeling Thought With Quantum Math01:31:03 Shared Structure of Mind and Matter01:34:16 Why Mathematics Feels Spiritual01:35:14 Reflections and Future Work#humanorigins, #complexity, #emergence, #systemsThinking, #evolutionarytheory, #humanbehavior, #language, #culture, #futureofhumanity, #thought #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Biology explains how life evolves ... but culture follows different rules. Today we're looking at why human culture requires a separate evolutionary framework. Dr. Liane Gabora (University of British Columbia) traces how culture emerges through self-organizing minds, not genes, unfolding like a long riff that finds its meaning only while being played. Language, memory, and creativity arise through a sudden inner shift, where symbols begin talking to each other and thought turns inward on itself. What follows is an account of human origins that feels less like machinery and more like confession: culture as a conscious system, restless, cumulative, and unfinished.Part 2: https://youtu.be/nVpXwd9ke1APATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! Evolution Beyond Darwin00:02:17 Humans as Uniquely Cultural Beings00:05:05 Evolution as a Creative, Systemic Process00:08:08 Modeling Cultural Evolution in Artificial Life00:11:13 Autocatalytic Networks and the Origin of Life00:14:00 From Pre-Darwinian to Darwinian Evolution00:17:08 Epigenetics and the Limits of Darwin’s Model00:20:17 Autocatalysis vs Autopoiesis00:23:20 Molecular Cooperation and Phase Transitions00:26:20 Culture as a Cognitive Autocatalytic Network00:27:55 From Chemical Chaos to Genetic Fidelity00:30:09 Memory, Accuracy, and Cumulative Complexity00:32:43 What Culture Is (and Is Not)00:37:00 Cumulative Culture and Human Uniqueness00:38:56 Language as a Cultural Catalyst00:42:12 Pre-Language Symbols and Shared Meaning00:43:07 The Cultural Big Bang00:44:57 Minds as Autocatalytic Webs00:49:04 Time, Memory, and Abstract Thought00:53:26 Cognitive Integration and Creative Thinking00:56:28 Triggers for the Cultural Phase Shift01:00:00 Culture as a Phase Transition in the Mind01:02:18 Why Phase Transitions Feel So Strange #culturalevolution, #humanorigins, #creativity, #consciousness, #evolutionarytheory, #origins, #philosophyofmind, #humanbehavior, #language, #emergence, #complexity, #futureofhumanity, #deepconversations #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Today we sit with the old questions and let them breathe again, tracing the places where life begins to feel like a presence rather than a computer. Turner walks through the fault lines of modern biology, pointing to the quiet mind-like shimmer in organisms shaping their worlds. The conversation moves slowly, deliberately, as if the universe itself were leaning in to listen. By the end, the idea of agency feels less like a taboo and more like something we’ve sensed all along.Part 1: https://youtu.be/MOr-FZ_ogTIPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:08:43 – Gene-Centered Evolution Takes Over00:11:10 – McClintock’s Discovery Breaks the Mold00:14:19 – Genes as Interpreted Signals, Not Dictators00:18:11 – From Mutationism to Epigenetics00:20:41 – Dawkins and the Selfish Gene Frame00:24:30 – Life Strives for More Than Survival00:27:47 – Culture as a Force in Evolution00:30:28 – Termites and Environmental Inheritance00:32:22 – When Literalism Distorts Science and Religion00:35:22 – Beyond Gould’s Magisteria00:39:02 – The Aiming of Organisms00:41:58 – Desire, Agency, and Evolutionary Trajectories00:44:14 – Human Exceptionalism and the Myth of Evolution’s End00:47:46 – Cultural Barriers to Integrative Biology00:49:39 – The Transcendence of Materials00:52:10 – Purposeful Behavior in Termite Societies00:55:35 – Preference and Purpose in Termite Architecture00:59:14 – Human Metaphysics and Cognitive Niches01:04:19 – Cracks in the Evolutionary Consensus01:06:39 – Biology as the Bridge Between Facts and Meaning01:08:58 – The Missing Definition of Life01:10:59 – Biology’s Identity Crisis01:12:36 – Rethinking Life and the Universe01:15:08 – The Origin of Life Problem01:16:28 – From Chemistry to Cognitive Emergence01:20:27 – Life as a Gradual Flame01:23:13 – Agency as the Heart of Biology01:25:42 – The Scientific Struggle With Agency01:27:04 – Turner’s Work on Organisms, Design, and Purpose #consciousness, #agency , #evolution, #originoflife, #emergence, #complexity , #cognition , #purpose , #epigenetics , #philosophy, #meaning, #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Economists Bob Murphy & Steve Keen come from very different camps. Today they sit together and pull back the curtain on how money really comes into being, piece by piece. Their exchange moves with a quiet intensity, uncovering the places where theory drifts from the world we live in. They trace the fault lines between stability and collapse, each from his own hard-won perspective. By the end, the familiar landscape of banking feels slightly altered, as if something hidden has stepped into view.Part 1: https://youtu.be/fKgiKFfnPqEPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:02:01 – How Banks Really Create Money00:03:39 – Support & Merch Break00:07:34 – What Is Fractional Reserve Banking?00:10:06 – The 100% Reserve Ideal00:12:27 – Why the Textbook Model Fails00:15:00 – Base Money vs Bank-Created Money00:18:46 – The Textbook Story Falls Apart00:21:07 – Loans Create Deposits: The Core Mechanism00:22:44 – Why Economists Get This Wrong00:25:56 – Public Confidence as the Real Constraint00:29:07 – Reserves Are Lubricant, Not Fuel00:35:09 – Policy & Logic Undermine the Multiplier00:36:46 – Who’s Actually to Blame for Crises?00:39:18 – The Real Issue: Loan Quality & Targets00:41:00 – Diverging Philosophies on Ideal Systems00:44:12 – Modeling Real-World Lending Mechanics00:48:53 – The Austrian Full-Reserve Vision00:53:03 – Commodity-Backed Private Currency00:54:37 – Ending Centralized Monetary Control00:56:58 – A Regulated Credit Framework01:01:12 – Elastic vs Fixed Money Supply01:02:22 – Political Obstacles to Reform01:03:16 – Market Discipline vs Regulation01:05:08 – Limited Liability as a Core Distortion01:08:23 – Asset Purchases, Bailouts, and Moral Hazard01:11:26 – Policy Mistakes from Bad Models01:13:16 – Productive Credit vs Asset Inflation01:15:05 – Is Elastic Credit Even Necessary?01:17:35 – Fixed Money Supply Lending Mechanics01:19:15 – Closing Reflections#economics, #banking , #moneycreation , #macroeconomics , #financepodcast , #credit , #monetarypolicy , #austrianeconomics , #complexity , #capitalism , #inflation , #recession , #centralbanking , #goldstandard #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Blockchain currency unfurls here like a hidden root system, threading through the cracks of the old order with a quiet, stubborn intelligence. Brandon Quittem walks us into that underground, where mycelial networks and decentralized ledgers start to align in unexpected ways. In his telling, money is something that grows, adapts, and remembers, shaped by the hands and hopes of the people who hold it. Ultimately, the boundary between ecology and economy feels thin enough to step through.Part 1: https://youtu.be/CG7msC0Rv5MPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:03:53 Why Can't I Spend Bitcoin at the Grocery Store?00:10:03 Bitcoin in Developing Nations vs. The West00:13:26 The "Criminal Use" Argument & Drug Laws00:15:56 Anonymity, Scams, and Lack of Recourse00:20:20 Exchange Risks & Custody (Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins)00:22:50 How to Start: "Get Off Zero" & Multisig Security00:26:18 The $800 Million Hard Drive in a Landfill00:28:22 Bitcoin vs. "Shitcoins" & Altcoins00:29:13 Handling Volatility & Dollar Cost Averaging00:32:27 Why Bitcoin is Unique: Outsourcing Trust to Math00:35:21 Is Bitcoin Just a "Faith-Based" Asset?00:40:49 Why Are Bitcoiners So Intense? (The Evangelism Problem)00:45:10 How Brandon Manages His Personal Finances00:49:40 Introduction to the Mycelium Analogy00:54:38 Fungi 101: Mycelial Networks & Tree Communication01:05:04 Ancient Human Use of Fungi (Ötzi the Iceman)01:07:56 The Beer Theory of Civilization01:10:46 Slime Molds & Decentralized Decision Making01:14:34 Bitcoin's Anti-Fragility & "Immune System"01:16:12 Monocrops (Fiat) vs. Old Growth Forests (Bitcoin)01:24:01 Is Bitcoin a Living Organism? ("Bits Move Atoms")01:35:15 Consilience: When Multiple Disciplines Agree01:39:03 Crowd Health & Alternative Systems01:41:03 The Social Impact of a Bitcoin Standard01:43:13 Closing Thoughts & Future Episodes #mycology #cryptocurrency , #blockchaintechnology , #decentralization , #economics , #futureofmoney , #digitalcurrency , #physicspodcast #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

The Darwin-Wallace framework stands tall, but there are places where the seams show, where life presses back with its own kind of intention. Scott Turner guides us through those overlooked corners, tracing the ideas that slipped between theory and experience. We find organisms not as passive machines, but as players in a deeper, older rhythm. And in that recognition, the story of evolution widens into something more awake, more alive.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:09:00 Evolution’s Philosophical Foundations 00:12:00 Linnaeus and Early Taxonomy 00:18:00 Idealism vs. Darwinian Thought 00:23:27 Ideological Divide in Evolutionary Theory 00:25:03 Early Evolutionary Inquiry and Natural Theology 00:29:00 Darwin’s Voyage and Observations 00:33:57 Intelligence, Purpose, and Evolution 00:37:30 Geological and Evolutionary Gradualism vs. Catastrophism 00:41:40 Darwin & Wallace: Collaboration and Legacy 00:46:34 Mutationism vs. Natural Selection 00:49:44 Reconciling Mutationism and Darwinism 00:53:00 The Eclipse of Darwinism and Rediscovery of Mendel 00:56:14 Evolution, Loss of Purpose and Agency 01:00:30 Darwin’s Pangenesis Theory 01:09:06 Biology, Culture, and Evolution 01:11:07 Evolutionary Theories and Future Directions #history, #consciousness, #evolution, #criticalthinking,#physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

There is a quiet tremor beneath the floorboards of physics, a search for the hidden substance that carries every wave and whisper of the universe. We walk with James Ellias, @Inductica , through the fog of equations and theories, brushing his hands against the grain of the world, asking what material truth lies beneath our symbols. The conversation stirs old ghosts. Discarded mediums, forgotten experiments, the half-remembered language of matter trying to speak again. We reach for the slow turning toward something solid and ancient, the sense that reality still has a body awaiting embrace.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:04:37 Central Equations in Physics00:08:20 The Importance of a Medium in Physics00:10:00 Empowerment Through Understanding Physics00:12:36 Rationality and Truth in Society00:16:31 Existence vs Consciousness00:20:30 Discussion on Existence and Consciousness00:24:25 Role of Imagination in Existence00:28:10 Properties and Entities in Physics00:30:15 The Nature of Aether and Physical Mediums00:36:08 Clarity and Understanding in Physics00:40:26 Discussion on Force and Aether00:44:57 Relationship of Entities and Actions00:49:30 Theoretical Framework for Aether00:58:04 Exploration of Aether Theories01:00:40 Importance of Conciseness in Communication01:02:00 Understanding Physics Before Proposing Hypotheses01:05:15 Reevaluation of Flawed Theories01:09:35 The Evolution of Key Physics Concepts01:15:19 Context-Specific Nature of Constants01:19:43 Historical Context in Physics01:21:36 The Nature of Electrons01:25:53 J.J. Thomson’s Evolving Perspective01:29:24 Upcoming Work and Philosophical Frameworks01:32:11 Collaborations #fundamentalphysics, #quantumtheory , #modernphysics , #aether, #quantumphysics , #relativity, #unifiedtheory , #wavephysics #inductivereasoning #physicspodcast #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Today's episode opens with a quiet charge, Murphy & Keen circling the walls of money to see what’s solid and what’s only painted there. Our two very different economists argue over whether banks summon credit from nothing or simply pass along what was saved, each holding a different candle to the same dark machinery. As the conversation rolls, the familiar ghosts of failed forecasts and brittle theories drift about, reminding us how easily economics slips away from the world it tries to explain. By the end, it feels like a steady march through the uneasy heart of the financial system. Still human, still searching, still trying to make sense of the noise. Stay tuned for part two in the coming weeks...PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:07:00 Understanding Heterodox Economics00:11:00 Austrian Economics vs. Neoclassical Approaches00:15:00 The Concept of Equilibrium in Economics00:19:00 Complexity Theory & Economic Modeling00:20:12 Critique of Neoclassical Economics00:22:43 Historical Context of Economic Predictions00:25:03 Keynesian vs. Post-Keynesian Economics00:30:12 Influence of Economists in Power Dynamics00:36:40 Economic Models & Crisis Predictions00:38:20 Economic Interests in Crises00:39:56 The Religion of Economic Theories00:44:49 Consequences of Economic Beliefs00:50:10 The Oversight of Banks in Economic Models00:54:32 Challenges of Economic Experimentation00:56:13 Rival Schools of Economic Thought00:57:00 Cycles in Economic Systems01:00:01 Dynamics of Boom and Bust01:02:15 Role of Interest Rates & Money Creation01:05:32 Understanding Fractional Reserve Banking01:11:28 Complexity of Banking & Reserves01:15:03 Dynamics of Banking & Credit Management01:17:50 Critique of Central Banking & the Role of Reserves01:19:54 Reevaluating Economic Models & Banking01:20:50 The Importance of Reserves in Financial Discussions #economics, #macroeconomics, #banking, #economiccrisis , #austrianeconomics , #keynesianeconomics , #complexitytheory, #financialmarkets , #economicpolicy, #monetarypolicy , #financialsystem, #physicspodcast #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In this episode of DemystifySci, we peer into the very separate roots of banking and blockchain finance to find what’s alive beneath the myth. Bitcoin guru and amateur mycologist, Brandon Quittem, joins us to trace the fall of old empires and the rise of a new code-born freedom. The conversation drifts between history and possibility, where gold becomes data and control slips through the fingers of the elite. What remains is a question: can money succeed without those who steer its value?PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:04:26 The Genesis of Bitcoin and the Cipherpunks 00:08:54 The Fear of Government Control and Digital Currency 00:10:41 The Failure of Early Digital Currency Attempts 00:17:54 The Collapse of the Gold Standard 00:19:56 The Nature of Trust in Currency 00:20:54 Discussion of Properties of Money 00:25:31 Critique of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) 00:29:52 The Risks of Unchecked Debt 00:33:31 Introduction of Bitcoin as a Solution 00:39:00 Understanding Bitcoin's Structure and Security 00:41:58 The Origin of Bitcoin Ideas 00:46:49 Understanding Blockchain and Mining 00:53:06 The Mechanics of Block Creation 00:58:04 The Finite Nature of Bitcoin Mining 01:01:57 Miners' Revenue Streams 01:03:05 Genesis of Bitcoin Mining 01:05:00 Competition Among Miners 01:07:08 Future Perspectives on Bitcoin #bitcoinanalysis , #cryptocurrencies , #blockchaineducation ,#bitcoinmining , #cryptoanalysis , #cryptotradingforbegineers , #digitalcurrency , #moneymanagement , #fintech , #investingtips , #economics , #monetarypolicy , #decentralization , #satoshinakamoto , #physicspodcast #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan is a professor of physics at the TATA Institute of Fundamental Research, member of the India LIGO collaboration, and is a devoted skeptic of the standard story that we tell about the cosmological history of the universe. In this talk, presented at the 2025 Demysticon, Professor Unnikrishnan takes on the standard model in the best way he knows how - by walking through the conventional model, showing the places where it frays around the edges, and proposing the most promising approach for taking on this behemoth that seems permanently lodged in the popular consciousness. Filmed at DemystiCon 2025 in Portugal, with Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan presenting. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! #cosmology, #astrophysics, #bigbang, #einstein, #relativity, #gravity, #speedoflight, #cosmic, #spacetime, #paradigmshift, #experimentalphysics , #light, #research #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

James Ellias is a mathematician, philosopher, and the host of the YouTube channel @Inductica where he explores new approaches to old problems in fundamental physics. Our conversation moves like a late-night reflection, looking for the quiet engine beneath light, charge, and everything that flickers through the invisible world of quantum physics. James questions the habits of modern thought, peeling things back to the core to ask what truly acts and what merely appears. Older ways of thinking surface, offering clarity where familiar models feel thin. Together, we gaze upon the machinery of existence and consider what might really be at work beneath the math.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00:00 Go! 00:02:34 Support and Engagement Opportunities00:04:17 Fundamental Questions in Physics00:05:49 Critique of Modern Physics Method00:10:27 Importance of Philosophy in Physics00:12:59 Inherited Physics Standards and Traditions00:17:11 Re-evaluating Established Fundamentals00:20:10 The Nature of Electricity and Charge00:20:53 Exploring Electrons and Energy00:22:56 The Importance of Identifying Entities00:25:03 Concept of Aether and Action Historically00:29:15 Reevaluating the Physics Method00:32:41 Redefining Hypotheses and Conclusions00:39:08 The Role of Bias in Physics Interpretation00:41:10 Universalization of Radiation Laws in Stellar Physics00:44:24 The Evolution of Thought in Physics00:52:05 Communicating Complexity00:59:27 The Psychology of Persuasion01:00:51 Aether and Its Misconceptions01:06:49 The Nature of Physical Understanding#quantummechanics #quantumtheory #quantumphysics, #cosmology, #theoreticalphysics, #astrophysics, #deepthinking, #causation, #curiosity, #thinking, #physicspodcast #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

The universe hums a low, steady note...or so we were told. Dr. Patrick Vanraes, a plasma physicist from the University of Antwerp, joins us in that quiet static, where light and truth blur at the edges. We talk of cosmic beginnings, instrument design, of warmth beneath the skies, of radio echoes mistaken for the birth of everything. In that hum, between curiosity and doubt, the cosmos seems to ask who’s really paying attention.CORRECTION NOTE: Dr. Robitaille wishes it to be known that when he says "titanium" on our phone call he should have said "titanium dioxide."PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go!00:03:51 What is the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation00:10:44 Historical Development of the Big Bang Theory00:16:09 Conflicting Theories: Big Bang vs. Steady State Model00:17:33 The Redshift-Distance Relationship and Its Explanations00:21:12 Current Challenges in Understanding Light Behavior00:25:45 Reevaluating the Big Bang Theory Pillars00:27:50 The Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation00:31:56 Temperature and Black Body Radiation00:37:46 Implications for Gaseous Bodies and the Standard Model00:46:16 Big Bang Theory and Plasma Dynamics00:50:46 Cosmic Microwave Background Discovery00:54:15 Pierre Marie Robitaille's Theories00:58:40 Intersection of MRI and Astrophysics01:06:02 The Nature of Black Body Radiation01:09:45 Discussion on Emissivity and Lattice Structures01:16:44 Exploring CMB Radiation01:28:07 Water's Role in Radiation Theories01:31:36 Discussion on Water Sources for Cosmic Measurements01:32:57 Historical Context of Cosmic Background Measurements01:35:53 Focus on Anisotropy Maps01:37:39 Philosophical Confusion in Cosmology01:39:31 Intentions and Measurement Biases01:45:18 Measuring Temperature Differences in Space01:51:14 Evolution of Cosmic Measurement Techniques01:52:51 Cyanogen Measurements and Cosmic Microwave Background01:58:03 Exploring the COBE Satellite's Measurements02:02:36 Critique of Measurement Protocols in Cosmology02:06:45 Summation of Arguments#astrophysics, #bigbang, #planck #cosmicbackgroundradiation , #astronomer , #fusion #quantumphysics #universefacts , #spaceexploration , #astronomy , #cosmos , #demystifysci #physicspodcast #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

DemystifySci is the place where we bring people together in search of the theories that will change the world, and Paradigm Drift is your chance to have a hand in that future. Theorists, randomly chosen, get 60 seconds to present their revolutionary idea... and then we see if it's gonna stand the test of time or if it's back into the tank for a little while longer. This video is a compilation of champions from the most recent 2.5 hour live show.Next live taping, PD#8, will be 12/5 @ 5pm Pacific. Sign up now: https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl) FREE SHIPPING: https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! Introduction to Paradigm Drift Format00:02:56 Brendan's Philosophy on Emotional Control00:08:00 Discussion on Psychological Games and Emotional Response00:10:20 Brendan’s Background and Professional Journey00:14:10 Abby’s Perspective on Death and Space Exploration00:18:48 Insights on Cosmology and Cultural Perspectives on Death00:19:14 Exploring Death and Human Suffering00:21:01 Death Training Practices00:23:32 Astronauts' Experiences and the Overview Effect00:25:07 Shared Death Experiences and Empathy00:27:11 Understanding the Abyss and Personal Growth00:29:43 Sensory Organ Discovery and Epigenetics00:32:06 Circumcision and Behavioral Patterns00:38:05 Religious Justifications and Cultural Practices00:39:41 Discussion on Circumcision and Its Impacts00:42:00 Epigenetics and Trauma00:47:52 Introduction of Stellar Evolution Theory00:53:31 The Relationship Between Planets and Stars00:59:10 Closing Thoughts and Future Discussion#consciousness, #deathandrebirth, #spaceexploration, #psychology, #selfawareness, #cosmology, #neuroscience, #humanbehavior, #astrophysics, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In the quiet corridors where healing was once holy, something cold now slithers. In today's pod, two ER physicians step forward, voices steady, to reveal how the laws meant to protect truth have become tools of silence. Dr. Patricia Robitaille & Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh speak of hospitals that trade compassion for control, of doctors punished for refusing to look away. It’s a reckoning - part confession, part hymn - for a system that’s forgotten its soul. The two are now working in DC to rewrite the law that broke healthcare's back in the first place.Dr. Robitaille's substack: https://substack.com/@pattirobitaillemdPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go!00:02:01 Historical Context of Healthcare Corruption00:06:44 Erosion of Physician Advocacy00:10:01 Inversion of the Peer Review System00:14:08 Case Study: Dr. Christopher Dunch00:19:20 Proposed Legislative Changes00:22:40 Profit Motive vs. Patient Care00:25:00 Impact of the Databank on Practitioners00:30:34 Disruption Labels and Patient Safety00:34:28 Case Study of Dr. Ryan00:40:25 Flaws in Peer Review Legislation00:43:36 Physician Rights and Hospital Contracts00:46:04 The Impact of Credentialing Practices00:50:35 Case Study: Jacob Newfeld's Plight00:55:00 Evaluations and Their Consequences01:04:25 The Dehumanizing Experience of Psychiatric Evaluation01:08:21 Tragic Outcomes of Mismanaged Care01:10:24 The Flaws in Administrative Accountability01:12:50 The Corruption Within Healthcare Administration01:18:06 Systemic Issues in Patient Safety and Care01:23:40 The Need for Legal Protections in Healthcare01:25:29 Fraudulent Practices in Hospitals01:28:15 The Dystopian Shift in Patient Care01:31:44 Organ Harvesting Concerns in Healthcare01:39:43 Legal Actions and Institutional Corruption01:44:17 Consequences of Whistleblowing in Medicine01:47:40 History and Context of Sham Peer Review01:48:34 Advocacy and Legislative Action01:52:02 Patient Vulnerability and Reform Potential01:53:40 Education and Awareness Campaign#makeamericahealthyagain #healthcareheroes , #medicalethics , #physician , #patientcare , #whistleblowers , #healthpolicy , #dataprivacy , #healthcarecosts, #patientadvocacy, #philosophypodcast, #rfkjr MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

If we treat the universe as being filled with some kind of elastic solid, can we get any closer to understanding the nature of light and gravity as the product of physical processes, or is there still some deeper principle that needs to be uncovered before we can develop a unified theory of the universe? We dig into mass, light, electricity, and magnetism in context of the elastic Ether with Dr. Chantal Roth.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00:00 Introduction to the Podcast & Elastic Ether00:03:15 Mass as Stored Elastic Energy00:10:03 Solitons in a Vibratory Universe00:12:52 Light & Electromagnetism as Elastic Deformations00:19:01 Mechanical Mapping of EM Theory00:19:56 Overview of Charge00:21:57 Charge as Atomic Interactions00:24:45 Battery Function & Charge Transfer00:27:41 Conceptual Models of Charge00:33:20 Spin-1/2 and Charge00:38:21 Atoms & Wave Behavior00:40:38 Atomic Structure via Vibrations00:44:46 Electrons & Quantum Transitions00:47:30 “Golden Rule” & Resonance00:51:00 Probability & Nature of Light Emission00:57:14 Space Expansion: Implications for Light & Matter01:00:16 Space Expansion & Doppler Effect01:03:03 Understanding Electromagnetic Waves01:06:01 Challenges in Physics Conversations01:09:20 Computational Thinking in Physics#electromagnetism , #quantumreality , #mechanicalmodels , #unifiedtheory , #spin , #maxwellequations , #theoreticalphysics , #cosmicexpansion , #atomicstructure , #newphysics MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

What if the key to solving the mysteries of modern physics lies not in new mathematics, but in a physical interpretation of the mathematics we already have?This week, we begin a deep, two-part conversation with Dr. Chantal Roth about the Elastic Aether Theory—one of the first serious contenders we've found for a material interpretation of fundamental physics. Dr. Roth's quest for a deeper understanding of the universe begins by taking the mathematics of General Relativity, applying a set of material science axioms, and deriving what the mathematics of light and gravity tell us about the physical properties of the universe. Check out part 2, where we dive into the ether-based mechanisms for mass, light, charge, electricity, and gravity. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00:00 Go!00:01:05 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Elastic Aether Theory00:05:24 The Quest for Understanding in Quantum Physics00:10:12 Perspectives on Aether and Spacetime00:15:57 Properties of Space: Elastic Solid Analogy00:20:48 Newton's Vision of Aether as a Mediator00:21:53 Newton's Ideas on Gravity and Refraction00:24:11 Mechanisms of Refraction and Light Behavior00:28:11 Limitations of Analogies in Wave Behavior00:33:58 Historical Context and Physics Connections00:37:26 The Concept of Metric Tensor in Space00:41:21 Discussion on the Constancy of Light Speed00:45:04 Mechanical Explanation of Wave Speed00:50:12 Interconnectedness and the Nature of Matter00:55:56 Refractive Index and Its Role in Gravity00:59:50 Examination of Atom Composition and Aether01:01:52 Introduction to Waves and Ether01:05:00 Wave Patterns and Their Implications01:09:00 Density and Stiffness in the Aether01:13:00 The Nature of Light Near Massive Objects#quantummechanics , #ElasticEtherTheory, #modernphysics , #physicsexplained , #theoreticalphysics , #historyofscience , #alberteinstein , #isaacnewton , #spacetime , #generalrelativity , #quantumphysics , #waveparticleduality , #cosmology , #light , #mindscape , #stringtheory , #mechanics MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

The Demystify Duo sits down for a conversation about the hidden variable that decides how successful someone’s ideas will be. Normally, you hear that intelligence, the “g-factor” that Richard Haier and other intelligence reasearchers point to, is the decisive factor for worldly success. And while that might be true in some purely quantitative sense that’s measured in terms of salary or stock options or whatever, that seems to not be the most important thing for being able to see the world accurately. We spend the conversation trying to define what that hidden variable is, and why it’s so important to cultivate, and how weird it is that no one seems to realize it’s there. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! Scientific Rationality vs. Pseudosc!ence 00:01:00 Anxiety in Teaching New Perspectives 00:03:00 The Demarcation Problem 00:06:00 The Evolution of Rational Inquiry 00:09:00 The Limits of Mathematical Rigor 00:12:00 The Acceptance of Mystical Thinking in Physics 00:15:00 The Dilemma of Measurement in Quantum Physics 00:18:00 Disparity Between Ideals and Practices 00:21:00 The Role of Theories in Understanding 00:21:30 Theories of Continental Formation and Consensus 00:23:09 The Value of Expertise vs. Radical Ideas 00:25:51 Expertise and Obsession in Fields of Study 00:28:31 The Nature of Radical Claims 00:32:51 Models and Simplification 00:37:54 Overlap of Science and Supernaturalism 00:43:01 Positivism and Rational Inquiry 00:46:00 Physics as Storytelling 00:49:39 Intelligence and Great Ideas 00:54:50 Discernment vs. Intelligence#philosophy , #quantummechanics , #quantumphysics , #cosmos, #intellectual , #logicpuzzles , #reasoningtricks , #perspective, #enlightenment, #curiosity #philosophypodcast , #physicsfun, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Dr. Emily Adlam is a philosopher of quantum physics who has just finished a book about the strangest feature of fundamental physics - the perennial confusion over what it means to make a measurement. We all know that quantum physics tells us that there’s this strange thing, called wavefunction collapse, which transitions a system from being in a quantum state into being in a classical state. But what does it mean to make a measurement? And what does it mean to turn a system from a quantum one into a classical one? It turns out that no one really knows, and we spend this conversation trying to figure out how that could be possible, after more than a century of theorizing about the foundations of reality. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:04:30 Understanding the Measurement Problem 00:08:00 The Nature of Quantum Formalisms 00:11:30 Critiques of Many-Worlds Interpretation 00:17:00 The Many-Worlds Perspective and Its Popularity 00:20:41 Discussion on the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics 00:21:39 Criticism of the Many Worlds Interpretation 00:23:41 Observer Dependent Interpretations in Quantum Mechanics 00:28:14 Implications of Quantum Interpretations 00:31:45 Primitive Ontology Interpretations 00:36:07 Challenges of Quantum Field Theory 00:41:27 Discussion on Quantum Measurement 00:44:12 Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics 00:48:58 Observational Limits in Quantum Physics 00:56:09 Challenges of Understanding Quantum Reality 01:02:20 Philosophical Implications of Quantum Mechanics 01:03:16 Discussion on Causality and Probability 01:09:05 Probabilistic Features of Nature 01:12:54 Mathematical vs. Visual Intuition in Quantum Mechanics 01:17:49 Relationship Between Quantum Phenomena and Macroscopic Effects 01:19:20 Proposed Revision to Quantum Epistemology 01:25:03 Exploration of Quantum Concepts 01:27:34 The Nature of Reality in Quantum Mechanics 01:30:12 Experimental vs. Theoretical Physics 01:34:22 Challenges in Testing Quantum Mechanics 01:36:19 Evolution of Epistemology in Quantum Physics 01:40:42 Implications for Broader Inquiry 01:44:37 Fundamental Questions on Mass and Gravity 01:47:03 The Interface of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics 01:48:27 Emergence and Relational Descriptions in Physics 01:49:55 Theoretical Physics Versus Experimental Collaboration 01:50:52 Resilience in Quantum Physics Understanding#quantumphysics, #philosophy, #metaphysics, #quantummechanics, #causality, #epistemology, #relativity, #cosmos, #consciousness, #paradigmshift , #rationality, #intellectual #philosophypodcast , #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Taylor Northcutt, the mind behind the Prosopa Youtube channel, dives into the forbidden science of physiognomy: the belief that the face is a map of the soul. From ancient mystics to modern algorithms, we trace how civilizations tried to read truth, sin, and destiny in bone and flesh. What if your features aren’t random? What if your face is the interface between body, mind, and fate?PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:06:30 Historical Context of Physiognomy 00:12:00 Intuition vs. Appearance 00:18:30 Societal Implications of Judgment 00:25:00 Genetics and Personal Destiny 00:28:48 The Complexity of Morality and Background 00:33:44 Physiognomy: Historical Perspectives 00:40:09 Applications of Physiognomy in Society 00:45:25 The Possibility of Change Through Personal Development 00:52:37 Exploring the Connection Between Physiology and Emotional States 00:55:01 The Influence of Facial Structure on Personality and Perception 00:58:17 Body and Soul: The Interconnection in Human Experience 01:04:01 Medical Studies on Consciousness and Identity 01:07:46 Physiognomy: The Science of Faces and Personality Indicators 01:12:57 Understanding Autism and Its Neural Connections 01:18:43 Physical Characteristics and Mental Health Correlation 01:19:50 The Impact of Psychedelics on Personal Transformation 01:20:55 Analyzing Physiognomy and Temperament 01:27:45 The Relationship Between Face Shape and Persona 01:32:50 Physiognomy and Character Analysis 01:35:05 Physiognomic Traits and Biblical References 01:39:30 Eyebrow Shapes and Decision-Making 01:41:37 Facial Hair and Subconscious Impulses 01:45:05 Lips and Communication Styles 01:49:35 Deep-Set Eyes and Independent Personality 01:52:37 Body Image and Self-Perception 01:56:00 Body and Soul Connection 02:02:00 Societal Collapse and Cultural Observations 02:09:00 Pre-Collapse Society Dynamics 02:11:48 Exploring Nebulas and Social Capital 02:16:29 Personal Responsibility in Society 02:20:45 Generational Theory and Historical Cycles 02:28:05 Millennial Attributes and Social Responsibility 02:30:50 Gen Z’s Nihilism and Institutional Responsibility 02:37:00 The Call for Institutional Reform in Education 02:41:00 Courage and the Role of Individuals in Institutional Rebuilding 02:47:00 The Importance of Physical Presence and Connection 02:51:19 Self-Image and Personal Identity#physiognomy, #personality , #mindandbody , #bodylanguage , #psychologytips , #ancientscience , #intuitivereading #selfunderstanding, #humannature, #mindbodyconnection , #humanpotential #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Dr. Ivette Fuentes is a quantum physicist at the University of Southampton, where she studies the strange edge between quantum mechanics and relativity. We try to get on the same page about what it means to bend time, warp gravity, and what gives objects mass. We explore the philosophy of physics, the mystical cult of quantum woo, and how real science confronts the unsettling truth that reality might not exist the way we think it does. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:06:11 Teleportation Tech and Consciousness 00:12:45 Consciousness & Life 00:17:01 The Alleged Conflict Between Physics and Spirituality 00:21:01 Evolving Perspectives on Consciousness 00:25:06 Consciousness and AI 00:28:20 Emergence and Cognitive Simulation 00:33:09 Distinguishing Consciousness from Thought 00:39:53 Consciousness During Sleep and Anesthesia 00:46:06 Life and Consciousness Interconnection 00:46:16 Understanding Bodily Systems and Consciousness 00:50:14 The Concept of Self and Otherness 00:52:05 Bridging Physics and Spirituality 00:56:48 Incremental Advancements in Physics 01:02:08 Understanding Quantum Mechanics 01:08:59 Understanding the Mathematics and Physics Connection 01:12:00 Newton's Theoretical Foundations and Limitations 01:16:00 The Nature of Time in Physics 01:20:00 Relativity and Observations of Time 01:24:00 Quantum Clocks and the Ongoing Time Debate 01:31:27 The Concept of "Now" in Physics 01:34:00 Unifying Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity 01:37:44 Superposition and the Role of Gravity 01:47:52 Discoveries in Quantum Experiments 01:52:05 The Nature of Time and Quantum Mechanics 01:55:27 Exploring Quantum Reality 02:00:56 Mystical Elements of Quantum Physics 02:06:52 The Nature of Reality and Perception 02:12:55 The Evolution of Physical Understanding 02:17:56 Cautionary Tales of Mathematics 02:18:31 The Challenge of Revolutionary Ideas in Physics 02:24:00 The Role of Collaboration in Scientific Progress 02:28:00 The Importance of Experimental Validation 02:36:00 The Proposal of Detection Methods for Gravitational Waves 02:39:00 Anticipation of Future Research Contributions 02:41:00 Exploration of Energy-Conserving Models in Quantum Physics 02:43:00 Upcoming Insights on Mass and Quantum Reality 02:45:00 Enthusiastic Collaboration and Future Discussions#quantumphysics , #consciousness , #cosmology, #quantummechanics , #metaphysics, #intellectual, #curiosity, #theory, #thinking, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast podcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

In this episode James P. Dowling talks us through the unlikely friendship between physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychologist Carl Jung. Their dialogue on quantum mechanics and archetypes pulled science and myth into the same room, forcing each to reckon with the other’s language. Out of their exchanges came visions of atoms haunted by the unconscious, and shadows that reached into equations. We follow their conversation to ask what happens when reason and dream try to share the same desk.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereJames' website: https://jungtoliveby.com/00:00 Go! 00:08:00 The Trickster Archetype and Personal Development00:12:00 Intuition and Rationality in Model Making00:16:00 Consequences of the Enlightenment and Modernity00:20:00 Historical Lessons from the French Revolution00:22:23 Discussion of Instinct vs. Rationality in Human Behavior00:24:12 The Role of Dopamine in Human Decision Making00:26:18 The Impact of Abandoning Symbolism in Modernity00:29:00 Motivation in Physics and the Pursuit of Glory00:33:26 The Dichotomy between Science and the Human Experience00:39:11 Integrating Jungian Concepts with Biology00:44:58 Discussing Jung's Word Association Test and Complexes00:50:12 Understanding Affect, Emotion, and Archetypes00:57:32 Jung's Methodology and Interpretation of Complexes01:05:12 Approaching Jungian Concepts in Personal Development01:07:33 The Quest for Identity and Self-Reflection01:09:37 Generational Differences in Self-Concept01:16:52 Life Stages and the Search for Meaning01:19:10 The Duality of Growth and Identity01:25:09 The Healing Power of Creativity01:28:31 Creative Participation as a Human Experience01:32:06 Internet's Dual Role in Creativity01:36:23 Understanding Creativity and Instinct01:39:51 Renaissance vs. Revolution in Institutions01:41:53 Engaging with the Unconscious Mind01:46:47 Shifting Perspectives on Artistic Process01:48:52 Discussion on Competing Teams in Science01:52:34 The Tradition and Lineage in Science01:56:12 Creativity and Glory in Scientific Pursuits02:04:36 The Nature of Truth and Scientific Frameworks02:09:43 Cultural Narratives in Science and AI Development02:10:29 Exploration of Myth and Reality02:12:06 Darwin’s Legacy and Evolutionary Theory02:16:52 Archetypes and Scientific Paradigms02:19:14 The Role of Mathematics in Physics02:23:39 Understanding the Limits of Rational Inquiry02:27:24 Simulation Theory and Metaphysical Speculation02:32:05 The Interplay of Mathematics and Experience02:33:00 Exploration of Human Psyche and Evolutionary Perspectives02:36:12 Jung’s Insights on Individual Calling and Collective Responsibility02:39:01 Invitation to Further Exploration and Collaborative Learning#jungianpsychology, #quantummechanics, #carljung, #archetypes, #depthpsychology, #unconsciousmind, #psychoanalysis, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Geologist Lance Weaver steps back into the circle, carrying a wild heresy: that five centuries in the Egyptian record are ghosts, smoke, a trick of the scribes. Strip them away, he says, and the Bible and the Pharaohs suddenly stare eye to eye, like two old enemies who’ve just remembered they were brothers. We walk with him through the obscurely sourced Kolbrin Bible, through the rubble of forgotten empires, through the hush of timelines cracking open. What if the past is not what we’ve been told, but a fever dream waiting to be woken from?PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:08:00 The Kolbrin Bible and Its Significance00:16:00 Problems with Mainstream Chronology00:20:27 King David and the Archaeological Record00:23:01 Analysis of Biblical and Egyptian Chronologies00:24:11 Connection Between Egyptian Rulers and the Kolbrin00:27:39 Trans-Oceanic Connections and the Kolbrin00:31:06 Genetic Evidence and Ancient Migrations00:36:12 Cultural Heritage and Historical Narratives00:39:32 Reevaluating Historical Assertions in Archaeology00:42:52 Discussion on Rational Wiki and Kolbrin00:46:56 Analysis of the Kolbrin's Origins00:52:21 Understanding the Kolbrin's Historical Context00:56:06 Cultural Connections and Dispersal of Myths00:58:31 Architectural and Historical Parallels01:02:05 Discussion of Drug Experiences and Cultural Constructs01:04:39 Exploration of Ancient Civilizations and Potential Connections01:06:15 Examination of Historical Texts and DNA Evidence in Egyptian Chronology01:12:58 Timeline Integration of Ancient History and Scientific Dating01:17:59 Investigation of the Hyksos and Biblical Narratives01:25:00 Exploration of the Hyksos and Biblical Correlation01:30:00 Revising Egyptian Chronology01:35:00 The Amarna Letters and Historical Context01:36:02 Understanding the Bronze Age Collapse01:40:00 Discussion on Radiocarbon Dating and Volcanic Eruptions01:46:00 The Importance of Egyptian Chronology in Historical Accuracy01:51:00 Trustworthiness of the Bible as a Historical Document01:55:08 Perspectives on the Flood Narrative01:57:41 The Intersection of History and Mythology02:00:01 Importance of Historical Context in Religious Texts02:02:01 Exploring Altered States in Historical Texts02:06:26 Challenging Established Historical Narratives02:09:02 The Importance of Questioning Established Dates#althistory, #ancientmysteries, #forbiddenhistory, #ancientcivilizations, #losthistory, #historypodcast, #ancienthistory #historicalmystery #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Michael Levin is a synthetic biologist at Tufts University who believes that asking questions about “life” is a fruitless project. Instead, he argues that we ought to be trying to understand the emergence of cognition - a feature that he believes appears long before cells emerge. As part of this project, Levin has started to pull on a series of threads woven through the origin of life debate that seem to show basic elements of thinking systems - habituation, sensitization, conditioning - can be found in simple physical networks. We dig into how these systems work, what they reveal about life, and how his approach to understanding nature resolves a lot of biological paradoxes.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:05:11 Exploring the Origins and Definitions of Life00:11:30 The Complexity of Defining Life00:14:30 The Limitations of Scientific Categories00:17:58 Re-evaluating Life and Cognition00:19:40 Theoretical Perspectives on Life00:20:08 The Spectrum of Cognition and the Re-enchantment of Nature00:24:09 Experimental Approaches to Understanding Cognition in Networks00:30:14 Feedback Loops in Learning and Causal Emergence00:35:34 The Role of Chemical Interactions in the Origins of Life00:39:27 Discussion on Learning and Molecular Networks00:41:35 The Nature of Complexity and Consciousness00:45:04 Science and the Crisis of Meaning00:49:34 Expanding Compassion in Understanding Life00:54:13 Methodology of Chemical Experimentation00:58:53 Analysis at Different System Levels01:01:56 Causal Powers of Networks01:04:31 Collective Intelligence in Biological Systems#cognition, #bioelectric, #emergent , #complexsystems, #neuroscience, #regenerativemedicine , #origins, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Max Fomitchev Zamilov is a nuclear physicist, inventor, and bubble fusion reactor builder who has also been a central figure in the characterization of the predynastic vases from ancient Egypt. We sit down with him for a conversation that can only happen with an experimental physicist - about overlooked electrical phenomena that diverge from theory, how all the reports of successful low energy nuclear fusion reactions fall apart under close scrutiny, and a wild theory about where these weird vases are coming from. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereMax's paper on bubble fusion: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-62055-600:00 Go! 00:06:07 The Role of Experimentation in Physics00:10:14 Observations of Electrostatics and Experimental Findings00:17:06 Ken Shoulders and Exotic Vacuum Objects00:23:39 Analysis of Experimental Controls00:27:11 Evaluation of Ken Shoulders' Work00:29:01 Paradigm Shift in Understanding Electrons00:31:45 Critique of Traditional Physics Models00:36:46 Evolution of Scientific Description00:40:00 Mathematics and Scientific Progress00:43:49 The Engineer's Perspective00:47:24 Ambiguity in Scientific Language00:51:00 Challenges in Nuclear Science00:55:00 Max's Journey as an Amateur Researcher00:59:00 Measurement Standards in Nuclear Research01:10:16 Rapid Nuclear Experimentation Techniques01:14:09 Exploring Lattice Confinement Reactions01:17:06 Importance of Measurement Techniques in Research01:19:53 Analogy of Heat and Electricity01:25:40 Experimenting with Charge Separation01:30:01 Acceptance of New Ideas in Physics01:31:52 Electron Theory Evolution01:39:00 Continuous Nature of Electrons01:44:00 Changing Concepts of Charge01:50:03 Low Energy Nuclear Reactions Challenges01:54:00 Importance of Measurement in Experiments02:00:00 Journey in Bubble Fusion Research02:06:00 New Insights into Fusion Mechanisms02:12:00 Challenges of Collaboration in Research02:15:22 Challenges in Skill and Collaboration02:17:02 Inquiry into Ancient Technologies02:19:35 Theories of Advanced Machining Techniques02:23:30 Measurement Challenges in Archaeology02:25:09 Speculations on Advanced Civilizations02:29:16 Reflections on Ancient Beliefs and Civilizations02:35:15 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life02:35:43 Discussion on Human DNA Anomalies02:52:43 The Role of Amateur Scientists in Progress#physics, #quantumphysics, #electromagnetism , #nuclearphysics , #fusion , #ancienttechnology, #innovations , #physicscommunity, #criticalthinking, #historyofscience, #electricity, #ancientmysteries, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Shilo and Nastia sit down for a wide-ranging conversation about engaging with controversial thinkers, the role of skepticism in uncovering truth, and the cultural resistance to uncomfortable ideas. We cover the limits of philosophy and science, the prevalence of propaganda on all corners of the internet, and the sacred cow ideas that shape our understanding of reality. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go! 00:04:36 Exploring Disinformation and Evidence00:10:13 Analyzing Claims of Magic and Skepticism00:15:00 Diving into Mindsets of Unconventional Thinkers00:20:00 The Nature of Energy and Reality00:22:10 Exploring Unconventional Ideas00:24:59 Science vs. Philosophy Debate00:30:11 Perspectives on Heretical Ideas00:35:39 Historical Context in Modern Theories00:39:08 Navigating Controversial Ideas00:43:43 Exploration of Intellectual Comfort and Discomfort00:48:07 The Nature of Uncomfortable Ideas00:50:43 The Consequences of Challenging Established Theories00:56:00 Shifts in Cultural and Political Discourse01:00:00 The Importance of Engaging with Contradictory Ideas01:05:23 Navigating Challenging Conversations01:07:12 Balancing Truth and Sensitivity01:09:27 The Challenge of Countering Mainstream Narratives01:15:01 Dissecting Medical Myths and Narratives01:23:17 The Complexity of Global Conflicts01:26:17 The Dynamics of Propaganda and Conflict01:30:55 Lessons from History and Current Strategies01:34:39 Cultural Conflicts and Ideological Extremism01:39:05 Mental Health and Societal Responsibilities01:40:34 The Paradigm Drift Initiative: Community and Idea Exchange01:48:00 Feedback and Direction01:49:00 Encouraging Dialogue and Conversations #intellectual , #rational , #criticalthinking , #discourse , #futurism , #society, #culture, #politics, #skepticism, #consciousness, #bigquestions, #thoughtprovoking #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Michael Vassar is a futurist philosopher who believes that our civilization has lost the ability to think clearly, as the result of a silent project to destroy education that has been running in the background for generations. At the core of his argument is that the modern world has been shaped by elites interested in taking over the world. Interestingly, he seems to think that this multi-generational plan has backfired, and produced a society where there is a vanishingly small number of people even capable of formulating such grand ambitions, let alone possess the cognitive abilities to execute on their plans. We talk through his argument, and start to unpack some lore about the Rationalists, an online community that openly pursues the ideals of the enlightenment but can’t stop spawning cults for some reason. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl) FREE SHIPPING: https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here00:00 Go!00:07:30 Intentionality in Modern Social Structures00:10:00 Media and Perception of Disasters00:12:00 The Roller Coaster Metaphor for Society00:15:00 Erosion of Critical Thinking Abilities00:21:00 Historical Perspectives on Independent Thought00:24:43 Understanding Literature and Its Interpretation00:27:02 Institutional Influence on Thought00:28:35 Market Influence on Power Dynamics00:30:40 Rise of Constitutional Monarchy00:32:17 Comparison of French and English Systems00:37:34 Education and Governance in Germany00:40:11 Historical Context of Education Systems00:42:12 Power Dynamics in Thought and Organization00:46:04 Democracy and Its Challenges00:50:55 Displacement of Romanticism and Specialness00:55:36 Modernism and Institutional Hierarchies01:00:06 The Erosion of Common Law Principles01:05:50 Discretion in the American Legal System01:10:03 Pragmatism's Influence on Legal Thought01:13:10 Bureaucracy versus Common Law01:16:01 The Mythos of American Governance01:17:12 Discussion on Interpretation and Unintended Consequences01:21:25 Cultural Narratives and Their Influence01:29:51 Education and Its Role in Society01:37:03 Historical Context of Educational Systems01:40:54 The Role of Institutional Thinking01:42:30 Economic Control and Marketing Narratives01:44:06 The Rationalist Movement01:52:17 Mistake Theory vs. Conflict Theory01:59:04 Conspiracy Theories and Truth02:07:54 Whistleblowing vs. Conspiracy Theory02:12:03 The Nature of Evidence and Conspiracy Theories02:18:34 Cultural Dynamics of Belief and Inquiry02:23:43 Justice, Honor, and Social Dynamics02:30:58 Rationalism and the Quest for Truth02:33:37 Rationality and Accountability in the Community02:36:40 Justice and Honor in Rational Discourse02:46:10 Power Dynamics and Rationality02:54:00 The Nature of Power and the Human Condition02:59:45 Insights on Ideology and Courage in Pursuit03:02:03 Pursuit of Radical Life Extension#philosophy , #futuristic , #rational , #idw , #criticalthinking , #society , #aistory , #historyfacts , #cultures , #economics , #historyoflaw #legal #powerful , #innovations #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

DemystifySci is the place where we bring people together in search of the theories that will change the world, and Paradigm Drift is your chance to have a hand in that future. Theorists, randomly chosen, get 60 seconds to present their revolutionary idea... and then we see if it's gonna stand the test of time or if it's back into the tank for a little while longer.Next one will be Friday 10/17, @7pm Pacific. Sign up now: https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci00:00 Go! 00:03:00 Memory in Biological Systems00:10:00 Evolutionary Biology's Limitations00:18:20 Exploring Environmental Factors in Biology00:22:08 Global Integration00:24:40 Inductive Reactance in Electrical Engineering00:30:02 Archetypal Forcing in Social Models00:41:09 Cultural Dynamics and Circumcision00:45:50 Discussion on Circumcision and Medical Necessity00:47:44 Creating Sustainable Plasma Systems00:56:55 New Gravitational Theory Proposal01:04:02 A New Religion Based on Scientific Understanding01:07:48 Emotions and Cognitive Reactions01:09:23 Creation of a Unique Religion01:12:20 Defining Good and Evil01:14:09 Future Conversations on Religion01:16:58 Animal Perception of Reality01:19:22 Dreams and Awareness01:25:03 Objective Properties and Subjectivity01:28:00 Discussion on Philosophical Idealism01:32:00 Exploration of "I Think, Therefore I Am"01:33:00 Scientific Inquiry into Solar Phenomena01:40:00 Mechanism Behind Gravity and Light Interaction01:47:00 Connection of Art, Science, and Learning01:49:48 Exploring Information Within Waves01:52:00 Quantum Connections and Frequencies01:59:59 Theoretical Physics and Introduction to Published Works02:02:00 The Anatomy of the Spirit Body and Magneto-Receptive Vision02:06:10 Validity of Auras and Evolutionary Perspectives02:11:30 Barriers to Mainstream Science and Exploration02:11:44 Personal Perspectives on Theories and Research02:15:11 Exploration of Auras and Alternative Perception02:19:15 Encouragement for Experimental Evidence#physicscommunity , #Cosmology, #plasmaphysics , #gravity , #electromagnetism , #quantummechanics , #Consciousness, #Philosophy, #OpenMic, #DIYScience, #NewIdeas, #thinkforyourself #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Andre Koch Torres Assis is a professor of Physics at the University of Campinas in Brazil, who has been studying the history of electricity and electrodynamics for more than thirty years. As part of his research, he has assembled put together a collection of experiments that demonstrate some of the earliest experiences that natural philosophers had with electricity - and which show how poorly understood these phenomena still are today, more than two hundred years after they were first observed. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs09ANDRE'S EARLIER APPEARANCES ON THE PODCAST:DemystifySci #328 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upV3ZfCEISADemystifySci #233 https://youtu.be/kGHNKORQZK8DemystifySci #204 https://youtu.be/VGql2qiRjkYANDRE'S TALK at DEMYSTICON: https://youtu.be/bboKmG0uUuU?si=c1ctpVpecjzIRhMKANDRE'S HOMEPAGE: https://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis00:00 Go! 00:07:02 Experiment Demonstration: The Amber Effect 00:17:06 The oldest instrument to study electricity 00:24:00 Exploring Repulsion in Electricity with the Electric Pendulum 00:30:00 Understanding Electrical Charge Interaction 00:34:00 Historical Experiments and Discoveries in Electricity 00:39:00 Levitation Experiment and Its Significance 00:45:00 Du Fay’s Two Kinds of Electricity Discovery 00:52:00 The Electroscope and Key Findings 01:02:04 Introduction to Insulators and Conductors 01:07:01 Discovery of Conductors and Insulators by Gray 01:14:24 Classification Experiment with Various Materials 01:21:22 Conductivity Results of Various Materials 01:26:58 Understanding Electricity Control Through Conductors and Insulators 01:30:48 Material Variability and Conductivity Insights 01:31:17 Conductive Properties of Materials 01:36:00 Voltage Behavior of Materials 01:41:00 Role of Water and Conductivity 01:49:00 Mysteries of Charge Generation 01:51:22 English Translation of Coulomb’s Memoirs01:57:00 Experimental Insights into Electricity 01:57:48 Exploration of Electron Dynamics 02:04:08 Insights into Electrification Theories 02:10:53 Reflections on Physics Definitions 02:15:54 Material Experimentations and Historical Context 02:18:34 Advancements in Charge Distribution Studies 02:21:47 Limitations of Experimental Accessibility 02:22:27 Importance of Hands-On Physics Education 02:28:01 Mysteries of Electricity 02:30:06 Collaborative Physics Discourse 02:34:34 Historical Context of Discoveries#electricity, #staticelectricity , #physicsexperiments, #electrostatics, #DIYphysics, #engineering, #learnphysics , #electriccharges , #physicsdemo, #physicscommunity, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Howard Bloom is an author, scientist, and former music industry publicist, who argues that entropy has been disastrously misapplied as a universal law across physics, cosmology, biology, information theory, and culture. In this episode we explore how a concept that was initially formulated in context of steam engines was used to create a story of universe doomed from the start, and explore Bloom’s radical alternative: that the universe — from atoms to galaxies, evolution to economics, music to technology — is not destined for collapse, but driven toward order, complexity, creativity, and flamboyant progress.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! Welcome to the entropy cult00:08:01 The false god of entropy00:16:00 Do you buy the Big Bang miracle thing?00:20:01 The universe's complexity00:23:23 Entropy and atomic limitations00:24:28 The birth of complexity in the universe00:29:12 The role of learning and perspective in science00:34:04 The complexity of life vs. entropy00:39:10 Eternal patterns and the emergence of life00:43:17 The transformation of life and death00:48:10 Transformation and time in science00:50:00 Failures of prediction in science00:54:05 Universalization and metaphors in physics00:57:03 Information theory vs. entropy01:00:35 Technology, culture, and metaphors01:05:50 Flamboyance in art and science01:11:47 The evolution of music and flamboyance01:19:02 Surplus and the pursuit of impossible goals01:22:02 The influence of music and the quest for ecstasy01:30:11 Crafting authentic artistic representations01:34:25 The commercialization of podcasts and media01:35:19 Advertising vs. soul in art01:41:17 Empowerment through artistic expression01:47:03 Exploring creativity vs. conformity01:52:34 The role of artists in cultural evolution01:56:44 Transitioning from music industry to science01:57:39 Coping with illness and energy management02:00:14 The acceptance of group selection02:04:32 The Lucifer Principle and its themes02:07:49 Nature's duality and human experience02:10:03 Flamboyance and creativity in nature02:12:34 Dreams of paradise and future aspirations02:16:54 Challenging apocalyptic narratives02:19:48 The appeal of apocalyptic beliefs02:21:26 The transformation of early Christianity02:23:01 Science, spirit, and creative expression02:27:11 Science and human purpose02:30:45 Future endeavors and cosmic understanding#entropy, #astrophysics , #thermodynamics , #informationtheory , #physics #cosmology, #complexity , #bigbang, #cosmicorder #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Michael Hughes is a biochemist, water researcher and friend of the podcast with a passion for philosophy, mythology, and esoteric traditions. In this conversation, we explore the historical tension between priesthood and prophecy, the way science has replaced religion as a cultural authority, and ask why no society has ever thrived without a shared mythos. The discussion touches on mythology as a guiding force, Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual dualism, the balance between materialism and mysticism, the promises and failures of technology, transhumanism, and AI. We also dive into the rise of UFOs and alien narratives as new messianic myths, the enduring metaphor of Atlantis, and the possibility of building a functional metaphysical framework for chaotic times.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! The Search for Balance Between Science and Mysticism00:06:30 The Relationship of Priesthood and Prophecy00:10:03 Transformation from Paganism to Christianity00:12:21 Sci as a New Symbol for Faith00:16:14 Sci and Mysticism: Historical Intersections00:20:20 Prophecy and Control: Historical Perspectives00:22:50 The Hidden Influences on Decision-Making00:25:10 The Role of Priests and Prophecy in Society00:28:12 Mythology as a Guiding Force00:30:43 The Evolution of Responsibility and Power Dynamics00:34:12 Science and the Inherent Mysticism of Existence00:39:06 Bridging Sci and Cultural Mythos00:42:46 The Limitations of Sci in Guiding Societal Values00:45:22 Concern Over Shared Spiritual Mythos00:49:40 The Role of Sci and Historical Patterns00:53:05 The Promises of Technology vs. Reality00:57:00 The Spiritual Purpose of Work01:03:39 Balancing Spiritual and Material Forces01:06:22 Spiritual Dualism and Human Experience01:11:58 Evolving Beyond Human Limitations01:17:29 Human Evolution and Hierarchies01:20:29 Contrasting Human Futures01:27:32 Exploring Individuality and Collective Evolution01:31:40 The Relationship Between Humanity and Technology01:37:00 The Eighth Sphere and Human Creation01:48:09 Discussion on the Limitations of AI and Technology01:52:05 The Concept of God and the Future of Human Guidance01:56:44 The Alien Narrative as a New Messianic Perspective02:06:10 Evolution of the Alien Narrative and Historical Context02:09:00 Alien Identities and Historical Parallels02:12:00 Sci Narratives and New Myths02:15:00 Alien Myths vs. Human Agency02:20:00 Atlantis as Metaphor for Human Evolution02:25:00 Emergence of New Mythologies02:29:00 Ecosystems and Spiritual Understanding02:29:35 Exploring the Concept of God and Personal Responsibility02:32:38 The Role of the Messiah in Human Narratives02:37:03 Intersecting Personal Stories and Sci Endeavors02:40:02 Community Engagement and Future Initiatives #philosophy , #mythology, #spiritualguidance , #atheism , #historyuncovered , #civilization ,#futuretech , #society , #psychologytricks , #mysticism , #mythology , #uap , #aliens, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast

Danielle Sulikowski, professor of evolutionary psychology, presents a controversial theory on why global fertility rates and birth rates are collapsing. She argues that an evolutionary strategy known as female mate suppression—where dominant women repress the reproductive success of rivals—has shifted in humans into a modern form of antinatal social contagion. Rather than direct biological suppression, the strategy manifests as propaganda and cultural messaging that discourage motherhood, promote career over family, and accelerate population decline. We explore how intrasexual competition among women could shape civilization itself, why some groups might defect against their own society to gain an evolutionary edge, and how this connects to broader debates in feminism, cultural evolution, and civilizational collapse. The conversation also ties in the density-dependent dynamics of Calhoun’s Rat Utopia experiments as a possible parallel to modern urbanization, social media, and declining birth rates.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! Introducing the Central Crisis of Western Civilization00:05:53 Intrasexual mate Suppression in Animals00:09:03 The Mechanisms of Intrasexual Competition00:12:29 Competitive Mothering Dynamics00:18:03 Advising on Haircut Strategies00:20:07 Understanding Intrasexual Competition Measurement00:21:56 Female Competitiveness Dynamics00:25:10 Personal Experiences with Gender Dynamics00:29:32 Navigating Social Circles and Competition00:33:00 Changes in Intersexual Competitiveness Among Women00:38:05 Feminism and Reproductive Suppression00:42:27 Societal Trends and Competitive Behavior00:43:10 Human Behavior and Civilization Cycles00:46:08 Decline of Birth Rates and Societal Institutions00:50:20 Reproductive Strategies and Societal Feedback Loops00:53:07 The Role of Intellectual Discourse in Civilizational Shifts00:56:15 Rationalizing Birth Rate Declines01:00:21 Evolutionary Explanations for Civilizational Behavior01:05:25 Empirical Examination of Birth Rate Decline01:09:12 Exploring Male Responses and Societal Dynamics01:12:15 Intersecting Ideologies and Population Messaging01:20:00 Internet Influence on Cultural Dynamics01:25:00 Mechanistic and Functional Explanations of Behavior01:27:03 Discussion on Societal Decline and Birth Rates01:31:21 Exploring Societal Change and Its Cyclical Nature01:35:34 The Role of Technology and Interconnectedness01:40:13 Urbanization Effects and Cultural Dynamics01:44:27 Gender Dynamics and Cultural Evolution01:47:44 Discussion on Social Influence and Elite Classes01:51:50 Class and Reproductive Strategies01:54:43 Urbanization's Impact on Society02:00:08 Evolution vs. Morality in Society02:02:57 Urban Density and Human Behavior02:07:45 Bioconservatism vs. Transhumanism02:09:00 Transhumanism and the Unknown Future02:12:53 Understanding Unseen Forces02:15:11 The Quest for Understanding#evolutionarypsychology , #civilization, #feminism, #sociology, #anthropology, #culturewars, #birthrates, #psychology, #society, #population, #decline, #history, #civilizations, #future #philosophypodcast , #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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.

What if telepathy isn’t fantasy, but an undiscovered frontier of biophysics? In this conversation, Helené Wahbeh of the Institute of Noetic Sciences joins us to explore how mind-to-mind communication could be studied through neuroscience, quantum theory, and consciousness research. We’re not obsessed with whether it’s real — we’re asking how it would work if it were. A tightrope the edge of what's known, where psi phenomena meets mechanism and physics.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSIC Check out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs09Follow Helenê & IONS at https://noetic.org00:00 Go! Intro to Psi Phenomena 00:05:00 Media Influence on Psi Research 00:06:12 Dr. Wahbeh's Journey into Psi Research 00:19:00 Historical Context of Channeling Practices 00:24:54 Medicalization and Altered States 00:26:04 Spirit Influence on Mental Health 00:29:27 Historical Context of Spiritualism 00:32:56 Power and Intermediaries in Religion 00:35:12 Personal Experiences with Spirituality 00:39:50 The Nature of Prophecy and Free Will 00:42:00 Interpretation and Influence of Messages 00:47:30 Interconnectedness and Source of Information 00:49:33 Physics vs. Spiritual Experience 00:50:14 Importance of Rigorous Evidence in Telepathy Studies 00:53:37 Controlled Studies vs. Anecdotal Evidence 00:56:43 Challenges of Proving Paranormal Phenomena 00:59:38 Scientific Validity of Psychic Abilities 01:05:04 Emotional Context in Psychic Experiences 01:11:10 Practical Applications and Future of Psychic Research 01:13:21 Exploring Mechanisms of Telepathy 01:21:04 Instrumentalization of Mental Phenomena 01:32:04 Psychokinesis and Random Number Generators 01:36:52 Non-Physical Mechanisms of Interaction 01:37:40 Exploring Physical vs. Non-Physical Mechanisms 01:42:00 Philosophical Debate on Mechanism and Consciousness 01:49:30 Future of Mechanistic Understanding 01:58:30 Imagining Intentionality in Interconnected Fields 02:01:56 Exploring Consciousness Models 02:05:50 Interconnectedness and Humility in Understanding 02:09:43 Transcendent Experiences and Science 02:13:21 Physics and Mysticism: Distinct Yet Connected 02:22:00 Music, Emotion, and Scientific Inquiry 02:25:11 Exploring Diverse Worldviews 02:27:08 Speculating on Telepathy's Impact 02:31:43 Navigating Uncertainty and Truth 02:34:03 Embracing Collaboration for Future Insights#Consciousness, #Telepathy, #TheoreticalPhysics, #QuantumBiology, #neuroscience , #psi , #mindsciences , #NoeticSciences, #consciousness , #brainpower , #psychicenergy, #bigquestions #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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.

What if Flight MH370 wasn’t just lost, but simply became hidden from view? In this episode with controversial youtuber Ashton Forbes, we take the mystery seriously: not as magic, but as a challenge to what we think we know about plasma, quantum mechanics, and fusion. The question isn’t about belief, but about possibility: if teleportation happened, what physical mechanisms could explain it? We're at the edge of reason for this one, where mystery bashes up again rationality.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs09Ashton's YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHmFQzkpaJBSDD1PPFhPPSg 00:00 Go! Introduction to Mysteries and Theories 00:06:09 Shadowy Experiences with NASA and LENR 00:10:53 Exploring Alternative Models for Energy Production 00:15:12 Secrecy and the Potential of Fusion Technologies 00:19:04 Enthusiasm and Skepticism in Energy Research 00:19:33 Fusion Funding and Accountability 00:23:02 Hypothetical Fusion and UFOs 00:29:07 Teleportation Theories and Their Implications 00:34:00 Espionage and Disappearance of Flight MH370 00:37:41 MH370 Emergency Communication and Eyewitness Accounts 00:40:00 Analysis of the Standard Narrative and Government Response 00:44:00 Military Tracking and Discrepancies in Reports 00:48:00 Satellite Evidence and Pinging Issues 00:52:00 Theories of Time Manipulation and Disappearance 00:54:00 Controversy Over Diego Garcia and Missing Evidence 00:56:00 Examination of Internet Misinformation 01:01:00 Impact of War and Accountability 01:05:00 Perception of Reality and The Nature of Truth 01:09:00 Gatekeeping Technological Advances 01:17:00 Aspirations in Technology and Public Perception 01:20:00 Public Distrust and Technology Disclosure 01:24:00 Alien Technology and Interstellar Travel 01:27:00 Theoretical Physics and Mediums of Travel 01:30:00 Teleportation and Energy Conversion Theories 01:32:07 Medium of Travel and Ether Concept 01:34:51 The Nature of Invisibility and Coupling 01:39:12 Theoretical Concepts of Wormholes and Energy Requirements 01:41:28 Material vs. Abstract in Physics 01:46:05 Validity of Advanced Technologies and Science 01:48:45 Understanding Electricity's Nature 01:50:51 Energy and Motion in Physics 01:52:41 Magic vs. Physics 01:54:58 Perception and Quantum Reality 01:58:01 Connectivity and Spacetime 02:01:30 The Role of Medium and Interpretation 02:05:54 Future of Rational Inquiry 02:09:15 Understanding Substructure in Physics 02:12:31 The Search for Ether 02:14:49 Advancements in Fusion Technology 02:18:18 Free Energy Challenges and Insights 02:20:38 Government and Scientific Disinformation 02:25:01 The Intersection of Physics and Secrecy 02:27:06 Disclosure and New Technologies 02:30:06 Innovations in Free Energy Technologies 02:35:01 Merging Physics and Spirituality 02:40:06 Open Dialogue and Friendship #quantumphysics, #quantummechanics , #Astrophysics, #TheoreticalPhysics, #PlasmaPhysics, #Teleportation, #AviationMystery, #FlightMH370, #PhysicsExplained, #NewPhysics, #fusion , #PhysicsCommunity, #BigQuestions #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast

DemystifySci is the place where we bring people together in search of the theories that will change the world, and Paradigm Drift is your chance to have a hand in that future. Theorists, randomly chosen, get 60 seconds to present their revolutionary idea... and then we see if it's gonna stand the test of time or if it's back into the tank for a little while longer.Next one will be September 5th, 7pm Pacific. Sign up now: https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci00:00 Go! Introduction to Paradigm Drift #500:04:48 – Austin: Theory of Self-Organization00:12:03 – Samuel: Matrix Mechanics as a New Model00:18:27 – Ken: The Concept of Modeling in Reality00:27:20 – Jeff: The Search for a Unified Theory00:37:39 – RedTailedHawk: Sensory Deprivation Sarcophagi00:52:11 – Stanislav: Social Innovation Theory01:04:44 – Ricky: Archetypal Forcing01:19:47 – Keryn: Cosmology and the Missing Antimatter Problem01:30:00 – Eric: Threshold Model vs. Traditional Quantum Mechanics01:41:17 – Troy: The Nature of Morality01:49:10 – Social Contracts and Preferences01:54:43 – Concluding Thoughts on Morality and Consciousness01:56:17 – Zarrin: Glacial Myths and Unanswered Questions02:06:32 – Reflections #theoreticalphysics, #quantummechanics, #cosmology, #newideas, #scienceandspirituality, #openmic, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Nassim Haramein, mathematical physicist and director of the International Space Federation, has spent three decades chasing the holy grail of science — unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity. Building on Einstein and Rosen’s 1930s equations, wormholes, and failed proton radius predictions, Haramein claims a simple tweak unlocks the secrets of the proton, the strong force, gravity, and the fluid dynamics of spacetime itself. In this conversation, we explore zero-point energy, the quantum vacuum, and a vision for future technologies rooted in a unified theory of physics.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs09Follow Nassim at https://spacefed.com/00:00 Go! Overview of the Physics Dilemma 00:07:07 The Water Analogy for Physics 00:10:55 Historical Context of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity 00:14:00 Importance of Black Body Radiation 00:22:19 Zero Point Energy and Oscillation 00:26:01 Understanding Isolation in Physics 00:28:34 Infinities in Physics 00:34:05 Relationship Between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity 00:41:01 The Nature of Spacetime Dynamics 00:49:08 Infinite Potential in the Universe 00:51:09 Physics at Different Scales 00:53:45 The Nature of Forces and Structures 00:55:50 Unifying Concepts in Physics 00:57:59 Nature’s Patterns and Physics 00:59:02 Understanding the Strong Force 01:01:19 The Importance of Mass and Energy Relationships 01:05:36 QCD and the Strong Force 01:16:31 Energy Oscillation and Reality Creation 01:19:00 Proton Mass Calculation 01:23:00 Fundamental Particles vs. Composite Particles 01:29:00 Mechanics of Particle Collisions 01:33:00 Zero Point Energy and Gravity 01:36:00 Predictions and Experimental Validation 01:40:53 Probing Proton Radius Measurements 01:52:34 The Journey of Unconventional Ideas in Physics 02:00:13 Validity and Acceptance of New Theories 02:05:16 Proton Dynamics and Black Hole Analogy 02:08:33 Language and Conceptualization of Black Holes 02:15:03 Fluid Dynamics and Force Emergence 02:22:01 Sub-Plank Structures and Energy Extraction 02:29:59 Understanding the Forces of the Universe 02:32:00 Energy Production Innovations 02:35:31 The Role of Gravity and Entropy 02:41:11 Chemistry’s Connection to Physics 02:44:47 The Miracle of Existence #quantumphysics, #cosmology, #quantummechanics, #spaceexploration , #blackholes , #particlephysics, #theoreticalphysics, #cosmos, #physicist, #physicsfun, #skeptic, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Filmed at DemystiCon 2025 in Portugal, Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan, from India's Tata Institute, reveals a very different take on the nature of light. Beyond the noise of headlines and textbooks, the speed of light's measurement isn't proving to be so simple. Drawing on years at the heart of experiments that listen for the universe’s faintest signals, he questions whether the speed of light is truly constant. Here, gravity and clocks intertwine, and relativity itself stands on uncertain ground. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! Overview of Cosmic Gravity and Relativity00:04:40 Gravitational Influence on Dynamics00:10:50 Historical Perspective on Light and Relativity00:16:23 Experiments and Light Hypothesis Inconsistencies00:21:27 Proposed Experiment for One-Way Light Speed Measurement00:26:19 Experimental Evidence Against Einstein's Hypothesis00:29:02 Time Dilation in Relativity00:31:35 GPS and Relativity00:33:29 Existence of Absolute Frame00:35:30 Gravitational Effects on Inertia00:41:03 Paradigm Shift in Physics00:44:00 Q&A#cosmology, #astrophysics, #bigbang, #einstein, #relativity, #gravity, #speedoflight, #cosmic, #spacetime, #paradigmshift, #experimentalphysics , #light, #research #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

From the copper spines of antennas to the invisible dance of light, our conversation with Dr. Hans Schantz traces the story of physics most students never hear about. Dr. Schantz, a theoretical physicist turned engineer who studied under John Wheeler, unpacks the forgotten role of physical mediators in electromagnetism and what modern antenna design can reveal about light itself. Along the way, we wander through the epic moments of the 20th century quest for understanding light, from aether theory to pilot waves, connecting lost ideas to cutting-edge engineering. This is a signal worth listening to.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR HOMEBREWED MUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! Antenna Design and Light00:06:02 Historical Context: The Development of Fields in Physics00:11:30 The Evolution of Physics: From Newton to Abstract Principles00:17:05 Induction vs. Deduction in Scientific Methodology00:24:02 The Quest for Universal Understanding in Physics00:28:34 The Shift from Ether to Relativity00:34:05 The Conflict Between Theory and Observations00:39:38 Historical Oversights in Physics00:46:14 The Singular Nature of Electromagnetic Fields00:48:03 History of Electromagnetism and Influential Figures00:51:04 Einstein and the Concept of Ether00:56:06 Quantum Mechanics and Debate with Einstein01:00:45 The Impact of Positivism on Physics01:09:01 Misguided Applications of Quantum Mechanics01:11:44 Oppenheimer's Seminar and Pilot Wave Theory01:18:06 Fundamental Crisis in Physics01:21:21 Understanding Antennas and Light01:30:05 Journey to Antenna Design01:33:46 Near Field Electromagnetic Ranging01:34:13 Signal Propagation and RF Fingerprinting01:36:04 Electromagnetic Wave Properties01:39:17 Q Factor and Energy Decoupling in Antennas01:42:50 Effects of Medium on Transmission01:46:45 Aether and Early 20th Century Experiments01:50:33 Complexity of Electric and Magnetic Field Coupling01:53:01 Phase Dynamics in Antenna Systems01:56:54 Atomic Radiation as Antenna Behavior01:57:36 Discussion of Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Behavior01:59:12 Antenna Models and Radiation Mechanisms02:01:24 Speculative Theories on Signal Transmission02:04:47 Advancements in Understanding Electromagnetic Systems02:10:31 Energy Dynamics in Electromagnetic Interference02:14:38 Pilot Wave Theory and Its Connections02:19:23 The Nature of Waves and the Concept of Medium02:21:39 Discovery of Gamma Rays from the Earth02:22:47 Opposition to Pilot Wave Theory02:27:03 Understanding Radiation Reaction02:30:11 Antenna Behavior and Radiation02:32:03 Electromagnetic Fields and Energy Dynamics02:34:44 Exploration of Fundamental Questions#electromagnetism, #quantumphysics, #theoreticalphysics, #antennas, #ether , #historyofscience, #maxwellequations , #einstein, #quantummechanics, #fundamentalphysics, #wavephysics, #cosmology, #fieldtheory #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast

At "Beyond the Big Bang" 2025, Dr. Patrick Vanraes, a plasma scientist at the University of Antwerp, delivers two quiet revolts against the reigning cosmological order. In the first talk, he develops Dr. Pierre Marie Robitaille's vision of the Sun not as a chaotic gas ball, but as a layered, liquid structure—dense enough to host fusion through lattice confinement, where matter itself conspires in silence. Patrick takes Dr. Robitaille's model one step further, examining the possibility that diverse types of fusion may be occurring throughout different regions of the liquid plasma. In the second talk, Patrick takes aim at the cosmic origin of the microwave background, suggesting that what's been repeatedly called the echo of creation may instead be a local artifact—unmeasured where it matters most. Patrick doesn't reject mainstream physics—he asks physicists to look again, more carefully, and perhaps more honestly. The Q&A shows this is not the simple request it seems.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showMUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! Introduction to Liquid Plasmas 00:01:16 Liquid Model of the Sun 00:03:04 Fusion Mechanisms Comparison 00:07:05 Exploring Fusion Reaction Products 00:10:42 Quantum Tunneling and Fusion 00:12:44 Quantum Dynamics in Fusion 00:17:53 Multi-plasma Model Dynamics 00:21:27 Falsifying the Standard Cosmological Model 00:25:53 Central Cosmic Microwave Background Debate 00:26:34 Certainty of the CMB 00:30:16 Measurement Mechanisms and Instrumentation 00:39:11 Evidence and Peer Critique of Standard Cosmology00:42:32 Q&A00:44:40 Diverging Views on Solar Structure 00:52:30 Discussion on the Microwave Background 00:56:55 Debate on Research Validity and Peer Review 00:59:09 Exploring Fusion and Experimental Methods #PlasmaPhysics, #ColdFusion, #Astrophysics, #CosmicMicrowaveBackground, #SpaceScience, #FusionEnergy, #UniverseOrigins, #cosmology, #astrophysics, #spacefacts , #quantumphysics, #spaceexploration , #spacetime, #astronomy, #relativity , #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

The institutions are broken because their hearts are broken. In this conversation with Dr. Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, we explore whether substances used to great effect in the treatment of PTSD can become the scalpel and the flame for stuck culture—cutting delusion, sparking communion. Physics, like politics, stalls when minds forget how to meet. What if the revolution isn’t in data, but in daring to see things in a new light?PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showMUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs09Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies: https://maps.org/00:00 Go! The Challenge of Changing Minds 00:06:32 Introduction to MAPS 00:07:51 Emotional Barriers to New Ideas in Physics 00:12:30 Memory Reconsolidation and Psychedelic Therapy 00:16:48 Truth, Memory, and Emotional Healing 00:20:57 Fragile Beliefs and Resistance to Change 00:21:53 Secondary Gains in PTSD and Self-Healing 00:25:00 Belonging vs Rationality 00:29:00 Load-bearing Beliefs and Instinctive Reactions 00:33:00 Fundamentalism in Institutions and Religion 00:39:00 Reinterpreting Myths and Collective Action 00:44:20 Consciousness Patterns: Team vs Replicator 00:46:00 Embracing the Dualities o2f Human Nature 00:48:54 Culture Shapes Psychedelic Experience 00:51:14 Assumptions and Logical Traps 00:54:00 Ritual, Religion, and Medicalization 00:58:52 Bromo-LSD and Unexpected Healing Paths 01:03:30 New Frontiers in Psychedelic Therapy 01:06:39 Psychedelic Churches and Religious Freedom 01:09:35 Medicalization and Shifting Drug Perceptions 01:15:21 Ancient Mysteries and Psychedelic History 01:19:54 Physicists, Spirit, and Altered States 01:24:30 Jung’s Red Book and the Limits of Language 01:28:13 Elite Capture and the Wildfire Metaphor 01:30:54 Capitalism, Collapse, and Redistribution 01:33:21 Innovation Needs a North Star 01:36:54 Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Vision 01:40:22 From Analysis to Action 01:44:11 Self-Transcendence and Collective Awakening 01:49:22 Psychedelics and Social Consciousness 01:56:28 Left, Right, and the Shared Psyche 02:03:51 Dangers of Ego Inflation 02:09:03 The Racist Origins of the Drug War 02:12:26 Post-Prohibition Possibilities 02:14:57 MAPS, Cults, and Therapy Ethics 02:19:51 MAPS Research Methods and Criticisms 02:23:21 Pharma Influence and Scientific Integrity 02:30:07 Ethics and Risk in MDMA Therapy 02:34:27 Commercialization and Mission Drift 02:55:14 Psychedelics, Peace, and Human Growth 02:56:00 Healing Work in Conflict Zones 02:58:00 Psychedelics, Physics, and Collaboration 03:00:00 Nature, Connection, and Future Gatherings #psychedelicscience, #TraumaHealing, #ParadigmShift, #Consciousness, #PsychedelicResearch, #CulturalChange, #SelfTranscendence, #quantumphysics, #physics, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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.

What if one of modern cosmology’s greatest triumphs was built on a false story? In this talk from DemystiCon: Beyond the Big Bang, physicist and historian of science Dr. Andre Koch Torres Assis digs deep into the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the so-called “fingerprint” of the Big Bang, and uncovers a history that challenges the dominant narrative. Contrary to popular belief, George Gamow and the Big Bang camp never predicted the CMB’s 2.7K temperature. In fact, their estimates were off by nearly an order of magnitude. Meanwhile, steady-state cosmologists consistently predicted the correct background temperature of space long before the CMB was discovered by Penzias and Wilson. The difference was that instead of searching for the birth of the universe, they were simply calculating the temperature of cold, rocky bodies absorbing and remitting distant starlight. Assis weaves together redshift anomalies, missing histories of radioastronomy, and overlooked insights from pioneers like Finlay Freundlich to show how a false myth of prediction has been used to cement the Big Bang as fact, rather than leaving open the possibility of the CMB being the signal of an eternal universe.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showMUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs09ANDRE'S EARLIER APPEARANCES ON THE PODCAST:DemystifySci #328 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upV3ZfCEISADemystifySci #233 https://youtu.be/kGHNKORQZK8DemystifySci #204 https://youtu.be/VGql2qiRjkYANDRE'S WEBSITE: https://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis00:00 Go! 00:06:06 Predictions of Cosmic Background Radiation 00:12:30 The Role of Stefan-Boltzmann Law 00:18:44 Cosmic Rays and Intergalactic Space 00:24:12 Red Shift and Its Implications 00:32:22 Observations of the Sun's Red Shift 00:36:04 Freundlich's Groundbreaking Insights 00:39:08 Connection to Radio Astronomy 00:40:58 Conclusion on Cosmic Background Radiation #cosmology, #astrophysics, #spacefacts , #quantumphysics, #physics, #darkmatter, #cosmicmicrowavebackground, #spaceexploration , #spacetime, #astronomy, #relativity , #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUT US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Bob Greenyer is part of a dedicated crew of researchers who think they have cracked the holy grail of energy - sustainable fusion reactions that take place with ordinary elements at room temperature and pressure, with nothing but some copper wire and five volts of input. Greenyer is an active player in the emerging field of low energy nuclear reactions, has stewarded the Martin Fleischmann memorial project for many years, and is working on producing public demonstrations of plasmoid fusion devices for all those who want to come and see them in action. Much of his work is informed by an esoteric frame, where he believes that alchemists and the ancients before them left clues in their art about the architecture of the devices that are needed to pull abundant energy out of the quantum vacuum. Our conversation spans the history of fusion research, the strange findings that Greenyer is reporting, and nearly two hours of us hanging on for dear life as we try to understand the physics of what Greenyer is proposing. Buckle up, it’s a live one!PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showMUSICCheck out our band's new album:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereVinyl pre-orders available now: https://buy.stripe.com/14A5kC3Od5d21Ms7zPdEs0900:00 Go! Low Energy Nuclear Reactions00:08:22 Bob Greener's Journey00:17:10 The Experimentation Process00:21:45 Nuclear Reactor Efficiency00:23:05 Thermal Gradients and Excess Heat Production00:25:01 Challenges in Replication and Experimental Conditions00:28:05 Importance of Material Choices in Reactor Design00:30:17 Interaction of Elements and Radiation Effects00:33:07 Discovery of Exotic Vacuum Objects00:36:22 Detecting Exotic Radiation Phenomena00:40:15 Mechanisms Behind Energy Production00:43:30 Magnetically Locked Structures and Fractal Patterns00:46:04 Toroidal Moments in Electrodynamics00:49:27 Ball Lightning and Its Lift Capabilities00:52:30 Quark Plasma and Mass Interaction00:57:02 The Nature of Mass, Gravity, and Electron Spin01:03:31 Synthesis of Matter and Energy Dynamics01:05:00 Understanding Gravitational Dynamics and Neutrinos01:09:00 Cosmic Phenomena and Matter Interactions01:11:00 Inquiry and New Technologies01:16:00 Personal Anecdotes and Environmental Concerns01:20:00 Theoretical Framework of Element Creation01:24:00 Exploring Energy Solitons and Matter Interaction01:26:01 Cold Fusion and Energy Solutions01:30:03 Insights into Energy Production01:35:01 Challenges and Breakthroughs in Fusion Research01:40:20 Alchemy and Magnetohydrodynamics01:46:47 Ether Vortex and Elemental Creation01:49:15 Alchemy and Element Synthesis01:55:13 Nuclear Reactions and Element Stability02:00:12 Understanding the Phenomenon of Fusion02:08:00 Coherent Matter and Fusion02:12:00 Radioactive Element Generation02:16:00 The Prague Alchemist Circle02:22:00 Alchemical Principles Revisited02:28:04 Ancient Texts and Symbolism02:30:12 Personal Journey and Physics Evolution02:34:21 Fractal Structures and Patterns in Nature02:36:39 The Quest for Knowledge and Collaboration02:39:30 Future Experiments and Transparency02:45:54 Open Research Initiatives and Community Contributions #fusion, #fusionenergy, #coldfusion, #nuclearfusion, #futuretech, #quantumphysics, #plasmaphysics, #esoterica , #neutrinos, #alchemy, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #astrophysics ABOUS US: 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.

What if inertia isn't a built-in property of matter? What if it’s an interaction with the fabric of the universe itself? So says Physicist Dr. Mike McCulloch of the University of Plymouth, whose Quantized Inertia theory is a radical challenge to our understanding of motion, mass, and the very structure of the cosmos. In this talk at DemystiCon ’25, McCulloch blends the Casimir effect, Unruh radiation, and boundary conditions of the universe, to propose a framework that explains galaxy rotation without dark matter and hints at the future of propellant-less space travel. He walks us through the theory, experiments, and upcoming satellite tests that could rewrite the rules of cosmology and propulsion.From historical roots in Newton and Galileo to zero-point energy warp drives, this talk is a glimpse at what physics might look like after dark matter… and after rockets.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Introduction to Quantized Inertia 00:01:18 – Historical Context of Inertia 00:03:43 – New Definitions and Theoretical Framework 00:07:57 – Testing Quantized Inertia 00:11:40 – Galaxy Rotation Without Dark Matter 00:15:45 – Evidence from Wide Binaries and JWST 00:19:56 – Implications for Cosmology 00:24:00 – Gravitational Dynamics and the Hard Horizon 00:28:00 – Lab Predictions and Propulsion Experiments 00:36:00 – Future Research and Variable Constants 00:39:00 – Philosophical Implications of Quantized Inertia 00:39:36 – Audience Q&A#propulsion , #spaceexploration #futuretech, #quantumphysics, #darkmatter, #astrophysics, #cosmology, #gravity, #spacetechnology, #newphysics #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

For decades, fusion energy has been the promise that never arrives—always twenty years away. Despite billions poured into tokamaks, inertial confinement, and plasma reactors, the finish line keeps moving. But what if the answer was never in extreme heat... but in solid metal at room temperature?In this explosive episode, we sit down with NASA researcher Lawrence Forsley to explore lattice confined fusion—a revolutionary approach that produces nuclear fusion inside metal lattices using just five volts. No reactors, no plasma, no fire. It’s a direct descendant of the infamous 1989 "cold fusion" press conference by Fleischmann and Pons, which the scientific establishment mocked and buried for decades. But now, the experiments are more precise, the physics more refined, and the implications more profound. Because if fusion at room temperature is real, everything changes—energy, propulsion, even our understanding of stars.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Introduction to Lattice Confined Fusion 00:05:59 – Why Fusion Is Always 10 Years Away 00:12:02 – Plasma Instability and Centrifugal Mirrors 00:17:31 – Tritium, Lithium, and Fusion Fuel Supply 00:20:15 – Lessons from Flight and Semiconductors 00:23:14 – Skepticism and Investment Bias in New Tech 00:26:12 – The Long Road to Transistors 00:28:12 – Fusion Weapons and Strategic Research 00:31:39 – Tokamaks and Magnetic Confinement 00:35:40 – Energy Efficiency and Charge Screens 00:39:24 – Superconductors vs. Neutron Radiation 00:43:00 – Cold Neutrons and Fusion Possibilities 00:45:02 – Cold Fusion: Controversy and Skepticism 00:46:24 – Early Experiments and Anomalous Heat 00:49:32 – Tritium Without Neutrons? 00:52:45 – The Cold Fusion Press Conference Fallout 00:57:00 – Explosions, Risks, and Lab Disasters 01:02:40 – Advances in Lattice Confinement 01:06:36 – Fusion in the Cosmos and the Lab 01:09:08 – Webb Telescope and Electron Screening 01:12:00 – Three Types of Electron Screening 01:15:37 – Experimental Techniques in Screening 01:20:05 – Does This Require New Physics? 01:24:51 – Replication Problems in Nuclear Research 01:30:01 – The People Who Shaped the Field 01:33:35 – Richard Garwin and IBM Experiments 01:38:07 – Outdated Tech and Compatibility Nightmares 01:42:00 – Early Atomic Bomb Experiments 01:43:09 – John Heisinger and Cross-Section Studies 01:46:39 – Stellar Fusion and Resonance Phenomena 01:51:31 – Fusion and the Supernova Lifecycle 01:54:57 – Condensed Matter in Proto-Stars 01:55:00 – Magnetic Fields and Star Formation 02:00:00 – The Mystery of Earthly Tritium 02:05:00 – Gamma Rays in Fusion Reactions 02:10:00 – Cold Fusion Funding and Credibility 02:15:00 – Publishing Roadblocks and Ethics 02:17:54 – Fraud in Fusion Research 02:20:15 – New LCF Materials and Neutron Output 02:27:21 – Technetium-99 and Medical Applications 02:33:57 – Future of Fusion Energy Systems 02:40:30 – LCF Networking and NASA Collaborators 02:43:00 – Fusion Architecture and Expert Input 02:46:00 – Building Mental Models of Fusion 02:49:00 – Gamma Rays, Stars, and Spectra#fusion , #coldfusion, #nuclearfusion, #nasascience, #futureofenergy, #astrophysics, #plasmaphysics, #tritium, #quantumphysics , #tokamak, #spaceexploration , #deeptech #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. All music by Shilo DeLay

Physicist and fusion researcher Eric Lerner presents a sweeping critique of the Big Bang theory and the standard model of cosmology at Demysticon 25. He builds on the foundations of plasma physics and the work of Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén to outline an alternative cosmological framework rooted in known physical laws—gravity, nuclear fusion, and electromagnetic plasma behavior—rather than hypothetical concepts like dark matter, dark energy, or cosmic inflation. He explores how filamentary plasma structures may account for galaxy formation, how fusion research using dense plasma focus devices parallels cosmic processes, and how the cosmic microwave background may not be relic radiation from a singular origin. Merging astrophysics, plasma cosmology, and energy research, this talk reframes the origin and structure of the universe—and calls into question the prevailing narratives at the heart of modern theoretical physics.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Introduction the Big Bang Debate 00:03:57 Eric Lerner's Perspective on Cosmic Evolution 00:04:21 The Pinch Effect and Electrical Currents in Plasmas 00:10:27 Evolutionary Hierarchies and Cosmic Filaments 00:14:50 Interplay of Forces in Structure Formation 00:18:14 Evidence of Filaments Across Scales 00:25:04 Dynamics of Galaxy Formation and Star Development 00:29:08 Cosmic Microwave Background and Element Formation 00:30:29 The Formation and Properties of Early Galaxies 00:35:22 Energy Flows and the Cosmic Evolution Crisis 00:39:58 Plasma Focus Devices and Fusion Energy Research 00:41:16 Q&A Understanding Galaxy Components and Rotation 00:51:33 Q&A The Implications of Missing Gravity and Galaxy Dynamics 00:58:07 Q&A Gravitational Lensing and Mass Distribution 01:00:32 Q&A Lensing and Galactic Observations 01:02:04 Q&A Fractal Patterns in Cosmology #cosmology, #space, #galaxyformation, #gravitationalwaves, #cosmicstructures, #astrophysics, #fusionenergy, #magneticfields, #spacephysics, #electricuniverse, #criticalthinking #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

What if everything we think we know about stars is wrong? In this explosive conversation, mathematician Stephen Crothers dismantles the foundations of modern astrophysics, arguing that black holes, neutron stars, and gravitational waves are mathematical illusions built on misapplied thermodynamics and flawed logic. With the rigor of a forensic investigator, he exposes how simple errors in stellar models went unchecked for a century—raising unsettling questions about the integrity of science and the nature of the cosmos itself.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Thermodynamics and Astrophysics Foundations 00:05:15 Historical Context of Celestial Understanding 00:12:30 Evolution of Stellar Models 00:17:00 Changing Paradigms in Astrophysics 00:22:29 Discussion on the Ideal Gas Law and its Influence 00:24:14 Ideal Gases and Gravitational Forces 00:27:46 The Nebular Hypothesis and Gas Behavior 00:31:02 Shift in Stellar Formation Theory 00:34:28 Historical Roots of Astrophysical Models 00:36:32 Examining System Dynamics in Thermodynamics 00:40:46 Work and Energy in Physical Systems 00:44:14 Understanding Thermodynamics 00:47:13 Challenges of Gaseous Models in Astronomy 00:50:14 Ideal Gas Law Misapplications 00:56:27 Gravity and Gas Dynamics in Cosmology 01:01:29 Limitations of Ideal Gas Law in Stellar Physics 01:05:24 Thermal Equilibrium and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics 01:11:06 Application of Physics Laws to Cosmology 01:15:29 Critique of the Jeans Mass Theory 01:18:53 Misapplication of Thermodynamics in Astrophysics 01:25:01 Intensive vs. Extensive Properties in Thermodynamics 01:26:50 Thermal Dynamics of Gaseous Stars 01:30:04 Issues in Nucleosynthesis Theory 01:38:03 The Implications for Fusion Power 01:42:00 Rethinking Stellar Structures 01:50:34 Historical Missteps in Stellar Chemistry 01:54:31 Resistance to Paradigm Shift 02:00:10 Calibration Controversies in LIGO 02:07:25 Societal and Theoretical Implications 02:11:35 The Construction of Scientific Experiments and Templates 02:19:12 Integrity and Honesty in Modern Science 02:24:13 Optimism for Future Physics Discoveries 02:30:00 The Narrative of Theoretical Revolutions 02:32:01 Direct Measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background 02:36:12 Assessment of Current Cosmological Measurements 02:39:00 Reflection on Physics and Discovery #astrophysics, #cosmology, #space, #stars, #thermodynamics, #fusionenergy, #nuclearscience, #astronomy, #spacefacts, #physicscommunity, #spacetechnology, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

DemystifySci presents Paradigm Drift, the show where theorists of all stripes present their ideas about how the world works. In this space it doesn’t matter where you came from, where you’re going, or what letters are after your name. The only thing that matters is that you’ve got a deep insight into the universe that you can explain in SIXTY SECONDS. This is our first live edition, recorded at Demysticon 2025 with live music from the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillators. Theorists include C. S. Unnikrishnan, Robin Booth, Ben Wilson, Gareth Samuel (@seethepattern), Chris Lehto (@lehtofiles), Mike McCulloch, Michael Gunning, Howard Landman, Matthew Fox (@memesofdestruction), Taylor Trott, Neal Creamer, and Indranil Banik. Ready? Three, two, one, GO!!!PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciSIGN UP FOR THE NEXT PARADIGM DRIFT AUGUST 4TH, 7PM PDThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:10:35 Quantum Mechanics and Foundational Physics00:25:00 Nature of Light and Electrons00:25:50 Alternative Cosmologies: The Genes Contraction00:36:07 Cosmic Structures and Scales00:43:57 Music, Philosophy, and Science00:47:14 Inertial Mass Explained00:48:06 Inertia and the Cosmos00:50:06 Quantum Waves and Analogies00:53:17 Testing Quantum Predictions in Space00:55:50 Unifying Physics: Ether and Tetrahedrons01:04:26 Quantum Time Dilation01:10:31 Time Dilation and Observers01:12:48 The Hierarchy Problem and Particle Physics01:17:34 A Personal Journey into Physics01:22:12 Science and Post-Scarcity Society01:23:07 Meteorites and Organic Origins01:30:38 Quantum Mechanics and Complexity01:32:34 Atoms and Energy Absorption01:37:14 Hubble Tension and Cosmic Voids01:40:12 Modeling and Systematic Error in Astrophysics01:45:14 The Future of Cosmological Research#theoreticalphysics, #quantummechanics, #cosmology, #astrophysics, #paradigmshift, #spaceexploration, #quantumtheory, #scientificrevolution, #spacetime, #multiverse, #theoreticalphysics, #quantummechanics, #newideas, #openmic, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Till Holzafpel is an engineer, programmer, consciousness researcher, and hardware psychonaut who designs virtual reality systems that can evoke the transcendent components of psychedelics… without requiring the consumption any substances. Much of his work is based on fact that there appears to be a massive component of psychedelic experiences that comes from sensory feedback, like sounds, patterns in the visual field, and the tactile components of the environment. Even something as simple as a flashing light can induce mystical experiences in a significant fraction of the population, and plenty of research suggests that there’s a visual component to the healing properties of nature. As Till works on fitting those discoveries into an entirely new class of VR programs, we sat down for a conversation about how our sensory systems can be treated and tweaked to induce altered states of consciousness, the value of making this kind of experience widely accessible, and the shortcomings of a purely biochemical approach to understanding the impact of psychedelics on the human psyche. The video also includes a demo of Brain Candy, his augmented reality program for exploring consciousness through audio-visual patterns (https://braincandyapp.com/). MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! 03:30 Fractals and Nature’s Design 08:00 The Aesthetics of Psychedelics 10:00 Personal Motivations for Psychedelics 15:00 Cannabis vs. Psychedelics 19:00 Integration of Psychedelic Experiences 20:33 Ego Development and Integration 23:01 Psychedelics and Consciousness Management 26:38 Historical Context of Psychedelic Use 29:08 The Perception and Projection Dilemma 31:39 The Intersection of AI and Psychedelic Experiences 37:28 Designing for Consciousness and Well-being 40:52 Current State of Augmented Reality and Psychedelic Research 44:54 Flicker Light Stimulation and Its Effects 49:30 Challenges in Understanding Psychedelic Experiences 55:03 Potential Societal Benefits of Psychedelic Experiences 59:02 Acceptance of Ketamine as a Therapeutic Tool 01:00:27 Dissociation and Psychedelic Experiences 01:01:45 Neuroplasticity in Psychedelics 01:08:12 Ketamine and Acute Suicidal Ideation 01:12:21 Integration of Psychedelics into Medical Care 01:16:39 Critiques of Medicalizing Psychedelics 01:18:12 Discussion on Consciousness and Activity 01:23:01 Observer Dependence and Material Basis 01:28:24 Communication and Meaning-Making 01:34:11 Interdisciplinary Dialogues and Psychedelics 01:37:52 Transitioning Identities and Comfort Zones 01:39:00 The Art of Communication and the Trickster Archetype 01:41:20 Communication Dynamics and the Power of Comedy 01:43:00 Innovative Approaches to Sensory Experiences 01:46:30 Re-enchanting Modern Spaces for a Human Experience 01:49:55 Building Community Awareness Around Sensory Processing 01:51:30 Future Collaborations #psychedelicresearch , #consciousness , #neuroscience , #mysticalexperiences , #ego , #mindexpansion , #brainhealth , #fractaldesign , #integration, #selfdiscovery, #neuroplasticity , #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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.

The Demystify Duo goes to Delphi! This is the place that used to be at the center of the ancient world, a bustling hub of commerce, politics, and religion. At the center of the place was the Delphic Oracle, an event as much as it was a location. Young girls ordained as Pythias would be locked into a room where they would huff volatile gases that emerged from a crack in the floor. As they muttered the details of their psychedelic visions into the ears of priests, they were transmuted into the counsel that would move the world. Today, nothing but ruins remain. As we walk through the scattered columns and shattered statues, we meditate on the nature of civilizations - how gods that rule the world rise and fall, how the people persist, and the lessons that can be gleaned from the olive shaded dust of this ancient place. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:00 Cultural and Religious Practices at Delphi 00:10:00 Exploration of Architectural Styles and Significance 00:15:00 Historical Influences on Greek Civilization 00:20:00 The Role of Climate and Agriculture in Ancients Beliefs 00:25:00 Treasury and Economic Practices in Delphi 00:30:00 The Decline of Paganism and Its Consequences 00:35:00 Insights Into Oracle Operations 00:24:31 Ancient Temples and Oral History 00:28:12 Greek Dark Ages and Cultural Amnesia 00:32:05 Societal Dynamics and Greek Identity 00:33:45 The Pythia and Oracle Practices 00:39:11 Climate Change and Ancient Water Systems 00:44:13 Cultural Differences in Climate Adaptation 00:48:10 Festivals and Entertainment in Ancient Greece 00:50:38 Ancient Practices and Priesthood Power 00:55:30 Modern Institutional Cycles of Renewal & Decline 01:00:00 Historical Cycles of Conflict and Power#ancientgreece, #historypodcast, #oracleofdelphi, #delphi , #greekhistory, #ancientwisdom, #lostcivilizations, #ancientmysteries, #historyuncovered, #greece #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

We're back to it!!! DemystiCon 2025 was a smashing success, and we're thrilled to share it with you. The first talk we're posting is by Gareth Samuel, host of See the Pattern. His videos explore the frontier models of physics, where they break, and what that means for our understanding of the universe. At this year’s DemystiCon, Samuel gave an incredible talk about “What Would it Take” to restructure our understanding of the Big Bang. Rather than assuming a gradualist approach, where the field slowly changes to accommodate a radically different perspective, Samuel suggests a radical revamp to the way we approach physics as a whole is necessary. Instead of assuming that data is some kind of impartial report about the universe, he suggests we have to reexamine the assumptions that are baked in to the process long before the telescope or detector ever get switched on. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! 00:02:11 Understanding Cosmological Frameworks 00:08:27 Data Interpretation and Model Dependency 00:12:30 Challenges in Model Validation 00:16:55 Risks of Exceeding Evidence in Cosmology 00:20:36 The Need for Quantum Considerations 00:24:58 Alternative Theories and their Challenges 00:26:34 The Loop of Funding and Paradigm Maintenance 00:30:02 The Role of Philosophy and the Nature of Physics 00:32:48 Rethinking Physics and Cultural Courage 00:35:09 Q&A#cosmology, #darkmatter, #astrophysics, #astronomy, #scientificrevolution, #bigbangdebate, #physicscommunity, #quantumcosmology, #criticalthinking #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Paradigm Drift is the show where we celebrate theories, theorists, and freedom of thought. Each theorist gets 60 seconds to present their idea of the world, followed by an interview with us an our panelist. This week’s episode was taped in Columbus, Ohio with Chris Ranney as panelist, Jay Smith on guitar, and Megan Ranney as supporting cast. Next one will be live in Portugal but you can sign up for the online version again in July: https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show. Theorists: Ricky Cisco, Matthew Fox, Lyndon Ashmore, Eugene Yashkin, Gary Barham, Jack Neefus, Bradie Lee, Ryan Mckenna, Wayne Coste, Michael Hughes, Sebastian SchepisMAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:02:05 – Ricky Cisco – Digital Archetypes and Predictive Systems00:12:05 – Matthew Fox – Vacuum Energy & the Cosmological Constant Problem00:24:10 – Lyndon Ashmore – Photon Energy Loss in the Intergalactic Medium00:34:09 – Eugene Yashkin– The Boiling Universe Hypothesis00:43:48 – Gary Barham – Composite Nature of Light: Photon and Gluon Duality00:53:06 – Jack Neefus – Solar Events and Earth’s Rotational Axis Shift01:05:04 – Bradie Lee – Integrating Science and Spirituality Through Meditation01:14:00 – Ryan Mckenna– Real-Time Solutions to the Traveling Salesman Problem01:26:50 – Wayne Coste – Gravitational Asymmetry as the Cause of Cosmic Redshift01:39:00 – Michael Hughes – Water as the Bridge Between Science and Spirit01:56:11 – Sebastian Schepis – Consciousness, Entropy, and Prime Number Gravity Theory#philosophyofscience, #theoreticalphysics, #quantummechanics, #cosmology, #newideas, #scienceandspirituality, #openmic, #astrobiology, #consciousness, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Dr. Jacob Barandes is a professor of Physics at Harvard University who studies the foundations of physics. He has emerged as a leading skeptic of the idea that our universe is somehow fundamentally mathematical in nature, marking a full cycle of more than two thousand years of ink spilled about the nature of the universe. Barandes has found that there is a way of modeling the basement membrane of reality as being made of bodies with location, where everything from superposition to electricity and magnetism are a product of the motions of these bodies. Our conversation spans the basic principles that Barandes has used to arrive at this conclusion, the vital role that confusion over what constitutes a “measurement” plays in producing a highly paradoxical interpretation of nature, and the fact that this debate about the nature of the universe - substance versus mathematics - has been raging for more than two thousand years, with no end in sight. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:40 – What Are Hilbert Spaces?00:10:14 – Why Complex Numbers Matter in Quantum Mechanics00:12:45 – Abstraction vs. Clarity in Physics00:17:17 – The Particle Misconception in Quantum Theory00:22:10 – What's Missing in Quantum Textbooks00:25:28 – What Is a Measurement in Quantum Mechanics?00:32:08 – The Problem of Self-Reference in Quantum Theory00:35:31 – Understanding the Heisenberg Cut00:39:37 – Decoherence Isn’t Collapse00:49:47 – The Quantum Measurement Problem00:52:46 – Competing Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics01:00:00 – Toward a Real Quantum Reality01:06:25 – The Moral Responsibility of Scientists01:12:19 – Free Will and Physical Law01:16:01 – Material Science and Quantum Resonance01:20:01 – Aether, Electromagnetism, and Relativity01:27:21 – Why Scientific Progress Is Messy01:31:42 – The Limits of Scientific Explanation01:33:20 – Plato, Ethics, and the Modern World01:36:06 – Can Physics Define Good?01:39:14 – Why Physics Can’t Capture the Human Spirit01:45:04 – Building Community in Physics01:48:22 – Trying Matters More Than Winning#quantumphysics, #philosophyofscience, #quantummechanics, #freewill, #complexnumbers, #decoherence, #metaphysics, #theoreticalphysics, #natureofreality, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Stephen Wolfram is a physicists, mathematician, and programmer who believes he has discovered the computational rules that organize the universe at the finest grain. These rules are not physical rules like the equations of state or Maxwell’s equations. According to Wolfram, these are rules that govern how the universe evolves and operates at a level at least one step down below the reality that we inhabit. His computational principles are inspired by the results observed in cellular automata systems, which show that it’s possible to take a very simple system, with very simple rules, and end up at complex patterns that often look organic and always look far more intricate than the black and white squares that the game started with. We sit down with him for a conversation about the platonic endeavor that he has undertaken, where to draw the line between lived experience and the computational universe, the limits of physics, and the value of purpose and the source of consciousness. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:02:07 Entropy and Computational Irreducibility00:09:45 Understanding Observers in Physics00:15:12 The Concept of Time as Computation00:23:00 Neural Networks and Determinism00:30:03 Understanding Space and Its Nature00:39:24 Exploring the Nature of Emergence and Reality00:41:44 Perception and Computational Limitations of Human Minds00:46:18 The Complexity of Existence and Consciousness00:51:58 The Universe's Computation versus Human Understanding00:55:42 Conceptualizing Reality Beyond Physical Actors01:01:11 Computational Irreducibility in Biological Systems01:09:49 The Nature of Experience in Humans and Machines01:14:25 Internal Experiences and the Connection to Purpose01:18:07 Exploration of Purpose in Life and AI01:26:00 The Nature of Human Existence and Purpose01:35:19 Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Understanding Reality01:41:02 Communication Across Species02:01:13 Emergence of Simple Rules in Physics02:14:47 Observers and the Universe02:19:14 The Role of Mass and Experience02:24:02 Self-Reproduction and Evolution02:30:50 Complexity and Natural Selection02:37:07 Foundations of Medicine02:40:45 Application of Physics Concepts in Other Fields02:49:44 Limits and Possibilities of Travel Through Space02:53:11 Future of Human Civilization and Technology02:55:05 Science and Pre-Existing Questions about the Universe02:58:05 The Intersection of Mathematics and Physical Reality#physics, #computationalphysics, #consciousness, #freewill, #determinism, #spaceexploration, #evolution, #purpose, #futureofhumanity, #complexsystems , #machinelearning, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

What if we’re wrong about the sun? Current consensus in the astrophysics community suggests that our planet orbits a burning ball of gaseous plasma - but there’s compelling evidence that suggests the sun is actually made out of liquid metallic hydrogen. If this is true, it isn’t just that we have a new model of the sun. All of astrophysics, from the Big Bang to the nature of white dwarf stars and neutron stars - will have to be rewritten. For this conversation about the true nature of the sun, we bring together two titans of science and industry. First is Dr. Pierre Marie Robitaille, who is the former director of MRI Research at the Ohio State University, where he designed and tested the world’s first 8-Tesla MRI machine. Today, he is the champion of the liquid sun model of stars, which he presents in his formal scientific papers (https://vixra.org/author/pierre-marie_robitaille) and at his @skyscholar YouTube channel. Next is Jim Keller, a computer architect who has been a central player in the silicon revolution at DEC, AMD, Intel, Tesla, and Apple. Today, he is developing open-source hardware for artificial intelligence at Tenstorrent, as well as a fully automated semiconductor fabrication platform that will shorten chip production timelines to hours instead of months. Our conversation here closes a strange loop, set in motion by Keller coming across an early draft of Dr. Robitaille’s “Forty Lines of Evidence For Condensed Matter - The Sun on Trial” (https://vixra.org/pdf/1310.0110v1.pdf). In the next few weeks, a new loop opens - Keller is a major supporter of our Beyond the Big Bang meeting in Sesimbra, Portugal which promises to be a long weekend of busting paradigms in astrophysics and cosmology. Join us by becoming a Demysticon member: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/demysticon/1495433MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:04:46 Why Rethink the Sun's Structure00:14:18 The Dark Universe Paradigm00:25:18 Mystery of Infinite Expansion00:37:24 Building a $100,000 satellite00:45:12 Temperature is really weird00:51:01 Modeling the sun01:02:38 Kirchoff's Law Controversy01:10:36 Emissivity and Astronomical Implications01:19:01 White Dwarfs and Redshift 01:30:06 Paradigm modeling machines01:37:51 Speculative Astronomy and Earth's Composition01:47:03 Star Formation Theories01:57:12 Electromagnetic Fields and Galactic Dynamics02:04:02 Understanding Electric and Magnetic Fields in Astronomy02:06:18 Formation and Evolution of Stars and Planets02:10:01 Evolution and Ejection of Planets02:12:43 Reevaluating Exoplanet Data02:21:53 Observations of Exoplanets and Planetary Discs02:24:17 Theories on the Origin of the Asteroid Belt02:27:00 Discussing Asteroids and Black Holes02:29:03 Errors in Scientific Understanding of Black Holes02:32:44 Science Progress and Institutional Dynamics02:36:01 Rethinking Traditional Scientific Methods02:40:08 Redistributing Scientific Resources02:50:53 Evolving Scientific Perspectives#cosmology, #astrophysics, #fusion, #spaceexploration, #aiscience, #blackholes, #solarscience, #quantumphysics, #engineering, #spacetechnology, #darkmatter, #futureofscience, #exoplanets, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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.

Patrick Vanraes is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp whose research into liquid plasmas has led him to believe that we have radically, completely, totally misunderstood what it means for something to be “plasma.” All presentations on the subject begin with a rote recitation of the fact that plasma is a fourth state of matter - solid, liquid, gas, then plasma. But Patrick makes the point that this is an incomprehensible perspective, because the phase change between solid - liquid - gas is one of motion. Each phase has more degrees of freedom than the previous one, and so reveals different macroscopic qualities of the substance. The transition to plasma is far stranger. Some component of it does include a greater range of motion, as the electron shells of the atoms bloom away from their ionic cores. But far more important is the structural, chemical changes that accompany plasma, which is exactly what leads Patrick to the conclusion that perhaps plasma isn’t some strange exotic kind of matter - it’s some latent capacity of matter that’s far more ordinaryMAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:13 Cosmos and Plasma Complexity00:11:41 Defining Plasma Beyond Ionized Gas00:17:07 Applications and Implications of Plasma Understanding00:21:52 Plasma in Laboratory and Experimentation00:24:27 Plasma Formation in Gas vs. Liquid00:26:31 Plasma Research Fields00:31:15 Definition and Nature of Plasmas00:39:01 Phase Transitions and Plasma States00:42:11 Ionization and Conductivity in Metals00:48:31 Atomic Structure and Misconceptions00:49:54 Realism in Scientific Models00:52:30 Complexities in Education and Models00:55:38 Redefining Plasma and Conductivity01:00:07 Characteristics of Plasma01:11:05 Plasma Waves and Oscillations01:15:36 Particle Misconceptions01:20:59 Material Representation in Physics01:23:30 Stars and Material Conceptions01:29:38 Quasi-Particles and Limitations01:31:30 Beyond Models: Reality vs. Philosophy01:36:13 Phonon Theory of Liquids01:39:12 Relationship Between Phonons and Specific Heat01:40:25 The Temperature Dependency of Specific Heat01:43:35 Conceptualizing Quasi-Particles and Reality01:50:16 Exploring Underlying Structures in Physics01:57:05 The Philosophical Underpinning of Scientific Theories02:03:34 Plasma Physics, Redefined02:08:16 The Role of Skepticism and Prediction in Science02:12:26 Building Scientific Community and Collaboration02:16:50 Modeling a New Scientific Approach02:17:28 Upcoming Presentations on Plasma Models #plasmaphysics, #astrophysics, #experimentalphysics, #electricuniverse, #theoreticalphysics, philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

We found some strange, and extensively networked, piles of rocks in the Southern Oregon woods. We take you into the woods with us as we try to figure out if there’s some natural explanation for what we’ve found, or if we have stumbled on some man-made structures that predate the presence of Western settlers. Along the way we try to read how the landscape relates to the river that runs through it, evaluate different strategies for establishing the age of features we come across, and make the case that the huge complex of rounded rocks that we’ve found deep in the woods couldn’t possibly have been produced by the hand of nature. The only thing that’s left is figuring out who could have built these structures, how long ago they did so, and what they could have been used for. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! 00:05:08 Volcanic and Geological Context00:09:06 Natural Rock Formation Theories00:12:03 Abandoned Roads and Human Influence#geology, #ancientmysteries, #earthscience, #unsolvedmysteries, #hiddenhistory, #natureexploration, #outdooradventures, #riverrocks, #naturalphenomena, #archaeologicalmysteries, #erosion, #volcaniclandscapes, #naturepodcast #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Tiffeny Todd is a physics professor and filmmaker who became obsessed with the nature of consciousness after having an out of body experience and discovering that her field had absolutely no way of explaining the experience of mind separate from body that she had. This set her on a quest to discover the theoretical basis for what had happened to her. Along the way, she discovered a wealth of literature on parapsychology that suggested it was possible for the mind to influence the outcome of quantum experiments, which led her to formulate her theory of vacuum orchestrated spin signaling, which states that the quantum vacuum is the source of agency, and that material bodies are agentic filters for that information - meaning they are the place where the agency of the vacuum is translated into real action. Our conversation starts with an exploration of parapsychology and its overlap with physics, then goes into the specifics of Todd’s theories, with a significant detour into the nature of electromagnetism, photons, electrons, what the quantum vacuum is, and why its mechanics suggest the existence of delocalized agency that lives in the void. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:38 Challenges with Parapsychology Evidence00:15:03 Brain Functions and Psychic Abilities00:26:07 Associative Learning in Plants00:36:00 Antenna Theory and Consciousness00:46:12 Emergence of Consciousness and Agency00:51:44 Evolution and Emergent Behavior01:00:20 Consciousness and Quantum Theory01:09:26 Quantum Vacuum and Information Storage01:10:45 Quantum Entanglement and Vacuum Theory01:14:24 Radical Pair Mechanism01:18:08 Quantum Vacuum and Information Exchange01:23:00 Virtual Photons and Fields01:27:05 Actions vs. Actors in Physics01:31:05 Pilot Wave Theory01:34:31 Quantum Field and Mind Interaction01:37:54 Electron Distribution and Atomic Interaction01:43:12 Entanglement and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics01:46:11 Mind's Influence in a Single Atom Universe01:53:04 Mind, Mediums, and Quantum Communication01:58:08 Mind-Body Connection and Psychic Phenomena02:01:01 The Nature and Emergence of Life02:05:28 The Role of Agency in Evolutionary Theory02:10:06 Quantum Models of Consciousness02:15:01 Intersecting Science and Spirit02:21:11 Quantum Foundations and Interpretation02:25:06 The Future of Quantum Science02:26:17 Resources and Collaboration Opportunities #consciousness, #quantumphysics, #neuroscience, #quantummechanics, #mindovermatter, #emergence, #quantumfieldtheory, #agency, #freewill, #mysticism, #quantumconsciousness, #reality, #spiritualscience, #nonduality, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Andrés Gomez Emilsson is the director of the San Francisco–based Qualia Research Institute (QRI), a nonprofit developing formal models of consciousness and emotional valence. QRI’s research aims to untangle the harmonic, computational, and symmetry-driven mechanisms underlying phenomenological experience. They approach the optimization of subjective experience through two powerful psychotechnologies — psychedelics and meditation — using them to explore the state-space of mind and map the structure of qualia. In this conversation, we discuss the phenomenology of enlightenment, the non-local field effects of consciousness, and one of Andrés’ side projects: how perfumes and smells modulate perception and emotional geometry. Check out his work at https://qri.org/ and follow his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@QualiaResearchInstitute.MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:04:22 Research Phases and Insights00:06:37 Dynamic Systems and Brain Waves00:10:00 Neural Oscillation and Interaction00:15:17 Coupled Oscillators and Consciousness00:21:55 Brain Activity and Anesthesia00:23:35 Understanding Brain Patterns and Psychedelics00:26:03 Consciousness Beyond Molecular Interactions00:28:06 Meditation and Psychedelic Experiences00:30:19 Tracer Effects as Psychedelic Signatures00:34:09 Insights into High-Dose Psychedelic Experiences00:40:05 Safety and Ethics in Psychedelic Use00:44:16 Psychedelics and Meditation's Impact00:51:55 Frames of Perception and Transformation00:56:00 Psychedelic Experiences and Emotional Well-being01:01:13 Harm Reduction and Substance Use01:05:09 Acceptance and Stress Management01:06:30 Meditation Techniques for DMT Experiences01:10:18 Nature's Role in Stress Dissipation01:14:18 Psychedelics in Modern Society01:22:03 Meditation vs. Psychedelics01:26:39 Psychedelic Experiences and Personal Growth01:28:01 Laser Chess as a Metaphor for Brain Function01:32:42 Expectation and Experience01:36:07 Ego and Enlightenment01:41:03 Identifying Enlightenment and Cultural Dynamics01:46:16 Recognizing and Switching Views01:48:24 Understanding Ego and Motivation01:51:00 The Artist's Dilemma01:53:37 Enlightenment and Motivation01:57:07 Paths to Enlightenment02:00:16 Psychedelics and Consciousness02:06:32 Flow States in Art and Life02:09:24 Meditation and Music as Repetitive Practices02:11:57 Awakening and Functionality Post-Transformation02:14:31 The Hive Mind and Inner Harmony02:18:11 The Impact of 5-MeO-DMT on Consciousness02:22:49 Visual Illusions and Perceptions of Reality02:24:49 Neural Annealing Theory02:30:02 Music and Neural Annealing02:34:20 Surprise, Comedy, and Sensory Experience02:37:47 The Art and Science of Perfumery02:44:09 Using Scents to Influence Emotional States02:51:48 Scents Inspired by the Natural World02:55:04 Premium Fragrances for Fundraising02:57:28 Pear and Violet Perfume Exploration03:00:47 Sensory Experiences with Perfumes03:13:32 Understanding Brain Dynamics with Psilocybin03:16:04 Personal Experiences and Differences in Psychedelic Effects #psychedelicscience , #consciousness , #neuroscience, #brainwaves , #psychedelictherapy, #meditationscience , health, #psychedelicexperience, #neuroplasticity #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Michael Hughes is a postdoctoral researcher at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital who studies the overlooked role of water in living systems. His work builds on a growing body of research suggesting that water is not just a passive solvent, but a highly structured, information-rich medium. Hughes proposes that under normal biological conditions, water’s ability to form liquid crystalline phases, hydration shells, and coherent domains allows it to act more like an information storage system than an inert backdrop to biochemistry. Drawing on ideas like EZ water, interfacial water dynamics, and liquid-liquid phase separation inside cells that span thinkers from Gilbert Ling to Gerald Pollack, Hughes argues that health emerges from the fine-tuned electrical and structural properties of intracellular water. When this water-protein-electrical system breaks down, disease can result. He outlines a new approach to the body that’s rooted in biophysics, not just molecular biology, which he believes might offer novel ways to maintain health and slow aging by restoring the electromagnetic coherence of the body.MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPreprint of Michael's manuscript "Rethinking Cellular Organization: Phase Separation as a Unifying Principle in Molecular Biology" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5171413Dr. Thomas Seyfried podcast w/ DemystifyScihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxHkXP3G3y4"Live Streaming of a Single Cell's Life over a Local pH Monitoring Nanowire Waveguide" https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02185Rudolf Steiner's Agriculture Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwSa8Lpy9-A 00:00 Go! 00:09:54 – Water, Fields & the Electric Body 00:15:01 – Biochemistry’s Unifying Principles 00:21:26 – Water, Glutamine & Metabolism 00:23:02 – Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation 00:25:34 – Hydration & Cellular Structure 00:28:08 – Amyloids in Health & Disease 00:33:52 – Environment Shapes Amyloids 00:39:37 – Osmosis, Metabolism & Flow 00:41:04 – Soil Over Seed: Health Revolution 00:42:24 – Evolving Scientific Paradigms 00:46:08 – Cell Theory & Liquid Separation 00:50:34 – Rethinking Genetic Primacy 00:56:12 – Biochemical Research Challenges 01:01:58 – Terrain Theory & Post-Pandemic Trust 01:13:16 – Technology, Ethics & Evolution 01:16:06 – Metabolism as Societal Metaphor 01:21:09 – Lifespan, Healthspan & Food Systems 01:23:25 – Terrain Theory & Neurodegenerative Disease 01:25:10 – pH, Buffers & Biochemical Balance 01:30:03 – Cellular Function & pH Dynamics 01:35:17 – Biochemical Cell Environment 01:39:06 – Intracellular Phase Separation 01:43:07 – Insulin, Gradients & Phase Transitions 01:45:12 – Water, Food & Environmental Impacts 01:48:14 – Personal Diet & Exercise Design 01:57:09 – Experimenting with Your Health 02:00:11 – Dyno comp! #electricuniverse #biochemistry, #structuredwater , #cellularhealth, #watermemory, #metabolism, #quantumhealth, #naturalmedicine, #integrativemedicine, #nutritionalscience, #epigenetics, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. 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

Eric Lerner is a popular science writer, plasma physicist, and long-time collaborator of the late Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén. He’s also one of the featured speakers at our Beyond the Big Bang event this summer in Sesimbra, Portugal. For over thirty years, Lerner has been a leading voice in plasma cosmology and a critic of Big Bang cosmology, who argued for a non-expanding, steady state universe as the central claim of his landmark book The Big Bang Never Happened (affiliate link to puchase: https://amzn.to/4jEez8H). Our conversation dives into the history and foundations of plasma cosmology, from early Birkeland current experiments in the Arctic that revealed the electrical nature of the aurora, to the role of plasma dynamics in the shape and behavior of galaxies. All the hits are in here - from Halton Arp, whose Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies seriously challenged the way that mainstream cosmologists interpret redshift, to the electromagnetic forces often overlooked in mainstream cosmology, to the filamentary plasma structures and cosmic-scale currents that strain the limits of the standard model. This is a deep exploration of alternative cosmology, electric universe theories, and the scientists behind them — from Fred Hoyle to Anthony Peratt — who refused to patch a dying theory and instead asked instead if the universe might be eternal.MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:59 – The Cosmological Pendulum 00:14:09 – Knowledge and Societal Progress 00:22:18 – Big Bang Origins & Ideological Influence 00:29:04 – Technological Stagnation Since the 1970s 00:32:02 – Ideology Replacing Empiricism in Science 00:36:14 – Gravity vs. Electromagnetism in Cosmology 00:41:02 – Evolution of Scientific Funding Models 00:51:11 – Birkeland Currents & Plasma Discoveries 00:56:25 – Centralization of Postwar Science 01:00:18 – Orthodoxy in Medicine 01:00:59 – Decline of Fundamental Research 01:04:39 – Plasma Cosmology vs. Dark Matter 01:08:52 – Capitalism and Research Priorities 01:14:22 – Sustaining Independent Science 01:15:16 – Birkeland, Alfvén & Plasma History 01:22:24 – Einstein’s Rise & Cultural Legacy 01:31:05 – General Relativity and Elitism 01:34:44 – Chapman’s Math vs. Empirics 01:37:12 – Alfvén’s Plasma Breakthroughs 01:43:39 – Plasma Physics vs. Big Bang Theories 01:47:39 – Nobel Prize & MHD’s Hidden Flaws 01:58:00 – Filamentary Plasmas vs. MHD 02:00:47 – Pseudoplasmas and MHD Limits 02:02:58 – Defining Plasma as a State of Matter 02:06:00 – Where Plasma Exists in Nature 02:11:17 – The Myth of Mathematical Models 02:21:10 – Scientific vs. Aesthetic Cosmology 02:29:55 – Failed Big Bang Predictions 02:36:01 – Alternatives to the Expanding Universe 02:43:09 – Large-Scale Structures and Cosmic Age 02:50:10 – Public Science and Open Debate 02:55:16 – Toward a New Cosmological Paradigm#plasma #bigbang #darkmatter #electricuniverse, #cosmology, #astrophysics, #scientificrevolution, #fusionenergy, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci

Matt Beall is the host of the Limitless Podcast, where he explores everything from the impossibly precise predynastic vases, to ancient civilizations, planetary catastrophes, nuclear explosions on Mars and, most recently, the suspicious circumstances of Kurt Cobain’s death. Our conversation spans the meta of the weird space we all find ourselves in as people who are willing to play with ideas that we don’t necessarily believe are totally correct - but find intriguing enough to spend our days wrestling with them. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:06:37 Matt's Theory Collection Journey00:10:28 Challenges in Artifact Authenticity00:22:06 Vase dating technology00:22:49 Expanding interests in mysteries00:26:02 Geopolymer theory00:36:00 MH370 disappearance theories00:41:22 Moon Landing Controversy00:45:49 Doubts About Moon Missions00:49:20 Global Reaction to Moon Landing Theories00:53:16 Legitimacy and Limits of UAP Discussions00:56:51 Unexplained Encounters01:00:51 Psychological Factors in UAP Experiences01:03:35 UFO Sighting Experience01:06:06 Mars Anomalies and Theories01:09:47 Alternative Earth History Theories01:24:13 Glaciation Anomalies01:27:53 Catastrophism vs. Gradualism01:31:07 Mass Extinction Theories01:35:13 Outsider's Perspective01:39:13 Evolution of Discourse01:45:01 Building Intellectual Networks01:46:34 Kurt Cobain: A Different Perspective01:49:30 Investigating Kurt Cobain's Death02:01:35 Theories and Unanswered Questions02:05:53 Re-opening the Investigation into Kurt Cobain's Death02:13:16 The Mythos and Its Impact02:15:28 Law and Theory02:18:28 Objective Exploration and Societal Insights #ancientartifacts, #uap, #alternativehistory, #hiddenknowledge, #unexplainedphenomena, #mysterypodcast, #catastrophy , #ancientcivilizations , #kurtcobainforever, #truthseeker, #openminds, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Gareth Samuel is host of the  @SeethePattern  YouTube channel, where he explores theories of physics that have been neglected by the mainstream. He’s one of the speakers at our BEYOND THE BIG BANG meeting this summer in Sesimbra, Portugal, and joins us now for a conversation about what it’s going to take to unseat the Big Bang, why no one’s managed to do it yet, the incredible theories he’s uncovered from years of work in the fringe mines, from the electric universe to plasma cosmology to the structured atom model and much more. Check out his channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@SeethePatternMAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:04:27 Simplification of Scientific Narratives00:06:42 Continuous Framework Adjustments00:09:16 Gareth's Physics Journey00:18:12 Plasma Cosmology and Electric Currents00:19:48 Complex Modeling in Plasma Theory00:21:39 Plasma Cosmology: Filament Formation00:24:34 Plasma and Energy Dynamics00:27:05 Parallel Systems: Cosmic Dynamics00:35:44 Paradigm Shifts in Cosmological Theories00:45:10 Cosmological Expansion00:49:09 Dark Energy and Redshift Anomalies00:53:31 Light Interaction with Matter01:02:23 Ether Theories and Gravitational Concepts01:08:31 Gravity Experimental Concepts01:12:11 Hydrodynamic Analogies in Physics01:16:13 Fields and Forces Philosophical Shift01:21:21 Scientific Paradigms and Creativity01:27:12 Exploring Quantum Concepts01:30:36 Quantum Mechanics and the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation01:35:12 The Limitations of Quantum Calculations in Chemistry01:38:10 Comparing Quantum Mechanics to Music01:43:23 Structured Atomic Model vs Quantum Mechanics01:49:51 The Nature of Electrons and Protons01:52:29 Particle Physics and Vibrational States01:58:02 Measurement Challenges in Cosmology02:02:09 Critiquing Cosmological Concepts02:05:00 The Universe as a Living System02:08:48 Alternative Cosmological Theories02:14:28 Interconnected Structures in the Universe02:17:40 Big Bang Cosmology02:20:26 Cosmological Paradigm Shifts02:23:51 The Reality of Black Holes and Gravitational Waves02:35:50 Anticipation of a Historic Event02:39:03 Navigating Criticism and Traditional Norms02:49:13 Building Long-Term Dialogues#cosmology, #universe, #bigbang, #scientificrevolution, #darkenergy, #quantummechanics, #gravity, #ether , #redshift , #galaxyformation , #paradigmshifts , #spacetime , #astrophysics, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

George Howard is a weaver of ideas who runs the Cosmic Tusk blog and organizes the Cosmic Summit annual gathering. He’s also one of the longest-lived players in the Comet Research Group, a heterodox collection of theorists and scientists that has been working on the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis since the 1990s. We talk with Howard about bone beds, Carolina Bays, mass extinction, catastrophic history, weirdly magnetic mammoth tusks, and just how little we can actually say with certainty about the distant past. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showCOSMIC SUMMIT: https://www.youtube.com/@UCpic9vlcBFWdt7WM5IG2eNA 00:00 Go!00:04:20 Radical Panspermia and Life in Space00:09:13 Evidence from the International Space Station00:13:25 Panspermia and Evolutionary Theory00:17:00 Diversity of Life and Scientific Limitations00:22:11 Extraterrestrial Life and Unfalsifiable Predictions00:26:07 Evolution and Morphic Resonance00:30:16 Space and Biological Discoveries00:33:29 Cosmology and Life in the Universe00:37:32 Younger Dryas and Catastrophic Events00:42:15 Discovering Catastrophism00:44:37 Exploration of Carolina Bays00:49:42 Impact of Research on Carolina Bays00:54:09 Challenges in Scientific Communication00:56:24 Dialogue on Younger Dryas Event01:05:59 Cold Fusion & Crazy Ideas01:07:26 Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis01:09:41 Curiosity vs. Anxiety01:12:12 Carolina Bays & Geological History01:15:06 Saginaw Bay & Impact Theories01:19:54 Bay Morphology & Geological Mysteries01:27:53 Geologic Mysteries and Carolina Bays01:32:02 Theories on Air Burst Events01:36:13 Debating Carolina Bays and Younger Dryas01:40:08 Tsunamis and Anomalous Events01:45:24 Cosmic Events and Historical Cycles01:49:33 Astronomical Theories and Challenges01:50:10 Mammoth Tusk Adventure01:55:09 Research and Discoveries01:59:18 Excavation and Documentation02:06:14 Speculative Finds and Skepticism02:09:34 Ancient Coastal Changes02:11:13 Pyramid Explorations02:14:08 Subterranean Investigations02:17:23 Communication and Paradigms02:21:40 Archaeological Mysteries02:30:01 Openness to Theories02:31:47 Global Stories and Interpretations#ancientcivilizations, #youngerdryas, #panspermia, #losthistory, #forbiddenarchaeology, #hiddenhistory, #unexplainedmysteries, #alternativehistory, #historychannel #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

Adam Forrest Kay is the author of Escape From Shadow Physics, a rip-roaring tour through the history of physics that suggests the quantum world might be a lot less legible than anyone realizes. Much of his work is informed by the logic of Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs, which are classical systems whose behavior can be described by same mathematics that’s used for quantum mechanics. Kay makes the case that if a classical system, made of materials and substances, can be described by the same statistical mathematics, that it’s possible the quantum intuition that reality dissolves into a sea of probabilities and wave functions is just straight up wrong. We explore how the mechanics of droplets bouncing on surfaces recapitulates the mathematics of quantum mechanics, what it means for a classical system to behave like a quantum one, how pilot wave theory fits into the story, and why this isn’t front page news for every science magazine in the world. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show(00:00) Go!(00:06:20) Adam Kay's Journey(00:10:17) The Complexity of Innovation (00:12:26) Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogies(00:20:20) Philosophy and Positivism in Physics(00:23:21) Skepticism in Physics (00:24:35) Transition in Scientific Thought(00:26:10) Positivism and Knowledge(00:28:40) Auguste Comte's Positivism and its Paradoxes(00:34:50) Historical Context from Philosophy to Physics(00:41:10) The Clash in Intellectual Circles(00:46:00) Continued Influence of Early Physicists(00:47:02) Historical Scientific Perspectives(00:49:07) The Philosophy of Science and Positivism(00:51:50) Einstein’s Influence on Physical Theories(00:56:05) Einstein vs. Quantum Mechanics(01:00:02) Parallels Between Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics(01:07:00) Reevaluating Physical Paradigms(01:12:07) Evolution of Physical Theories(01:14:09) Modern Reflections and Quantum Theory(01:18:07) Book Review and Chapter Structure(01:19:04) Introduction to Pilot Wave Theory(01:25:35) Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogies(01:35:08) Interpretation of Positive Atomism(01:36:46) Uncertainty Principle and Quantum Mechanics(01:39:28) Sound, Sampling, and Uncertainty in Physics(01:44:41) The Role of Fourier Analysis in Various Domains(01:49:10) Quantum Mechanics and Reality's Mystical Interpretation(01:54:09) Physics and Its Intellectual Dominance(01:58:55) Intersection of Physics and Metaphysics(02:01:10) Mysticism in Physics(02:05:27) The Sokal Hoax and Scientific Discourse(02:09:10) Importance of Diverse Viewpoints(02:14:23) Writing and Future Endeavors#quantummechanics, #philosophyofscience, #einstein, #bohr, #quantumphysics, #pilotwave, #positivism, #quantumreality, #scienceandphilosophy, #sciencehistory, #waveparticleduality, #quantumtheory, #physicscommunity #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. 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

Invited theorists: Kehlan Morgan (Formscapes), Andrés Goméz Emilsson, Michael HughesRandom theorists: Edwin's Basye, Wendi Gardiner, Ricky Cisco, Philip Sportel, Jack Neefus, David de Hilster, Casey BrophyPanel: Kate Owlsley, Anastasia Bendebury, Michael Shilo DeLayLearn how to think, not what to think! Paradigm Drift is the show where we celebrate the principles of scientific anarchy. Anything goes, as long as you can make a coherent presentation about your theory and why you think it’s going to change the world. Each theorist gets 60 seconds, followed by an interview with us and our panelist. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFT:https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show(00:00) Go! (00:05:07) Kehlan Morgan on Formative Causation(00:16:36) Edwin's Basye's Proposal on Universal Nonviolence Law(00:25:49) Wendi Gardiner's Theory of Cancer(00:35:01) Ricky Cisco's Theory of Archetypes and Society’s Evolution(00:47:18) Andrés Emilsson's Consciousness and Experience Theory(01:00:01) Philip Sportel's Information Scaling Framework(01:13:35) Michael Hughes' on Water's Piezoelectric Role in Cellular Identity(01:26:37) Jack Neefus' Structured Universe Theory(01:37:02) David de Hilster's Universal Particles Theory(01:49:10) Casey Brophy's Theory of Communication in the Cosmos(01:59:06) Next Paradigm Drift Plans(02:01:46) Recap, Night Cap#livepodcast, #ScientificTheories, #InnovativeIdeas, #moog #synth #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci 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. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics- Mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S - 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

Cancer is one of the most terrifying illnesses of our age - a sudden change that happens silently inside our bodies and slowly eats away at us until there’s nothing left. It’s also one of the biggest failures of the pharmaceutical age - somewhere between 90 and 97% of all cancer drugs fail at clinical trials. Which is why we’re unbelievably excited to bring you our conversation with Dr. Thomas Seyfried, Professor of Biology at Boston College who appears to be hot on the trail of a cure cancer that has nothing to do with the oncology-industrial-complex. According to the dozens of papers he and his colleagues have published over the last few decades, a strict ketogenic diet coupled to a glutamine inhibitor is sufficient to weaken cancer cells to the point that the immune system can actually clear the tumor. A recent paper from his group published in February of 2025 shows the stunning effects of his protocol in a small group of eighteen glioblastoma patients. Median survival for these patients for the last hundred years has been 12-15 months, but with Seyfried’s intervention appears to have been extended up to 84 months. That’s seven years, for those keeping score.We sit down with Seyfried to take apart his protocol, why it works for cancer, why no one’s heard if it, and how everyone has completely misunderstood what cancer actually is.MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show(00:00) Go!(00:07:33) - Reception of Metabolic Cancer Research(00:10:05) - Breakthrough in Glioblastoma Treatment(00:14:49) - Glutamine-Glutamate Cycle in Cancer(00:16:33) - Challenges and Critiques of Standard Care(00:17:43) - Barriers to Implementing Metabolic Therapies(00:24:19) - Radiation and Cancer Treatment(00:26:07) - Metabolic Approach to Cancer(00:27:30) - Evolutionary Biology's Role in Understanding Cancer(00:28:52) - Mitochondria's Role in Cellular Destiny(00:31:39) - The Oxidative Phosphorylation Process(00:35:28) - Cancer and Mitochondrial Function(00:38:43) - Cellular Electrochemical Gradients(00:41:30) - Cancer's Dependency on Fermentable Fuels(00:45:08) - Glutamine's Role in Cancer Treatment(00:52:11) - Patient Compliance and Dietary Challenges(00:55:33) - Glucose Ketone Index for Health Monitoring(01:06:48) - Fenbendazole and Cancer Research(01:10:02) - Medical Industry Business Models(01:13:27) - Diets and Nutritional Ketosis(01:17:06) - Metabolic Variability and Personalization(01:19:25) - Exercise and Metabolic Health(01:23:43) - Historical Misconceptions in Cancer Treatment(01:26:21) - Obesity and Cancer Prevention(01:28:00) - Metabolic Theories of Cancer(01:47:18) - Metastatic Cancer Origins(01:55:24) - Therapeutic and Collaborative Approaches(01:59:57) - Practical Steps and Transformations#CancerResearch, #glioblastoma, #CancerAwareness, #Oncology, #CancerTreatment, #CancerSurvivor, #FightCancer, #EndCancer, #CancerSupport, #ClinicalTrials, #CancerWarrior, #BeatCancer, #CureCancer, #CancerFighter, #StayStrong, #CancerCommunity, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. 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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showAnne Hofmeister is an applied physicist, mathematician, and theorist at Washington University, whose heterodox approach to physics has not made her a lot of friends, but has solved a lot of paradoxical problems. Hofmeister’s background in analytic materials science has given her a deeper than average understanding of how to deal with complex physical systems, which allows her to see what others miss. Often, she will investigate a system that’s thought to behave in strange ways - like galaxies whose rotation appears to violate Newton’s laws - and discover that a deep confusion about how to treat the system mathematically produces fantastical explanations like dark matter or modified gravity. In our conversation we talk about the surprising implications her work for things like plate tectonics, the structure of the sun & the liquid sun model championed by PM Robitaille, and how to see the pieces that everyone else misses. Dr. Hofmeister's Solar physics paper, discussed in the second half of today's pod:https://www.oldcitypublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HTHPv52n6p435-464Hofmeister.pdf(00:00) Go!(00:07:41) The Big Questions in Physics(00:14:08) Back to the Classics(00:25:03) Revisiting Plate Tectonics and Earth Dynamics(00:34:11) Venus and Spin Energy(00:39:22) Expanding Earth Hypothesis(00:47:22) Science and Theories’ Evolution(00:49:55) Forces & Dark Matter(00:50:37) Alternatives to Dark Matter(00:55:02) Galaxy Dynamics and Pattern Analysis(00:59:11) Mathematical Models vs. Reality(01:03:48) The Allure of Mystical Thought in Physics(01:07:41) More Alternatives to Dark Matter and Black Holes(01:13:57) Practical Considerations in Physics Research(01:14:34) Rethinking Stellar Thermodynamics(01:18:03) Convection and Solar Dynamics(01:24:18) Surface Phenomena and Solar Structure(01:30:13) Implications of Ideal Gas Assumptions: Liquid Sun(01:39:18) Cosmic Background Radiation and Black Body Radiation(01:42:01) Theoretical vs. Experimental Science(01:44:31) Scientific Revolutions and Misunderstandings(01:47:03) Advice for Aspiring Physicists#cosmology, #astrophysics, #darkmatter, #spacetheory, #physicscommunity, #scientificrevolution, #universeexplained, #openminds, #cosmicmysteries, #gravity, #PhilosophyOfScience, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: 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. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S 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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciKehlan Morgan is a philosopher, scholar of the esoteric, and the host of the Formscapes channel, where he posts long-from essays at the intersection of history, philosophy, culture, and science. He has recently been looking into a topic that’s dear to our hearts - the role that Chrstianity played in the social evolution of human society for the last two thousand years. Morgan proposes that the Bible goes far beyond the creation of the believer vs nonbeliever - it actually establishes a metaphysical frame for everything that follows, wherein the foundational premise of the death and resurrection of the Crucifixion is intended to be literally *beyond belief.* We explore the social features that are required downstream of this central premise, and how the world we inhabit today is shaped by principles established in a wildly different age. (00:00) Go!(00:05:06) Historical Evolution of Christianity(00:07:54) Christianity and Philosophical Thought(00:10:38) The Problem of Faith and Doubt(00:15:11) Evolution of Thought(00:24:57) Mythological Archetypes(00:27:19) Historical Catastrophes(00:29:10) Civilization and Myth(00:30:28) The Role of Jesus in Culture(00:32:17) Archetypes of Parents(00:35:02) Modern Philosophy and Self(00:38:47) Intersect of Consciousness and Divinity(00:42:14) Sacred Narratives and Identity(00:46:07) The Balance of Certainty and Doubt(00:48:54) Historical Connections: From Marduk to Jesus(00:51:50) The Awakening of Individual Consciousness(00:57:15) Ideal Leadership and Societal Disenchantment(01:01:26) Reinterpreting Myths for the Future(01:06:09) The Emergence of Human Subjectivity(01:12:09) Reviving Civilization: Challenges and Ideals(01:16:17) Psychological Dynamics and Self-Conceptualization(01:22:12) Love and Unification as a Resolution(01:29:23) Christian Narrative and External Selfhood(01:32:58) Identity in a Commercial Society(01:35:35) Gear vs Talent in Music(01:36:44) Evolution of Culture and Identity(01:39:30) Collective Agency and Cultural Creation(01:44:05) Intelligence and Modern Myths(01:50:00) Modern Society's Direction and Challenges(01:57:14) Towards a Teleological Society(01:58:38) Humans and Transhumanists Divergence(02:03:05) Collective Human Evolution(02:07:01) Anthropology and Human Species(02:11:11) Cultural Fracture and Transformation(02:18:04) Shaping the Future with Values#Philosophy, #CulturalEvolution, #HumanConsciousness, #ModernSociety, #WesternCivilization, #ScienceAndReligion, #Subjectivity, #FaithAndReason, #CognitiveScience, #Transhumanism, #Mythology, #Metaphysics, #DeepThinking, #Anthropology #philosophypodcast, #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.

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciAndré Koch Torres Assis is a professor of Physics at Brazil’s University of Campinas, an invited speaker at our Beyond the Big Bang meeting this June, and a brilliant historian who has devoted his life to uncovering the missing pieces of scientific progress that lie scattered in the untranslated works and letters of the great physicists of the last century, including Wilhelm Weber and André-Marie Ampère. Today, we primarily occupy ourselves with alternative explanations to the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Many listeners will be familiar with Pierre Marie Robitaille’s theory that the CMB is produced due to the hydrogen bond lattice of the oceans. Here, Assis lays out a different theory - championed by at least four Nobel Laureates - that the CMB isn’t the afterglow of the Big Bang - it’s simply the temperature at which the cold, dark objects of space are equilibrated against the background light of the stars. (00:00) Go!(00:05:09) Upcoming conference(00:07:18) Translation and Historical Insights(00:12:47) Controversies in Electrodynamics(00:24:27) Current and Magnetism Debates(00:27:25) Philosophical Doubts in Scientific Validation(00:31:13) Electromagnetism and Historical Contributions(00:36:11) Evolution of Electrodynamic Theories(00:42:14) Cosmic Background Radiation and Paradigm Shifts(00:49:54) Historical Predictions of Cosmic Temperature(00:56:38) Theoretical Insights on Cosmic Temperature(01:04:24) Cosmic Rays and Temperature Measurements(01:10:05) Notable Contributions and Theories Supporting Infinite Universe(01:15:03) Mechanisms Behind Redshift Interpretations(01:25:36) Understanding Fluorescence and Redshift(01:28:22) Historical Perspectives on Cosmology(01:30:20) Hubble's Law and Its Misinterpretations(01:33:41) Challenges of Cosmic Expansion Concepts(01:39:47) Controversies in Redshift and Galaxy Formation(01:44:00) Quasars and Intrinsic Redshift Theories(01:57:16) Redshift and Universe Expansion Debate(02:00:27) Hubble's Legacy and Cosmological Views(02:04:55) The Search for Alternative Redshift Theories #Cosmology, #Astrophysics, #QuantumPhysics, #Quasars, #ScientificRevolution, #NewPhysics, #Electrodynamics, #SpaceScience, #CosmicMicrowaveBackground, #InfiniteUniverse, #PhilosophyOfScience, #philosophypodcast, #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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciDr. Jack Bagby is a professor of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies who is one of the world’s foremost experts on the philosophy of Henri Bergson. Bergson was an early proponent of the absolute importance of context when trying to understand nature. This is nowhere more apparent than in the world of music, where the rhythm, interval, and mode of the songs being played creates wildly different sensations even when the same pure tones are in play. Bagby has extensive experience with novel musical instruments, strange tunings, and alternative scales, which he deploys as evidence of Bergson’s deep insights in the nature of perception and reality. (00:00) Go! Bergson's Influence(00:06:45) Defining Metaphysics(00:11:38) Creativity and Consciousness(00:14:22) Science v. Metaphysics(00:20:13) Sensation and Perception in Music(00:24:07) Critique of Artificial Intelligence(00:27:18) Metaphysics and Movement(00:30:24) Music and Inner Experience(00:35:01) Resonance Theory and Consciousness(00:50:09) Sensation, measurement, and subjectivity(00:58:07) Metaphysics, morality, and creativity(01:01:26) Music as a metaphor for existence(01:05:11) Technological expansion and consciousness(01:12:51) Building Musical Scales Through Overtones(01:14:13) Tuning and Musical Expression(01:17:38) Scales and Tuning Variability(01:21:02) Keyboard Innovations and Intonation(01:26:42) Perfect Fifths and Harmonic Construction(01:35:23) Harmonic Series and Interval Challenges(01:37:43) Harmony v. Dissonance(01:42:18) Expressive Dissonance and Temperament(01:46:02) Overtones and Consonance Explained(01:49:47) Measuring and Adjusting Temperaments(01:55:06) Historical Perspectives on Musical Tempering(02:11:29) Cultural Perception and Universality in Music(02:19:13) Experiential Nature of Music and Counterpoint(02:21:17) Demonstration of Microtonal Guitar(02:27:15) Rhythm and Its Temporal Nature(02:31:08) Metaphysics of Matter and Sensory Experience(02:35:10) Interpretations of Reality in Theory v. Experience(02:39:10) The Intersection of Science and Metaphysics(02:44:08) Continuous Dialogue Between Concepts and Reality #philosophy, #stoicism, #arttheory, #spiritualevolution , #musictheory, #Bergson, #aesthetics , #harmony , #consciousness , #creativitydevelopment , #existentialism, #philosophypodcast, #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. - 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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciJim Keller is on of the all-time great computer architects who has shaped the tech revolution during his tenure at Digital Equipment Corporation, AMD, Tesla, Intel, AMD and Apple. In addition to being a crack engineer, Keller is also deeply curious about the inner workings of nature on all scales, and is the patron for our upcoming Beyond the Big Bang meeting in Portugal. Keller is a big proponent of what philosopher Paul Feyerabend called “scientific anarchy,” where progress requires us to abandon a prescriptive approach to what counts as “science,” because many contradictory theories can be “true” at once. We build on our previous conversation about the nature of institutions to unpack why the Big Bang is about to fall apart, what it takes to build a new theory, and how to create a lasting impact without striving explicitly for immortality. (00:00) Go! (00:04:07) Skepticism in Scientific Models and the Role of Physical Intuition(00:11:26) The Evolution of Physics and Cognitive Sciences(00:18:07) Challenges in Conventional Cosmic and Solar Models(00:22:10 )Evolution of Computer Architecture(00:24:02) The Utilitarian Approach of Engineers(00:28:12) Debugging in Engineering(00:30:32) Reevaluating Scientific Paradigms(00:34:00) Collaborative Dynamics in Science and Engineering(00:37:13) The Influence of Paradigms on Scientific Discourse(00:44:42) Musician's Journey and Archetypes(00:45:37) Belief Systems and Shared Realities(00:49:59) The Bible and Mythology(01:00:17) Sci-Fi, Technology, and Societal Impact(01:02:31) Religious Beliefs and Cultural Diversity(01:07:53) Cultural Beliefs and Alignment(01:10:50) Alignment vs. Experimentation(01:13:23) Decentralization and Experimentation(01:15:00) Individual Experience in Religion(01:18:10) Mythology and Technology(01:21:14) Scarcity and Human Behavior(01:23:04) Complexity in Human Systems(01:33:47) Human Collaboration and Motivation(01:36:16) Public Speaking and Leadership Dynamics(01:39:51) Stability and Change in Systems(01:43:52) Paradigm Drifts (01:49:02) Geopolitical Structures and Exploration(01:53:37) Political Power Dynamics(01:57:05) Critique of Power Structures(02:08:45) Paradigm Shifts(02:14:44) Mission-Driven Success(02:18:04) Authenticity in Art#TechVisionary, #AIInnovation, #TechnologyLeader, #TechVisionary, #TechGuru, #astrophysics, #engineeringlife, #cosmos, #innovations, #technews, #codinglife , #programminglife , #techindustry , #engineeringlife, #philosophypodcast, #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. 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

Invited theorists: Ogi Ogas, Michael Hughes, David Ian Howe. Random theorists: James McGinn, Zarrin Leff, Austin Baldinger, Matthew Fox, Joe Cook, Shane SimonsenPanel: Doug Lee, Anastasia Bendebury, Michael Shilo DeLayLearn how to think, not what to think! Paradigm Drift is the show where we celebrate the principles of scientific anarchy. Anything goes, as long as you can make a coherent presentation about why your theory and why you think it’s going to change the world. Each theorist gets 60 seconds, followed by an interview with us and our panelist. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFT SIGN UP FOR 3/25, 6:30p PDT:https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci(00:00) Go! Welcome to Paradigm Drift #1(00:02:30) Ogi's Theory of Physics and Purpose(00:14:57) James' Theory Hydrogen Bonding Misunderstanding(00:26:28) Zarrin's Theory of Alexander the Great's Lost Tomb(00:36:48) Austin's Theory of Everything(00:46:45) Michael's Theory of Water as Bio-sensor & actuator(01:10:47) Matthew's Theory of Fine Structure Constant(01:14:10) Joe's Theory of Physical Dimensionality(01:30:33) Shane's Theory of Life's Double Origin(01:42:54) David's Theory of Cognitive Evolution and Tool-Making(01:57:26) Goodnight!#livepodcast, #ScientificTheories, #InnovativeIdeas, #CosmicCycle, #HydrogenBonding, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #CellularBiology, #OsmoticPressure, #ExperimentalPhysics, #HistoricalMysteries, #AlternativeEnergy, #philosophypodcast , #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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell is an independent researcher into the telepathic ability of non-speaking autistic children, whose research was the basis of the wildly popular Telepathy Tapes (TT) podcast. She is a Johns Hopkins trained neuropsychiatrist, former Harvard faculty member, and award-winning therapist for autistic children. We host her for a conversation the real telepathy tapes - evidence that she has collected over decades of research into parapsychological phenomena in her autistic patients. Dr. Powell paints a more measured, mechanistic, and intriguing picture of the Telepathy Tapes story and offers us a way of encountering the possibility of extraordinary ability without having to revert to the tired frame of either fraud or magic. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show(00:00) Go! (00:05:05) Meet Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell(00:08:24) Before there was Neuroscience...(00:11:03) The Rise of Autism(00:17:32) Understanding Autism's Growth(00:24:10) Autism Differentiation(00:27:12) Savant Abilities and Autism(00:30:09) Environmental Influence on Brain Development(00:34:58) Assortative Mating and Modern Changes(00:42:12) M3dic&l Toxins and Developmental Risks(00:48:07) Extraordinary Cognitive Abilities(00:49:33) Autistic Telepathy(00:51:05) Communicating with Non-Speaking Children(00:55:13) Case Study: Haley’s Mind Reading(00:57:28) Controversial Testing Methods(01:00:15) Research Challenges and Methodology(01:03:00) Future Research Plans and Funding(01:13:11) Demonstration of Telepathic Abilities in a Non-Verbal Child(01:17:04) Exploring Possible Cues in Communication(01:19:19) Selective Study and Validations(01:23:11) Social Dynamics and Perception(01:30:07) "The Hill" and Scientific Opportunities(01:36:10) Fascinating Psychic Encounter(01:44:00) Exploring Mechanisms Behind Psychic Phenomena(01:48:00) Consciousness and Sensory Extensions(01:56:00) EEG, Consciousness, and Technological Progress(01:59:25) Evolution of Voice Recognition Technology(02:01:10) Brain-Computer Interface and Human Evolution(02:04:09) Evolutionary Complexity and Genetic Interdependencies #telepathy , #telepathytapes , #scientificexploration, #autismresearch, #neurodiversity, , #behavioralscience, #telepathiccommunication, #autismawareness, #inclusivitymatters, #philosophypodcast, #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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciAndrew Cutler is the author of the Vectors of Mind Substack, where he explores the question of how humans became… human. His research starts from a simple premise - if our self-awareness, the ability to look at ourselves in the mirror and declare that there is an “I” staring back, is truly unique in the animal kingdom, then it likely related to that moment of coming. But no one really knows what happened in the fog of pre-history to ratchet us from the gauzy time before we were fully human to… whatever all of this that we’re living in right now could be called. In fact, this is often referred to as the sapient paradox. Why, oh why, did we become genetically modern nearly 300,000 years ago (maybe more) but take until about 50,000 years ago to start doing human things like making art, ritually burying our dead, and tracking the stars? Many have suggested it was psychedelic mushrooms that pushed us over the edge. This is the stoned ape hypothesis, which says that a sufficiently large psychedelic experience pushed us out of the womb of the earth. However, Andrew thinks it might have been something else. He figures it was snakes. And women. Together, they produced the Snake Cult of Consciousness that dragged us, kicking and screaming, into the world.(00:00) Go! (00:06:56) The Sapient Paradox Explored(00:13:09) Recursion and Human Cognition(00:19:22) Abstraction and Innovation(00:25:23) Self-awareness Evolution(00:27:14) Recursion and Strategy(00:30:00) Cultural Shifts and Domination(00:33:39) Origins of Recursion(00:38:22) Subject-Object Separation(00:47:34) Linguistic Evolution(00:48:56) Emotional Intelligence in Animals(00:50:33) Creation Myths and Self-Awareness(00:52:10) Awareness of Death in Animals(00:56:06) Evolution of Symbolic Thought(01:00:58) Göbekli Tepe and Diffusion Hypotheses(01:06:05) Matriarchy and Rituals in Early Cultures(01:08:44) Human Migration and Cultural Development(01:17:11) Origins of Human Consciousness and Language(01:25:09) Snakes, Myths, and Early Civilization(01:33:40) Women, Mythology, and Historical Narratives(01:36:30) The Subtle Female Power Dynamics in Patriarchal Societies(01:40:25) Evolution of Societal Structures(01:46:00) Neolithic Genetic Bottleneck and Patriarchal Theories(01:49:23) Women's Role in Human Cognitive Evolution(01:56:11) Symbolism of Snakes and Ancient Knowledge(02:02:10) Snake Venom Usage(02:07:12) Historical Cults and Rituals(02:11:07) Greek Tragedy and Mystery Cults(02:14:08) Matriarchy and Cultural Myths(02:17:10) Diffusion of Culture and Legends(02:22:36) Comparative Mythology and the Seven Sisters Myth(02:27:01) Scientific and Metaphysical Connections in Human Origin Stories(02:28:55) The Origins and Significance of Gospel Stories(02:30:03) Shamanistic Cults and Cultural Symbols in Ancient Sites #HumanOrigins, #AncientHistory, #Mythology, #Evolution, #Consciousness, #AncientMysteries, #Symbolism, #SelfAwareness, #HumanEvolution, #AncientCultures, #CognitiveScience, #SpiritualEvolution, #Anthropology, #Philosophy, #AncientWisdom, #Archaeology, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFT https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@demystifysciBen van Kerkwyk is the host of the  @UnchartedX  Youtube channel, best known for his study of unbelievably precise stone vases from the pre-dynastic period in Egypt. The strangeness of these vases cannot be overstated. They’re hewn out of some of the hardest stones known to man with micron precision. Mathematical relationships like pi, phi, and the flower of life are encoded in their construction. And they are OLD. Some have been found in tombs that date back to 6000 BC, more than three thousand years before the peak of Egyptian civilization. When they are discovered, it is always among other vases that *look* similar, but lack the precision and fine workmanship, or are made from softer stone. It is as if they are prized heirlooms, passed along through the generations, from a people whose ability to work stone (at the very least) rivals ours - but who are completely missing from the archaeological record. Who were these people? Why did they make these vases? What else were they doing? We sit down with Ben to unravel the story. Ben's channel, UnchartedX here on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@UC2Stn8atEra7SMdPWyQoSLA (00:00) Go! (00:05:18) The Enigmatic Vases of Ancient Egypt(00:07:53) Contextualizing Pre-Dynastic Egypt(00:12:02) Advanced Stonework: Evidence of Ancient Precision(00:20:34) Egyptian Artifact Enigma(00:25:10) Museums and Unseen Records(00:27:19) Mythological Memories(00:32:10) Cataclysmic Events and Memories(00:38:36) Cultural Evolution and Memory Loss(00:40:42) Ancient Egyptian Symbols and Theories(00:42:06) Cargo Cults and Cultural Memory(00:44:04) Egypt's Architectural Mysteries(00:47:04) Human Antiquity and Technological Gaps(00:49:23) Civilization Cycles and Future Challenges(00:55:09) Energy, Society, and Civilization’s Future(01:03:11) Unfinished Works and Ancient Techniques(01:06:40) Evidence of Advanced Machining(01:10:38) Theories on Ancient Machining Methods(01:19:40) Ancient Machining Techniques(01:32:22) Mathematical Encodings in Art(01:39:03) Analysis of Vase Geometry(01:43:14) Mathematical Modelling Precision(01:47:01) Historical Implications & Mathematical Knowledge(01:52:33) Machining Challenges(01:56:28) Geopolymer Theories(02:02:02) Precision in Ancient Artifacts(02:09:06) Authenticity and Provenance Concerns(02:22:51) Functional Speculations of Ancient Structures(02:25:11) Rewriting Historical Narratives(02:31:11) Tour Challenges and Insights(02:34:22) Future Research Themes(02:37:11) Interconnection of Beauty and Mathematics(02:38:36) Mathematical Precision in Ancient Designs(02:43:00) Ancient Civilizations and Their Lost Histories#LostCivilizations,, #ancienttechnology, #AncientArtifacts, #AncientHistory, #EgyptianMysteries, #Archaeology, #HistoricalMysteries, #AlternativeHistory, #AncientEgypt, #MysteryUncovered, #AncientCivilizations, #HistoryBuff, #AncientSecrets, #AncientEngineering, #HistoricalResearch, #Mythology, #philosophypodcast, #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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciShilo leads us in a discussion of simulation theory, quantum theology, and the strange feeling of hopelessness that these philosophies seem tuned to evoke. The conversation is inspired by Tom Campbell’s recent appearance on Rogan, where he lays out a modern version of tune in, turn on, and drop out. Except this time around, instead of throwing young minds on the conflagration in exchange for a hit of acid, Campbell weaves a mystical story about how nothing is real, everything is simulated, and how if you buy his meditation courses you, too, can access the disembodied secrets of the universe. We talk about how the emergence of this sort of quantum-based mysticism is corrosive to the human spirit, the tricks being used to convince people to stop striving for something difficult and meaningful, and why it seems like the best advice on the market for people right now is some variation of “should be cool, just opt out.”(00:00) Go! (00:06:45) Science vs Mysticism Revisited(00:09:36) Ayn Rand's Views on Mysticism(00:17:07) The Threat of Mysticism in Modern Societies(00:20:53) Ancient Mysticism and Rationality(00:22:54) Myth vs. Mysticism(00:24:15) The Virtual Reality Philosophy(00:28:10) Atoms (Bodies & Material Objects) vs. Higher Abstractions(00:29:23) Reality and Idealistic Actions(00:31:40) Consciousness and Simulation Theory(00:37:21) Misappropriation and Abuse of Science(00:44:14) New Atheism and Belief Systems(00:45:49) Physics, Atheism, and Video Games(00:50:10) Unexplainable Experiences(00:54:35) Human Connections and Suffering(01:00:32) Meditation and Reality(01:03:01) Cultural Influences and 'Coolness'#TomCampbell, #SimulationHypothesis, #CulturalCritique, #TechnoMysticism, #CriticalThinking, #ScienceCommunication, #PhilosophyOfScience, #ModernMyths, #FutureOfScience, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #collapse 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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciDr. Indranil Banik is a physicist at the University of Portsmouth who studies λCDM cosmology, the standard model of physics that tells us the Big Bang happened, that it happened something like 13.8 billion years ago, and that the modern universe is replete with undetectable cold dark matter (the CDM of the theory). Listeners of the show will know that there are compelling reasons to believe that these conclusions are based on questionable assumptions at the very heart of physics. This conversation, between a liquid sun proponent, a scientist who has spent his career studying the mainstream, and an appreciator of finely crafted theories, is an opportunity to lay these questionable assumptions on the table and to see how they hold up to scrutiny. Dr. Banik is also an invited speaker at our Beyond the Big Bang gathering in Portugal this summer, and has graciously agreed to serve as a counterbalance to those who say that the Big Bang Theory doesn’t have much life left in it. National Astronomy Meeting parallel session and a special issue in Galaxies, both about the Hubble tension:https://darkmattercrisis.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/100-hubble-tension-parallel-session-at-the-national-astronomy-meeting-2025-and-special-issue-in-galaxies/00:00 Go! 00:04:27 Stellar Age & Lower Boundary for Universe00:07:14 Data Analysis in Cosmology00:10:08 Data Calibration and Processing00:13:08 Gaia Mission and Data Management00:16:21 Parallax and Distance Measurement00:22:49 Parallax v. Cosmic Distance Estimates00:24:48 Cepheid Variables & Supernovae as Distance Placeholders00:39:24 Assumptions in Data Processing and Redshift00:46:03 Cosmic Redshift and Expansion00:48:33 Measuring the Universe's Age00:51:06 Hubble Constant and Tension00:54:04 CMB and Model Predictions00:56:00 Angular Scales and CMB Analysis01:00:18 Acoustic Oscillations in the CMB01:05:03 Intrinsic CMB Fluctuations01:07:48 CMB Power Spectrum Insights01:09:34 Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Standard Narrative01:13:47 Big Bang and Photon Origin01:18:18 Matter-Antimatter Annihilation and Implications01:22:00 CMB Contradicts Stars as Blackbodies01:30:02 LMH Structure and Phase States of Stars01:33:07 Tensions in Astrophysics Models01:38:25 Revisiting Scientific Assumptions01:46:52 Model Agreement and Constraints01:51:01 Modified Gravity Theories01:56:29 Dark Matter and Alternatives01:58:07 Gravitational Microlensing02:01:08 Galactic Cohesion Theories02:14:08 Hubble Tension Revisited02:19:41 Understanding Anomalies02:22:15 Reconsidering History#LiquidMetallicHydrogen, #astronomy, #cosmos, #stars, #astrophysics, #cosmology, #ElectricUniverse, #CosmicMicrowaveBackground, #UniverseOrigins, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast 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.

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFT! Sign up to present YOUR theory: https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showWhat’s still hidden inside the JFK files Trump has promised to release? Since the 1960s historians have been trying to assemble an accurate story that weaves together the shadowy trinity of cuban revolutionaries, secretive three letter agencies, and powerful organized crime families with the fate of JFK. With us for the discussion of what those files will reveal is Louis Ferrante, former member of the Gambino crime family. Check out his books on the history of the Mafia and their involvement with the Kennedy family below. BUY LOUIS’ BOOK, “BORGATA: CLASH OF TITANS”: https://amzn.to/3CLMQTJPART 1 of this interview: https://youtu.be/W0nwMS5a1q0PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciMERCH: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci(00:00) Go! (00:03:30) Jack Ruby: The Linchpin(00:05:23) Mob Ties and Political Intrigue(00:08:15) The Crime Scene Unfolds(00:13:10) The Dual Conspiracy: Oswald and Ruby(00:20:56) Mysterious Return of Oswald(00:23:01) Ruth Paine's Involvement(00:25:05) Oswald's Impersonation and Cuban Connection(00:28:04) Jack Ruby's Motivations(00:31:57) Staging Oswald as a Communist(00:36:07) Complex Web of Conspirators(00:39:34) Legal Challenges in JFK Assassination(00:42:24) Investigation Anomalies(00:47:12) Kennedy Assassination Doubts(00:56:13) Alternative Theories and Inconsistencies(01:00:38) Testimony Integrity(01:03:22) Potential Assassination Plots(01:06:12) Oswald’s Role and Ruby’s Intentions(01:10:47) CIA, Rogue Agents, and Secret Service(01:17:22) Secret Service Complicity(01:22:49) Secret Service and JFK Assassination Theories(01:26:31) Trust in Institutions and Assassination Attempts(01:29:03) Writing the Mafia Trilogy#kennedy, #MafiaHistory, #organizedcrime, #TrueCrime, #HistoricalAnalysis, #MobTies, #CrimeDocumentary, #AmericanHistory, #MobBoss, #CrimePodcast, #HistoryUncovered, #UnderworldSecrets, #MobStories, #HistoricalTruths, #philosophypodcast, #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

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showWhat’s still hidden inside the JFK files Trump has promised to release? Since the 1960s historians have been trying to assemble an accurate story that weaves together the shadowy trinity of cuban revolutionaries, secretive three letter agencies, and powerful organized crime families with the fate of JFK. With us for the discussion of what those files will reveal is Louis Ferrante, former member of the Gambino crime family. Check out his books on the history of the Mafia and their involvement with the Kennedy family below.PART 2 of this interview: https://youtu.be/qvyoZCj3_AYPATREONget episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCHRock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZONDo your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACKhttps://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci(00:00) Go! (00:05:02) Life of Lou Ferrante(00:08:15) The Business of Crime(00:13:21) Life in Prison and Reflection(00:21:24) The Rise of John Gotti(00:23:13) Challenges of Finding Direction in Youth(00:25:06) First Experiences in Crime(00:31:11) Education and Redemption(00:35:25) Reform and Helping Others(00:41:13) Forgiveness and Prison Experiences(00:47:02) Writing from Experience(00:52:20) Revealing Mob Histories(00:56:22) Mob and Government Interactions(00:59:46) Historical Mob Influence(01:01:41) Political Corruption and Mob Infiltration(01:05:11) Hoover vs. The Mob(01:09:28) Bobby Kennedy's Campaign Against the Mob(01:15:55) Frank Sinatra’s Failed Mediation(01:22:15) Hoover's Intelligence and Blackmail Strategy(01:25:58) Murder Plots and Political Tensions(01:27:41) The Bay of Pigs and Three-Front War(01:34:01) The Mob, CIA, and Castro's Survival(01:43:48) CIA's Historical Covert Operations(01:53:04) The CIA and the Kennedy Administration(02:02:12) The Cuban Missile Crisis and Political Pressure(02:07:02) The Complexity of Kennedy's Choices#mafia, #MobHistory, #JFKAssassination, #historylovers, #OrganizedCrime, #TrueCrime, #HistoricalAnalysis, #Mobster, #MobTies, #Underworld, #CrimeHistory, #MafiaStories, #philosophypodcast, #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

Austin Frerick is an economist, Yale Fellow, former Congressional Research Assistant, and author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. He investigates how the U.S. food system became both outrageously expensive and dangerously toxic—not just for consumers, but for the farmers who grow our food. Instead of blaming deregulation alone, Frerick exposes the real culprits: the Big Ag monopolies that have spent billions to rig the system, buy politicians, and crush opposition to expand their hidden empires. We break down how these corporate Barons pulled off their silent coup, the devastating impact of monopolization on farming, food prices, and public health. Most importantly, we explore what can be done to take back control of the food system before it’s too late. Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:07:05) Unanchored Elite and National Identity (00:13:18) Deregulation and Its Consequences (00:21:15) Economists and Societal Impact (00:30:20) Monopoly and Reform (00:41:35) Political Influence & Campaigns (00:50:10) Industrial Farming & Environment (01:01:44) Influence of Campaign Finance on Congressional Power (01:14:58) Evolving Congressional Power Struggles (01:25:45) Consumer Culture and Class (01:37:02) Labor Laws and Corporate Influence (01:51:09) Sustainable Practices and Cultural Knowledge (02:00:10) Patterns of Consciousness and Cultural Shifts (02:18:52) Language, Emotion, and Coalition Building (02:31:12) Importance of Storytelling in Addressing Systemic Issues (02:46:48) Intellectual Exploration and Theoretical Understanding (02:49:07) Restaurant Industry #monopoly, #FoodCrisis, #economics, #BigBusiness, #Finance, #FoodSupply, #Agriculture, #Farming, #Sustainability, #BigAg, #EconomicReform, #CorporatePower, #LocalEconomy, #GrassrootsActivism, #AgriculturalPolicy, #ConsumerRights, #PoliticalEconomy, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Gašper Beguš is a UC Berkeley professor of linguistics who studies the interface between human, machine, and animal language. We head into the conversation with a question - is there something fundamentally different about the way that humans learn and the way that machines like LLMs learn? Vector embeddings of the relatedness of language and the map that we carry in our heads of abstract concepts don’t seem that different at the end of the day. This leads us into a discussion of the ways in which humans acquire language, how language evolves, evidence for abstract thought in animals, where the bright line of consciousness can be drawn, and if taking a different approach to training computers to think can generate a machine that can match us in drive and curiosity.  Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:07:55) Language, Thought, and AI Models (00:13:25) Animal Communication and Intelligence (00:25:02) Recursion and Human Language (00:37:51) AI, Consciousness, and Human Cognition (00:49:02) The Role of Human Curiosity in the Future of AI (00:58:13) Bridging Human-Like Learning in AI Models (01:08:07) Exploring Human-Like Structures in AI Models (01:17:19) Evolution and Brain Capacity (01:26:31) Language Structure and Differences (01:37:11) Evolution of Language and Its Universality (01:46:17) Social Identity and Linguistic Diversity (01:59:08) Thought and Language: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (02:09:18) Language Evolution and Human History (02:16:02) Cognitive Development and Language (02:24:39) Ancient Human Cooperation (02:35:04) Cultural and Cognitive Evolution (02:42:27) AI’s Role in Scientific Discovery #Linguistics, #AI, #AnimalCommunication, #ArtificialIntelligence, #Language, #Cognition, #AnimalIntelligence, #Recursion, #ThoughtAndLanguage, #AnimalBehavior, #AnimalLearning, #AIModels, #CognitiveScience, #AnimalCognition, #EvolutionOfLanguage, #LanguageStructure, #LanguageEvolution, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

DSPod SOLO returns for a conversation about a recent edition of “you can just do things,” where Github CEO Nat Friedman and company tested the levels of endocrine disrupting chemicals in 700 common food items. And friends, it does not look good! We dig through the data to pull out some trends that can help us avoid getting slowly poisoned by our food, try to figure out if akshually no it’s fine that there’s plastics everywhere, and debate if there’s a better way of naming these chemicals that reflects their ball-crushing nature. Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:01:37) Beyond the Big Bang Conference in Portugal (00:06:16) Industrial Production Suspicion (00:13:26) Research and Remediation (00:22:54) Forest Fire Fighting Anecdotes (00:25:38) Plastic Research Approach (00:33:04) Plastic Contaminants in Food (00:45:00) Regulations and Lobbying (00:50:07) Inconsistent Chemical Testing (00:54:06) Thermal Receipts and Chemical Exposure (01:00:08) Fast Food and Plasticizers (01:05:25) Impact on Gene Expression (01:10:12) Phthalates and Hormonal Disruption (01:14:40) Phthalates in Food Products (01:17:46) Phthalates Effects on Reproduction (01:25:00) Comprehensive Chemical Safety Research (01:29:56) Testing and Chemical Awareness (01:31:06) Bias and Precommitment #PlasticPollution, #FoodSafety, #EndocrineDisruptors, #SustainableLiving, #PlasticFree, #CleanLiving, #ResearchMatters, #HealthierFuture, #EcoFriendlyLife, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Richard Haier is an emeritus professor of Pediatric Neurology at UC Irvine, who spent his career studying the neuroscience of intelligence. Over the course of his career, Haier has come to believe in the existence of a “g-factor,” a measurable quantity of broad spectrum intelligence that is universally predictive of success in all cultures. He also believes that intelligence is a fixed characteristic, and that it’s possible to predict someone’s intelligence by watching how their brain works when trying to solve a puzzle. We sit down with him to figure out how far one can take this theory of intelligence before running headlong into a heartless social darwinism, why intelligence research feels so creepy, if IQ tests are actually measuring what we think they’re measuring, if intelligence is really the thing that we should be optimizing for, and if it’s possible for technology to make us dumber. Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci 00:00 Go! 00:09:28 Flynn Effect and G Factor 00:15:40 Testing, Practice, and Intelligence 00:26:58 The Relationship Between Intelligence, Motivation, and Test Scores 00:31:09 Heritability and Societal Implications of Intelligence 00:35:51 The Social Value of Intelligence Versus Athletic Ability 00:41:54 IQ Levels and Educational Attainment 00:48:03 The Dilution of College Degrees 00:53:07 Educational System Critique 00:57:24 Intelligence and Occupational Success 01:01:40 Bureaucracy and Talent in Academia 01:06:13 Intelligence and Personal Success 01:19:20 Enhancing Intelligence through Drugs 01:25:28 Brain Efficiency and Intelligence 01:31:12 Tetris Study and Brain Efficiency 01:44:20 Predicting Intelligence through Brain Imaging 01:49:58 Brain Structure and Cognitive Prediction 01:52:00 Challenges in Enhancing Intelligence 02:04:22 Environmental and Genetic Interplay 02:14:02 Understanding Autism and Intelligence 02:19:56 Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Intelligence 02:28:21 Technology's Impact on Skill Development 02:32:55 Flynn Effect and Educational Implications 02:39:24 Technology and Its Impact on Children 02:45:08 Societal Roles and Intelligence Levels 02:48:09 Meaning and Societal Functionality #IQTests, #Neuroscience, #intelligence, #iqtest, #ArtificialIntelligence, #HumanIntelligence, #CognitiveScience, #BrainFunction, #iq , #Neuroimaging, #AIvsHumans, #TechImpact, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Professor William Lazonick, emeritus Professor of Economics and founding director of the Academic Industry Research Network, is one of the world’s foremost experts on Shareholder Value Ideology and its impact on society. In our first conversation, we uncovered the fundamentals of shareholder value ideology and the harmful effects of stock buybacks on the working class and economic inequality. This discussion goes deeper into how financial institutions capitalized on the deregulation of the financial industry in the 1980s, leading to a wave of corporate greed and wealth concentration. Topics include the rise of hedge funds, the devastation caused by corporate raiders, how private equity contributes to the decline in quality of goods and services (termed "encrapification"), and policy strategies to rebuild an economy that prioritizes American workers over Wall Street profits. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:09:45) Carl Icahn's Influence and Tactics (00:15:02) Regulatory Changes and Hedge Fund Empowerment (00:21:18) Institutional Shareholder Services and Proxy Voting (00:27:24) Proxy Advisory Services Market (00:31:19) Hedge Funds and Power Dynamics in Corporations (00:34:03) General Electric Case Study (00:45:28) Hedge Fund Activism and Industry Impact (01:03:20) Impact of Private Equity and Financial Practices (01:09:07) Asset Distribution Disparities (01:15:29) Shareholder Value and Economy Dynamics (01:22:26) Employee Investment and Stock Market (01:30:48) Tesla and Corporate Governance (01:36:56) Apple's Board and Stock Buybacks (01:42:08) Biopharmaceutical Sector Dynamics (02:00:59) US Competitiveness and Stock Buybacks (02:06:09) Soft Landing Approach to Financial Reforms (02:17:26) Economic Literacy and Public Perception (02:22:11) Globalization and Economic Mobility #Economics, #ShareholderValue, #FinancialCrisis, #StockBuybacks, #HedgeFunds, #Finance, #CorporateGovernance, #WallStreet, #FinancialMarkets, #EconomicGrowth, #PrivateEquity, #Innovation, #BusinessStrategy, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Andrew Collins is a historian and journalist who has devoted over four decades of his life to the study of ancient civilizations, much of it among the enigmatic T-shaped pillars that dot the stone hills of the Turkish highlands. He believes that Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe are more than ceremonial sites of hunter-gatherers—he takes these monuments to be the remnants of a foundational proto-culture that authored the earliest versions of the myths and narratives found in the Bible, Torah, and Qur’an. He walks us through why he believes that the imagery carved into the stones of Karahan Tepe represents humanity’s first abstract engagement with the spiritual realm, how the legends developed were likely the product of the peoples the Sumerians called the Annunaki, and the pivotal role the serpent symbol plays in linking the land of the living to the cosmic spheres. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! "Beyond the Big Bang" June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci Pick up Andrew's latest book on Karahan Tepe! Support both of us with this link: https://amzn.to/4hkfGcC (00:00) Go! (00:04:10) Karahan Tepe & the Universal Serpent (00:11:23) Celestial Connections (00:16:20) Vulture Stone Interpretation (00:24:18) Symbolism of the Intercontinental Manbag/handbag (00:32:40) Consequences of the Younger Dryas (00:37:00) Environment of the Taş Tepeler Region (00:49:17) Ancient Trade Routes and Cultural Exchange (00:55:12) Unique T-shaped Pillars Mysteries (01:03:19) Early Post-Ice Age Civilizations (01:13:07) Early Urban Developments in Central Turkey (01:20:49) The Anuna and Early Civilizational Knowledge (01:35:11) The Serpent, Shamanism, and Cosmic Communications (01:41:04) Ritual Sites and Priestly Classes (01:52:19) Decommissioning of Ritual Sites (02:03:04) Water Sources and Settlements (02:17:07) Migration and Conflict (02:23:28) Divergent Views in Archaeology (02:34:08) Collaboration vs. Opposition (02:41:33) Future Directions in Research #Archaeology, #GöbekliTepe, #KarahanTepe, #AncientHistory, #Symbolism, #CelestialConnections, #YoungerDryas, #AncientCivilizations, #PrehistoricSites, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #Mythology, #Shamanism, #AncientTrade, #AncientArchitecture, #VultureStone, #RitualSites, #CulturalExchange, #CosmicConnections, #Anuna #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Martin Lopez Corredoira is a physicist, philosopher, author, and playwright who has written extensively on the issues with standard cosmological theories, the role of science in society, and a number of short biographies of key figures in the history of science. He is both a theoretical and observational cosmologist, and we sit down with him for a conversation about what it would take for a theory like the Big Bang to finally come undone. In the course of our talk, we narrow down the list of substantive criticisms of the standard model, lay out the reasons to be optimistic, and find that there’s actually a decent community of dissenting scholars that are doing everything they can to lay the groundwork for the revolution that’s coming down the pipes in the wake of the James Webb Space Telescope. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:04:31) Big Bang Theory and Its Cultural Resonance (00:07:28) Key Discoveries in Support of the Standard Model (00:13:48) Challenges in Falsifying Cosmological Theories (00:20:55) Core Assumptions in Cosmological Theories (00:29:11) Institutional Pragmatism (00:36:12) Funding and Scientific Orthodoxy (00:47:27) Community for Alternative Thinkers (01:00:07) Advancements in Astronomy Technologies (01:09:55) Determining the Age of the Universe (01:14:46) Standard Candles and Measurement Challenges (01:25:58) Observational limitations (01:46:07) Innovations and Constraints (01:52:17) Rethinking Information Access (02:08:30) The Future of Science and Intellectual Pursuits #cosmology, #alternativetheories, #bigbangtheory, #astronomy, #philosophyofscience, #jameswebb, #cosmicquestions, #theoreticalphysics, #alternativecosmology, #astrophysics, #cosmicmicrowavebackground, #darkmatter, #scienceandphilosophy, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Shilo and Anastasia sit down for a discussion of the Telepathy Tapes, motivated belief, and the difference between grift and ignorance. For those who don’t know, the Telepathy Tapes is a hugely popular podcast about the telepathic abilities of non-verbal autistic children, where a reporter interviews a bunch of families where the parents claim to have telepathic connections with their children. The kids are reported to have a 100% success rate of reading their caretaker’s mind, are supposedly able to communicate with each other, and carry a message to the rest of us about the need for peace and care on earth. When we listened to the show, we were captivated… until we weren’t. So we paid $10 to take a look at the library of tapes posted by the podcast, and are here to show you what we found. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:02:42) Traditional vs. Frontier Science (00:05:09) Scientific Proof vs. Anecdotal Evidence (00:11:38) Telepathy Tapes Analysis (00:20:12) Skeptical Observations (00:22:43) Questioning Telepathy in Children Experiments (00:26:36) Skepticism and Scientific Methodology (00:34:02) Balancing Belief and Evidence (00:39:01) Cosmology and Human Fascination with the Magical (00:46:02) Power of Belief in Science (00:47:56) Narrative Contagion (00:50:15) Biases in Cosmological Theories (00:52:24) Emotional Reactions in Scientific Debates (00:55:07) Unpopular Scientific Views (01:01:00) Shaping Public Perception (01:08:23) Shifting in Cosmological Paradigms (01:14:28) Collaborative Discourse (01:17:45) DemystiCon 2025! #CriticalThinking, #Cosmology, #TelepathyDebate, #FrontierScience, #CosmicQuestions, #ParadigmShift, #PhilosophyOfScience, #FutureOfScience, #Skepticism, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Geoff Anders is the director of Leverage Research, a think tank devoted to understanding the nature of progress and the arc of scientific insights. Anders wants to understand what sort of cultural context creates the ability to make valuable insights into the mechanisms of nature. After mapping some of the interplay between science, society, and religion, we turn to the questions of how to spark a golden age at a time where institutions feel increasingly frail, just how effective we want our science to be, and what to do with the fact that everyone seems to really love magic. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:00:08) Demysticon 2025 (00:05:26) Challenging Conventional Understanding (00:07:06) Institutional Life Cycles (00:13:29) Transition from Natural Philosophy to Science (00:24:09) Magic, Myth, and Mysticism (00:30:34) Hypotheses and the Infinite Regression (00:35:10) Science v Technology (00:40:07) Nature and the Human Relation to It (00:45:08) Culture, Technology, and Societal Choices (00:54:00) Science as Mythology (01:00:28) The Challenge of Paradigm Shifts (01:11:09) Reforming Scientific Society (01:15:58) Biological Complexity and Reconstruction (01:24:23) Science Education and Historical Insights (01:32:21) Anomalous Evidences (01:46:16) Nanotechnology and Quantum Biology (01:57:10) AI & Quantum Computing Paradigms (02:05:02) Bridging the Knowledge Gap (02:09:10) The Importance of Practical Application (02:23:50) Historical Discoveries (02:26:21) Francis Hawksbee (02:33:02) Scarcity Mindset in Academia and Research (02:38:16) The Pace of Progress (02:41:10) Balance Between Order and Chaos #philosophy, #scientificinnovation, #quantumbiology, #scienceandphilosophy, #paradigmshift, #cosmology,#paradigmshiftinscience, #philosophyofscience, #natureandtechnology, #futureofai, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Professor Bill Mitchell is an economist at the University of Newcastle. In addition to being one of the founding figures of Modern Monetary Theory, Mitchell has also been preoccupied by the interplay of culture and economics that led to the death of the left over the course of the last fifty years. We sit down with him to trace the economic transformations that gradually eroded class consciousness and replaced it with divisive identity politics, the role of shadowy thinktank money in the transformation, and to understand qui bono from the complete absence of a salient leftist critique of the modern day. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00 Intro (00:07:08) Postmodernism & the 1960s (00:10:15) Economic and Intellectual Divide (00:14:16) Global Economic Turbulence (00:21:24) Transformations in Economic Systems (00:25:29) Left vs. Right Economic Ideologies (00:28:06) The Role of Government During Economic Downturns (00:35:04) The Shift from Keynesianism to Monetarism (00:44:28) The Influence of Corporate Power and Think Tanks (00:52:21) Neoliberalism and the Spread of American Economic Ideals (00:58:27) Value of Work and Leisure in Economic Thought (01:05:00) Middle-Class Seduction (01:08:59) Impact of Austerity on Society (01:15:26) State's Role in Economic Inequality (01:21:02) Monetarist Influence on Public Perception (01:25:49) Economic Misconceptions (01:27:10) Modern Monetary Theory Explained (01:33:11) Government Spending & Corruption (01:51:18) Broken, Hollow Political Systems (01:59:01) Narrative Construction #WealthInequality, #EconomicHistory, #PoliticalEconomy, #ModernMonetaryTheory, #KeynesianEconomics, #MonetaryPolicy, #Neoliberalism, #EconomicInequality, #FiscalPolicy, #EconomicTheories, #BrettonWoods, #GlobalEconomy, #Austerity, #EconomicSystems, #PublicSpending, , #DebtEconomy, #philosophypodcast, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. William Lazonick is an economist who studies innovation and competition in the global economy, who has recently been focusing on the corrosive role of stock buybacks. We invited him on to explain why this widespread financial practice is such a bad idea in his eyes, and in return were provided with a comprehensive model of what makes a successful economy. In short, Lazonick believes that no economic system can survive without "the firm," the kind of old school corporate organization that maintained a stable a social contract with its workers, sometimes over the course of an entire lifetime. In Lazonick's view, all economic growth and progress comes down to the ability of the firm to honor that social contract, which means he traces the slump we're in to the death of this tradition. But the question is, what caused us to become eternally itinerant workers in search of global opportunties, hopping from job to job every few years? Lazonick's got that answer, too. He points to a radical transformation of our financial and economic system that came to a head in the 1970s. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci FURTHER READING Eric Williams: Capitalism and Slavery (https://amzn.to/4gvd0rW) Alfred Marshall: Principles of Economics (https://amzn.to/49AnpR9) John Kenneth Galbraith: The Great Crash (https://amzn.to/4iuykQp) Edwin Black: IBM and the Holocaust (https://amzn.to/4gwFce8) Milton Friedman: The Social Responsibility of a Business is to Increase Profits (https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-friedman-doctrine-the-social-responsibility-of-business-is-to.html) (00:00) Go!(00:09:21) The Study of Economics: Integrating History and Theory(00:15:21) Capitalism, Innovation, and Economic Growth(00:29:27) Shift from Feudalism to Corporate Structures(00:37:00) Global Capital and Industrial Revolution(00:41:28) Transition to Large Firms in America(00:49:12) Evolution of U.S. Steel and Stock Market's Role(00:52:05) Venture Capital and Initial Public Offerings(00:59:12) Corporate Financial Strategies Pre-Depression(01:03:00) Stock Buybacks and Modern Corporate Strategies(01:09:40) Rise of Mass Unionization(01:20:14) Stock Market Roles and Corporate Control(01:31:10) Managerial Strategy Shifts(01:41:06) Technological Shifts and Corporate Adaptation(01:51:13) Rise of Silicon Valley and Corporate Strategy(01:56:23) Evolution of the Tech Industry(02:02:47) Shareholder Value Ideology(02:18:40) Shift in Investment Strategies(02:26:02) Corporate Focus on Stock Buybacks(02:32:00) Mechanics of Stock Buybacks(02:37:14) Financialization and Market Effects #CorporateHistory, #StockBuybacks, #ShareholderValue, #StockMarket, #Innovation, #EconomicGrowth, #IndustrialRevolution, #TechnologyTrends, #MiddleClassDecline, #SiliconValley, #ShareholderValue, #CorporateCulture, #Unionization, #EconomicInequality, #ModernEconomy, #USEconomy, #LaborMarket, #HumanCapital, #EconomicDecline, #1970sEconomy, #CorporateCollapse,#WealthInequality, #1980sEconomy, #FinancializationCrisis, #StockMarketImpact, #SiliconValleyStory, #VentureCapital, #StartupCulture, #TechInnovation, #Microelectronics, #TechHistory, #CorporateAdaptation, #ShareholderValue, #CorporateStrategy, #MiltonFriedman, #EconomicPolicy, #FinancialMarkets, #CorporateFinance, #StockBuybackDebate, #EconomicAnalysis, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast

Kehlan Morgan is  @Formscapes , a philosopher whose work is focused on esoteric science. He brings to the table a great depth of insights about how Goethian and Stienerian metaphysics have silently shaped our approach to understanding nature, and how our abandonment of those metaphysics has produced a kind of science that is both perplexed and incapable. As modern science studies the world, it locks up at the stage of the Experimentum Crucis. Instead of mapping the dizzying variety of experiences, it lasers in on a single proof. Instead of creating a map of the universe that encompasses it's inherently perspectival nature, we attempt to hone it to a fine point. We discuss how this came to be the default approach, how it affects the stories we tell about ourselves and the rest of nature, and how transhumanism - the blending of man and machine - is the inherent, disastrous outcome of this approach. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:05:17) The Nature of Color Perception (00:22:42) Decomposition of Light and Measurement Challenges (00:30:06) Consciousness and Perception of Reality (00:42:08) Evolutionary Perspectives and Human Centrism (00:51:07) Animal Cognition (01:02:09) Universal Purpose (01:10:59) Unity in Diversity (01:19:12) Technology, Machines, and Ideals (01:25:01) The Essence of Humanity vs. Machine (01:35:23) Digital Simulations and Psychological Impacts (01:44:12) Biological vs Machine-based Transhumanism (01:55:07) Creation of Unity and Experiential Intensity (02:02:01) Cosmic Should and Transhumanism (02:08:02) Steiner's Three Impulses: Luciferic, Ahrimanic, and Christic (02:17:54) "The Lathe of Heaven" Parable (02:25:03) Transition Toward Individual Moral Agency #Philosophy, #HumanEvolution, #Transhumanism, #Consciousness, #HumanPotential, #ColorPerception, #LightAndColor, #Metaphysics, #RudolfSteiner, #Anthroposophy, #EvolutionaryBiology, #AnimalCognition, #CosmicPurpose, #UniversalEvolution, #CulturalDiversity, #TechnologicalImpact, #EthicalInnovation, #GoetheanScience, #MoralPhilosophy, #FutureOfHumanity, #SpiritualEvolution, #AIAndHumanity, #MachineVsHuman, #DigitalEthics, #CosmicConsciousness, #IndividualAgency, #SciFiPhilosophy, #SteinerPhilosophy, #HumanValues, #TechnologicalEthics, #ColorScience, #PerceptionStudies, #Cosmology, #HumanNature, #EvolutionaryPhilosophy, #FutureTechnology, #PhilosophyOfScience, #Bioethics, #Panpsychism, #HumanCenteredDesign, #EnvironmentalEthics, #UtopianVisions, #SpiritualityAndScience, #AIPhilosophy, #HumanConnectedness, #CosmicEvolution, #HumanityInFocus, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're sitting down for a second conversation with acclaimed science author John Horgan, to discuss the burning heart of natural inquiry where science, philosophy, and spirituality collide like waves crashing against the jagged rocks of the unknown. We examine the ache of human progress, the way it builds towers of steel but leaves people hungry for hope, connection, and meaning. Through the lens of art, literature, and the stories we collectively shoulder, we seeks a way to stitch together the fabric of our fraying approach to understanding nature. Woven into the dialogue is the struggle with morality, the chaos of postmodern doubt, and the seeds of a gentler, brighter tomorrow. Jump over to any other podcast platform to hear the redacted end of our convo. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci John's blog: https://johnhorgan.org/blog (00:00) Go! (00:08:39) Progress vs. Moral Progress (00:15:02) Happiness v. Well-being (00:26:09) Science and Utopian Purpose (00:35:06) Work & Meaning (00:49:42) Literature's Influence on Perception (01:07:22) Agency and Free Will (01:16:28) Spirituality, Consciousness, and the Problem of Evil (01:25:35) The Nature of War (01:39:11) Ethical Dilemmas in Science (01:47:19) Moral Complexities (02:02:33) On Progress and Spirituality (02:09:31) Cycles of History and Belief (02:15:13) Start here from YT #Philosophy, #Psychology, #History, #consciousness , #MentalHealth, #Spirituality, #Neuroscience, #ArtificialIntelligence, #Ethics, #Society, #Culture, #Literature, #Art, #Education, #Technology, #Innovation, #sciencejourney, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're falling head first into the mind-bending chaos of quantum biology, piercing the veil between the microscopic world and the bizarre playground of quantum mechanics. Dr. Clarice Aiello of the newly founded Quantum Biology Institute, formerly of UCLA, guides us through the magnetic highways of nature, where cryptochromes and electron spins become the rogue navigators of life’s hidden machinery. The discussion is a madcap chase after how these quantum phenomena might drive not only the migration of birds but the very basis of human cells—bordering on sci-fi insanity, but with hard evidence in tow. By the end, it’s clear we’re standing on the edge of a revolution, where biology and quantum physics collide in a way that will reshape our understanding of life and its untapped potential—but only if we can accept the scale of the challenge. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci Quantum Biology Institute: https://www.quantumbiology.org/ The Magnetism Paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.10.617626v2 00:00 Go! 00:02:17 Quantum Effects in Biological Systems 00:05:30 Sensitivity to Magnetic Fields 00:11:11 Mechanisms of Magnetic Detection in Biology 00:19:01 Quantum Sensing: Exploiting Electron Spin 00:26:40 Localized Quantum Bio 00:33:15 Cryptochromes and Magnetoreception 00:48:12 Earth's Magnetic Field and Life 00:56:06 Magnetism Beyond Birds 01:00:23 Ion Flux Hypothesis 01:14:23 Biophotons and Cellular Processes 01:19:22 Magnetosensitive Proteins in Biology 01:27:36 Human Insight vs. AI in Scientific Discovery 01:44:57 Super-radiance in Quantum Biology 01:51:00 Quantum Experiments in Cells 01:57:00 Applied Quantum 02:02:00 Mapping Quantum Codes in Biology 02:11:18 Magnetism Publication and Experiment Details 02:14:48 Implications and Hypotheses 02:19:03 Organisms and Experiments 02:23:47 Science and Reproducibility Challenges 02:34:13 Quantum Biology Institute #QuantumBiology, #QuantumSensing, #QuantumConsciousness, #QuantumComputing, #QuantumTheory, #QuantumChemistry, #QuantumResearch, #QuantumScience, #QuantumTechnology, #QuantumWorld, #QuantumLeap, #QuantumFieldTheory, #QuantumTunneling, #QuantumExperiments, #QuantumPhenomena, #QuantumRevolution#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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Austin Abigt is a philosopher, writer, and one of the key members of the of the Renewal of Science movement, which seeks to chart a path for scientific rebirth. In this conversation, Abigt explains how modern science is the product of two distinct philosophical lineages - one founded by Newton and Descartes, the other by Goethe. The Newtonian paradigm, roughly summarized by "shut up and calculate" has been invaluable for the development of the modern world, but Abigt argues that its ability to keep moving us forward to a deeper and deeper understanding of nature is inherently limited. To be able to make progress, we have to turn to the alternative scientific thread, the Goethian one, that advocates for a more holistic approach to nature. Rather than demanding a single story, Abigt argues that it's time to embrace the inherent complexity of nature. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci References from Austin: Sheldon's Soul and Matter Essay: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2178912 (00:00) Go! (00:07:25) Alternative Scientific History (00:15:28) Evolution of Educational Traditions (00:27:03) Goethean Spectrum (00:39:20) Diverging Scientific Views (00:48:34) Mystical Elements in Science (00:58:07) Alternative Scientific Approaches (01:10:45) The Shift in Scientific Thinking (01:20:08) Social Engineering and Consciousness (01:27:50) Industrialization and Scientific Management (01:35:21) Anthroposophy and Cultural Integration (01:46:03) Idealism vs. Materialism (01:54:20) The Interplay of Perception, Reality, and Will (02:05:41) Morality of Science (02:16:12) Truth and Beauty is all there is? (02:25:28) Lunar Cycles and Plant Growth Studies (02:28:38) Bridging Spirituality and Science (02:37:02) Exploring Materialism and Mind (02:46:04) Unifying Science and Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience, #Anthroposophy, #HistoryOfIdeas, #ScienceHistory, #ScientificInquiry, #AlternativeScience, #RenaissanceScience, #GoetheanScience, , #ScientificParadigms, #ScienceAndSpirituality, #ScientificRevolution, #HolisticScience, #MysticalScience, #ScienceEducation, #ScientificIntegration, , #PhilosophicalDebates, #CulturalEvolution, #ScienceAndArt, #SpiritualKnowledge, #ModernScienceCritique#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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Yale's Steve Girvin is a pioneer of quantum computing, and our guide for our first foray into understanding how these systems do and don't work. Over the course of our conversation, we come to realize that quantum computers are not performing computations per se - they're more devices that an be used to answer a specific set of questions about reality. We dig into the details of why some questions can only be answered with a quantum computer, how next generation encryption services will come with a way of detecting eavesdroppers, and try once more to understand if there's a way of looking at the Stern Gerlach experiment that doesn't need any kind of magic. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci Further Reading: Stern-Gerlach "Quantization of Silver Atoms in Magnetic Field": https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.11343 Stern-Gerlach Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern%E2%80%93Gerlach_experiment C2QA Center: https://www.bnl.gov/quantumcenter/newsletter/news.php?a=219066 (00:00) Go! (00:06:46) Basics of Quantum Mechanics (00:14:00) Quantum Computing Challenges and Benefits (00:22:02) Quantum Computer as an Accelerator (00:34:21) Integration of Quantum and Classical Systems (00:37:01) Quantum Encryption and Security (00:41:55) Limits and Future of Quantum Computing (00:54:12) Understanding Qubits vs Classical Bits (01:03:39) Quantum Measurement Asymmetry (01:09:10) Stern-Gerlach Experiment and Qubits (01:21:12) Quantum Spin and Measurement Effects (01:29:27) The Genetic Fields Analogy (01:37:07) Visualizing Quantum Phenomena (01:46:08) Quantum Error Correction Techniques (01:57:31) Alternative Quantum Computing Methods (02:09:03) Future Applications and Challenges (02:17:13) Scaling and Fault Tolerance in Quantum Computing (02:30:20) Bridging Quantum and Classical Computing (02:36:01) Co-design and Abstraction Layers #QuantumComputing, #QuantumMechanics, #QuantumPhysics, #Qubits, #QuantumEncryption, #QuantumAlgorithms, #QuantumTechnology, #QuantumComputer, #QuantumEntanglement, #QuantumErrorCorrection, #SuperconductingCircuits, #QuantumVsClassical, #FutureOfComputing, #QuantumSimulation, #QuantumRevolution, #Computing, #Physics, #Technology, #Science, #STEM, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're back, for a third podcast, with long time friend of the pod, Dr. Michael Hughes - a biochemist at St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. We plunge into the secret story of water, revealing its role as more than a silent spectator in the dance of cellular processes. Like a conductor in an unseen ballet, water’s dynamic and nuanced structures orchestrate communication across cells, acting as a transient computationally competent actuator. Michael reveals how much of this story has been buried for years under blanket abstractions like "pH" and electrochemistry. We see the emergence of a new paradigm in cellular computation, as we uncover how water may not just be the medium of life — at times it’s perhaps every bit as alive as we are. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 References from Michael: Na+ vs K+ water dynamics: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/sc/c6sc03320b ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23713450/ Ion pairing & Collins’ Law of water affinity: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033583519000106 Kosmotropes/Chaotropes ion pairing in biochemistry review: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4693242/ Osmotic pressure influences stem cell differentiation: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1705179114 Hydration as a primary factor in carcinogenesis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16271440/ Distinguishing electrical properties of cancer cells: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S157106452200063X Heart is not a pump: https://rsarchive.org/OtherAuthors/MarinelliRalph/marinelli1.html Laszlo Boros water metabolism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8OLChXta8 (00:00) Go! (00:09:24) Revisiting Water's Unknowns in Biology (00:22:44) Osmotic Pressure as Dark Matter (00:30:38) Water Molecule Interactions (00:35:37) Collective Motion and Electricity (00:44:35) Memory of Water, for Real (00:48:09) Disappearing Polymorphs and Chemical Synthesis (00:51:05) Understanding Water Freezing and Supercooling (00:59:05) pH, Charge, and Biological Systems (01:08:38) Tetrahedral Ordering in Water Structures (01:17:01) Energy Transfer and Cellular Connectivity (01:30:00) Back to pH (01:39:10) Cosmotropes and Chaotropes (01:49:57) Ion Dynamics in Cells (01:57:15) Unconventional Views on Consciousness and Physiology #water , #structuredwater , #paradigmshift , #Biochemistry, #ScienceExplained, #Electrochemistry, #NewParadigm, #WaterInBiology, #CellularCommunication, #PhaseTransitions, #Biophysics, #MolecularScience, #SciencePodcast, #ScientificBreakthrough, #WaterStructure, #EmergingScience, #CellBiology, #BiochemicalMysteries, #pHExplained, #scientificinnovation #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Jeffrey Ladish is the director of Palisades research, and AI safety organization based in the San Francisco Bay. Our previous conversations about the dangers of AI left us insufficiently concerned. Ladish takes up the mantle of trying to convince us that there's something worth worrying about by detailing the various projects and experiments that Palisades has been undertaking with the goal of demonstrating that AI agents let loose on the world are capable of wreaking far more havoc than we expect. We leave the conversation more wary of the machines than ever - less because we think hyper-intelligent machines are just around the corner, and more because Ladish paints a visceral picture of the cage we're building ourself into. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! (00:07:36) Risks from Nuclear Wars and Emerging Technologies (00:15:01) Experiments with AI Agents (00:25:11) Enhanced AI as Tools vs. Intelligent Agents (00:34:39) AI Learning Through Games (00:44:04) AI Goal Accomplishment (00:55:01) Intelligence and Reasoning (01:07:11) Technological Arms Race and AI (01:17:16) The Rise of AI in Corporate Roles (01:25:20) Inception and Incentivization Issues in AI (01:35:12) AI Threats and Comparisons to Bioterrorism (01:45:13) Constitutional Analogies and Regulatory Challenges (01:55:11) AI as a Threat to Human Control (02:07:02) Challenges in Managing Technological Advancements (02:16:49) Advancements and Risks in AI Development (02:25:01) Current AI Research and Public Awareness #FutureOfAI, #AlgorithmicControl, #Cybersecurity, #AI, #AISafety, #ArtificialIntelligence, #TechnologyEthics, #FutureTech, #AIRegulation, #AIThreats, #Innovation, #TechRisks, #Cybersecurity, #SyntheticBiology, #TechGovernance, #HumanControl, #AIAlignment, #AIAdvancement, #TechTalk, #Podcast, #TechEthics, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Ben Landau Taylor is a writer, historian, and one of the minds behind the Bismark Brief, whose research is focused on understanding the life cycle of civilizations. Much of his work has been informed by the work of Caroll Quigley, who in the 1970s put together a seven part framework for how civilizations are born, mature, and eventually go extinct. His model was one of an economic instrument of expansion, where the tools of growth defined the success of the empire - a direct contradiction to contemporary Arnold Toynbee's perspective that it wasn't economics that drove civilization - it was some kind of spiritual commitment to a common cause. The economic model seemed more reasonable to Taylor, who then wanted to know - was it simply applicable to European history, or was this a more universal model? We talk about the ways that the rise and fall of civilizations generalizes across history, the place our own civilization is in the progression, and what the future might hold. READ QUIGLEY: https://amzn.to/3YSEMaF READ TOYNBEE: https://amzn.to/4hSdIB3 READ CIVILIZATION LIT: https://amzn.to/3OcHbbC (affiliate links) PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! (07:08:00) The Economic Engine (00:17:07) Motivations Behind Historical Crusades (00:27:19) Spiritual and Economic Motives (00:37:12) Fragility and Stability in Civilizations (00:47:56) Evolution of Civilizations (00:56:42) Patterns in Civilizational Waves (01:03:52) Preservation and Historical Amnesia (01:12:29) Historical Narratives and Bias (01:21:11) Stagnation and Adaptation (01:30:49) Manorial Systems and Economic Expansion (01:41:38) Financial Capitalism's Role (01:50:02) Financial Hoarding and Redistribution (01:58:13) Metaverse and Digital Economies (02:04:18) Predicting Technological Advancements (02:11:12) AI Development and Potential (02:21:05) Designing Safeguards Against Institutional Control (02:29:26) Importance of Mythology in Society (02:39:38) Significance of Ancient Chinese Canal Systems #LegacyOfCivilizations #EconomicTheory #Crusades #Civilization #History #HistoricalAnalysis #RiseAndFall #CulturalEvolution #HistoricalTrends #EconomicExpansion #ChineseHistory #InstitutionalChange #SpiritualMotives #EconomicMotives #ChurchAndState #InnovativeSystems #Metaverse #Automation #AI #TechnologicalAdvancements #FutureOfSociety, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're bouncing off our recent conversation with evolutionary biologist, Dr. Michael Lachmann from SFI, and unpacking why the modern definition of life sucks and why it matters. We attempt to construct a more scientific (i.e. less circular) definition of life and take it for a walk in the park. As a test case we examine an inadvertent hypothesis, which stems from Olaf Stapledon’s Star Maker, a science fiction work that supposes stars themselves have an interior life and that when they move according to gravity they are simply doing the dance of a school of fishes or drivers on a freeway. We pull out cases where the stars satisfy a scientific definition of life and also problems with the theory. The notion forces us to reconsider the limits of life and its possible forms in the universe. READ OLAF STAPLEDON'S STAR MAKER: https://amzn.to/4fkT6jd PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! (00:06:01) Rethinking Life's Definition (00:09:03) Anthropocentric cosmology (00:14:47) Life's Persistence (00:23:16) Harnessing Tension (00:30:20) Information and Evolution (00:36:29) Life Beyond Earth (00:41:13) Cosmic Communication (00:47:37) Communication and Understanding (00:57:00) Communication Across the Cosmos (01:10:47) Galactic Dynamics and Gravity (01:13:31) Stars as Autonomous Entities; Olaf Stapledon (01:22:29) Life's Potential Ubiquity (01:25:32 )Science's Quest for Understanding #LifeBeyondEarth, #LifeDefinition, #ExtraterrestrialLife, #starmaker, #CosmicPerception, #StellarLife, #Astrobiology, #PhilosophyOfLife, #CosmicCommunication, #GalacticDynamics, #StellarConsciousness, #UniversalLife, #ScienceAndPhilosophy, , #CosmicInteractions, #StellarProcesses, #LifeInTheUniverse, #Astrophysics, #SpaceExploration, #CosmicEvolution, #InterstellarCommunication, #LifeAndTheCosmos, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

In today's episode we chart the debate surrounding Gunung Padang, an enigmatic site in Indonesia, and its implications for the possibility of ice age civilization. Our guide, Dr. Danny Hillman Natawidjaja, an Indonesian geologist specializing in earthquake geology and geotectonics at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Research Center for Geotechnology, walks us through the difficulties of dating archaeological structures with tools like seismic imaging and LiDAR, particularly in a region shaped by natural upheavals. We unpack how environmental changes have influenced historical narratives and the survival of early sites. We also critique the institutional barriers and interpretative conflicts that shape modern archaeology, including the suspect retraction of Danny's seminal work on Gunung Padang - an interdiction not based on allegations of data manipulation, but rather on account of the conclusions drawn by its authors. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! Gunung Padang's Archaeological Controversy (00:06:28) Indonesian Archaeology and Geology (00:13:16) Natural Disasters & Social Transformations (00:19:30) Geoscience Meets Archaeological Research (00:24:34) Identifying Potential Archaeological Sites (00:27:36) Megalithic Sites in Indonesia (00:32:07) Problems Dating Megalithic Sites (00:37:47) Interpreting Archaeological Data (00:44:46) Archaeology as Archtypical Conservative Science (00:49:55) Retraction of paper over conclusions? (00:58:11) Study Details and Initial Findings (01:02:48) Archaeological Evidence (01:11:28) Site Controversy and Future Research (01:16:40) Ancient Civilizations and Structures (01:24:11) Debates on Archaeological Interpretations (01:29:04) Cyclical Views of Civilization (01:35:11) Impact of Changing Sea Levels on Civilizations (01:39:16) Ancient Indonesian Civilization and Geography (01:43:07) Underwater Archeological Evidence (01:46:11) Ancient Artifacts and Challenges (01:50:09) Earthquake Research and Hazard Mapping (01:58:30) Prehistoric Cave Paintings (02:03:19) Neanderthals & Speciation #Archaeology, #AncientHistory, #MegalithicStructures, #IndonesianHeritage, #GunungPadang, #AncientCivilizations, #Geoscience, #HistoricalResearch, #PrehistoricSites, #CulturalHeritage, #AncientMysteries, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #AncientMonuments, #HistoricalControversy, #AncientArtifacts, #LostCivilizations, #AncientStructures, #HistoricalDebate, #AncientSites, #ArchaeologicalResearch, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 More 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, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 More 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, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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 #295 Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND 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, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB MERCH: 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, #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV Jeff'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 #FinancialUncertainty Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV Jeff'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, #EconomicHistory Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #TechPhilosophy Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #CulturalCritique Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #FinancialTrust Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #HumanOrigins Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV More 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, #MathematicalUniverse Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #EmotionalWellness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #ChurchHistory Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #ScientificRevolution Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #GeopoliticalStrategy Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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 #WaveFunction Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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/3lcAasB AND 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, #ConsciousnessExploration Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link for Dr. Radin's book: https://amzn.to/3XalmNG (00:00:00) Go!(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 Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics,  @MaterialAtomics   https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Kevin Fedarko is a writer, journalist and river guide explores the interface between wilderness and industrialization, most recently through the lens of the Grand Canyon. Fedarko recently published "A Walk In the Park," the story of his somewhat ill-conceived but ultimately successful quest to walk the trail-less expanse of desert wilderness that hides beneath the canyon's rims. We talk about the struggle to tell a story about the Colorado and the canyon that contains it that avoids the conventional morality tale of environment good, technology bad; the astonishing feat of engineering, unseen since the Great Pyramids that holds back Lake Powell; the punishment of untrailed nature; and the mythology of science, man as an island, and the wilderness as something we both crave and fear. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link for Kevin Fedarko's book: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV (00:00) Go! (00:06:42) The Process of Writing and Sharing (00:14:15) Parallels in Creative Industries (00:18:51) Interplay of Wilderness and Modernity (00:23:03) Natural vs. Industrial Forces (00:30:21) The 1983 Spillway Crisis (00:35:22) Contradictions of Nature and Technology (00:40:44) Stories Tell Themselves (00:47:00) How Humans Understand the World (00:50:12) Science and Storytelling Paradox (01:01:03) Challenges of Long-held Beliefs (01:09:57) River Dynamics and Geology (01:13:58) The Great Unconformity (01:19:11) Hiking the Grand Canyon (01:24:22) Trail Challenges (01:33:42) Navigating the Desert (01:40:05) No Trail is Walked Alone (01:42:07) Nature and Solitude (01:48:37) Deep Immersion #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Christof Koch is a neuroscientist who studies consciousness, and is best known for integrated information theory. IIT is a consciousness-first theory, which states that the experience of being someone (or something) is directly related to the causal powers of the underlying system. Up until relatively recently, Koch was something of a materialist - he believed that it would be possible to find the specific series of neural events in the brain that produce lived experience. A series of events, which he details in his new book "The I Am Myself the World" have led him to embrace more of an idealist perspective, which says that we are instantiations of a a much larger universal consciousness that permeates the universe. We talk to him about his transformation, the nature of consciousness and will, what it "causal powers" of a system have to do with consciousness, and the value of mystical experiences. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link for Dr. Koch's books: https://amzn.to/3Mleyrw (00:00) Go! (00:03:40) Consciousness and Clinical Practice (00:08:32) Practical Challenges and Developments (00:14:13) Ethical and Theoretical Considerations (00:17:43) Theories and Predictions in Neuroscience (00:21:08) Physics, Causality, and Consciousness (00:24:12) The Role of Physical Interpretation in Science and Technology (00:27:24) Exploration of Physical Theories in Science (00:29:03) The Intersection of Consciousness and Data Interpretation (00:33:35) Significance of Studying Consciousness (00:37:30) Understanding Consciousness through Neural Correlates (00:48:16) Evolutionary Complexity and Consciousness (00:54:04) Human Evolution and Desires (00:57:01) Idealism and Consciousness (01:02:23) Mystical Experiences and Consciousness (01:12:15) Near-Death Experiences and Psychedelics (01:14:29) Exploring 5-MeO-DMT Experiences (01:16:34) Idealism and Scientific Study (01:18:29) Universal Mind and Consciousness (01:21:30) Complexity and Consciousness (01:24:00) Split Brain and Consciousness Studies (01:27:53) Evolution and Self-Consciousness (01:31:48) Complexity of Consciousness Emergence (01:35:23) Integrated Information Theory and Consciousness (01:39:33) Impact of Substances on Microorganisms and Consciousness (01:44:26) Artificial Intelligence and the Possibility of Consciousness (01:51:05) Simulation vs. Reality in Causal Power (01:56:01) Importance of Hardware in Consciousness (02:01:15) Virtual Worlds and Reality (02:02:08) Consciousness and Computational Limitations (02:03:05) Scientific Rivalries and Theory Validation (02:06:05) The Intersection of Science and Philosophy (02:09:22) Science, Paradigms, and Metaphysical Assumptions (02:11:28) Science Evolution and Competing Theories (02:15:00) The Computational Universe and AI Perspectives (02:21:24) Metaphysical Reflections (02:23:47) Mystical Experience on the Beach (02:27:07) Nature's Influence (02:32:36) Flow States in Nature and Music (02:36:06) Limits of Scientific Understanding (02:41:00) Behind the Scenes and Future Endeavors #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/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y

The Venus Project was started in the 1980s by Jacques Fresco and Roxanne Meadows with the aim of showing that it was possible to lead a more human centered existence… as long as you built outside of the capitalist market system. Over the decades, the fortunes of the project have fluctuated - from an initial burst of enthusiasm and action (Meadows and Fresco built almost all the structures on the property by hand themselves) to the grinding reality of what it means to grow a stable and vibrant community, to the immense surge of popularity just as Fresco’s life came to an end. Project members Roxanne Meadows and Nate Dwindiddie come by the show with previous guest Simon Michaux to talk about the failures and successes of the project, and what it might look like when its reborn as the framework for Michaux’s Prometheus Project. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link for Fresco's work: https://amzn.to/3WNYMdx (00:00) Go! (00:01:10) Evolution from Venus Project to Prometheus Project (00:02:45) Challenges and Iterations in Alternative Social Systems (00:05:19) Vision for Societal Change (00:22:59) Fresco's Innovations in Architecture and Design (00:29:34) Technocracy Inc. and its Influence on Jacques Fresco (00:31:53) Jacques Fresco's Impact on Science Fiction (00:39:20) Jacques Fresco's Move to Venus, Florida and Community Building (00:44:54) Jacque Fresco's Vision and Beginnings (46:18) Social Engineering and Technological Innovation (47:41) Shift from Technical Designs to Social Values (49:13) Impact of Digital Age and Global Outreach (51:44) Jacque Fresco's Vision for a Resource-Based Economy (57:14) Simon Michaux and Continuing Fresco's Legacy (01:09:18) Sustainable City Design (01:13:36) Challenges and Successes of the Venus Project (01:19:12) Funding and Economic Models (01:26:02) Experimentation with Alternative Systems (01:31:20) Building a City According to Jacque Fresco's Design (01:32:41) Research Institute and Industrial Clusters in the City (01:37:02) Shifting Focus: Optimizing for Quality of Life (01:53:08) Community Structure and Stability (01:56:19) Societal Experiments and Human Nature (02:00:11) Advancements in System Science (02:05:14) Urban Living and Cultural Development (02:14:33) The Future Vision of The Venus Project (02:15:01) The Role of Advisory Board in The Venus Project (02:16:52) Educational Initiatives at The Venus Project (02:18:27) Prometheus: Testing and Innovating Building Materials #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #VenusProject, #PrometheusProject, #JackFresco, #ResourceBasedEconomy, #SustainableCities, #SocialRedesign, #TechnocracyMovement, #FutureOfSociety, #UtopianDesign, #CircularEconomy, #AlternativeSociety, #EcoInnovation, #SocialExperiment, #FutureTech, #GlobalSolutions Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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

Dr Luca Turin is a biophysicist, writer, and perfume connoisseur whose work on fragrances seems to suggest that we don’t smell molecules, per se - we smell the complex vibrations of an atomic structure. Turin came to be convinced of this model for olfaction at the expense of the standard model of receptors binding smell molecules just on the basis of their shape due to a prediction he made about the smell of sulfur. If the pungent odor of rotten eggs and brimstone was due to the vibrational frequency of the sulfur atom attached to the molecule, then any other atom with a similar vibrational frequency, no matter its shape, should also smell of sulfur. He found a compatible molecule in an unexpected place, and the rest fell into place. We talk about his nascent passion for perfumes, why people are so reluctant to smell things, and the overlap between smell, resonance, and consciousness. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR support us when you do your Amazon shopping through this link for Dr. Turin's books: https://amzn.to/4fLMbQR (00:00:00) Go!! (00:05:12) The Concept of Fragrance (00:11:39) Evolution and Decline of Vibrational Theory in Smell Science (00:23:47) Social Dynamics in Scientific Progress (00:26:30) Impact of Public Perception on Scientific Discourse (00:29:23) Musical Analogies in Smell Perception (00:31:00) Harmonic Analogies in Molecular Structures (00:33:17) Exploring Dissonance in Perfumery and Music (00:39:06) Longevity of Perfumes and Environmental Factors (00:46:44) Theory development on molecular vibration and smell perception (00:48:23) Discovery of Boron hydrides and their olfactory similarities to sulfur (00:51:36) Public reception and impact of the vibrational theory of smell (01:11:20) Electrical properties of molecules in drug design (01:13:09) Radical formation and drug interaction with receptors (01:18:05) Electrical vs. shape-based theories in GPCR activation (01:24:21) Electron transfer in cellular metabolism (01:31:11) ATP synthesis and electrostatic gradients in mitochondria (01:34:36) Electrons' Spin Behavior in Biology (01:37:05) Revolution in General Anesthesia (01:42:05) Mechanism of Anesthesia and Brain Function (01:49:23) Quantum Effects in Brain Function (01:57:40) Brain Stimulation and Consciousness (01:58:52) Spin and Conductivity (02:05:02) Radio Frequency Emission from Brain Activity (02:09:54) Mitochondrial Activity and Brain Function (02:18:09) Quantum Aspects in Brain Function (02:21:08) The Intersection of Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness (02:25:01) Historical and Technological Influences on Consciousness Studies (02:30:13) Quantum Biology: Origins and Evolution (02:34:26) The Central Role of Chemistry in Quantum Biology (02:37:11) Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (02:44:15) Philosophical indifference to facts (02:45:22) Science as myth-making (02:46:15) Finding joy in science #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #QuantumMechanics, #PhysicsPodcast, #TransactionalInterpretation, #WaveFunctionCollapse, #Schrödinger, #Heisenberg, #QuantumTheory, #Cosmology, #StringTheory, #QuantumPhysics, #TimeReversal, #NonLocality, #QuantumInterpretation, #CarverMead, #MitochondrialResearch, #AntiAgingScience, #EnergyTransactions, #QuantumPhilosophy, #CosmologicalTheories, #QuantumBeats 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. MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're examining the impact of bureaucracy and financialization on modern society through the lens of David Graeber's "Utopia of Rules," with reference to another of his works, "Bullshit Jobs." We explore how these forces shape political ideologies, wealth extraction, and everyday life. Starting with the alienation caused by bureaucratic systems, the discussion moves through the fusion of finance and bureaucracy, which influences both worker-corporate relationships and democratic processes. Then we look into the global justice movement's exposure of systemic violence and the role of technology in societal challenges as a potential model for criticism. We also address the perception of value shaped by financial abstractions, the issues within the retirement system, and the personal reassessment prompted by psychedelics. The podcast concludes with a discussion on the potential of worker ownership and the importance of societal renewal through new linguistic templates to combat institutional stagnation. Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link for Graber's work: https://amzn.to/3WD1yT3 (00:00) Go! (00:08:49) - Bureaucracy breeds alienation despite material comfort (00:15:06) - Political disillusionment reflects bureaucratic capture of ideologies (00:20:08) - Financialization and bureaucracy fuse, extracting wealth (00:31:25) - Credential inflation bureaucratizes everyday life (00:37:25) - 1971: Financialization alters worker-investor-corporate relationships (00:43:43) - Financial reliability prioritized over democratic processes (00:52:46) - Global justice movement exposes systemic violence (01:04:24) - Technology application, not existence, causes issues (01:15:32) - Financial abstractions shape perception of value (01:28:54) - Retirement system exposes life-structuring issues (01:33:14) - Psychedelics confront mortality and reassess values (01:40:57) - Opting out: freedom versus interconnected challenges (01:45:13) - Worker ownership addresses external investment problems (01:52:35) - Societal renewal prevents institutional stagnation #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #Bureaucracy, #Financialization, #PoliticalIdeologies, #WealthExtraction, #GlobalJustice, #WorkerOwnership, #DemocraticProcesses, #CredentialInflation, #SystemicViolence, #RetirementIssues, #TechImpact, #Psychedelics, #ValuePerception, #InstitutionalRenewal, #EconomicJustice, #CorporatePower, #SocialChange, #FinancialAbstraction, #1971Economy, #WorkerRights #Graeber Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're looking at how atoms talk to one another using light. This transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics, was developed by today's guest, Dr. John Cramer and former guest, Dr. Carver Mead back in the 1980s. We cover key concepts such as the double atom, handshake process, and the roles of Schrödinger and Heisenberg's approaches. The conversation explores wave function collapse, non-locality, and advanced potentials, along with the influence of ghost waves, time reversal, and phase relationships in energy transactions. We then examine the evolution of quantum mechanics interpretations, the intersection of physics and philosophy, and critiques of string theory. The episode concludes with insights into cosmology, the uniqueness of life, anti-aging research, and the development and material interpretations of the transactional interpretation.Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR support us when you do your Amazon shopping through this link for Dr. Cramer's books: https://amzn.to/4dAmwss (00:00:00) Go!! (00:03:26) Transactional Interpretation and Double Atom Concept (00:06:26) Handshake Process and Quantum Mechanics (00:09:21) Quantum Process and Mathematical Representation (00:15:09) Schrödinger vs. Heisenberg Approaches (00:24:39) Understanding Wave Function Collapse in Quantum Mechanics (00:27:12) Overcoming Non-locality with Advanced Potentials (00:30:13) The Role of Beats in Quantum Transactions (00:33:07) Exploring Time Reversal and Phase Relationships (00:37:02) Ghost Waves and Their Influence (00:41:10) Phase Relationships and Energy Transactions (00:47:37) Universe and Transactional Exchange (01:36:50) Physics Fashion Changes and String Theory Critique (01:42:00) Quantum Mechanics Interpretations and Philosophy Intersection (01:47:40) Standard Models and Cosmology Theories (01:53:10) Life's Randomness and Cosmological Uniqueness (01:57:03) Aging, Anti-Aging Research, and Mitochondrial Treatments (02:24:03) Origin and Development of the Transactional Interpretation (02:26:48) Collaboration with Carver Mead (02:30:01) Advancing the Interpretation with Criticism #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #QuantumMechanics, #PhysicsPodcast, #TransactionalInterpretation, #WaveFunctionCollapse, #Schrödinger, #Heisenberg, #QuantumTheory, #Cosmology, #StringTheory, #QuantumPhysics, #TimeReversal, #NonLocality, #QuantumInterpretation, #CarverMead, #MitochondrialResearch, #AntiAgingScience, #EnergyTransactions, #QuantumPhilosophy, #CosmologicalTheories, #QuantumBeats Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Emily Casanova is a professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Loyola University in New Orleans who studies autism, human/neanderthal hybridization, and sundry soft tissue disorders that are often co-inherited with autism. Her research has shown that autism spectrum disorders are underpinned by a complex network of genetic interactions whose first emergence can be traced back to human/neanderthal interbreeding nearly 40,000 years ago. This suggests that, contrary to popular belief, the grounds for autism spectrum disorders long predate the first diagnoses made in the early 20th century. We talk about why it’s so hard to come up with a genetic cause for autism, why “species” might not mean what we think it does, intricacies of embryogenesis, and why environmental causes are so hard to talk about. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link for Dr. Casanova's Book, Defining Autism: https://amzn.to/4d8sK30 (00:00) Go! (00:07:46) Is autism actually exploding? (00:16:15) Culture of autism? (00:26:10) Genetic linkage not so clear (00:31:51) Defining autism (00:47:39) Genetics v. cause (00:56:28) How much does genetics matter in autism? (01:04:00) Environmental arguments (01:13:33) Species don't really exist (01:26:29) Neaderthal roots of autism? (01:40:38) Continued human evolution (01:50:56) Making the world knowable as inherently valuable (02:08:36) AI applications in education #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #AutismResearch, #NeurodiversityScience, #HumanEvolution, #NeanderthalDNA, #GeneticComplexity, #NeuroscienceInsights, #SpeciesBlending, #AutismOrigins, #EmbryologyTalks, #EnvironmentalFactors, #AutismSpectrum, #HumanNeandertalHybridization, #GeneticInteractions, Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Yeva Nersisyan is a professor of economics at Franklin and Marshall College whose research focus includes Modern Monetary Theory, Post-Keynesianism, and the Institutionalist traditions. She has published widely on the subject of banking and financial instability, which is why we invited her on to talk about how the economy *actually* works. MMT theorists argue that Neo-classical economists have a deeply limited understanding of the economy, as demonstrated by the Fed’s recent inability to control inflation by adjusting interest rates - which is basically the only lever available to it. We discuss how it seems that no one who is sitting at the top of the economic pyramid seems to understand how to shift the course of the economy, how providing jobs is the key to stability, the emergence of modern economic policy in the post-war years, and much more. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ (00:00:00) Go! (00:06:41) What are the basic economic levers? (00:13:14) Regulation comes either way (00:20:29) Keynes says (00:26:15) Money supply first (00:34:26) What is money? (00:43:29) FDIC - has it been tested? (00:56:00) Industry & money (01:07:08) Jobs needed v. jobs wanted (01:13:20) Patreon Ask (01:13:27) Revised MMT (01:28:50) Government brain drain (01:40:10) Extreme povery at home (01:53:00) Economic policy starts post war (02:04:26) Inflation v. employment (02:19:40) Financialization v. humanization (02:30:04) Today's democrazy (02:40:03) Infrastructure vs. ATMs #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #ModernMonetaryTheory, #EconomicsExplained, #PostKeynesian, #FinancialStability, #JobsFirst, #EconomicPolicy, #MoneySupply, #BankingInsights, #InflationDebate, #GovernmentSpending, #EconomicLevers, #FiscalPolicy, #MonetaryTheory, #EmploymentFocus, #EconomicInequality Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Tom Cheetham is a naturalist, poet, and author who has spent the last few decades of his life engrossed in the work of Henry Corbin, who inspired a century of studies of the unconscious mind. Corbin’s aim was to understand the line that cut across the mystic traditions of the world, in the hopes of finding something that was the universal ground of being. To that end, he searched for answers in the work of everyone from Continental philosophers, to the medieval gnostics, to the Persian mystics and honed in on something he called the “imaginal realm,” inhabited by angels who guide their human charges towards a life of meaning and profundity. We talk with Cheetham about the nature of inspiration, the universal ground of experience, the search for truth, and the visionary power of psychedelic experiences Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Check out (00:00) Go! (00:08:46) Cheetham's road to Corbin (00:13:17) Eranos conferences (00:22:21) Poetry as undefinable revelations (00:38:20) Interpretation of visions (00:58:24) Needing a handbook for visions (01:06:37) Escaping death (01:15:26) True open-mindedness can be dangerous (01:26:28) Need to plant cap T truth flags (01:31:28) Conquest & western psychology (01:42:19) UFO hits the NYTimes & opens up esotericism (01:52:30) Abductees & Mack (02:08:16) Psychdelic breaks & burden of the self (02:32:44) Wave equation for a symphony (02:47:45) Search for shared reality #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #HenriCorbin, #ComparativeReligion, #Mysticism, #Gnosticism, #Hermeneutics, #Psychedelics, #Consciousness, #PhilosophyOfMind, #SpiritualityAndScience, #ImaginationAndReality, #ModernMysticism, #AngelologyAndUFOs, #JungianPsychology, #PoeticBasisOfMind, #ExploringConsciousness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Jeremi Suri is a professor of Public Affairs and History at the University of Texas, Austin whose recent work explores the idea that the American civil war never ended. Suri argues that the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse at the end of the Civil War was just a superficial conclusion of outright hostilities, not a true end to the massive division that ran across America during colonial times. Our conversation with Suri centers around the question of where these divisions come from, what has entrenched them, why the same social rifts are opening not just in America, but all around the world. Most importantly, we wrestle with what can be done about a seeping wound of discontent that refuses to heal. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Read Jeremi's Books and Fund DemystifySci: https://amzn.to/4dhjidg (00:00) Go! (00:05:22) Low points in history (other than now) (00:09:45) Bring back the CCC! (00:11:28) Civil unrest in the US (00:15:40) Racial divide at the core of the US (00:22:00) A revolutionary's lifestyle (00:26:29) 2nd order messes (00:31:03) Does the president matter that much? (00:37:37) Solution set for systematic inequality (00:49:11) Order v. chaos in society (00:56:16) Post civil war wounds (01:06:25) Anxiety below racism (01:19:08) Journalism was never clean truth (01:33:19) Reality v. internet universe (01:48:53) Moving away from home v. adaptation to the new world (02:01:21) Every kid to college? (02:15:04) Economics & extremism (02:19:32) Is this actually a democracy??? (02:26:07) Tech politics #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #AmericanHistory, #CivilWar, #Democracy, #PoliticalUnrest, #SocialChange, #HistoricalPerspective, #AmericanMobility, #CivilRights, #PoliticalPolarization, #HistoricalCycles, #SocialJustice, #AmericanIdentity, #PoliticalReform, #HistoricalContext, #DemocraticEvolution Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

The last few weeks we've had some really explosive theories on the show, which have caused a stir in the comments and beyond. We sit down to talk about the philosophy behind why we believe exploring far out theories is so important, and use Paul Feyerabend's Against Method as the backbone for our discussion. We introduce the idea of scientific anarchy, which encourages us to lean into the uncomfortable reality that ideas cannot be prized simply because of their age, or their apparent agreement with existing data. The history of science is littered with theories that were wrong but useful, detectors that are engineered to give us the results we are expecting, and the weighty knowledge that the absence of evidence tells us nothing about what we'll find when we take a closer look at the inner workings of nature. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Pick up some Feyerabend and support the pod when you do it here: https://amzn.to/3Y7bcQ8 (00:00) Go! (00:09:56) Podcast insider conspiracy theories (00:16:10) Surrendering to being a useful idiot (00:20:55) becoming a valuable mouthpiece (00:23:48) Patronage of the billionaire king (00:28:24) Two types of conspiracies (00:35:48) Can a free internet rise again? (00:44:35) Monoliths vs chaos, enter Paul Feyerabend (00:48:56) Heuristics and other cognitive offloads (00:55:08) Calcifying opinion into fact (00:58:02) Science is a historical process (01:01:37) Subservience of science to technology (01:04:31) Why Michael Hudson doesn't take libertarians seriously (01:06:49) Handling non-human entities (01:09:40) Triggering the psychological immune system (01:14:06) Counter-rule science (01:17:07) The approach of the Platonic Redditor (01:21:49) An argument for scientific anarchy (01:26:25) All theories have a little bit of gold (01:29:18) Does the buck stop anywhere? (01:35:45) All models suck, but I want to believe (01:41:39) Searching for the needle in the hay (01:47:26) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #ScientificAnarchy, #PaulFeyerabend, #AgainstMethod, #PhilosophyOfScience, #ExploringTheories, #UncomfortableTruths, #ScientificRevolution, #ScientificDebate, #FarOutTheories, #ChallengingNorms, #SciencePhilosophy, #InnovativeIdeas, #BreakthroughScience, #ScientificMethod, #CriticalThinking, #AlternativeScience, #RevolutionaryThoughts, #NewPerspectives, #ScienceAndPhilosophy, #HistoryOfScience Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Forrest Maready is an author, filmmaker, and radio show host who is driven by trying to understand alternate versions of the history of religion, culture, and disease. He's written a number of books on the subject of environmental toxins and disease, which include radical revisions to the story of polio and autism. In this conversation we explore his somewhat radical perspective - that the vast majority of disease, if not all disease, is the result of industrial pollutants getting into our bodies and wreaking havoc. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support both Forrest and us when you shop for his books here: https://amzn.to/3WfU73I Check out Forrest's radio show: www.forrestmaready.com Follow Forrest on X: https://x.com/forrestmaready Rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ (00:00:00) Go! (00:05:50) Strangeness of Smallpox (00:12:14) a dark history of medicine (00:18:57) questionable outcomes of common meds (00:20:58) When did doctors become nobility? (00:27:46) A strange palate (00:31:46) unique genetic sensitivities (00:35:54) EM & sound pollution (00:41:07) On finding your tribe (00:44:55) On orienting towards truth & invention (00:57:44) Polio and the confluence of environment and technology (01:06:43) YouTube folks start here (01:07:10) Loose threads in the polio story (01:11:58) The art of retelling settled history (01:18:55) The sudden appearance of widespread viral paralysis (01:28:15) Evolving from a rural scourge to an urban epidemic (01:35:40) Was paralytic polio caused by enviromental toxicity? (01:41:18) Did the polio vaccine end the epidemic? (01:48:22) The Polio story as a gateway drug (01:50:26) Autism, epidemics, and censored discourse (02:01:10) The absence of a clear genetic cause (02:09:12) Where did autism begin, and what caused its rise? (02:12:35) Unpacking the Wakefield study (02:19:53) The American ethic of money (02:31:53) A dramatic expansion of the vaccine schedule (02:39:41) The mysterious mechanism of adjuvants (02:48:38) What caused the explosion of cases? (02:55:42) A horrible theory that would be best disproven (03:01:21) What's the tradeoff here? (03:07:25) A wrinkle in vaccine justification (03:11:14) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #Epidemiology, #PublicHealth, #InfectiousDiseases, #EnvironmentalHealth, #Pollution, #HealthScience, #DiseasePrevention, #Toxicology, #HealthResearch, #GlobalHealth, #EnvironmentalImpact, #DiseaseEcology, #PandemicHistory, #HealthPolicy, #Contamination, #AirPollution, #WaterPollution, #IndustrialPollution, #DiseaseOutbreaks, #HealthAwareness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Prof. Gabriele Carcassi is a University of Michigan Physicists who became obsessed with a simple question during his training. Where do the mathematics of physics actually come from? They are handed down to us as students as if they were immutable laws of nature… but are they? Or are they simply mathematical transformations that have long ago left the realm of reality and made their home in the spheres of theory? It turns out that we really don’t know where the line between pure theory and physical reality can be drawn! Luckily, Carcassi and his research partner Prof. Christine Aidala have dedicated their time to deciphering what they call the “Assumptions of Physics,” a project which they hope will let them take apart the basic principles of the foundational science and put the whole thing back together again in a way that makes much more sense. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Check out Carcassi's Assumptions of Physics project: https://assumptionsofphysics.org/ Check out Carcassi's Youtube Page:  @gcarcassi  Check out the Assumptions of Physics YouTube page:  @AssumptionsofPhysicsResearch  00:00 Go! 00:06:00 Reverse physics 00:07:07 Standard physics approach 00:09:36 Lagrangian rulers 00:19:15 What is a physical dimension? 00:27:51 What is an electron, really? 00:34:30 Physical objects as informational bins 00:48:45 Math & intuition 01:00:57 Begging for money in basic science 01:21:48 Physics envy 01:36:47 Reverse physics undermines standard approach? 01:48:38 Constants of nature 02:05:52 Empiricists v. rationalists 02:35:36 Interpreting quantum spin 02:53:22 Michael Levin #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #physics, #scienceeducation, #quantumphysics, #physicsresearch, #assumptionsofphysics, #physicsdimensions, #electron, #physicsintuition, #empiricism, #rationalism Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Simon Shack is an amateur astronomer, independent researcher, and author. He is the modern champion of an old idea, last held in Tycho Brahe’s time, that the sun is not at the center of the solar system. At first blush, this sounds preposterous, for we have hundreds of years of data that supports the heliocentric Copernican model. But the more you listen, the more your mind melts, because not only does the data fit… it seems to fit better than the conventional model in multiple cases. We spend the conversation unpacking Simon’s model, figuring out what makes it run, the assumptions that make sense, and the loose threads that still need to be woven in. It is a WILD ride, and a truly great exploration of what it means when the same set of observations can produce a radically different interpretation. To follow along visually, check out https://www.tychos.space/ where you can find a copy of Simon’s book and the Tychosium, a stellarium-type simulator built to show the inner workings of the model. Lets go!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ 00:00 Go! 00:09:52 Revisiting Tycho Brahe's solar system 00:12:45 Did Kepler cheat to win the race? 00:16:20 Tycho himself 00:21:05 Copernicus 00:22:37 Precession problems 00:29:37 Earth's tiny orbit, the PVP 00:40:46 If Earth wobbles, why don't the planet's declination wobble too? 00:53:28 Creating the Tychos model 01:00:50 Even if wrong, Tychos is important 01:07:48 Overview of Tychos model - the binary system 01:21:41 The elephant in the room: gravity 01:22:29 Sirius as model binary system - partner system? 01:31:11 Newton's relation works pretty well 01:32:31 NASA data discarded 01:35:08 NASA satellites in heliocentric orbits 01:41:22 Assuming NASA's data is good to go 01:46:30 Any evidence that would change your mind? 01:51:04 Size of conspiracy matters? 01:57:34 Rescuing Newtonian mechanics 02:03:08 Stars are much much closer? 02:08:48 Parallax issues 02:17:20 Sirius returns 02:25:25 Distance assumptions 02:28:17 Stellar metamorphosis 02:32:07 Moons of the sun? 02:36:56 Halley's comet by other names #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #astronomy, #solarSystem, #TychoBrahe, #Tychos, #Copernicus, #Kepler, #binarySystem, #stellarParallax, #Sirius, #HeliocentricModel Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today's episode features Jason Padgett, a physicist and artist whose path to a mathematical conception of reality began with a violent attack in his early 30s. We discuss this transformation after brain injury. How with zero mathematical background he found himself reinventing calculus. We discuss his attempts to bring himself into line with peers who had a very different formal training. Then we discuss his particular theoretical projects in physics. In particular he has developed a theory of informational constants of nature, which he calls holographic quantum information theory in an effort to unify quantum mechanics and Einsteinian relativity. To make sense of that we unpack concepts like cubits, hidden information, and quantum vector spin models. We close with a discussion of probabilistic reality and the nature of material reality versus mathematical models. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Jason's latest AI conversation about his model: https://chatgpt.com/share/a32bc04b-b811-408f-9ea1-6489c23c55eb Jason's artwork: https://jason-padgett.pixels.com/ 00:00 Go! 00:05:59 Ideas in different languages 00:10:58 Before the attack 00:14:25 The attack 00:27:00 My mind starts changing overnight 00:35:52 Reinventing calculus with no formal training 00:49:05 Savantism 00:57:56 Informational constant of nature 01:02:33 Cubits? 01:06:56 Hidden information between Planck times 01:14:03 Reconciling probabilistic reality 01:21:32 Everything is light, QS vectors 01:26:15 Quantum Vector Spin models Einstein's time dilation 01:37:37 Material reality v. math 01:59:58 Hawking radiation 02:08:48 Translation through free education 02:17:36 Using AI to translate your math into words 02:25:51 Eternal recurrence #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #PhysicsInjuryRecovery, #MathematicalSavant, #QuantumTheory, #BrainInjurySurvivor, #MathematicalGenius, #ArtisticTransformation, #NeuroscienceDiscovery, #SavantSyndrome, #BrainInjuryRecovery, #MathematicalInsights, #QuantumPhysics, #GeniusAfterInjury, #PhysicistStory, #NeuroscienceResearch, #MathematicalIntuition, #QuantumMechanics, #BrainDamageRecovery, #SavantAbilities, #MathematicalDiscovery, #QuantumMind. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Jim Keller is a microprocessor engineer who has run the gauntlet of today’s leading tech companies during their peak performance years. He’s designed for Intel, AMD, Apple, and Tesla, he’s worked for Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, he’s survived the boom and bust cycle of the tech world, and is still surfing a wave of progress at least partially of his making. He’s currently CEO of Tenstorrent,  an AI chip startup that’s out to unseat NVIDIA, and is the co-founder of Atomic Semi, which aims to produce the world’s first tabletop semiconductor fabrication device. Normally, Jim’s interviews are all about the technical aspects of his work - chips, computer architecture, and the future of AI. We sat down for a conversation about the soft-power side of progress - building teams, surviving bubbles, why small orgs are better, how no one knows how to maintain the sweet spot between chaos and order, and the weird coincidence of living on a planet that’s basically made of the raw materials needed for computers. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ 00:00 Go!00:04:09       Institutional expiration dates00:10:38       Life-cycles of companies00:16:52       Steve Job on trend setting in tech00:22:03       Do no evil doesn't pay00:26:43       Predicting outcomes00:34:55       Bigger company isn't smarter00:40:12       Tesla & autopilot woes00:46:02       Making new tech affordable00:49:46       Gen one computer customers00:53:29       The unrelenting progression of tech gens01:02:24       Organization dynasties v. company lifetimes01:11:46       End of life plan for companies?01:20:29       Civilization level lifecycles in the background01:26:54       Tools that re-engineered our culture01:35:59       What is non computational about being human01:43:07       Thinking subconsciously01:49:44       Can computers announce and address a novel problem?01:54:26       Super-intelligent machines aren't a threat01:59:16       Stuck at a computed social optimum v. chaos02:07:02       AI tailored personal realities02:13:30       Scarcity mindsets are public enemy #102:24:25       Limits on government architecture02:26:15       More small indy operations are better02:30:52       "You can't build that"02:36:26       Interesting v. perfection02:42:51       Being part of the solution02:49:24       Happiness v. progress #sciencepodcast, #JimKeller, #MicroprocessorEngineer, #TechCompanies, #Intel, #AMD, #Apple, #Tesla, #SteveJobs, #ElonMusk, #TechBoomAndBust, #Tenstorrent, #AIChips, #NVIDIA, #AtomicSemi, #SemiconductorFabrication, #SoftPower, #BuildingTeams, #SurvivingBubbles, #SmallOrganizations, #ChaosAndOrder, #ComputerRawMaterials, #InstitutionalExpiration, #CompanyLifecycles, #TechTrendSetting Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics,  @MaterialAtomics   https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today on the show we are meeting up with Kehlan Morgan, from  @Formscapes  on YouTube. Kehlan is a master of the past and helps wrestle with a wide range of favorite philosophical dilemmas. We question whether matter can produce consciousness or if it's a separate phenomenon.We discuss intergenerational memory and Sheldrake's theory of morphic fields, proposing a collective memory beyond genetics. We examine of the distinction between description and explanation in science, and how it impacts our understanding of reality. We critique modern science's disempowering effects, including the inversion of beneficial myths and the exploitation of unseen forces. Finally we glean insights from Rudolph Steiner's work, highlighting a schism between relational reality and objective reality, questioning the dominance of physics and exploring the limitations of a monistic worldview. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word! https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ Kehlan's website: https://www.formscapes.org/about on X: https://x.com/Nalhek_Morgan & his Discord: https://discord.gg/fecMjjWQ56 (00:00) Go! (00:04:24) Matter doesn't "do" consciousness? (00:08:03) Intergenerational memory, Sheldrake's morphic fields (00:13:27) Matter having wants (00:18:21) Description v. explanation on center stage (00:25:42) Disempowering science (00:37:00) Alchemy as analogy (00:47:51) Inversion of beneficial mythos (00:58:59) Functional philosophies & Rudolph Steiner (01:10:56) The unseen is exploited (01:23:33) Goethe, perception, & Material Atomics (01:36:50) Failures of monism (01:48:51) Relational reality v. objective reality (01:56:51) Relativism's corrosion & phenomenology face off (02:14:11) Possible v. impossible distinguishes theory (02:22:03) Physics might not deserve to be king #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #Consciousness, #MorphicFields, #PhilosophyOfScience, #AlternativeScience, #RudolphSteiner, #IntergenerationalMemory, #HolisticScience, #RelationalReality, #ObjectiveReality, #MindAndMatter, #ModernScienceCritique, #FunctionalPhilosophy, #Phenomenology, #GoetheanScience, #MonismVsDualism, #ScienceAndSpirituality, #UnseenForces, #AlchemicalAnalogy, #CollectiveMemory, #ExplorationOfReality Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Devon Eriksen is the author of the ongoing Space Orbital trilogy, which opened up with Theft of Fire, described as a "Shoot-em-up space opera, [of] mysterious alien artifacts, freedom-minded Belters versus corporate oligarchs..." In his work, Devon explores many of the themes we tinker with on the show - particularly the ethics of space exploration. A steadfast exploration of space-colonization, Devon brings a very different perspective to the human project not often embraced by the analytic academics we often encounter, who seem to be concerned with de-growth and the scaling back of our material economy. We talk about the role of government in space exploration, the colonial perils of the past in the context of the New Frontier, and the role of fiction in shaping objective reality. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go!00:05:16 Theft of Fire & an optimistic sci-fi00:11:53 Cultural wars...in space00:20:56 Are we doomed to repeat the past?00:34:32 Is there a way out?00:45:35 An ever-present risk of technological decay00:55:22 Why'd we lose the taste for space?01:05:10 A faulty arc of pessimism01:13:31 The design of future children01:19:02 Is fertility panic misguided?01:29:07 a conversation about race01:39:32 How to balance progress with fairness?01:44:18 Full speed ahead, but what about porn addiction?01:49:32 Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast  #longformpodcast  #SpaceExploration, #SpaceColonization, #SciFiBooks, #SpaceOpera, #AlienArtifacts, #SpaceEthics, #BeltersVsCorporations, #CorporateOligarchs, #SpaceFrontier, #ColonialPerils, #NewFrontier, #EthicsInSpace, #SpacePolitics, #GovernmentInSpace, #ScienceFiction, #SpaceAdventure, #HumanProject, #FictionAndReality, #DegrowthDebate, #MaterialEconomy #theftoffire #spaceorbitaltrilogy #devoneriksen Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics,  @MaterialAtomics   https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Simon Michaux is a professor of geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. After having spent several years in private industry, he was laid off during one of the regular busts that inevitably accompany booms in the mining sector. In that period, Simon found a new appreciation for the material basis of civilization while taking temporary work as an organic farmer. When he returned to intellectual work as a professor, he brought this real-world understanding to geopolitical assessments, presenting his analyses to everyone from economists to UN delegations. Ultimately, what separates Simon from his peers is his ability to suggest a realistic solution set to the difficulty of planning a technologically accelerating future within the confines of a fundamentally finite material ecosystem. He lays out a set of alternative approaches to nuclear power, combustion power, and engines that will absolutely make you stop and reconsider the possibilities. His presentation begins with the idea that we may be running out of petroleum, but that doesn't mean we have to be running out of fuel. A subsequent podcast will explore Simon's ongoing work to demonstrate his principles in an idealized city-of-the future in the desert of Peru. More on his Prometheus Project to come, very soon. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:07:41 How I got here and what's the problem 00:15:19 Why the green revolution will fail 00:24:27 Getting involved in government work 00:31:23 An endless war for oil 00:34:59 Are we past peak oil? 00:44:26 an explosion in volatility across the board 00:53:05 Is debt spiraling out of control? 01:02:56 What does joining BRICS look like? 01:09:38 An argument for moving away from oil that has nothing to do with supply or pollution 01:19:56 Productivity and post-oil economies 01:28:53 Resourcing the transition 01:37:41 What are the alternatives? 01:51:42 The Purple Transition 01:56:25 Thorium Molten Salt Reactor 02:14:06 Where does anti-nuclear come from? 02:21:14 Combustion of Iron Powder 02:32:50 Novel battery tech 02:35:46 Ammonia internal combustion engines 02:45:03 Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #Geometallurgy, #SimonMichaux, #GeologicalSurvey, #OrganicFarming, #MaterialBasis, #Civilization, #GeopoliticalAssessments, #SustainableEnergy, #TechnologicalFuture, #FiniteResources, #NuclearPower, #AlternativeEnergy, #Petroleum, #FuelAlternatives, #MiningIndustry, #EnergySolutions, #RenewableEnergy, #EcoInnovation, #PrometheusProject, #FutureCities, #Prometheusproject #venusproject Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Barbara Corkey is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Boston University. Over her prolific and outstanding academic career she went deep into the mechanics of metabolic disease. Along the way, she stumbled upon some shocking insight about the nature of obesity as she watched the epidemic unfold in real time. Despite the popular wisdom that weight gain is a simple matter of calories in v. calories out, Dr. Corkey came to understanad that there was a sea of environmental toxins wreaking havoc on our food supply which seemed to influence weight outcomes more than anything else. Her revelations reach into every aspect of the food supply and the organization of our modern civilization. What do you make of it? Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:06:17 What are we doing this for? 00:09:05 Fat vs Carbs 00:16:13 Can you effectively control weight through diet? 00:21:05 The process of processed foods 00:34:09 Is cancer a metabolic disease? 00:45:51 Is there variability in deciphering bodily sensations? 00:54:24 Redox as a master balance of weight 01:08:18 Difficulties of a bottom-up approach 01:18:00 Questionable practices of mass production 01:27:54 Salient myths about obesity 01:35:39 Sitting all the time has no effect? 01:47:11 Sources of Obesogens 01:58:04 Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #ObesityEpidemic, #EnvironmentalToxins, #MetabolicDisease, #FoodSupply, #WeightLossJourney, #HealthRevolution, #ModernCivilization, #CaloriesInCaloriesOut, #NutritionalScience, #ToxinsInFood, #PublicHealth, #DrBarbaraCorkey, #Biochemistry, #HealthResearch, #ObesityAwareness, #HealthyLiving, #ScientificBreakthrough, #WeightManagement, #DietAndHealth, #FoodSafety Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Gopi Vijaya began his scientific career in solar physics but quickly branched out into fields as diverse as projective geometry, Goethean Science, foundations of astronomy, calculus, and the Reciprocal System of physics. Our conversation begins with the relationship between science and technology and moves into the philosophical realm asking seemingly bizarre questions like - can we do science without models? Also - how do we collaborate as thinkers without competing? Along the way we explore outstanding anomalies in light, electromagnetism, gravity and color theory. It's a wild ride through many of our favorite topics here. Let us know your thoughts in the comments! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:05:09 What is the Difference Between Science and Technology? 00:12:23 The Difference Between Humans and Nature 00:18:59 Is tech without collateral damage possible? 00:22:14 The absurdity of an end to science 00:26:02 Can we understand without models? 00:31:20 How to understand Gravity without a model 00:39:30 Throwing mass into the mix 00:48:45 A sea of measurements, but what is measured? 01:00:51 The coherence of an entire field at once 01:10:35 Obscurantism of analogy 01:22:01 The zero sum game of knowledge 01:28:22 The thing about color 01:33:08 Missing Magenta 01:41:39 Why is light so unaffected by electricity and magnetism? 01:48:14 Functionality is just a starting point 01:54:16 Missing cause and effect in plain sight 02:03:41 Closing thoughts 02:07:33 Renewal of Science Conference #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #DrGopiVijaya, #SolarPhysics, #ProjectiveGeometry, #GoetheanScience, #FoundationsOfAstronomy, #ReciprocalSystem, #PhilosophyOfScience, #ScienceWithoutModels, #CollaborativeThinking, #LightAnomalies, #Electromagnetism, #GravityTheories, #ColorTheory, #InnovativeScience, #ScientificAnomalies, #NonCompetitiveCollaboration, #ExploringScience, #ModernPhysics, #PhilosophicalScience Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Miklos Lukacs is a Research Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the University of San Martin de Porres in Lima, Peru. He also happens to be one of the leading critics of transhumanism, which he defines as the technologically-driven push for super longevity, super intelligence, and super wellbeing. Lukacs argues that this campaign threatens the historical relationship between humans and technology, where our tools serve us, rather than the other way around. He worries that by placing such an outsize importance on external tools, we allow ourselves to be molded into an entirely new form that emerges not from bottom-up evolutionary forces, but from an external, top-down locus of control. Our conversation lays out the basics of what Lukacs identifies as transhumanism, and then turns to an exploration of how to balance progress with tradition. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:03:55 What is transhumanism, really? 00:11:58 Out-shining god 00:18:17 Does transhumanism have a clear vision of the future? 00:24:30 Bottom up planning 00:36:35 Morality & evolution 00:45:27 Killing in the name of 00:57:01 The human animal 01:01:21 Institutions and human nature 01:09:42 Porn, universal morality 01:14:00 Blame culture, Bentham 01:20:29 Clubs v. universality 01:26:14 Reacting to the pain of traditional gender roles 01:32:04 Body modification & the human-machine hybrid 01:38:56 Corruption of protected identity groups 01:45:50 City life & tradition wasting #Transhumanism #Humanity #Technology #Ethics #Philosophy #Evolution #SciencePolicy #Longevity #Intelligence #Wellbeing #Progress #Tradition #HumanNature #TechnologicalSingularity #Posthumanism #Enhancement #BottomUpEvolution #TopDownControl #HumanTechnology #Futurism #TranshumanCriticism #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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Anastasia has been reading Vaclav Smil's Energy and Civilization, so we decided to sit down for a meta conversation about petroleum, prime movers, and geopolitics. This solo chat ties together a bunch of the conversations we've had on the show in the last year about climate, technology and the energy transition. Historically, we've been pretty skeptical when people start banging on about the need to transition to a completely electric grid, but Smil makes a really compelling point - all human endeavors depend on motive power. We go further to consider the downstream consequences of the prime movers we rely on, the risk of this being the last civilization for the next 20 million years, and the strange software called "progress" that was installed in humans when we departed from our primate roots. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB00:00 Go! 00:03:34 Material supplies do run out: assumption#1 00:09:38 Oil production going down or no? 00:15:38 If we run out, do we go back to horse & buggy times? 00:20:08 Why can't nuclear save the day? 00:24:47 The actual electric universe 00:29:00 Lucius Appeleus 00:39:14 Population & growth fears 00:43:48 Who or what are the barriers to Electricland 00:49:47 Diesel's failed vision 00:54:15 Why are we racing toward the future? 00:57:57 Relief of sufferring at the cost of all else 01:03:07 Calhoun & density epibehavior 01:06:51 Godlike machine future 01:10:49 Does AI threaten meaningful life? 01:18:56 Convenience v. painlessness 01:26:35 Solution set is in sight #Transhumanism #Humanity #Technology #Ethics #Philosophy #Evolution #SciencePolicy #Longevity #Intelligence #Wellbeing #Progress #Tradition #HumanNature #TechnologicalSingularity #Posthumanism #Enhancement #BottomUpEvolution #TopDownControl #HumanTechnology #Futurism #TranshumanCriticism #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/Demystifyin... AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/Demys... - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan is a professor at the School of Quantum Technology at the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology. Unnikrishnan is also a key member of the LIGO-India project and a member of the global LIGO Scientific Collaboration. His work has led him to some revolutionary conclusions about the nature of gravity, light, and the missing medium for these invisible actions. Our conversation gets into the details of his Machian approach to understanding the cosmos, which his calls "cosmic gravity." We discuss Henri Bergson's criticism of relativity, Einstein's transformation into quantum mascot, and issues with simultaneity in cosmic physics. Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Paper discussed in this podcast: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1466/1/012007 Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:04:57 Revisiting old experiments to learn something new 00:13:23 A lack of absolute reference points 00:25:05 Reevaluating Einstein a Century On 00:35:22 Testing the constancy of the speed of light 00:43:25 Why is breaking physics preferred to an undetectable aether? 00:54:36 Evidence of light speed changes 01:04:39 Could Michaelson & Morley have given a different result? 01:21:16 Why was Michaelson's 1925 detection of the aether ignored? 01:25:38 Henri Bergson, Einstein, and Simultaneity 01:33:17 Simultaneity that is experienced 01:42:19 Mathematical elegance in conflict with reality 01:48:59 Is revisiting the constancy of light speed possible? 01:56:08 The solutions offered by a Machian paradigm 02:03:59 One universal frame intro 02:09:10 Are there two theories about light possible, or can only one prevail? 02:20:54 Is there an alternative to fields? 02:29:36 Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #QuantumPhysics, #CosmicGravity, #LIGOIndia, #MachianPhysics, #QuantumTechnology, #Einstein, #HenriBergson, #Relativity, #QuantumMascot, #Simultaneity, #GravityTheory, #PhysicsPodcast, #ScientificCollaboration, #Astrophysics, #CosmicPhysics, #ScienceRevolution, #theoreticalphysics , #QuantumMechanics, #LIGOProject, #PhysicsCommunity Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

This is Dr. Hughes second appearance on the podcast. His background is in biochemistry and biophysics of protein folding, and water hydration structures. But today we're digging under the floorboards of science itself. Is it possible to have a science that isn't built on some set of assumed values? To tackle this issue, we dig into esoteric mysticism - particularly the work of Rudolph Steiner, who prophesized many of the features of the world we see today back in the late 19th century. This leads us to a path where we explore the modern scientific approach to understanding nature, grounded in materialism in all its splendor and shortcomings, asking where do we go from here? What does a healthy science of the future actually look like? Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB REFERENCES FROM THIS PODCAST: Remote viewing archeology w/ Stephen Schwartz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwcEyflmaxk Tom Campbell Interview with Curt Jaimungal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kko-hVA-8IU Tom’s home page: https://www.my-big-toe.com/ Dolores Cannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Cannon Gigi Young Esoteric keys to disclosure: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGFUcLNHueY9of3kmOxpjok_aNGx_Z6W Rudolf Steiner Archives: https://rsarchive.org/Volumes.html New thinking aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX4j4qBsqyk Bashar/Darryl Anka https://www.bashar.org/about Interview w/ Danica Patrick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCtvgJG1I5A CIA gateway/interview with remote viewer on Shawn Ryan show? CIA gateway tapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRTon6qgVws Ways of being by James Bridle https://jamesbridle.com/books/ways-of-being 00:00 Go! 00:05:39 Genetics Alchemy vs Structural Biology Mechanism 00:15:44 A natural mechanism that's distinct from science 00:21:07 Scientific literature as esoterica 00:30:10 Is scientific myth-making meaningful? 00:36:14 Science as a way of putting order to pure chaos 00:44:29 A full theory of nature has to contain more than science 00:52:13 Can science pinpoint the source of ideas, inspiration, and instinct? 01:01:00 Rudolph Steiner's spiritual science 01:10:40 preference for sensation as a driver of evolution 01:19:34 Religious allegory as an evolutionary roadmap? 01:29:41 A fracturing of evolutionary paths - technological, spiritual, material 01:41:00 The arc of dematerialization over the course of a lifetime 01:44:41 The immaterial vs the material, the crisis of our time? 01:53:29 Where is the source of misanthropy? 02:05:46 Stay awake 02:14:40 Reconciling a desire for Newtonian outcomes with the chaos of possibility 02:25:30 Closing thoughts Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Kate Raworth is an Economist best known for “donut economics,” a model that attempts to map the balance between essential human needs and planetary boundaries. She proposes that the last few hundred years of economic theories were created with a monomaniacal focus on growth that was only possible on a planet with relatively untapped natural resources. After more than two hundred years of industrial development, older economic theories cannot be applied to the necessities of today. Namely, a sustainable material economy for the generations yet to come. We talk about what an economic system that provides for everyone’s basic humans needs can look like, places that have started putting donut economics to use, and how to balance personal responsibility with survival in an unjust system. Check out more of Kate Raworth's work at the Donut Economics Action Lab: https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:04:33 Economics as moral philosophy 00:06:59 How do you measure human development? 00:10:19 Why don't we economically develop "developed" countries 00:13:36 Donut economics 00:20:50 Regulation as friend of foe? 00:31:17 Michael Hudson & GDP failures 00:42:57 Feeding the economic algo 00:53:34 Escaping the market 01:05:20 Democratic spending 01:14:10 Siingle handed top down effectiveness 01:23:29 Applying Donut Econ 01:31:00 Air traffic is mostly private flights 01:36:27 Convenience vs. doing the right thing 01:41:49 Voting with your credit card #sciencepodcast #DoughnutEconomics #SustainableEconomics #PlanetaryBoundaries #HumanNeeds #EconomicTheory #GreenEconomics #CircularEconomy #SocialFoundations #EnvironmentalCeiling #EconomicJustice Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Warren Mosler is an economist, hedge fund manager, and proponent of modern monetary theory, an economic model that posits fiscal crises are caused by governments not spending enough money. From Mosler’s perspective, the reversal of any recession starts with getting very comfortable with deficit spending. Opponents argue that unchecked spending eventually leads to inflation of the currency and economic collapse, which Mosler argues is impossible as long as you know how money actually works. We dive deep into chartalism, the theory about the creation of money that sits at the heart of MMT, lay out why deficit spending doesn’t have to lead to inflation, and why the Federal Government’s checks will never bounce. To read more about Modern Monetary Theory and Mosler’s take on it, check out https://moslereconomics.com/ Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Check out Nira Lighting, Scott's Company: https://niralighting.com/our-mission/ (00:00) Go! (00:03:05) Do interest rates actually influence inflation? (00:11:36) Purpose of taxes is not what you think (00:19:26) Economy as faith based activity (00:27:22) Feds have no idea where money comes from? (00:37:33) Fed lacks tools to control inflation (00:53:37) Interest at the Treasury is unnecessary (01:07:00) Informed democracy & decision making (01:20:15) Michael Hudson (01:25:11) Why are we poorer despite the GDP? (01:41:53) Weimar repeat possible? (02:06:44) Threats from external economies? (02:28:58) Oil demand can't be ignored #sciencepodcast #ModernMonetaryTheory #MMT #Macroeconomics #FiscalPolicy #GovernmentSpending #Chartalism #MonetaryTheory #DeficitSpending #Inflation #EconomicTheory Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Scott Zimmerman is a mechanical engineer whose life took a sharp turn when he started to think about the relationship indoor lighting, biology, and solar radiation. He believes that near-infrared light, an invisible component of sunlight from ~800 to 3,000 micrometer wavelengths, is vital for human health. Unfortunately, these are the exact frequencies that our indoor lights and digital devices are incapable of producing. Zimmerman believes that the shift away from incandescent lighting inside of homes has contributes massively to wide-spread hormonal issues in modern population. His mechanism is that our skin, the largest endocrine gland in the universe, is actually a light harvesting organ that uses all the components of light to produce everything from sex hormones to vitamin D. We talk to him about the effect of sunlight on the human body, how he transitioned from mechanical engineering to making lightbulbs, the active harm of blue light, and much more.Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Check out Nira Lighting, Scott's Company: https://niralighting.com/our-mission/ 00:00 Go! 00:03:50 A monstrous change in solar spectrum 00:08:11 A shift from engineering to biology 00:18:37 The influence of near-infrared 00:27:52 Free radical generation in the skin 00:38:05 Melanin, Melatonin, and Sunlight network 00:46:48 A solar influence on illness? 00:56:17 Why is blue light so damaging? 01:03:15 Designing a better bulb 01:12:40 Adding UV into indoor lighting? 01:22:32 Are the eyes made for gathering invisible light? 01:32:20 Medical sensitivites to EMF 01:39:21 Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #NearInfraredLight #SunlightTherapy #LightHarvesting #SkinEndocrineGland #HormoneHealth #VitaminDProduction #BluelightHazards #MissingLightSpectrum #CircadianDisruption #IndoorLightingImpact #HolisticWellness #RediscoverSunlight #EngineerTurnedLightExpert #RevolutionaryLighting #ModernLightingParadigm Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Rajendra Gupta is a physics professor at the University of Ottawa who was in the headlines a few months ago for his assertion that the universe might be at least twice as old as we realize. He’s back at the radical reshaping of physics with his latest paper, which proposes that we can do away with dark matter and dark energy. Currently, these invisible substances are thought to make up something like 70-90% of our universe, depending on who you ask. But they’re invisible, undetectable, placeholders for some force or particle that can make the math work out. As an alternative, Gupta proposes modeling the universe with two ideas in mind. One, that the constants of nature are not, in fact, constant and two, that the red light shift seen in the cosmos that is considered to be a signature of expansion is actually the fingerprint of “tired light.” Together, these concepts allow him to recalculate the mechanics of the universe without relying on dark matter and dark energy, which is pretty cool. We talk about the impetus for this work, the meaning of tired light, why expansion isn’t going away any time soon, and the future of physics. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Read more about Dr. Gupta's recent papers: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1bc6 https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/media/news/new-research-suggests-our-universe-has-no-dark-matter 00:00 Go! 00:02:35 Moving the age of the universe 00:07:37 Supernovas as standard candles 00:19:16 What does it mean for the universe to expand? 00:28:51 Is Dark Matter on the way out? 00:38:01 Variable evolution of the universe & galactic formation 00:47:07 Where did tired light go wrong in Hoyle's day? 00:57:49 How does tired light solve the problem of galaxies in the early universe? 01:06:46 Alternative causes of gravitational lensing 01:16:16 Why gravity is the end all be all 01:22:59 What causes light to be tired? 01:30:23 What's left to learn about light? 01:37:58 Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #DarkMatterAlternative #TiredLightTheory #VaryingCosmicConstants #RedefiningCosmology #RajendraGuptaPhysics #UnconventionalUniverse #ChallengingPhysicsParadigms #RadicalCosmologicalModels #TwistOnExpansion #ReshapingPhysics Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Another talk from our recent April conference in Austin, TX, with Thad Roberts from The Physics Monastery. Thad speaks about his institute's recent progress in an ongoing struggle to comprehend the secrets of the constants of nature. These are the steady quantities that scale all the behaviors of the natural world, from electricity and magnetism, to gravity, or even elasticity. It seems strange that there are these fixed numbers inside of all our scientific formulas, but the physical significance is often forsaken. Even worse, we often have no idea why the constant is fixed as it is. Why is the speed of light limited? Why does the electron orbit at that speed? Why are they related just so? These questions and more get aired out in depth. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00( Go! (00:00:27) Visualizing the atom (00:04:50) Learning to see in the dark (00:08:14) Grandfather of science (00:15:22) Tools & science (00:17:56) Empires of the mind (00:18:52) Flatland (00:22:34) Perspective and relativism (00:32:23) Newtonian revelations (00:40:50) Einsteinian revelations (00:54:33) Gravity as density field (00:57:08) Remember the atom, Feynmann (01:07:34) NIST & constants of nature (01:12:00) Fine structure constant (01:38:12) Q&A #sciencepodcast, #Physics, #Science, #ConstantsOfNature, #Research, #ThePhysicsMonastery, #ScientificInquiry, #QuantumPhysics, #NaturalLaw, #TheoryOfEverything, #Astronomy, #Cosmology, #Einstein, #ThadRoberts, #ConferenceTalk, #AustinTX, #ScientificProgress, #Electromagnetism, #Gravity, #Elasticity, #SpeedOfLight Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Humans have long encountered experiences that challenge their rational ideas about the world. Encounters with angels, demons, fairies, gnomes, or other spirits have been the standards of folklore since time immemorial. We agree with Jung that these revelations are scientifically valuable, though best explored though any lens but materialism; i.e. physics. When we learn about common bizarre experiences, we learn about ourselves. Author Ogi Ogas joins us again, alongside Qualia Research Institute's Andrés Gómez Emilsson, to discuss close encounters with the modern version of those elusive, yet timeless, entities. We begin with the phenomenological approaches to studying consciousness. We then compare both guest's experience with non-human minds. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:05:33) Daniel Dennett (00:07:09) Armchair science? (00:11:10) Philosophical zombie (00:15:30) Consciousness science driven by AI dream? (00:21:27) Dualism: activity vs. actors (00:29:54) Mathematical objects vs. physical bodies (00:37:37) Patterns of what? (00:44:44 All in your head? (00:47:43) Where in the head, exactly? (00:52:21) Any scientific theory of consciousness must... (01:03:33) Boundaries are the mind's machinery (01:17:32) Godlike entities, Laplace's daemon, all-powerful AI (01:19:10) Intex entities & Failsafe Supreme (01:21:53) Ground rules for studying entity encounters (01:25:35) Semantic v. phenomenal content of experience (01:30:11) More about the need for multiplicity of conscious experiences (01:39:14) Eternal recurrence (01:44:23) Recording, observation, attention (01:50:44) Entities as civilizations (02:06:06) Good v. evil civilizations? (02:17:43) Left and right handed minds (02:30:01) Fighting for strength, wisdom embodied (02:41:18) Entity personalities (02:47:14) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #ConsciousnessExploration, #FolklorePhenomena, #SpiritEncounters, #JungianPerspectives, #NonHumanIntelligence, #MetaphysicalInquiry, #ParanormalPodcast, #MysticalEncounters, #PsychonautAdventures, #TranspersonalPsychology, #AnomaliesResearch, #BeyondMaterialism, #QuantumConsciousness, #SpiritualJourney, #PhenomenologyOfMind, #PsychedelicExploration, #SupernaturalEncounters, #MetaphysicalPodcast, #CosmicConsciousness, #AncestralWisdom, #InterdimensionalEncounters Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we are sitting down with Dr. Stephanie Seneff, an MIT researcher, who has spent more than a decade obsessively investigating the role that industrial herbicides play in the modern health-scape. This is our second conversation with Dr. Seneff, following up on our detailed discussion of the myriad ways that the herbicide, glyphosate, interferes with cellular processes throughout the body. This time we are digging a bit deeper into how herbicides affect the balance of deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, in the body, and how this dysregulation might promote various disease states. We also go much further into the solution sets facing humanity as these startling realizations become more and more difficult to ignore. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support Dr. Seneff and the podcast when you pick up her book here: https://amzn.to/4b9se3W (00:00) Go! (00:04:36) The deuterium story (00:13:51) Disturbing the electrical balance of cells (00:23:41) How sugar destroys proteins (00:32:26) Why is the link between glyphosate and cancer so elusive? (00:42:10) Cancer as a metabolic disease? (00:53:02) Low doses are more toxic than high doses? (01:03:24) How dependent are we on glyphosate? (01:10:08) Abandoning the cities is hardly an answer (01:18:30) Why can't we have another silent spring? (01:25:00) Industry pressure on researchers? (01:33:16) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #IndustrialAgriculture, #Pesticides, #HealthEffects, #MITScience, #ChemicalRegulation, #DeuteriumBalance, #BiologicalSystems, #AgriculturalChemicals, #HealthScience, #EnvironmentalHealth, #ToxicChemicals, #PesticideRegulation, #PublicHealth, #FarmingPractices, #ToxinExposure, #SustainableAgriculture, #ChemicalToxicity, #FoodSafety, #HealthResearch, #EnvironmentalImpact, #ChemicalContamination Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're proud to share another talk from DemystiCon '24 with legendary history of physics, Dr. Alberto Martinez from the University of Texas, Austin. This is our second podcast with Dr. Martinez, unpacking the hidden history of the physicists that brought us to the strange quantum foundation for reality where reality stops making sense. In his talk, Dr. Martinez explores a few key moments where things appear to have gone astray around the turn of the 20th century. He then entertains a luxuriously deep Q&A session exploring solution sets, alternative approaches to physics education, and the role of epistemic humility in truly productive science. Professor Martinez is a prolific, and ingenious author and we can't recommend his books enough. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Grab one of Dr. Martinez' many books and support both us and the author here: https://amzn.to/4a0tnt6 (00:00) Go! (00:37:12) Q&A (00:37:12) Debates over the nature of negative and imaginary numbers (00:41:05) If Niels Bohr had been a regular mechanic instead of a quantum mechanic, how would history have gone differently? (00:45:04) On the helical travel of light (01:00:25) What should physics education look like? (01:05:20) Are experimental apparatuses obscuring the real meaning of results? (01:09:57) How did the history of the world affect the evolution of physics? (01:19:52) What was Niels Bohr's Problem? (01:21:42) The seductive influence of fame (01:23:35) Is obscurantism a way of never saying "I don't know"? (01:25:17) How difficult are honest assessments of any influential field? (01:29:07) How does mathematics play into the power of physics? (01:40:14) How do "particles" contribute to the confusion at the heart of physics? (01:46:38) Has the word "materialism" been ruined? (01:53:45) Who else played a role in the development of fundamental physics? (01:58:28) Is there a graceful way of dealing with the problems of modern physics? (02:06:35) What is the relationship between quantum and mysticism? (02:16:04) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #PhysicsHistory, #QuantumParadoxes, #AtomicTheory, #RealityShifts, #QuantumMechanics, #HistoricalPhysics, #EinsteinRevolution, #QuantumDebate, #RealityDuality, #WaveParticleDuality, #QuantumWorldview, #PhysicsDiscussion, #HistoricalAnalysis, #QuantumJourney, #PhysicsParadoxes, #RealityPerception, #QuantumConcepts, #AtomicEra, #PhysicsEvolution, #QuantumExploration Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

It's our final solo conversation from the tour and we're breaking down an issue that we have held different perspectives on for quite some time: the limits & importance of free speech. In part, we are responding the documentary "This Place Rules" by Channel 5 creator, Andrew Callaghan, which tracks the absurdity, hipocracy, and more than anything, the profiteering surrounding the buildup to the 2021 invasion of the Capitol in Washington D.C. Shilo argues that it could have been avoided if dissidents hadn't had their voices removed from the internet. Nastia isn't convinced, on account of the power of the incentives backing the revolt. In the end, we circle around the need for a de-algorithmatized public forum, which might provide the basis for an actual democratic republic. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:04:30) The case for free speech absolutism (00:15:04) The days of rage and sanctioned protest (00:24:19) Handling a neighbor that's killing your chickens (00:34:33) Is an appreciation for dialogue on the rise? (00:43:59) Is the getting banned from internet to blame for the power of fringe movements? (00:50:07) The raw wound of forbidden speech (00:56:30) The central importance of (01:04:05) The need for a true public square (01:13:50) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #FreeSpeech, #Democracy, #PoliticalPhilosophy, #InformationRegulation, #Populism, #FreedomOfExpression, #CivilRights, #PublicDiscourse, #IntellectualDialogue, #Liberty, #CensorshipDebate, #CriticalThinking, #DigitalEthics, #OnlineDebate, #PoliticalTheory, #EthicalCommunication, #MediaFreedom, #OpenSociety, #TruthSeeking, #DemocraticValues Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

This presentation was recorded on April 7th, 2024 at the first DemystifySci conference in Austin TX. Dr. Pierre-Marie Robitaille presents an overview of his multi-decadal quest to understand the material basis of the stars. He also reveals a new theory to explain Mercury's anomalous precession - one that doesn't revert to warped spacetime or mathematical acrobatics. In the process, a clever solution to the mysterious solar cycles of magnetism is revealed, along with a possible mechanism for planetary formation, and sun spot production. Dr. Robitaille has faced an onslaught of attacks from the astrophysical community since he first turned his attention to the sun, perhaps because the material basis of the sun underpins all astrophysical revelations of modern times from black holes to the big bang. Like it or not, the material understanding of the sun appears to be in dire need of revision, and Dr. Robitaille has some unimpeachable concerns about the status quo. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:28) The secret to Pierre's Success (00:06:32) The Solar Photosphere (00:08:51) What the continuous solar spectrum tells us about the structure of the sun (00:11:56) Studying the Corona (00:14:39) William Harkeness at the Naval Observatory (00:19:33) Is the corona really at millions of degrees? (00:21:23) Does the sun have a surface? (00:24:28) The standard solar model and the gaseous sun (00:31:31) Does the sun have a surface? (00:37:32) Evolution of liquid sun theories (00:41:49) Liquid metallic hydrogen solar model (00:47:13) The little cousin of carbon (00:55:44) Liquid Metallic Hydrogen Solar Model (01:02:11) Limb darkening and the liquid sun (01:05:00) Sunspots as evidence of lattice structure (01:06:17) Chemistry in the Chromosphere (01:12:53) An Encounter with the Sun (01:14:12) Celestial Geometry of a Total Eclipse (01:16:24) Eclipses through history (01:20:16) Eclipses and Ancient Civilizations (01:24:36) Lockyer's & Janssen's Eclipse Studies (01:25:54) The Transit of Venus (01:30:01) Le Verrier and The New Planets (01:31:34) The Problem of Mercury's Perihelion (01:33:43) Searching for Vulcan (01:40:19) Two Vulcans? (01:42:49) The Dzhanibekov Effect and Mercury #sciencepodcast, #Astrophysics, #SolarScience, #StellarStructure, #SpaceResearch, #SunAndStars, #AstronomyTalks, #CosmicInsights, #SpaceExploration, #ScientificDebate, #SolarMystery, #StarFormation, #GalacticResearch, #AstroDiscussion, #SolarPhysics, #CuttingEdgeScience, #SpaceDiscovery, #CosmicMysteries, #AstroDebate, #SolarComplexity, #StellarPhysics Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

It’s week 5 on the road, and we’re deep in the weeds about the question of what we, as scientists, owe the world. Technological progress alone seems like a weak orienting principle, as does abandoning the pursuit of knowledge completely. So how do we hew a path that makes sense, when it seems like the institutions and organizations around us have gone astray? To help us make sense of the interface between science and ethics, we turn to an essay called “To Young Scientists,” read by Ayn Rand at MIT in the 1960s. Rand was writing at the peak of the nuclear age, where the destruction of the species, if not the planet, seemed imminent. Today, the threat of nuclear conflict looms once again, but the cutting edge risk lies in the ceaseless development of machine learning and AI technologies that threaten to engulf all of human practice. There are no easy answers at hand, but we eke out a few basic principles that can serve as the starting point for building a life where progress & meaning can align. Check out the essay and support the podcast by purchasing Ayn Rand's Essays in Objectivist Thought: https://amzn.to/3UaKnH4 Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:04:11) The separation of science and spirit (00:14:00) To Young Scientists (00:23:28) The anthill of social collectivism (00:33:19) Ethics as a moral feeling (00:43:16) Can you divest from the machine? (00:53:51) Living through an ebb in institutional faith (01:02:28) Self-directed motion into the future (01:12:40) The dynamic arc of a single life #sciencepodcast, #ScienceEthics, #SpiritualityInScience, #EthicalScience, #FutureTech, #AIethics, #ScienceAndSociety, #ScientificResponsibility, #TechEthics, #ScienceCommunity, #EthicalInnovation, #EthicalAI, #TechProgress, #ScienceAndEthics, #AIResponsibility, #EthicalLeadership, #ScientificIntegrity, #ScienceAndEthicsDebate, #TechAndEthics, #EthicalTechnology, #ScienceFuture Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Marcell Fóti is an ancient mysteries researcher who is trying to figure out how the ancient Egyptians and other cultures were able to carve stones with sub-millimeter precision with relatively primitive bronze tools. Fóti’s experiments with geopolymers - ceramic polymers that can easily be mistaken for natural stone - have led him to the conclusion that the inexplicable stonework of the ancient world doesn’t have to remain a mystery. We talk to him about Natron Theory, the five part explanation for how Egyptians made their false stones, the role that natural salt deposits play in the development of a stone-making civilization, evidence that precise stonework and natron are correlated around the world, and the open questions about the ancient stone makers that remain. Check out Fóti’s website: natrontheory.com Follow Fóti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoMaHun Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:55) Marcel Foti and Scoop Marks Mystery (00:09:11) Natron: The Key to Ancient Stonework (00:13:35) Figuring out the etching process (00:19:45) The Tomb of Rekhmire (00:23:24) Making waterglass (00:31:18) Geopolymers in the ancient world (00:40:18) Distinguishing between rock and geopolymers (00:51:32) Laboratory testing of geopolymers? (00:57:07) Were the great pyramid stones quarried or poured? (01:01:58) Spatial links between natron source and geopolymer construction (01:11:04) Intricacies of dating sedimentary rocks (01:18:51) Accidental creation of geopolymers? (01:29:15) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #AncientMysteries, #EgyptianTechnology, #GeopolymerResearch, #StoneCarving, #AncientCivilizations, #BronzeTools, #NatronTheory, #Archaeology, #HistoricalTechnology, #AncientEngineering, #CulturalHeritage, #PrecisionCraftsmanship, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #LostCivilizations, #StoneAgeTechnology, #HistoricalInnovation, #CeramicPolymers, #ExperimentalArchaeology, #AncientCraftsmanship, #MysteriesOfThePast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

On the road between Austin and Santa Fe we make a pit stop in Roswell, New Mexico and sit down to make heads or tails of the UAP phenomena. Both of us are skeptics who want to believe, but are cursed by a nature that prevents us from committing to a single perspective. Instead, we dive into the mythological signifiers that surround the phenomenon, the deep yearning for someone who can take care of us, and the psychological innovations that are driven by the fear of living on a planet whose uncaring systems are so immense that they appear wholly beyond our control. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:04:10) Is there a there, there? (00:14:39) What's so tasty about alien invaders (00:23:49) Fear as a catalyst for psychological innovation (00:29:57) AI sky god vs alien sky god (00:35:30) UAP as a moral technological template (00:39:34) Memories of ancestral events (00:43:38) Luciferian tale of the gardener (00:47:19) Oddities of non-interference (00:52:43) An alien source of eco-consciousness (01:00:47) Supernatural gloss of civilization (01:04:41) Closing thoughts #UAP, #UFOs, #Extraterrestrial, #Mythology, #JungianAnalysis, #PsychoanalyticApproach, #PodcastConversation, #AlienEncounters, #AncientAliens, #UnexplainedPhenomena, #ConspiracyTheories, #Paranormal, #ExploringTheUnknown, #HumanHistory, #MythAndReality Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Steven Koonin is a theoretical physicist, former Chief Scientist at BP, former Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy in the Obama administration, and is currently a professor of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU. He is also the author of Unsettled, a book about the abilities and limits of climate science. We talk with him about the great distance between the scientific reports and public conception, the social unrest that's seeded by unwarranted fear of impending catastrophe, and the delicate art of speaking out against motivated consensus. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support the podcast by buying Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What it Doesn't, and Why it Matters (00:00) Go! (00:08:34) Koonin's entry into the climate sciences (00:16:14) Not trying to save the world, just doing science (00:26:53) Cleaning the air & global warming (00:36:30) What affects sensitivity of the models (00:53:10) Better simulations later? (01:08:02) Economics v. taking care of the Earth (01:28:45) Values discussion v. facts? (01:31:53) Working skeptically for the Obama admin (01:42:43) Energy externalities (01:46:23) Nuclear alternatives (02:01:25) Fusion possibilities? (02:09:02) Nuclear as transition - shaping our future (02:15:36) Cost of progressive policy #ClimatePhysics #ClimateScienceFacts #RealClimateScience #ClimatePhysicsDebate #ClimateRealityCheck #ClimateDissent #ScientificIntegrity #ClimateHysteriaDebate #ClimateScienceTruth #PhysicsOfClimate #ScienceAndSkepticism #ClimateFactsMatter #ScienceOverHype #ClimateDebateReality #PhysicsOfGlobalWarming Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 This is our second week on the road and we're broadcasting from uber-sunny Joshua Tree, California. Today we start out with the observation that a dominant faction of the techno-futurist community seems to believe that if our civilization maximizes intelligence, everything will be just fine in the end. We intuitively balk at this promise - and in general, we are skeptical at the lack of vision about what that future might look like. To understand this belief we have to understand what is meant by "intelligence." Then we have to consider the alternatives. We look at the evolution of this dream/nightmare from the earliest days of computer science through the lenses of sci-fi authors like Bradbury & PKDick up through a recent JRE interview with Ray Kurzweil. Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Follow our band Secretary of Nature as we're on tour! https://www.instagram.com/secretary.of.nature/ Listen to Secretary of Nature! https://soundcloud.com/laterisgone Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:06:14) Futurists value computation above all (00:08:14) Quality matters for vision (00:10:20) Intelligence: wisdom, insight, computation (00:14:45) Futurists dream to become god? (00:17:44) Insight & wisdom at the cellular level (00:23:13) False wisdom & hallucinatory insight (00:31:53) Comfort, computational value structure, and slavery (00:38:54) Bradbury corollaries (00:45:24) Soviet model: computational decision making (00:53:23) Exponential computation goes to bureaucratic singularity (00:58:09) We could be wrong. Let's be honest. (01:03:02) Tech should work for us, not the other way (01:09:19) Allure of authority (01:16:52) When computational futurists go blind (01:23:37) Caution for catastrophism. Looking within. #science #sciencepodcast #TechnoFuturism #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureVision #SciFiAnalysis #RayKurzweil #JoshuaTreeBroadcast #IntelligenceDebate #FuturistPerspectives #SkepticalViewpoints #ScienceFiction #TechnologyTrends #FutureSociety #EvolutionOfIdeas #JREInterview #Bradbury #PKDick #FutureOutlook #VisionaryThinking #PodcastDiscussion #SpeculativeFutures Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Today we are hanging out with our friend Dr. Michael Hughes, a post-doctoral fellow at St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis. Michael has a long history of trying to understand the role that water plays in fundamental biological operations from structural assembly to diseases like Alzheimers and Prion disorders. Presently, he is hard at work on a biological theory of everything where water plays out the role of central actor in biological processes from form to consciousness. Our conversation today begins with Michael's journey into the water rabbit hole, exploring the strange way that water structures itself within cells. We work toward an understanding of water as a photo-electrically, an electro-statically sensitive molecule capable of mechanically altering cellular function in response to conscious and external signals. We hope to have Michael back to explore a mutual fascination with the historic interface of spirituality and science by way of Rudolph Steiner and Western esotericism. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Gilbert Ling's website & books: https://www.gilbertling.org/books.html Modern review based on the Association Induction Hypothesis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32565181/ Rice University Archives of the Impossible: https://libguides.rice.edu/impossiblearchives (00:00) Go! (00:09:25) APS 2024 (00:11:01) Biochemistry to Cell Biology to Water Physics (00:12:49) Math has true answers (00:16:21) Prions, amyloids (00:25:49) Stress granules as proto-organelle (00:32:38) Aging as disease or no? (00:44:08) Water as biological theory of everything (00:57:19) Transient h-bonding structures (01:15:11) Water density as biological master switch? (01:26:41) Water as dark matter of consciousness (01:40:13) UAPs to be taken seriously? (01:54:36) Evidence-based beliefs? (02:11:43) Remote viewing (02:28:10) Science without spirituality? #science #sciencepodcast #BiologicalResearch #WaterInScience #ConsciousnessStudies #CellularFunction #MedicalScience #StJudesResearch #Biochemistry #AlzheimersResearch #PrionDisorders #ScienceAndSpirituality #PodcastInterview #MedicalInnovation #ResearchInsights #ScienceCommunication #HealthAndWellness #WaterMolecule #StructuralBiology #ConsciousnessExploration #SpiritualScience #SciencePodcast #structuredwater #waterscience #waterchemistry Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 We are finally en route to DEMYSTICON 2024! While we're on the road we've decided to take a moment each week to review and articulate our own insights the past year's podcast conversations. In our first On Tour Solo Edition we're examining how a theorist's metaphysics shape their inquiry. We establish metaphysics as the underlying assumptions that allow for the logical processing of a natural phenomenon. We see how several of our guests have differed in metaphysics, particularly with respect to fundamental physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Follow our band Secretary of Nature as we're on tour this spring! https://www.instagram.com/secretary.of.nature/ Listen to Secretary of Nature! https://soundcloud.com/laterisgone Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:52) Wars are fought over metaphysics (00:08:49) Dualism (00:13:32) Metaphysics of QM (00:21:45) Unzicker & Roberts' metaphysics (00:28:27) Utility of materialist physics (00:32:18) Thomas Gold, Michael Levin (00:39:03) Proving metaphysical value (00:41:18) Cosmology, astro, planetary science revolutions (00:45:15) Monolithic cosmological narratives (00:49:44) Cosmic egg v. outsider cultures (00:56:34) Logic, reason, & immaterial actions (01:02:50) Mental illness & causelessness (01:08:42) Good v. bad, progress, & metaphysics (01:13:13) Intellectual generosity (01:16:11) Examination, the Aiello, Zharkova fires #science #sciencepodcast #MetaphysicsMatters, #PodcastReview, #PhilosophyDiscussion, #QuantumMetaphysics, #CosmologyDebate, #TheoreticalPhysics, #AstrophysicsInsights, #MetaphysicalInquiry, #LogicAndReason, #IntellectualDiscourse, #CosmicNarratives, #MaterialistPhysics, #SpiritualInquiry, #PhilosophicalDebate, #MindBodyDualism, #ScienceAndPhilosophy, #ExistentialQuestions, #IntellectualExchange, #MetaphysicalPerspectives, #PhilosophicalReflections Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Michel Barsoum is a materials scientist at Drexel University who is the champion of a controversial theory about the great pyramids of Giza, which says the pyramids were not fully carved from natural stone, but were cast from a geopolymer concrete mixture. For decades, Egyptologists have dismissed the notion that the pyramids incorporated any human-made cement-like materials. But Barsoum's team at Drexel University has uncovered startling new evidence from advanced microscopy analysis of pyramid samples. We talk to him about becoming entranced with the deep history of Egypt, the process of determining the true nature of a stone, and the open questions about this lost civilization that keep him up at night. What if these discoveries are enough to reshape our understanding of just how advanced and ingenious the ancient Egyptian builders were? Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:04:00) Who is Dr. Barsoum? (00:12:29) The romance of differential equations (00:18:47) Academic careers over the years (00:28:12) Geopolymers in Egypt (00:45:49) Visual vs. chemical analysis (01:04:05) The Impossibility of Egyptian Construction (01:17:25) Geometry of Pyramid Construction (01:20:36) Casing Stones alone? (01:25:07) Cast stone in other parts of the world (01:32:45) Geochemistry & material properties (01:44:45) Boundary conditions #science #sciencepodcast #AncientEgypt #Pyramids #Giza #Archaeology#Egyptology #MaterialsScience #Geopolymers #Concrete#SyntheticStone #AncientTechnology #AncientEngineering#ConstructionMarvels #PyramidCode Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 In this episode we are exploring the origins of the metaphysics that underpin the modern approach to a scientific understanding of nature with Dr. Helen De Cruz, who is the Danforth Chair in the Humanities at Saint Louis University. Professor De Cruz' research focuses on philosophy of cognitive science and philosophy of religion, with an eye for historic progressions through ideologies across the ages. In her own words, she is guided by the following question: "We spend what seem on the face of it outlandish amounts of time and energy on these pursuits, which appear to be inessential in keeping us alive in the struggle for survival and reproduction. Why do we make life even more complicated than it already is?" We aim this line of inquiry at understanding the state of today's modern physical conception of the universe: a highly mathematized, often paradoxical interpretation of fundamental material reality. Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Professor De Cruz' website: https://helendecruz.net/ (00:00) Go! (00:03:55) Seeking out the Renaissance (00:11:11) Missing piece of the middle ages (00:18:31) Downstream of the invention of the printing press (00:26:50) Eternal recurrence (00:34:30) Necessary waypoints for collaboration (00:44:51) A kind of thought that touches all domains (00:56:04) Aristotle - friend or foe to the age of reason? (01:06:55) Getting rid of the prime mover (01:14:45) Untangling "why" from "how" (01:18:51) Kant throws fuel on the fire (01:28:04) Crowning physics as king of the castle (01:36:54) Mystical power of mathematics (i.e. runes) (01:47:46) Wonder in Newton vs Wonder in Descartes (01:56:44) The Conduit of Inspiration to Reality (02:07:49) Is there such a thing as an "accident"? (02:13:48) Closing thoughts #science #sciencepodcast #philosophy #philosophypodcast #MetaphysicalOrigins, #PhilosophyofScience, #ModernScientificUnderstanding, #PhilosophicalInquiry, #IntellectualEvolution, #ScientificMetaphysics, #RenaissanceIdeas, #PhilosophicalPerspectives, #HistoricalProgressions, #CognitiveScienceInsights, #ReligionandScience, #PhilosophyofCognition, #ScientificInquiry, #IdeologicalEvolution, #ScientificRevolution, #MetaphysicalConcepts, #ContemporaryPhilosophy, #IntellectualJourney, #ScientificIdeas, #philosophicaldebate Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 This is our second conversation with esteemed physics professor, Dr. Andrê Koch Torres Assis. Following our earlier discussion of Weber's electrodynamics, we now move into Professor Assis' other passion: Machian dynamics. Mach is perhaps one of the most well-known behind-the-scenes players in the saga of modern physics. Einstein and others often point to Mach as inspiring their ideas but it is often unclear exactly what Mach was proposing when he said that inertia was simply the result of the gravity of the sum total of all of the distant celestial bodies acting upon something locally. In this podcast we explore Mach's ideas through a few simple experiments. Please tell us your thoughts in the comments! Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Professor Assis' books, papers, talks: https://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis/ (00:00) Go!(00:04:36) Mach's Principle(00:09:21) There are no two body problems(00:18:46) Setting a reference frame(00:22:17) Newton Proves the Existence of the Vacuum(00:32:21) Newton letting go of material cause(00:40:48) Newton v Ernst Mach(00:51:54)  What Newton Got Wrong about Gravity(00:57:32) Weber's law of relational mechanics(01:06:32) Space time as "absolute space"(01:08:55) Mach's principle and the rotation of the Earth(01:20:56) Experimental proof of relational mechanics?(01:22:16) Gravity probe B(01:34:10) Pitfalls of assuming a homogenous universe(01:48:24) Why accept an expanding universe?(02:12:35) Closing thoughts #GravityExplained, #PhysicsDebate, #MachsPrinciple, #NewtonVsMach, #EinsteinVsMach, #AlternativeGravity, #CosmicPerspective, #InertiaInsights, #RelationalMechanics, #SpaceTimeDebate, #GravitationalTheories, #ModernPhysics, #CosmologyDiscussion, #ScienceDebates, #RevolutionaryIdeas, #QuantumGravity, #UniversalConnections, #ExperimentalPhysics, #CosmicUnderstanding, #NewPhysicsExploration, #sciencepodcast, #podcast #physics Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics,  @MaterialAtomics   https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 The true identity of the person who wrote Shakespeare's plays has long been debated. At least 87 potential authors - from Daniel Defoe to Sir Francis Drake to Anne Hathaway to Sheikh Zubar - have been proposed as candidates, but all of these proposals suffer from the same problem - they don't quite fit the historical facts and so have to be stretched, ill fitting, to even be considered. Only one of the theories seems to make sense in context of history and biography, and it is that the true author of the plays was Sir Thomas North, soldier, lawyer, and translator. Returning guest Dennis McCarthy is joined by journalist Michael Blanding and author Derek Hunter for a conversation about uncovering the true identity of Shakespeare, the life and times of Thomas North, and the tangled thread of politics, philosophy, and liberty that stretches from the printing press to ChatGPT by way of the Old Globe. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Support the podcast by buying Michael Blanding, Dennis McCarthy, and Dennis Hunter's books: North by Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/4a3xp4n Thomas North, the Original Author of Shakespeare's Plays: https://amzn.to/3wF1nNx Anonymous Agnostic Antichrist: https://amzn.to/3v17rj7 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:22) The man & the myth (00:16:08) Repurposing of ancient tales (00:29:27) Conventional Shakespeare Story (00:49:11) Lost Plays of Other Authors (01:04:39) Ressurection of ancient mythology (01:10:25) Theory without a home (01:19:41) Thowing out the good with the bad (01:23:33) Cycles of secular idealism (01:42:42) Telling theory in fiction (01:49:46) Essex rebellion (02:04:20) How to move the needle? (02:16:48) Modern renaissance in the future? (02:28:22) Pendulum of history (02:30:46) Where to find more #Shakespeare #authorshipdebate #SirThomasNorth #DennisMcCarthy #MichaelBlanding #DerekHunter #history #biography #literature #myths Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 How did Christianity go from persecuted sect to the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire in just 300 years? The details of how a sidelined theology became the mainstream have always been obscure but fascinating, an indication of a powerful hold that a spiritual movement exerted in just a few generations. But what if thinking about the emergence of Christianity as a folk tradition is all wrong? What if it sprang, fully formed, from the minds of the Flavian Emperors who wanted to negotiate a lasting peace with the messianic Jews besieging Rome? We untangle the fantastic story of Christianity and Empire with Warren Fahy, independent scholar and best-selling author of CREATING CHRIST: How the Roman Emperors Invented Christianity. Support the DemystifySci Podcast by reading Warren Fahy's books: https://amzn.to/3Tv3pYD Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00:00) Go! (00:05:45) Science through Sci-Fi (00:18:28) Longevity & inbreeding (00:35:34) Primates & competition (00:50:40) Hybridization (00:57:03) Matriarchy in primative hominids (01:04:03) A feminine perspective (01:19:30) Loss of female deities in the West (01:25:50) Romans create Christianity (as we know it) (01:43:57) An obedient Jesus (01:57:13) Romans can't trick the Jews (02:22:19) Openness of Christianity as Empire-Building (02:33:55) Magenta #ReligiousInfluence #CulturalEvolution #AncientPhilosophy #messianicjudaism #ReligiousSyncretism #HistoricalInterpretation #ReligiousInnovation #HistoricalAnalysis Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Elisabeth Bik is a Dutch microbiologist who has a talent for identifying duplicated patterns. She turned her attention to the question of scientific integrity more than a decade ago, and has since been responsible for the retraction of more than a thousand papers that have blatant image manipulation in them. We talk to her about the work of image sleuthing, the nature of science that induces people to fake data, the impact of rotten data filling low-tier journals, and how questionable practices reach all the way to the top. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:04:45) Elizabeth Bik, Science Detective (00:12:40) Slippery slope of scientific fraud (00:21:13) Up close and personal with the consequences (00:31:15) Is publishing garbage really that bad? (00:40:04) Is fraud a modern problem? (00:53:14) Hidden problems (01:02:23) The nature of ethical infractions (01:07:20) Why Nastia hates western blots (01:17:13) Papers, power, and a fall from grace (01:26:23) Why Pubpeer is amazing (01:34:04) What happened at Stanford? (01:36:37) Big science, big money (01:44:57) Questions of succession & legacy (01:54:35) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #ScientificIntegrity, #ResearchEthics, #AcademicMisconduct, #ImageSleuthing, #PublicationEthics, #ResearchIntegrity, #AcademicIntegrity, #ScientificCommunity, #PeerReview, #ScientificPublishing, #AcademicTransparency, #DataIntegrity, #ScholarlyIntegrity, #EthicalScience, #ResearchMisconduct, #AcademicHonesty, #ScienceEthics, #FraudDetection, #PeerReviewed, #OpenScience Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, who turned her attention to an infamous neurodevelopmental epidemic when a friend’s child was suddenly diagnosed with the condition. Using her technical knowledge of natural language processing systems, Seneff set out to untangle the biological literature to see if it was possible to identify an environmental contaminant that could be responsible for the exploding numbers of diagnoses. To her surprise, there was a robust correlation with widespread use of glyphosate, an herbicide that is the main ingredient of the Monsanto product Round-up. We talk about her path to uncovering the correlation, a potential biochemical mechanism for how it could be involved in so many disorders, and the controversy that has swirled after she went public with her findings. Check out her book and support the podcast at the same time here: https://amzn.to/3uW5pRb Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:08:26) Wrestling with corporate interests (00:17:20) Difficulties of getting to the bottom of biology (00:27:36) Damaging metabolism manifests as disease (00:33:01) What's going on with deuterium? (00:38:09) How glyphosate damages metabolic function (00:47:34) Reducing the impact of glyphosate post exposure (01:00:02) Inflammation as the root of disease (01:12:40) Is damage cumulative? (01:17:14) Why isn't this experimentally proven yet? (01:26:38) Bayer acquires Monsanto (01:35:34) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #GlyphosateResearch, #MonsantoControversy, #HealthScience, #EnvironmentalHealth, #SciencePodcast, #PublicHealth, #BiomedicalResearch, #ToxicChemicals, #HealthControversy, #ChemicalExposure, #Neurodevelopment, #ScientificDiscovery, #HerbicideImpact, #GlyphosateDebate, #EnvironmentalToxins, #MedicalScience, #Neurobiology, #ToxicityAwareness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Daniel Joachim Kleiven is a philosopher and economist with a fondness for Aristotle and St. Thomas who we found through a recent IAI article entitled “The Laws of Nature Explain Very Little.” In it, Joachim makes an argument that mathematics are a poor substitute for true understanding, and so cannot be considered ground truth of the universe. We discuss the philosophical path that brought him to this realization, the long history of people agonizing over this question, and what he suggests we replace mathematics with. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:27) What is under the math? (00:05:28) Preserving the mind in a theory of nature (00:09:45) Philosophy as a relic in science (00:16:17) The laws of nature miss key parts of the world (00:24:24) Forces as hand of god (00:31:26) Aristotles theory of final cause (00:53:07) Laws converge on physical actors right? (01:09:13) The human animal (01:27:35) Myth does what science can't (01:43:42) Recruiting metaphysics (01:53:26) What might hide behind the laws of nature? (02:03:16) Objectivity of metaphysics? (02:18:07) Life as source of motion (02:29:06) Bruno & Galileo myths (02:36:41) Power, beliefs, philosophy #Physics, #Philosophy, #Science, #Metaphysics, #Mathematics, #Aristotle, #StThomas, #Nature, #LawsOfNature, #Mythology, #MathematicalConstants, #FineStructureConstant, #Reality, #Universe, #PodcastDiscussion, #IAIArticle, #Understanding, #ExplanatoryLimits, #PhilosophicalInquiry, #MindAndNature Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Alexander Unizicker is a writer, teacher, and host of Unzicker’s Real Physics ( @TheMachian ) , who is back for a fourth conversation on the DemystifySci Podcast. In this episode we discuss the origin of the mathematical constants found throughout physics, which ones of them are truly fundamental, which ones can be further simplified, and try to figure out if the constants are telling us something significant about how the universe is organized. Buy Alexander's books here & support the podcast: https://amzn.to/3uViH0d Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:05:28) What does an ultimate theory of physics accomplish? (00:11:23) Constants of nature are the new gods (00:19:13) Calculating the constants of nature from first principles (00:33:39) Significance of the fine structure constant (00:53:25) Constants refer to material properties (01:06:27) Bodies v. abstractions (01:16:48) Size of the universe? (01:28:16) mapping the atom from fine structure constant (01:38:54) What is measured during particle collisions? (01:49:04) What's more fundamental than distance & change? (01:57:58) Meaning of the SOL (02:07:53) Publishing on the liquid sun #PhysicsDiscussion, #MathematicalConstants, #FundamentalPhysics, #UniverseOrganization, #Cosmology, #FineStructureConstant, #ConstantsOfNature, #MaterialProperties, #AbstractConcepts, #UniverseSize, #AtomicMapping, #ParticleCollisions, #FundamentalsOfPhysics Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Today we are setting sail on a captivating journey through biblical scholarship and linguistic analysis with biblical scholar Dr. Jennifer Grace Bird. Dr. Bird brings a wide range of disciplines to her analysis from mathematics to theology and especially direct translations from antiquity. Discover the evolution of sacred texts over millennia, shaped by power dynamics, cultural influences, and linguistic sleight of hand. We explore the changing meanings of parables, the impact of imperialism, and the enduring quest for mysticism. Join us for an illuminating exploration of language, society, and power in interpreting ancient wisdom. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support the podcast and Dr. Bird when you pick up her books here: https://amzn.to/49iVDHS (00:00:00) Go! (00:06:19) Learning to approach history text first (00:18:28) Cultural roots of law and language (00:28:50) Imperialism as default in the ancient world (00:36:51) Babylonian Exile and Assembly of the Torah (00:55:18) Orthogonal values of empires and citizens (01:10:46) The natural intrigue of simple narratives (01:22:29) The DC Family (01:32:49) Mysticism as a fundamental human need (01:42:04) Self-censoring controversial ideas (01:54:19) Edited histories across disciplines (02:02:02) The new atheists (02:11:54) Functional mutations in institutional doctrine (02:20:23) Foundation of natural law (02:22:42) Closing thoughts #BiblicalScholar, #LinguisticAnalysis, #AncientTexts, #HistoricalInterpretation, #PowerandLanguage, #TextualEvolution, #CulturalRoots, #ImperialInfluence, #BiblicalTranslation, #InterpretationShifts, #ParableMeaning, #Mysticism, #ReligiousHistory, #InstitutionalDoctrine, #BiblicalStudies, #ScripturalAnalysis, #SocialPower, #HistoricalContext, #LanguageEvolution, #InterpretationTrends, #sciencepodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Today we're going deep into the complex world of consciousness and perception with Andres Gomez Emilsson, from the Qualia Research Institute. Join us as we engage in tasty conversation surrounding the neural mechanics of hallucination, exploring the intersections of meditation, psychedelic experiences, and altered states of consciousness. We glean insights into the mysteries of the mind and the resonance of neural networks, and new perspectives on the nature of reality and the self. Don't miss out on this illuminating exploration into the depths of human mind. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:41) The shared experience of DMT entities (00:10:32) Where is a coherent psychedelic experience located in the body? (00:19:51) Where does the geometry of DMT come from? (00:31:48) Realignment mechanisms of mental transformation post psychedelic use (00:44:09 Jhanas, bliss, and perception without thought (00:50:45) Fear of getting eaten (01:01:06) anticipatory, mythological sources of entity encounters (01:11:10) Where does DMT take you? (01:20:08) The refresh rate of perception (01:25:31) The cartesian theater (01:34:49) Antithesis of the Jhanas (01:41:38) Is there an evolutionary purpose to psychedelic capacity? (01:52:27) Finding capacity for difficult emotions (01:58:37) Loss of addiction by finding awareness (02:04:59) The self as a community #ConsciousnessExploration, #NeuralMechanics, #HallucinationResearch, #PsychedelicInsights, #DMTExperience, #MindMapping, #PerceptionShift, #AlteredStates, #PsychedelicScience, #ConsciousExperience, #Neuroscience, #MeditationJourney, #SpiritualAwakening, #Mindfulness, #PsychedelicTherapy, #BrainResearch, #RealityPerception, #Transcendence, #InnerJourney, #MindExpansion, #sciencepodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Edward Chancellor is a British financial historian who, in a previous life, was an investment banker in New York and Boston from the early 1990s through 2014. He has been named as “one of the greatest financial historians alive” by Fortune magazine, as a result of his prediction of the last two economic bubbles, detailed in his books Devil Take Hindmost, about financial speculation during the dot com bubble and Crunch Time for Credit, about the 2005 housing bubble. He’s attempting the hat trick of economic doomsaying with his most recent book, The Price of Time, all about the true role of interest rates in economic crashes. He argues that abnormally low interest rates coupled to a policy of perpetual quantitative easing has led to an “everything bubble” where all assets, everywhere, are tremendously overvalued. We talk about how he came up with this theory, the poorly understood role of interest, what can be learned from economic collapses of hundreds of years ago, and how theory doesn’t always line up with reality. Buy Edward Chancellor's Books, Support the Podcast: https://amzn.to/4bBmG2O Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:59) Economics has no laboratory (00:16:13) Forgetting history (00:38:10) Malincentives at the Fed (00:53:23) Too big to fail? Autonomous financial algos (01:00:43) Monastic/social biphasic life (01:05:48) At the edge of whats known (01:16:39) External pressure to regulate the economy (01:29:48) The real role of interest (01:38:55) Michael Hudson's theory on taxing unearned income (01:52:26) Modern monopolies (02:06:10) Predicting the next speculative bubble (02:12:46) Bullshit jobs (02:21:45) Takeaways #financialhistory #investmentbanking #economicbubbles #speculation #EdwardChancellor #interestrates #quantitativeeasing #everythingbubble #economiccrashes #financialspeculation #economics #economictheory #marketcrashes #financialregulation #economiccollapse Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 John Horgan is a journalist and author who has written books on quantum physics, consciousness, war, sex, attention, and mysticism. He was a columnist for Scientific American for 11 years, until they fired him for his 1995 book, The End of Science. In it, Horgan argues that increases in human knowledge have reached an asymptotic phase of marginal improvements, and the future of science is going to look a whole lot like the present. Twenty five years after publication, Horgan’s certainty about the fate of science has started to waver. Quantum physics doesn’t totally fit together, the JWST keeps finding things that don’t make any sense, and our sense of what makes a biological organism is getting constantly blown apart. In our conversation, we go through what Horgan saw that made him so confident that we were almost at the end, how the landscape has changed since the mid nineties, the areas of science that seem most likely to open a whole new world of study for generations to come, and ideas that probably aren't going anywhere, but maybe should. Pick up John Horgan's books on Amazon & support the show: https://amzn.to/49bd7WD Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:26) Who cares about the birth of everything? (00:06:15) End of Science? (00:11:55) Limits of science (00:23:52) Math v. science (00:36:05) Physics as map-making (00:46:13) Seeing both sides in science (00:54:00) Cultural, civilizational dead-ends (01:03:05) Blackbody science v cosmology (01:19:22) Liquid metal model of the photosphere (01:25:42) Back to the beginning of science? (01:32:19) Origins & probabilities (01:51:11) Seeds of revolution (02:01:20) Publishing fractures #JohnHorgan #sciencebooks #ScientificAmerican #TheEndofScience #quantumphysics #JWST #biologicalorganism #sciencehistory #nineties #scientificlandscape #mapmaking #mathvscience #culturaldeadends #cosmology #photosphere Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Today we're on an astronomical journey with astrophysicist Dr. Amaury Triaud, a prolific discoverer of over a hundred exoplanets, who shares insights gained from his extensive observatory visits in the Atacama desert and his recent adventure building a telescope in Antarctica. Jump into the revolutionary world of exoplanetary astronomy as Dr. Triaud unravels mysteries surrounding changing planetary orbits, planetary ejection, and the intriguing dynamics of distant planetary systems. We explore the cosmic narratives reshaped by newfound knowledge, pushing the boundaries of our understanding of solar system formation and evolution. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:22) So, Antarctica? (00:08:04) Telescope Conditions on the Southern Continent (00:12:37) Can you hit the gym? (00:16:29) Travel with a purpose (00:22:19) Building what no one else can (00:27:21) Exoplanets, what are they? (00:38:32) More than one way to form a solar system? (00:50:02) Fate of aborted stellar formation remnants? (01:01:08) A directional search for planets (01:04:18) Chemistry and Electrostatics in Core Accretion (01:12:11) Role of resonance in planetary formation (01:18:19 What happens to ejected planets? (01:27:13) Discovering a planet orbiting a binary star system (01:37:10) How gas exerts pressure in an open system (01:41:43) Searching for water worlds (01:50:33) The inverse correlation between CO2 and Water (01:55:33) Closing thoughts and future directions #ExoplanetExploration, #AstronomyRevolution, #CosmicDiscoveries, #AlienWorlds, #AmauryTriaud, #TelescopeAdventure, #SpaceOdyssey, #AntarcticaObservatory, #StellarRevelations, #ExoplanetaryInsights, #GalacticResearch, #AstronomyFrontiers, #SolarSystemEvolution, #PlanetaryDiscoveries, #CosmicNarratives, #AstronomicalInnovation, #AstrophysicsTalk, #SpaceScience, #CelestialWonders, #ExoplanetHunter, #sciencepodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Today we journey to the cosmic frontier with financial markets innovator and author Walter Cruttenden in this deep dive into his surprising astronomical theory, as presented in his books "Lost Star of Myth and Time" and "The Great Year Adventures with Tommy the Time Traveling Turtle." Cruttenden suggests an alternative explanation for the precession of the equinoxes, suggesting that our sun is part of a binary star system. We consider details of the axial procession, question existing models, and uncover the potential link between civilization cycles and solar cycles. Come along as we traverse the realms of cosmic mysteries, technological progress, and the desire to understand the mysterious celestial dance that could reshape our understanding of our solar system's journey through the cosmos. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Support the guest and DSPod when you pick up his books here: https://amzn.to/3HLw4D2 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:40) Dive right into it (00:06:57) Axial procession, and issues with the existing model (00:18:15) Procession of the equinoxes only affects objects outside the solar system? (00:25:20) Is the sun part of a binary star system? (00:34:27) Barnard's Star, a potential solar partner? (00:45:25) Missing science on Barnard's Star (00:55:42) Linking civilization cycles to solar cycles (01:05:02) Broken link between technological progress and enlightenment (01:16:49) Pathways to a wiser civilization (01:28:11) Facing the desire to stop things from changing (01:36:41) Closing thoughts #CosmicRevelations, #BinaryStars, #AstronomyInsights, #TimeTravelingTurtles, #CelestialDance, #GalacticMysteries, #SolarSystemExploration, #AlternativeAstronomy, #WalterCruttenden, #PrecessionOfEquinoxes, #CosmicWisdom, #SolarCycles, #CivilizationConnections, #StellarDiscoveries, #TommyTheTurtle, #SpaceExploration, #AstrologicalInsights, #CosmicParadigmShift, #LostStarJourney, #EnlightenedCivilizations, #sciencepodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Megalithomaniac Hugh Newman, who runs  @MegalithomaniaUK , takes us into the world of megalithic structures. We talk about the mysteries of the Tepes, the cultural practices of the inhabitants, and the significance of the huge T-shaped pillars that are the characteristic architecture of the time. Hugh provides insights on fertility goddesses, the intersection of Annunaki and agriculture, and an in-depth analysis of the ancient site, Karahan Tepe. We discuss collaborative efforts with professional archaeologists, reminisce about intriguing memories of giants, and scrutinize globally similar artifacts that unveil historical patterns. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Support DSPod & Thad Roberts when you pick up his books here: https://amzn.to/3tZpPsa Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:33) Researching megalithic structures (00:01:35) Ancient Anatolia (00:13:19) What were the Tepes used for? (00:27:05) Diet at the Tepes (00:38:23) 400,000 year old houses (00:46:28) Lost roof structures? (00:53:36) Gods in the sky (01:02:28) Fertility goddesses (01:14:22) Annunaki & Agriculture (01:21:20) Karahan Tepe (01:32:12) Working alongside pro archeologists (01:42:33) Memories of giants (01:50:44) Globally similar artifacts (02:03:20) Future archeology #MegalithicMysteries #AncientAnatolia #ArchaeologicalInsights #TepesExploration #HistoricalEnigma #PatreonQuestions #LostStructures #GodsInTheSky #FertilityGoddesses #AnnunakiAndAgriculture #KarahanTepe #ArchaeologicalCollaboration #MemoriesOfGiants #GlobalArtifacts #FutureArchaeology #Demysticon2024 #DSPodDiscussion Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Who were the people of the Americas prior to the arrival of the Europeans? Who built all those mounds? What were the interconnections between the various cultures spread across time and place? We explore these questions with Peter of the Ancient Americas channel (  @AncientAmericas  ). From the Old Copper Culture of the Great Lakes to the Tiwanaku of Lake Titicaca, we delve into the subtleties of societal development, genetic histories, and the constant question of what happened to these well-developed societies. Find Peter here: www.youtube.com/@AncientAmericas patreon.com/ancientamericas facebook.com/AncientAmericas Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:18) Old copper culture (00:10:04) Tiwanaku (00:20:49) Changing landscapes & civilization (00:33:21) Mass culture to civilization (00:44:07) Peopling of Americas (00:55:33) Genetic traces of migration (01:11:37) 150,000 year old artifacts in America? (01:24:53) State v. empire (01:38:13) Factors affecting collapse (01:56:24) The Cahokia anomaly (02:03:37) Alternative migration possibilities (02:12:55) Closing thoughts #AncientCivilizations #HistoricalExploration #Tiwanaku #CulturalTransitions #ArchaeologicalInsights #AmericasHistory #GeneticMigration #ArchaeologicalDebate #SocietalDevelopment #CahokiaAnomaly #AlternativeMigration #HumanHistory #ArchaeologyDiscussion #PastCivilizations #HistoricalLandscapes #ArtifactAnalysis #StatesVsEmpires #CollapseFactors #ReflectiveInsights #HistoricalNuances Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Join us for our first in-person conversation with Dr. Brian Keating, a distinguished UCSD cosmologist, as we navigate the intricate landscape of scientific epistemology and reward circuits. Our discussion unpacks the complexities of scientific truth, exploring its intersections with faith and unveiling the mysteries of cosmic origins. With Dr. Keating we tap into profound insights on the scientific method, reflects on paradigm shifts, and discuss the spiritual dimensions within scientific theories. This exploration challenges beliefs and encourages you to navigate the squishy truths that inscribe our scientific understanding of the universe. Subscribe to Brian Keating’s INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast here: ⁠https://link.chtbl.com/into-the-impossible⁠  Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Support DSPod & Dr. Keating when you pick up his books here: https://amzn.to/4b21ceZ Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:02:33) Intro - The history & context of science (00:06:56) Belief, taste, and faith (00:08:12) Science isn't about proof (00:09:11) Scientific truth vs religious truth (00:12:50) What's the scientific method? (00:17:12) Inspiration as a guiding principle (00:22:50) "The Big Bang Never Happened," Vera Rubin, Galactic Rotation, and the Age of the Universe (00:29:08) Extrapolating ages from prior knowledge (00:32:00) Hubble Tension (00:33:21) The possibility of dissent (00:36:17) Spiritual aspects of scientific theories & paradigm shifts (00:42:30) Technological progress as a necessary ingredient for a paradigm shift (00:46:29) Closing thoughts #BrianKeating #Cosmology #ScientificTruth, #ScientificNavigation, #KeatingCosmos, #TruthAndFaith, #CosmicMysteries, #ScientificInsights, #ParadigmReflections, #SpiritualityInScience, #CosmicPhenomena, #BeliefsChallenged, #UnveilingTheUnknown, #CosmicExploration, #ScienceFaithDialogue, #KeatingPerspective, #ScientificUnderstanding, #QuantumReflections, #CosmicConundrums, #DiscoveringTruths, #CosmologistChat, #SpiritualScience, #BeyondBeliefs Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Join Thad Roberts, theoretical physicist and former NASA engineer, in a deep dive into the mysteries of our universe. In this epic podcast episode, Roberts details his monastic quest for a Theory of Everything, delves into the details of hyperbolic space, the mysteries of the fine structure constant, and shares the unique philosophy behind his think tank, the "Physics Monastery." Wander with us through a realm beneath material existence, examining the mathematical clues and the emergence of meaningful relationships underpinning physical reality. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Support DSPod & Thad Roberts when you pick up his books here: https://amzn.to/3tZpPsa Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:17) What is a theory of everything? (00:09:47) Introducing the mysteries first (00:18:52) Forgetting as a path to learning (00:28:27) Setting up the Physics Monastery (00:39:19) Pulling the curtain back on the evolution of ideas (00:44:47) The fine structure constant (01:01:44) Working with hyperbolic space (01:08:48) The death of material reality (01:19:19) Hyperbolic geometry as signifier of meaningful relationships (01:25:53) Are extra dimensions meaningful? (01:34:15) Relating mathematics, geometry, and the emergence of physical reality (01:41:48) Quantizing the photon (01:47:08) The origin of a discipline is the source of inspiration, time dulls the razor of novelty (01:50:14) Closing thoughts (01:56:13) See you at DemystiCon 2024! #PhysicsMonastery #QuantumExploration, #PhysicsJourney, #QuantumExploration, #TheoryOfEverything, #MysteriesUnveiled, #TheoreticalPhysics, #HyperbolicSpace, #FineStructureIdeas, #PhilosophyOfScience, #BeyondMaterialReality, #ScientificPhilosophy, #CosmicInquiry, #IdeasEvolution, #QuantumPhilosophy, #PhysicsInnovation, #BeyondTheVisible, #SpaceTimeExploration, #PhilosopherPhysicist, #IntellectualJourney, #MeaningfulRelationships, #science #sciencepodcast #podcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Today we meet up with neuroscientist Dr. Jack Wathey to explore the biological underpinnings of human spirituality. We map out the boundary between scientific and religious truth, unraveling the roots of religion and the evolutionary significance of mystical experiences. From the dynamics of belief systems to the enduring impact of mythology, this episode goes deep into the fascinating interplay between biology and our innate need for spiritual connection. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Support DSPod & Dr. Wathey when you pick up his books here: https://amzn.to/3SgIAQX Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Biological approach to religion (00:04:47) Humans as religious animals (00:14:14) Male & Female deities vs. monotheism (00:26:38) Power of genesis' archetypical narratives (00:38:24) True in science v. religion (00:50:47) Political v. religious leaders (01:02:34) Disaster of value-neutrality in science (01:16:59) What if biology was purely mathematical like physics (01:29:58) Is mysticism here forever? (01:42:48) Is mythology here to stay (01:54:52) Can we even survive without a unified celebration of moral values? (02:08:27) Optimism about the future of the species? (02:16:57) Wrap #EvolutionOfBelief, #MysticalJourney, #SpiritualExploration, #BiologyOfReligion, #SacredNature, #MythologyUnveiled, #BeliefSystems, #SpiritualEvolution, #BioSpirituality, #AncientWisdom, #DivineConnections, #EvolutionaryMysticism, #SpiritualInquiry, #MythicNarratives, #BeliefsAndBiology, #SacredScience, #BiologistInsights, #ReligiousEvolution, #HumanSpirituality, #MysticalNature #science #sciencepodcast #podcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 This is our second conversation with cognitive psychologist Dr. Donald Hoffman. For round 2 we dive into the realms of physics and mathematics, exploring dynamic entities that transcend the confines of spacetime. From Markovian Dynamics to the quest for new frameworks in physics, join us in unraveling the mysteries that lie beyond conventional understanding. Beyond the physics we enjoy a captivating exploration of consciousness, spiritualism, and the profound implications of Hoffman's groundbreaking work. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:20) What's on Don's Desk? (00:05:45) Markovian dynamics & decorated permutations (00:13:18) What is outside of spacetime? (00:18:33) The need for new mathematics in physics (00:25:46) Patreon Ask (00:25:48) How to avoid spacetime in physics (00:33:22) Non-real solutions to physical equations (00:42:23) Dynamic (spiritual?) entities beyond spacetime (00:59:43) Science must remain skeptical (01:14:41) Tickets ASK (01:14:42) New portals into consciousness (01:25:13) Math as scaffold for understanding (01:34:02) Life as fractal representation of whole universe (God) (01:43:04) The meaning of Hoffman's work #BeyondSpacetime, #CosmicExploration, #MathematicsInPhysics, #ConsciousPortals, #DynamicEntities, #UnrealSolutions, #SpiritualPhysics, #ScientificInquiry, #MysteriesUnveiled, #QuantumConsciousness, #MathematicalUniverse, #MetaphysicalJourney, #RealityBeyondPhysics, #CosmicMind, #HoffmansInsights, #FractalLife, #TranscendentMath, #PhilosophyOfScience, #QuantumReality, #MindAndMath, #EternalConsciousness, #science, #sciencepodcast #podcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future (ISEOF) an organization focused on educating and preparing society for the coming cultural transition, and the host of the Great Simplification Podcast where he explores the interface between economics, culture, and deep time. Our discussion centers on his challenge of conventional notions of growth and prosperity, and his advocacy for the need for a harmonious shift in human incentives away from financial capital. We talk compassionate algorithms, energy efficiency, pursuit of a balanced future, and how to envision a world where simplicity fosters profound harmony between humanity and its ecosystem. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:17) The Great Simplification (00:10:31) Incentives Realignment (00:19:54) Planetary Escapism (00:28:24) The trigger on an existential gun (00:38:02) Government by algorithm (00:55:46) Hidden oil revealed by climate change? (01:08:16) Change is the rule (01:22:04) Modern vs. Ancestral Humanity (01:31:59) Social reorientation to human values (01:41:44) What to do with wealth (01:57:47) Authority v. autonomy (02:14:42) Analysis & motivation (02:23:46) Being political #TheGreatSimplification #HarmonyOverGrowth #CompassionateAlgorithms #SustainableGovernance #BalancedFuture #FutureHarmony #NewEraOfGovernance #RethinkGrowth #SustainableLiving #AuthorityAndAutonomy #HarmoniousFuture #SimplicityInComplexity #ProgressiveIdeas #ThesisDiscussion #SustainableProgress #FutureLeadership #EcoHarmony #EvolutionOfIdeas #IncentiveRealignment #CompassionInAction #sciencepodcast #science Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Tufts biologist Dr. Michael Levin is back for our third conversation about the future of biology, regenerative medicine, and embodied cognition. We unpack the successes and frustrations of mammalian and reptilian biobots, the reprogramming of cells, and the finer points of cellular intelligence. Welcome to the intersection of biology, technology, and the cosmos! This is the next generation of scientific discovery: biology unleashed. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:04:48) The minimum unit of intelligence (00:27:54) Matching the time domain of evolutionary decisions (00:32:11) Biobots (00:42:53) Interface of aritifical and natural intelligence (00:51:10) Use cases for the biobots (00:57:13) Permissivity of biological systems (01:06:30) Generating functional organs (01:14:59) Source of the platonic biological form (01:24:25) Limits of synthetic organisms (01:28:24) Hard limits on the mind (01:42:02) Embodied artificial consciousness (01:46:59) Cognition at mega scales (01:56:34) Levin's evolutionary role (02:01:07) Closing thoughts #BioRobotics #RegenerativeMedicine #CellularIntelligence #FutureTech #ScienceRevolution #IntelligentCells #MindfulBiology #GalacticIntelligence #TechInnovation #BioTechBreakthroughs #AIRevolution #FutureOfMedicine #CellularAssemblage #NewScience #RoboticInnovation #GalacticMindset #BiologyUnleashed #NextGenTech #BioHacking #IntelligentDesign #RoboticRevolution #science #sciencepodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 George Howard is a podcaster, entrepreneur, organizer, and citizen archaeologist who runs the Cosmic Tusk blog and organizes the Cosmic Summit conference on ancient archaeology. He was also an early proponent of the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis, which suggests that at the end of the last glaciation that an enormous asteroid shattered upon entry into Earth’s atmosphere, showering North Africa, Europe, and North America in meteoritic fragments. Proponents of the Younger Dryas impact theory point to numerous lines of evidence that suggest the event is more than theoretical. There are molten rocks called tektites, a “black mat” of charred organic material that encircles the globe, and a massive extinction event that all correspond to the time and location of the proposed impact. But the Younger Dryas impact theory remains controversial. We talk catastrophic history, cold fusion technology, origin of life, why people are so upset about the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis, and Malcom Bendall’s thunderstorm generator. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Amateur scientists publish in Nature (00:03:45) Cosmic Summit (00:08:16) Malcolm Bendall & failed Rogan episode (00:19:15) Fusion tech promises & tears (00:40:18) Sentient molecules, origins of life, panspermia (01:02:00) Traces of life within interstellar dust (01:03:11) Role of hypotheses (01:07:52) Electrogravitics? (01:15:50) Promise and peril of cheap energy (01:33:32) Lost technology of the ancients (01:49:34) Catastrophism reborn (02:02:49) Bible as historic testimony (02:11:08) Tell el-Hammam impact valley (02:20:37) Rising tensions in archeology (02:28:31) Changing paradigms & Big Bang on the ropes (02:37:29) For more info #AncientArchaeology, #YoungerDryasImpact, #CosmicTusk, #CatastrophicHistory, #ArchaeologyTalk, #CosmicSummit, #ImpactHypothesis, #DeepHistory, #TektitesEvidence, #EarthCollision, #BlackMatMystery, #PodcastConversation, #MalcomBendall, #ThunderstormGenerator, #ColdFusionTech, #OriginOfLife, #CosmicInsights, #AncientCatastrophes, #MoltenRocks, #ExtinctionEvent Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 We sit down with renowned astronomer, Dr. Sean Raymond, for a cosmic journey of discovery delving into the captivating realms of planetary formation and orbital evolution. In this thought-provoking discussion, we explore "out of the box" ideas that challenge traditional views of our solar system's origins. Join us as Dr. Raymond navigates the intriguing possibilities of planetary collision, disrupted orbital dynamics, and the cosmic dance of celestial bodies. If you're ready to explore the uncharted territories of planetary science and embrace unconventional theories, this conversation is a cosmic odyssey for you. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:15) Who is Sean Raymond? (00:07:38) Rogue planet to solar system pipeline (00:19:02) Intricacies of gravitational interaction (00:28:31) Ironing out eccentricities (00:37:49) Many Possible routes to rocky planet formation (00:47:06) Finding abundant sources of metallic iron (00:55:34) Changing the age of the universe (01:07:01) Groundhawg day (01:18:29) Psyche and other metallic objects (01:28:07) Decompressing Earth (01:36:45) Reason vs Evidence (01:44:56) Bad news moon (01:55:38) Research in the absence of financial constraints (02:07:12) The burden of "does this compute" (02:19:59) Closing thoughts #CosmicRevelations, #AstronomyInnovation, #CelestialInsights, #BeyondTheGalaxy, #CosmicPuzzles, #PlanetaryWonders, #AstrologicalFrontiers, #OrbitalExploration, #GalacticMysteries, #SpaceUnveiled. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Cosmic scale forces seem impossible to unify with the invisible quantum universe. Perhaps the key is buried in the past. Sail through the annals of physics with us as we sit down with Dr. Alexander Unzicker, a lively and incisive German theoretical physicist and author. In this long-form podcast, pry open the deep history of physics, with a special focus on elastic theories of the enigmatic luminiferous aether. Tune in for a unique perspective that bridges the past and present, unlocking the secrets of our scientific heritage with an eye for what comes next. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Introduction (00:10:46) The day the aether died (00:22:55) Mathematics of deformation mirror mathematics of particle physics (00:36:23) Particles as self-propagating defects (00:45:48) Material visualizations of electricity and magnetism (00:56:07) Discontinuities as a definition of matter (01:06:35) Crystalline deformations as information carriers (01:17:12) Incompressibility and the stiffness of spacetime (01:32:15) Is the speed of light a constant of the universe? (01:41:07) Closing thoughts #PhysicsRevolution, #TimelessScience, #QuantumMysteries, #PhysicsLegacy, #EinsteinianEra, #AstroHistory, #CosmicWonders, #TheoreticalInsights, #ScienceUnveiled, #MindBlownPhysics. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Alberto Martinez is a professor of History of Science and Math at University of Texas, Austin. He has written books on the persecution of scientific heretics by the Catholic Church, dishonesty in the contemporary media, the ancient roots of mathematical mysticism, the lost stories of Darwin’s discoveries, revised the history Einstein’s formulation of relativity, and a book on the history of negative numbers. We talk to him about the mythologies built up around scientists and their discoveries, superstition in physics, the death rattle of inquiry, and what comes after the institutions fail. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Who is Alberto Martinez? (00:01:30) Self censorship in science (00:06:36) Einstein sees the dangers of activism (00:20:09) Why the physics gods? (00:37:04) Weeding out innovative inquiry (00:50:26) Superstition in physics (01:02:55) Humanities for scientists (01:16:09) Map for territory snares (01:28:50) Traits of successful heretics (01:37:46) Our upcoming book - The Material Atom (01:44:36) Non duality (01:52:21) Puzzels point the way in physics (01:57:07) Nobel anchors (02:02:26) Alberto's books (02:06:23) Building a science scene #HistoryOfScience #Mathematics #ScienceHistory #UniversityOfTexas #ScientificHeretics #CatholicChurch #MediaDishonesty #MathematicalMysticism #DarwinDiscoveries #EinsteinHistory #Relativity #NegativeNumbers #ScientificMythologies #PhysicsSuperstition #Inquiry #AcademicDiscourse #ScienceBooks #HistoricalPerspectives #IntellectualInquiry #AcademicInterview #ScienceHistorian #AcademicInsights #IntellectualPerspectives #AlbertoMartinezInterview #ScientificRevolution #ControversialHistory #MathematicalRoots #DarwinianDiscoveries #RelativityRevisited #HistoricalRevisionism #CriticalThinking #AcademicScholarship #KnowledgeCritique #ScientificInquiry #AcademicAuthor #TruthInScience #MediaEthics #PhilosophyOfScience #HistoryOfIdeas #PostInstitutionalism Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 William Happer is a Professor of Physics at Princeton University, where he has spent decades working out the details of atomics, spectroscopy, and adaptive optics that are used in telescope arrays around the world to counteract the distortions caused by atmospheric currents. Harper has also served the Bush and Clinton administrations as director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, where he was tasked with allocating DOE funds to promising research projects. More recently, he was appointed senior director of the National Security Council office for emerging technologies by the Trump administration - an position that was cut short due to disagreements within the administration about Happer’s strong stance on the relationship between CO2 and climate. Namely, that there is not a strong relationship between CO2 and warming, and that mitigation strategies that are being rolled out around the world will do more harm than good. On the podcast we talk about science as a refuge from social conflict, leading DOE science policy in the nineties, the questionable success of the Ozone hole story, the future of energy, and the disaster of making the wrong moves. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:18) What drives Will Happer (00:09:07) Science as refuge from social conflict (00:15:53) Degradation of free inquiry (00:23:56) Paying attention to paradoxes (00:41:27) Threshold & the quantum of action (00:45:51) Leading the DOE science (00:53:24) The ozone hole controversy (01:03:22) The energy future (01:09:14) The Sri Lanka disaster (01:16:29) Problems with the CO2 narrative (01:29:09) Existential fear as motivator (01:45:38) Reading the CO2 record from the distant past (01:59:29) Hidden motivations (02:13:54) Public v private academics (02:25:51) Science 2.0 (02:37:12) Familials #PhysicsProfessor, #PrincetonUniversity, #AtomicPhysics, #Spectroscopy, #AdaptiveOptics, #TelescopeArrays, #AtmosphericCorrections, #DOEScience, #ResearchAllocation, #NationalSecurityCouncil, #EmergingTechnologies, #ClimateChangeDebate, #CO2andClimate, #SciencePolicy, #OzoneHole, #FutureOfEnergy, #ClimateMitigation, #PodcastDiscussion, #ScienceAndConflict, #SocialImpactOfScience Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Join us for a profound journey of self-discovery and enlightenment as we delve into the world of non-duality with the insightful Dr. Judy Cohen. In this captivating long-form conversation, Dr. Cohen, a former clinical psychologist and advocate of non-duality, shares her deep wisdom on the complexities of nature, the transformative power of ideas, and the essence of stories as the kernel of knowledge. Join us as we explore the uncharted waters of consciousness at multiple scales, dissect the illusions of personal identity, and unravel the eternal substance of the universe. Whether you're a seeker of spiritual awakening, a lover of philosophical dialogue, or simply curious about the mysteries of existence, this conversation promises to illuminate your mind and inspire profound reflection. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Investigating non-duality (00:14:51) The unending complexity of nature (00:26:39) Ideas are the way the world changes (00:35:23) Stories as the kernel of knowledge (00:44:54) A film of civility on a seething pool of urges (00:53:48) Obeying speed limits (01:06:02) All words are either bodies or ideas (01:10:44) Brain on a plate (01:14:44) The benefit of the non-dual view (01:22:16) Disappearing woman trick (01:25:16) The mental leap of meaning (01:38:43) Consciousness at multiple scales (01:47:40) Do a lot or do nothing are the same coin (01:59:52) Currencies of skill (02:10:55) Life has will (02:17:33) The eternal substance of the universe (02:23:11) There is no person (02:32:13) Closing thoughts #ConsciousnessShift, #MindfulLiving, #SpiritualAwakening, #WisdomTalks, #NonDualityNow, #ExistentialJourney, #MindfulWisdom, #PhilosophyTalk, #UnityConsciousness, #InnerHarmony, #TranscendenceTuesday, #ConsciousExploration, #SoulfulConversations, #BeyondWords, #EnlightenedThinking, #MetaphysicalInsights, #ExistentialReflection, #ClarityOfMind, #SpiritualEvolution, #ConsciousLivingNow, #DeepDialogue, #TransformativeTalks, #IlluminatedExistence, #CognitiveExploration, #MeaningfulExistence, #SpiritualGrowth, #AwakenedMind, #InnerPeaceJourney, #ThoughtfulConversations, #BeyondDuality. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Dr. Katherine Richardson is a principle investigator in the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, where she focuses on the importance of biological processes in the ocean for the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere and how ocean biology, especially diversity, contributes to overall Earth biospheric health and stability. She is also co-author on the Planetary Boundaries initiative. (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Kathleen Richardson’s big questions (00:07:58) The human fingerprint (00:12:25) Planetary boundaries (00:30:55) CO2 & acid (00:45:11) Convenience v. harmony (01:04:10) Limits on land usage (01:20:47) Understanding life itself in the climate discussion (01:33:20) A successful narrative (01:47:02) Voting effectively (01:59:03) Closing thoughts Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #OceanConservation, #ClimateAction, #MarineScience, #CarbonSequestration, #BiodiversityMatters, #ClimateSolutions, #BluePlanet, #SaveOurOceans, #EcosystemHealth, #OceanDiversity, #ClimateChangeMitigation, #SustainableFuture, #OceanResearch, #MarineBiodiversity, #OceanProtection, #EnvironmentalStewardship, #GlobalWarming, #GreenTech, #OceanicEcosystems, #ClimateResilience. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Dr. Valentina Zharkova is an Astrophysicist in the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering at Northumbria University. She has published widely on solar radiative transfer, solar seismicity, and the role of sun cycles in climate on Earth and throughout the solar system. Our conversation explores all of these topics in depth and ends abruptly in an emotionally charged discussion about the material basis for the blackbody spectrum at the apparent solar surface. (00:00:00) Go! (00:05:06) Good morning Sunshine! (00:07:37) Zharkova's path to heliophysics & climate science (00:15:04) Studying magnetic fields on the sun (00:19:36) Natural frequency of solar dynamo (00:25:06) Analytic modeling of future & past solar cycles (00:30:09) Wandering sun about the system barycenter (00:35:41) How syzergy matters in climate (00:39:38) The Halstatt bomb (00:43:11) All planets experience our climate change by degrees (00:51:17) How solar wander affects climate (01:01:05) Helioseismicity (01:06:09) Solar surface is dense (01:09:59) Does the sun have a true surface? (01:14:27) The sun isn't a blackbody? Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #SolarScience, #ClimateChange, #SpaceWeather, #SolarInfluence, #ClimateResearch, #SolarRadiation, #SunspotActivity, #SolarCycle, #EarthClimate, #SolarPhysics, #SolarVariability, #SunCycles, #SolarDynamics, #SolarClimateImpact, #SolarTerrestrialRelations, #SolarSeismicActivity, #SunClimateConnection, #SunspotResearch, #SolarFlares, #SolarSystemClimate. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Embark on a thought-provoking journey into the realms of metaphysical idealism and artificial intelligence with Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, a distinguished philosopher and computer engineer. In this engaging long-form conversation, we delve into the intricacies of consciousness, exploring topics from the philosophical nuances of writing to the cutting-edge possibilities of biomimetic design. Dr. Kastrup sheds light on the challenges of defining life and the origins of selfhood at the cellular level. Join us as we navigate the blurred lines between mind and body, dissect the significance of true parts, and challenge traditional notions of physical versus real. This intellectual odyssey offers profound insights into unitary consciousness, the nature of reality, and the profound interconnectedness of our existence. Whether you're a philosophy enthusiast, AI aficionado, or simply curious about the mysteries of consciousness, this conversation is sure to ignite your intellectual curiosity and leave you pondering the profound questions that shape our understanding of existence. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support the pod and Bernardo when you pick up his books here: https://amzn.to/47K0q3M (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:17) On Writing (00:17:43) What we seek from books (00:28:30) Conflating being famous with being special (00:37:10) Giving things up to get things (00:44:12) The social butterfly and the sinecured monk (00:51:50) Protecting yourself from powerful, complicated systems (00:57:53) Taking biomimetic design to its farthest ends (01:08:06) Bionic futures (01:16:49) What makes life so hard to define? (01:27:35) Cellular origins of selfhood (01:38:35) Organisms blending lines of identity (01:51:37) Unitary consciousness (01:55:48) The significance of true parts (02:07:13) Placebo effects & unknown awarenesses (02:19:17) Forget mind/body duality, it's body/motion duality (02:26:55) A purely mental world (02:40:54) Physical vs real (02:52:30) Reasoning as a path to the real (03:00:28) Partitioning the phenomenon and the noumenon (03:06:06) Closing thoughts #MetaphysicalIdealism #ConsciousnessPhilosophy #AIandPhilosophy #BernardoKastrup #DeepConversations #MindBodyExploration #RealityPerception #ConsciousnessStudies #CognitiveScience #ExistentialReflections #BiomimeticDesign #BionicFutures #CellularSelfhood #UnitaryConsciousness #MetaphysicalInquiry Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Ogi Ogas is a computational neuroscientist, former Harvard scholar, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire contestant. He’s the author of two published books - "This is What it Sounds Like," about the cognitive signatures of individual music preferences, and "A Billion Wicked Thoughts," an analysis of human sexuality through the impartial lens of web searches. He has previously appeared on the DemystifySci podcast to explain how we’ve had a solution to the hard problem of consciousness for decades, (https://youtu.be/TzInnkUOAa4) to discuss his upcoming book, "Large Gods for Small Children," a memoir where he lays out his lifelong relationship with Intex, an extraterrestrial intelligence (https://youtu.be/wFqLnr4rCE8). In today’s episode we unpack what Ogas learned about human sexuality, the differences between men and women, power dynamics across society while writing his book on sex with co-author Sai Gaddam. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support DSPod & Ogi when you pick up his books here: 00:00 Go! 00:00:18 Our Upcoming Exhibit at MoSex NYC 00:02:42 A Billion Wicked Thoughts 00:06:22 Sex differences & equality 00:12:02 What all sexes enjoy (in sex) 00:17:01 Accelerationism 00:22:44 Species and hybridization 00:27:46 Fantasies in conflict 00:34:13 Gender fluidity in paranormal encounters 00:57:16 Roles by sex in chimps 01:17:01 Power dynamics & democracy by sex 01:32:59 Unification of culture by internet 01:52:33 A small society of die-hard science nerds 02:06:20 Prize fighting in science 02:20:15 Extraterrestrial contact 02:28:00 DMT parallels to ET contact experiences #SexDifferences #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #SexualityAnalysis #WebSearches #Consciousness #DemystifySciPodcast #A_Billion_Wicked_Thoughts #ThisIsWhatItSoundsLike #Intex #ExtraterrestrialIntelligence #HardProblemOfConsciousness #PowerDynamics #HumanSexuality #GenderDifferences #Memoir #PodcastInterview Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. André Koch Torres Assis is a professor of physics at the University of Campinas in Brazil. He has worked on myriad topics including gravitation (Relational Mechanics, Mach's principle and the origin of inertia, absorption of gravity), electromagnetism (Weber's Electrodynamics, Ampère's force between current elements, electric field outside resistive wires carrying steady currents, propagation of electromagnetic signals), cosmology (Hubble's law of redshifts, cosmic background radiation, tired light, infinite universe in space and time) and history of science. Our conversation explores how physics, in the main, seems only to be able to tolerate one theoretical framework at a time. This has the potential to leave many revelations behind on the cutting room floor. We explore the consequences of this dynamic across the past few hundred years. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support DSPod & Assis when you pick up his books here: https://amzn.to/3FT3bDZ (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:15) Who is Andre Assis? (00:09:13) Unpacking the history of Science (00:17:27) Cube vs Square of Distance (00:22:52) Strangeness of Conveniently Similar Forms (00:32:15) Cleavage of Mechanism from Reason (00:45:01) Permanent magnets & circuits (00:53:18) The meaning of big G (01:00:37) Experiment in conflict with theory (01:18:05) The larger context of Weber's work (01:26:25) Vortex atoms and the desire for a material explanation (01:41:42) Tensional, vorticular, but in the end a force (01:49:53) A planetary model of the atom (01:54:42) The strange dynamics of attraction (02:04:55) Closing thoughts #PhysicsHistory, #ElectricityModels, #ScienceHistory, #HistoricalPhysics, #VintageScience, #PhysicsEvolution, #AncientElectricity, #ScientificDiscoveries, #ElectricityInventions, #HistoricalInnovations, #ClassicPhysics, #PhysicsJourney, #AntiqueTechnology, #EvolvingPhysics, #ElectricityTimeline, #OldScienceModels, #PhysicsTimeline, #VintageTech, #LegacyOfPhysics Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Michael Hudson is an American economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, former Wall Street analyst, political consultant, commentator and journalist. Dr. Steve Keen is an Australian economist and author. A post-Keynesian, he criticizes neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported. Our conversation examines the false dichotomy of capitalism v. socialism and considers the true dichotomy, which is industrial capitalism v. finance capitalism. Hudson and Keen argue that the transition to finance capitalism, where unearned income is considered economic growth, has truly sown the seeds to ruin the world. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support DSPod and the guests when you pick up their books here: Hudson books: https://amzn.to/3Sx6k43 Keen books: https://amzn.to/3MFJ14i (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:19) What we're really talking about is finance capitalism (00:03:25) What is Capitalism? (00:17:55) Was the end of the Happy Days inevitable? (00:28:50) A more nuanced dichotomy than capitalism vs socialism (00:36:02) Why does GDP still manage to slow down? (00:46:32) Why is debt so stifling? (00:55:29) What happens to the money that accumulates at the top (01:01:39) The shape of global financial pressure (01:11:02) Modern examples of debt jubilees (01:19:12) Solutions without collapse? (01:23:13) Persistent economic myths (01:45:38) Strange realities of cancelling student debt (02:03:40) Financializing the basic structures of society (02:15:07) How to structure the next iteration (02:27:48) Doomer optimism (02:33:47) A new, more effective state (02:39:25) Closing thoughts #FinanceCapitalism, #EconomicInequality, #WealthGap, #CorporateGreed, #FinancialSystem, #CapitalismCritique, #IncomeInequality, #GlobalFinance, #FinancialCrises, #EconomicInjustice, #WealthDistribution, #CapitalismFlaws, #FinancialDeregulation, #EconomicCollapse, #SocialJustice, #CorporatePower, #FinancialManipulation, #MarketFailures, #FinancialInsecurity, #SystemicInequality Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Dr. J. Scott Turner is a physiologist who has contributed extensively to our understanding of collective intelligence through his work on the behavior of mound building termites. Early in his career he realized that the the textbook explanation for the mounds - that they contributed to temperature regulation of the underlying colony - were woefully incomplete. Through his work, Turner was able to demonstrate that the mounds were actually an integral part of the physiological success of the termites - rather than being a temperature regulating mechanism, the mounds acted as an external lung that was built and maintained by the colony for the express purposes of air filtration and circulation. Downstream of this realization, Turner developed a theory that suggests Darwinism alone - in context of survival of the fittest as the sole driver of the diversity of life - was an incomplete representation of the dynamics of life. We talk about the details of how to rewrite Darwin with a greater emphasis on epigenetics, collective intelligence, and the innate drive of purpose that is particular to life. (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:17) The man behind the termites (00:01:44) Remaining mysteries of evolutionary theory (00:06:01) When things don't add up (00:12:47) The ingenuity of termite mounds (00:25:11) Biology as a PID controller (00:29:56) Desire can't emerge from genes alone (00:35:54) Origins of Life (00:38:09) Origin of Life vs Origin of Cells (00:43:31) The struggle to exist is an inherent part of life (00:49:36) Crystal structure of life (00:57:29) Organisms are defined through communion & community (01:16:21) Our function in the superorganism (01:23:19) A teleology of life? (01:28:50) Recursive degradation of information (01:38:43) Purpose and desire as fundamental grounds of biology (01:57:39) Searching for gold on the fringe (02:07:28) The endless churn of ideas (02:20:19) Stand ins for superstitious forces (02:29:01) Willful intelligence of superorganisms (02:32:18) Tuning the algorithm that turns rocks into life (02:36:50) Closing thoughts Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Dr. Salvatore Pais is an aerospace engineer and inventor best known for being the owner, by way of the US Navy, of several patents for antigravity technology. The technology in the patents is based on what Pais calls the superforce - a Planckian derivation of the zero point energy of the quantum field that Pais suggest could yield nearly infinite amounts of energy. We discuss the first principles behind the math, the possible mechanisms of the technology, the long path from theory to implementation, and try to get to the bottom of who Pais is and where he comes from. (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Path to the Office of Naval Research (00:10:14) Humble beginnings (00:19:28) Understanding the Math (00:27:47) Why treat time as an object (00:38:04) Unraveling the next scale of interactions (00:48:40) What's the value of reductionist thinking? (01:00:58) Securing funding for the superforce (01:11:44) Are we ready for the next stage of tech? (01:21:04) All ideas in their due time (01:30:18) Untangling the meaning of the superforce equation (01:40:22) Holy grail of unification? (01:48:14) The law of large numbers - a measurement bias? (01:58:38) The fluid nature of "plasma" (02:09:47) Superintelligence, reinvention, and "old" technology (02:15:51) Application trumps theory, but theory can drive implementation (02:25:36) Growing up in Romania (02:33:19) Closing thoughts Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Anna Ciaunica leads the Co-Embodied Self Lab (CELab) in Lisbon where she combines theoretical work with experimental approaches to explore the relationship between (a)typical forms of self-consciousness, embodiment, and social interactions in human and artificial agents. Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:18) Who is Anna Ciaunica? (00:08:17) Proximal experiences (00:12:33) Consciousness is not a 'thing' (00:19:22) Touch & metacognition (00:27:20) Hazards of extending consciousness to other organisms (00:34:23) Fixing reification with futuristic articles (00:40:58) Rocking babies and stadiums (00:47:42) Language and thought across cultures (00:59:00) Conclusions v measurements (01:07:11) Instrumentalizing depersonalization research (01:15:52) Pathology of dissociation (01:27:49) Cause for optimism in technofuturism (01:35:00) Male v. female brains investigate Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #Consciousness, #BodyandMind, #SelfAwareness, #Mindfulness, #HumanConsciousness, #InnerExperience, #SelfDiscovery, #BodyAwareness, #ConsciousnessExploration, #Mind-BodyConnection, #PhilosophyofMind, #AwarenessWithin, #ConsciousExperience, #EmbodiedConsciousness, #Meditation, #SomaticAwareness, #MindfulLiving, #SelfReflection, #EmbodiedMind, #PsychologyofConsciousness. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

David Ian Howe is an archeologist who hosts the YouTube channel  @davidianhowe  where he explores the role of canines in the evolution of humanity. He is also specializes in flint knapping, bushcraft, and understanding the roots of what makes us human. Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:31 Squishy term "species" 00:08:22 Why did humans pick dogs before cats? 00:17:10 Dogs & language interfacing with humans 00:23:00 Humans meet fire 00:37:16 Specialization of roles in ancient society 00:46:58 Lifespan for early hominids 00:56:20 Evolutionary psych is taboo - should it be? 01:06:53 Interspecies hominid wars 01:17:06 Defining human 01:29:53 Pricing the utility of anthro & archeology 01:43:42 Crowd-funding archeology 02:08:11 Institutional trust 02:35:21 Evolving role of women in science & society 02:42:38 Working out ideas in public 02:59:14 Social hierarchy in humans and apes 03:15:38 Different modes of thinking & learning 03:27:44 Studying the past to learn the masters' techne Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #PrehistoricHumans, #AncientHistory, #HumanHistory, #AncientDogs, #PrehistoricCanines, #HumanAnimalBond, #Archaeology, #EarlyCivilizations, #Domestication, #DogBreeds, #PaleolithicEra, #NeolithicEra, #AncientPets, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #DogAncestry, #EvolutionofDogs, #AncientArtifacts, #FossilEvidence, #HumanCompanionship, #HistoryofDogs. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Dr. Enrique Lopez Rodriguez is an astrophysicist at Stanford’s Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, where is working on a comprehensive survey of magnetic fields in nearby galaxies. He has published extensively on the subjects of extragalactic magnetism, active galactic nuclei, infrared polarimetric instrument, and next generation telescopes. We talk about studying the invisible, developing models for the structure of the cosmos, becoming the highest Canarian that ever lived, the value of mad geniuses, becoming useful, and much more. 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:16 Talking magnetic fields 00:11:20 Who is Enrique Lopez Rodriguez 00:25:17 Absence of coherent theories 00:33:26 Electromagnetism vs Gravity 00:44:15 Magnetic reversals and long cycle effects 00:53:39 Getting an accurate read on the cosmos 01:03:07 Instrumentalizing the Cosmos 01:13:11 Bringing new ideas around 01:22:37 Brilliance lost to rough talk 01:32:45 Finding space for ideas to unfurl 01:43:01 Dealing with mad genius 01:54:03 Orphaning of ideas 02:03:19 The only place in the world you get paid to explore 02:13:30 There's no place like home 02:25:56 Closing thoughts Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #magnetism #électromagnétisme #cosmicmagnets #cosmology #astrophysics #astronomy #astromagnetism #electricuniverse #electromagneticuniverse #gravity #galacticmarvels #galaxy #galaxyscience #stanford #stanfordastrophysics #stanfordphysics #science #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #demystifyscipodcast #demystifysci #longformscience #longformconversations #deepthoughts #whoadude Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Dr. Subhash Kak is the Regents Professor of Computer Science at Oklahoma State University Stillwater, an honorary visiting professor or engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Sincere, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council. He has published widely on the history of science, ancient astronomy, the history of mathematics, and archaeoastronomy. We talk with him about the nature of consciousness in the universe, why computers (in their current form) will never be fully conscious, missing pieces of evolutionary theory, trans humanist futures, and the way that life emerges from the constants of the universe but at the end, is just about learning to die. Check out Dr. Kak's writings through our affiliate link and support the podcast while you get learned: https://amzn.to/46RayHM (00:00:17) Who is Subash Kak (00:13:18) Fundamental constants of the universe (00:28:43) A definition for Consciousness (00:40:09) Stigmergy: Emergence without coordination (00:52:56) Missing pieces of evolutionary theory (01:01:22) Spirit in science (01:06:08) Will Computers be Conscious? (01:13:17) Transhumanist future (01:25:05) Differences between computers and humans (01:38:15) Netflix, Videogames, and the experience of Death (01:47:31) Becoming a poet (01:55:17) A failure of vision (01:59:21) "Divine" force of Evolution (02:04:15) Closing thoughts Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #consciousness #computer #computervision #artificialintelligence #transhumanism #computerscience #evolution #poetry #humanity #whatisahuman #podcast #demystifysci #longformconversations #longformpodcast #longformscience #subhashkak #universityofoklahoma #stillwater Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Gavin Schmidt is the Director of the Goddard Institute of Space Science, and is back for a followup conversation about carbon dioxide, climate change, modeling, and to set the record straight about wether or not we have more glaciations in our future. 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:18 Controversy! 00:04:48 Steelmanning Lindzen 00:13:04 Ocean mixing 00:23:12 Interglacial max temps 00:34:48 No more glaciations? 00:43:39 Every civilization has been threatened by climate change 00:50:38 CO2 v. toxin 00:56:18 Peak oil? 01:03:09 Hole in the Ozone...still there? 01:08:11 Cosmic rays & climate (Nir Shaviv) 01:13:10 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #climate #climatechange #nasa #nasascience #science #iceage #philosophy #climatemodels #moldeling #GISS #philosophyofscience #predictions #civilization Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Kathy Joseph is a historian of physics and the force behind  @KathyLovesPhysics  , an exploration of the cultural, historical, and social forces that shape physics behind the scenes. We talk to her about unconventional paths to science, the value of understanding history, the surprising ways in which science is shaped by cultural fashions, how materialism came and went, the birth of the aether, and the campaign to discredit relativity as a “Jewish science” Check out her Youtube channel @kathylovesphysics Her website at www.kathylovesphysics.com Her book about the dawn of the electrical age (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/46Fp3hv 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:21 Kathy's book & books we love 00:08:50 Dunning Kruger is misunderstood 00:17:39 A community of ideas 00:27:23 Tesla as physics monk & mascot 00:36:18 Math isn't science 00:45:38 The material atomics project 00:58:40 Back to Dunning Kruger 01:15:45 Giving knowledge, hiding discoveries 01:22:23 Cleaning up Maxwell's equations 01:25:07 Death of the Aether 01:33:59 Invention of fields 01:39:09 Scientific culture that approved of disregarding mediators 01:56:50 Maxwell demands an aether 02:07:01 Aether & nazi politics 02:12:26 Sometimes simplicity rules, regardless 02:27:57 Mechanism as stories 02:33:12 Something you'll really like 02:40:29 Interest in the known vs. unknown 02:50:59 Closing thoughts, history of spin 1/2 Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #historyofphysics #physics #history #aetherstudies #whathappenedtotheaether #historyofscience #historyofdiscovery #science #longformconversations #philosophical #demystifysci #demystifyscipodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. James Hollis is a Jungian psychoanalyst, author, and public speaker who has written seventeen books and served as the executive director of the Jung Society of Washington. He stopped by the podcast for a short conversation on the search for meaning in a modern world, the way that mythology allows us to take some of the load off of our shoulders, and how the disappearance of the gods from Mount Olympus means that we are operate in a disorienting era of personal responsibility without any of the guideposts that we used to rely on. Check out Dr. Hollis’ books on amazon (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3LGYn86 Check out his website: https://jameshollis.net/ 00:00:00 Go! 00:02:33 J functions and P functions 00:05:39 The Cliff of Isms 00:07:50 Humans haven't changed much 00:13:10 A solution to addiction 00:18:15 A tradition of shamanic healing 00:22:07 When the gods leave olympus 00:25:48 Depth psychology and the god of rage 00:31:58 A vapid cosmology 00:40:44 a modern fracture 00:43:53 Mythological escape 00:51:07 An individual or collective process? 00:53:55 Escaping commercial culture 00:55:46 Shifting the task of meaning Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #mythology #meaning #psychoanalysis #jungianpsychology #myths #collectivewisdom #unconsciousknowledge #socialmysteries #makingmeaning #manssearchformeaning Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Steve Keene is a post-Keynesian economist who has spent the last fifty years criticizing mainstream economics as inconsistent, unscientific, and empirically unsupported. As part of his effort to rebuild the discipline with a more complete understanding of the relationship between humans and their environment, Keen has begun developing alternative economic models that could be used to fairly redistribute wealth from the richest 1% to the rest of us, and to accurately evaluate the worth of clean air, clean water, and a healthy biosphere. We talk about the way that almost all civilizations end because of climate change, and what that means for our own world. Check out Steve Keene’s work on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@ProfSteveKeen/videos Check out his podcast at https://debunkingeconomics.com/ 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:23 News and updates 00:04:40 running for office 00:08:15 Politics without money - impossible? 00:13:50 A unique compression of time 00:16:12 Custodians of nature 00:32:09 Climate Change is Inevitable 00:42:17 Controlling populations is a social disaster 00:55:34 A carrot and stick war on drugs 01:09:26 Redesigning economics 01:15:13 Spaceship economics 01:22:41 The energy problem 01:41:52 Speciation 01:51:35 UBI, Motivation & Opposition 02:01:05 An Analytic Foundation 02:15:05 What classical economics got wrong Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #economics #prices #carboncredits #neokeyensian #newschool #neweconomics #neweconomy #debunkingeconomics #economy #econ101 Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Patrick Vanraes is a researcher at PLASMANT, University of Antwerp. He focuses on the fundamental features of in-liquid plasma and plasma-liquid interaction, as well as the physics of liquid matter. His work involves experiments, simulations and extensive review of historic work. Our conversation starts with Dr. Vanraes' important finding that plasmas can be generated in liquids without a gas intermediate. Then we explore the implications of a liquid plasma sun for all of cosmology. After all, if gases truly cannot produce blackbody spectra - as has never been shown in a laboratory - then the cosmic microwave background radiation is overdue for a new explanation. Tell us your thoughts in the comments! (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:19) Getting into plasma physics (00:05:49) Lightning in liquids (00:11:11) Applied physics (00:15:20) What is a plasma? liquid v. gas (00:17:23) Patreon Ask (00:28:12) Invitation to answer an open question (00:35:21) The search problem in physics (00:40:33) The marketplace of scientific ideas (00:54:38) The arc of doing academic science (01:03:42) Garage plasma research (01:14:30) Paying for monastic science (01:26:10) Some problems can't be solved in advance (01:30:21) Narrative is king (01:32:05) The liquid sun & Dr. Robitaille (01:45:50) Metastable balance (01:56:04) Scientific dieties (02:14:41) Cosmology and liquid sun are incompatible (02:20:46) Kirchoff's law (02:28:54) Nothing mechanical in statistical mechanics (02:35:12) Metastable undertainty (02:42:00) Criteria for competing theories (02:50:00) Science as dictatorship ruled by Nature (02:58:59) Critical rate of change in understanding Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #philosophyofscience #philosophy #plasma #plasmaphysics #heliophysics #physics #science Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Rajendra Gupta is a cosmologist and professor of physics at the University of Ottawa. He has dedicated his work to making sense of images from the new James Webb telescope that appear to contradict the established Big Bang timeline for the universe. Dr. Gupta's explains the recently observed mature galaxies at just 300 million years post-Bang by revising the age of the universe and invoking forsaken ideas like variable constants and tired light. The task remains to explain the cause of this variation. Tell us your ideas in the comments! (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:19) Raj Gupta in the press (00:01:27) What drives you? (00:08:28) Questioning the age of the universe (00:12:23) Patreon Ask (00:24:03) Keating & Rogan & doubting the Bang (00:34:34) The Hubble Tension (00:39:03) What does it mean to rewrite physics? (00:45:03) No difference between distance & time in astronomy (00:48:59) Can physics avoid material foundations indefinitely? (00:56:51) Stiffness of space (01:02:42) A reason why physical constants might change over time (01:05:07) Ressurecting old unpopular ideas from the past (01:12:41) Laboratory measurement of redshift (01:24:18) Multiplicity of theories of nature (01:30:54) Probabilistic approaches to understanding nature (01:37:35) Reimagining mediators in fundamental physics (01:49:47) Closing thoughts on the future of physics and cosmology Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #cosmology #jameswebbspacetelescope #astronomy #astrophysics #philosophyofscience #philosophy Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Jim Newman is a Non-Duality non-teacher who meets the paradox of living by offering the idea that there is nothing at all at his YouTube channel, @JimNewman01 . This is one of the most perplexing conversations we've ever had on the podcast, and is somewhere between a dadaist art piece, an Andy Kaufman performance, and an Andy Warhol show. It is best to sit back, allow it to wash over you, and to embrace for a moment that there is no there, there. (00:00:17) What is non-duality (00:08:47) All yearning is for the end of experience (00:15:41) Pain in non-understanding (00:19:32) Patreon Ask (00:21:29) Is non-duality disempowering? (00:33:15) The sense of things being done (00:44:36) Is non-duality useful or harmful? (00:52:58) Do you believe in the world? (01:02:29) Cats as Zen masters & explusion from Eden (01:06:33) Apparent v. real (01:15:55) Individuals as unreal (01:29:19) Increasing worldly discontent (01:34:57) Century of the Self (01:42:00) Reason to make the world better or worse (01:52:47) A sci-fi virus that ruled humanity Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #philosophyofscience #philosophy #skepticism #truebeliefs #epistemology #knowledge Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Jack Kruse, MD is a dissident neuroscientist who has a compelling theory of how modern medicine has completely ignored the vital role of light in biological systems. We go through the history of biophotonics from the early discoveries of light influencing cell division, to the eventual coverup of biological impacts of high-powered antenna arrays. (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:19) Shoulda done your homework (00:08:35) Light is the foundation of fife (00:22:57) Decentralized biology (00:28:39) Robort O. Becker's legacy (00:36:03) Patreon Ask (00:36:05) Bone regeneration vs. healing (00:36:44) CLIP (00:39:37) Light affecting health - military experiments (00:48:09) We won't be enumerating the harms of EMF (00:52:54) Corrupt incentives (00:57:08) Kennedy funds RF harm research (01:07:17) Medical Freedom to Consent (01:09:06) The Mafia & blue light (01:12:15) Patreon Ask (01:12:22) Upcoming conversation with RFK & Rick Rubin (01:13:00) The Story of Benjamin Rush (01:25:53) Endogenously produced light (01:37:26) Cambrian explosion & missing rock record (01:44:59) Why is Rick Rubin central to this (01:46:16) Methylene blue (01:54:08) Albert Szent-Györgyi (01:58:26) Gerry Pollack needs to do this experiment (02:17:18) Alpha waves, Autism, Siamese Cats (02:21:27) Fight Club of Science (02:26:02) Circadian clock (02:29:01) What is "charge" in physics? (02:36:00) We'll do our homework and come back (kid) Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #philosophyofscience #philosophy #skepticism #truebeliefs #epistemology #knowledge Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

​ @KaneB  is a public philosopher who focuses on the philosophy of science, the source of knowledge, and the construction of beliefs. We discuss the nature of reality, how it’s possible to justify knowledge, the source of conspiracies, skepticism as a philosophical lifestyle, the difficulty of knowing if we’re really alive or if we’re just a brain in a vat, and if it’s really that difficult to evaluate if we’re living in a dream or not. 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Who is Kane Baker? 00:01:58 What's left in Philosophy 00:06:14 Gap in physics and philosophy 00:12:51 Condensing ideas & transforming scales of ideas 00:18:39 Choosing Beliefs 00:20:46 Patreon Ask 00:24:44 Brains in vats? 00:29:58 Observation, knowledge, & simulations 00:35:33 Dreaming coherence 00:45:35 Philosophy of Mind 00:50:53 Zombies 00:53:06 Epistemology of the academe 01:04:58 Water off a Duck's Back 01:18:35 Ideal Claims 01:27:23 Math as Language 01:32:31 End of Inquiry 01:39:42 Realists, Antirealists & Synthesists 01:47:26 Science as Interrelation 01:54:10 Why Bother? 02:01:27 Laying Blame 02:10:00 The right knob to twist 02:22:12 Philosophers argue for everything 02:30:00 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #philosophyofscience #philosophy #skepticism #truebeliefs #epistemology #knowledge Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Steve Bryant is an author, researcher and futurist who studies the innovative application of emerging technologies, who has long been curious about the gaps and inconsistencies of general relativity. Armed with Chat GPT with a Wolfram Alpha plugin, Bryant combed through Einstein’s papers, where he discovered key mathematical inconsistencies that invalidate the mathematical basis of Einstein’s most famous theorem. We discuss the simple mathematical proof for what Bryant has discovered, the difficulty of unseating beloved ideas, and what comes after relativity. Support Steven & the DemystifySci Podcast by puchasing DISRUPTIVE: Rewriting the Rules of Physics on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4853Qz3 (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:18) Who is Steven Bryant? (00:03:57) Why GPT Sucks at Math (00:08:00) Disregarding Relativity (00:10:32) Einstein as the Elephant in the Room (00:16:29) Patreon Ask (00:20:37) Mistakes get set in stone (00:32:16) Mistaken Mathematical Identity (00:38:21) Marker 19 (00:38:42) Wrong Math, Right Answer (00:48:59) Marker 20 (00:49:10) Diverging Results (00:56:43) Is the Aether Really Dead? (01:08:58) Causing a Stir (01:24:04) Reading Originals (01:30:23) Simulations (01:38:03) Shut up & Calculate (01:44:32) What's Next Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #relativity #newphysics #physics #einstein #generalrelativity #cuttingedgescience #sciencepodcast #demystifysci #demystifyscipodcast #einsteinlegacy #challengingeinstein Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Albert Nerenberg is a Canadian independent filmmaker, actor, journalist, hypnotist, and laughologist. Our conversation explores the murky science of hypnotism, the role of fantasy in action, dreaming, and all things subconscious. Additionally, we bring in a hypnotic subject and watch as Albert guides him on an out of body experience. Tell us your thoughts in the comments below! 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:20 Hypnotism gets a bad rep 00:06:04 Standard hypnosis induction script 00:07:35 Who is Albert Nerenburg 00:13:59 Trauma healing hypnosis 00:25:25 Self hypnosis? 00:30:44 Useful models of animal behavior 00:38:24 Violent thoughts 00:44:32 Willing participants 00:49:27 Evolutionary roles for hypnotism 00:53:55 Dreams, sleep & hypnosis 00:57:14 Why turn people into chickens? 01:13:30 Introducing our hypnosis subject 01:20:23 Hypnotherapy v. conventional therapy 01:28:11 Silva method 01:45:01 Eyes and hypnosis 01:51:44 Laughter 02:02:37 Debrief post hypnosis 02:18:18 Imagination defines humanity 02:29:52 Mass hypnosis 02:39:54 Bringing hypnosis into medicine 02:47:37 Leadership v. followership 02:49:42 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #hypnosis #science #socialscience #psychology #consciousness #hypnotist #hypnotism Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Richard Lindzen is an American atmospheric physicist known for his work in the dynamics of the middle atmosphere, atmospheric tides, and ozone photochemistry. He served as the Gordon McKay Professor of Dynamic Meteorology at Harvard University and was appointed as the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the MIT. Dr. Lindzen has disputed the scientific consensus on climate change and criticizes what he has called "climate alarmism". Rather than picking apart the arguments for or against said climate narratives, our conversation is largely focused on the question of what would motivate such alleged deception were it found to be the case. Tell us your thoughts in the comments! 00:00:00 Go! 00:01:17 Outsider scientific research 00:04:33 Maxwell & the academic press 00:07:43 Editors serve the industry 00:12:16 Climate narration 00:20:33 Pressure against dissent 00:25:56 The Iris Effect 00:33:38 Motivating the standard narrative 00:43:30 Paleoclimate 00:48:06 Rotation of Earth v. airflow 00:57:24 Myopic considerations 01:05:57 Education as indoctrination 01:11:50 Science as guillotine 01:17:33 Defined v. undefined problem solving 01:21:48 Incentive wars 01:26:55 Institutional conditions 01:35:25 Manipulation of graphs 01:37:45 Different kinds of intelligent conversation 01:41:12 Academics as politics 01:47:02 Venus & climate science 01:55:38 University experience 02:07:30 Endless war 02:15:05 Youtube censorship, throttling, shadowbans 02:18:33 Dealing with villification 02:26:45 Secret history of GISS 02:34:32 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #climatechange #science #censorship #civilization #collapse #climate #climatecrisis #climateemergency Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Adam Mastroianni is a Harvard and Oxford educated psychologist who loves the idea of science, but not so much it's modern practice. After being told one too many times that his academic writing was "too fun" for academic journals, he decided to devote his time to what science should actually look like - which is passionate people being free to explore the ideas that keep them up at night. He writes prolifically about this at his Experimental History Substack, and on the podcast we talk about how peer review made everything fall apart, how all the bad papers in the world can't take down a single good idea, and the dream of buying a house in Boston and filling it with people who can spend all their free time thinking their way out of the box we're in. Adam's writings: https://substack.com/@experimentalhistory (00:00:17) Who is Adam Mastrioanni (00:07:22) Reading Science (00:13:36) Peer Review, failure of (00:15:50) Patreon Ask (00:15:50) CARD - patron ask (00:19:03) Utter mayhem (00:23:18) Grant applications (00:28:14) Vicars, spiders, & science at spearpoint (00:33:08) Epstein (00:38:07) A geometric problem (00:43:47) The internet is garbage (00:57:04) So much is left (00:58:54) Why nutritional advice makes no sense (01:05:27) Finding what's important (01:12:43) Scientific vs Intuitive (01:17:58) Conformity & compliance (01:23:48) what doesn't replicate (01:27:25) replacing spiritual guidance (01:34:35) Dreams & mysticism (01:43:36) Rat utopia (01:49:05) Metascience (01:55:41) Bay bridge building (01:58:10) Experimental History Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #peerreview #science #experimentalhistory # Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Curtis Yarvin is a blogger from the Dark Enlightenment movement, who advocates for the position that democracy is a failed experiment that should be replaced with an accountable monarchy that mirrors the structure at the top of corporations. One of the main points of evidence for how democracy has failed is the emergence of science as a phenomenon of trust and power, where consensus is used as a cudgel to nudge and motivate the behavior of populations, downstream of a complex mixture of financial and personal incentives. We talk about the nature of this degradation, the burden of proof in a world that's one step short of a simulation, and the path our from the crisis we're in. (00:00:17) Bigfoot (00:07:34) Conspiracies (00:10:22) Giants in Afghanistan (00:14:10) Patreon Ask (00:17:44) Anons (00:18:13) Curtis Yarvin Goes to Hollywood (00:22:22) Demos or Oligos (00:35:00) Dissidence (00:43:25) Academic motion (00:49:07) Proximal origins slack chat (00:54:31) Parsing history (00:57:38) Black legend (01:02:55) Political resistance (01:12:11) Science vs Tech (01:14:14) Monarch selection Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #cathedral #rationalism #enlightenment #collapse #darkenlightent #antidemocracy #antiegaltarian #menciusmoldbug Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Inna Vishik is a professor of Physics at UC Davis, where her lab studies the spectroscopic properties of exotic condensed matter. We dig down into how she sees the atomic landscapes she studies, the significance of mathematical descriptions that show up all over the place, harmonic oscillators at the scale of an electron, and why physics is perfectly happy to deal in abstractions, even when better models might be available. (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:18) Who is Inna Vishik? (00:02:33) Condensed Matter Physics (00:10:07) Atomic shape changes in conduction (00:14:53) Wavelength & Momentum in Electronics (00:22:13) Simplifications as Good Enough (00:29:16) Material Models of the Atom (00:33:50) Atom as Harmonic Oscilator (00:43:30) A Sufficient Level of Abstraction (00:44:42) Experimental Approach (01:00:03) Fundamental Science & Applications (01:07:15) What Makes an Interesting Material? (01:13:04) Space for Play in the Lab (01:16:30) Experimental Techniques (01:23:49) Phonons & Electronics (01:34:25) Intensive v. Extensive Physical Properties (01:36:46) LK-99 (01:48:51) Electric Astronomy (01:52:06) Closing Thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #physics #quantum #quantumphysics Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Bruce Damer is an astrobiologist, computer scientist, and director of the BIOTA Institute at UC Santa Cruz with a compelling theory for the origin of life on Earth. Damer and his colleagues have proposed that life didn't begin at the bottom of the ocean, or at a hydrothermal vent, or in the irradiated clouds of the early Earth. They propose the formation of the earliest cells out in the open, at the margins of vernal hot spring pools filled with amino acids, minerals, and proto-nucleotides carried to Earth by a constant shower of organic-rich micrometeorites. We talk about the hardest questions on Earth, why hydrothermal vents are a dead end, why origin of life researchers don't throw hot coffee at each other any more, and how figuring out where we came from might let us keep going for long enough to reach the stars. Check out Bruce's work at the Biota Institute: https://biota.org/ (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Who is Bruce Damer? (00:03:08) Why is Origins of Life Research So Contentious? (00:06:53) Picture of the Origin (00:26:36) Precursors for Life (00:41:53) Hydrothermal Vents Won't Cut It (00:52:08) Experimental Details (01:03:19) How Far on Phenotype Alone? (01:12:20) Thermodynamics of Life (01:20:07) What Drives the Reaction to Complexity? (01:26:26) Chirality Doesn't Matter? (01:30:47) Panspermia Isn't Science? Really? (01:51:23) Virus Piece of the Puzzle (02:17:27) Evaporation Cycling (02:41:15) Closing Thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #origins #originoflife #ancient Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Sid Chhabra is a computer scientist and scholar of Vedic cosmology. His research has revealed startling quantitative similarities between the predictions of ancient works and modern mathematical physics. Fundamentally, however, Sid approaches cosmology as an integrative art that requires one to put themselves into a cosmic context on a daily basis. He argues that cosmology is a study rich with meaning for each person's journey through this world. Support us both when you pick up Sid's book, The Big Bang and The Sages : Modern Science Catches Up With The Ancient Purāṇas - https://amzn.to/3QC7SsG 00:00:00 Go! (00:00:17) Who is Sid Chhabra (00:09:23) Finding Inspiration for the Search (00:18:10) Patreon Ask (00:19:04) A purpose to being human (00:26:41) Spiritual present & presence (00:33:04) Discoveries in the Vedas (00:41:52) How the Puranas keep time (00:53:34) Historicity of faith vs the value of spiritual practice (00:57:04) An astonishing depth of knowledge (01:08:15) The true age of the Vedas (01:16:03) Living a life of meaning (01:22:07) Searching for a teacher (01:25:34) Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #vedas #cosmology #ancient Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focuses on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. We discuss the limitations of certainty in science, the pitfalls of reliance upon consensus, and the benefits and dangers of supernatural beliefs, and the association of science with state-crafting. Support both us when you pick up on of Michael's books: https://amzn.to/3QHjQkN (00:00:00) Go! (00:00:17) Who is Michael Shermer (00:08:08) real ASK (00:09:12) Patreon Ask (00:24:58) Is Woo Stuff Good for People? (00:32:23) Replication Crisis & Misplaced Faith in Science (00:50:09) Trust the Science (01:02:12) Centralizing Narratives (01:13:17) Marker 15 (01:22:26) What's in the water? (01:37:30) There's more to life than Algebra (01:45:13) Rationality isn't everything (01:55:18) Nurturing intuition (02:04:55) Mass hysteria (02:16:44) The Overswing (02:28:15) Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #science #uap #belief Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Bernie Taylor is a Naturalist, Archaeoastronomer and Author who has written extensively about the true stories of human evolution, as told through the mythological portrayals in rock art found across Europe and Africa. Through a comparative examination of the rock art found in Spain’s El Castillo cave, at the Rock of Gibraltar, and in South Africa’s Rising Star Cave, Taylor paints a picture of a highly mobile, artistic tribe of humans that completed massive migrations and carried with them the cultural imprint of their celestial maps of meaning. Check out Bernie’s work at Beforeorion.com, on his Youtube Channel  @beforeoriondotcom  and support the podcast by checking out his books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3s4DmNv Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #ancient #civilization #herosjourney Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Li Min is a professor of prehistoric and Bronze Age Chinese archaeology at UCLA, who focuses on state formation, social memory, and story telling. He is also a key player in the excavation of Shimao, a site on the Yellow River in Northwest China that displays iconography from four thousand years ago that looks strikingly Mesoamerican. We discuss the context in which Shimao rose to become a major regional power, the heady interaction sphere between the city and the shamanic Steppe and Altai cultures that surrounded it, the persistence of imagery unchanged across thousands of years, and much more. Dig into Dr. Li Min’s work by reading up on Social Memory and State Formation in Early China, available for purchase in a way that supports the podcast: https://amzn.to/3s0UG6p Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #ancient #civilization #ancientchina Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Samo Burja is a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation, the founder of Bismarck Analysis, and originator of the Great Founder theory, who is driven by a simple question. Why have all prior civilizations failed, and how can ours escape the same fate? Our conversation focuses on the ways in which getting good data is almost impossible. Civilizations rise, fall, and their skeletons get scavenged to nourish what comes next. Floods sweep the landscape clean of the best laid plans, and rising sea levels bury the rest. We talk about the future of the academy, the search for buried treasures, and informed searches for long-lost cultures. Note - we had some technical difficulties at the end here, and so the audio for the last 20 minutes is pretty choppy. Apologies! We're working on making sure it doesn't happen again. Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Ogi Ogas is a computational neuroscientist, former Harvard scholar, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire contestant. He’s the author of two published books - "This is What it Sounds Like," about the cognitive signatures of individual music preferences, and "A Billion Wicked Thoughts," an analysis of human sexuality through the impartial lens of web searches. who has previously appeared on the DemystifySci podcast to explain how we’ve had a solution to the hard problem of consciousness for decades, and is back to discuss his upcoming book, "Large Gods for Small Children," a memoir where he lays out his lifelong relationship with Intex, and extraterrestrial intelligence. Ogas explains how his relationship with these cosmic minds has granted him insight into the mathematics of consciousness, a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe, and insight into the cosmic battles waged between distant advanced civilizations. Ogas explains how these interactions have led him to the mathematics of consciousness, an understanding of how the universe is made of minds, and perspective on the cosmic conflicts. 00:00:00 Go! 00:05:25 The Hard Problem 00:10:28 Biology of Pain 00:16:16 Patreon Ask 00:19:23 Where is the conscious resonance at? 00:25:35 ET Contact 00:35:50 Psychedelics as Portal 00:48:03 Axiomized Minds 00:53:41 Maze of Souls 00:58:15 To Create a Supermind 01:12:16 On the Verge of Death 01:25:52 DemystifySci 01:30:26 Higher Purpose 01:33:08 Mystic Mindset 01:43:19 Organizing Around Shared Values 01:51:09 Functional Compassion 01:56:32 Rainbow Black 02:09:53 Carl Sagan & Little Green Men 02:17:26 All We Have is Purpose 02:28:26 Closing Thoughts 02:39:10 Aiming Up 02:43:05 Math as Morality? Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub # Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

This week our friend, and one of our favorite people in the Universe, Mr. Douglas Lee, joins us LIVE in the studio for a conversation about the future of our country and the world. In particular, we explore solutions for the aging bureaucracies, bridges, and financial institutions. Doug is a civil engineer who designs railway systems for major government projects on the West Coast. He has a brilliant way of seamlessly transitioning between the mechanical and civil aspects of engineering that inspires all the best dreams of what could be. 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Top 5 Oregon Attributes 00:05:23 Why mortgages are piracy 00:14:40 Building bridges 00:21:47 Modern monuments 00:23:43 Longest science experiment ever 00:25:45 The past is an eternally receding destination 00:27:11 A pile of rubble at ground zero 00:36:39 Coming to terms with disturbing beliefs 00:38:59 Responsibility in the face of realization 00:44:28 Talking about things that only might be true 00:51:52 Why a one world government feels so creepy 00:56:28 Luxury of a moral compass 01:00:59 Going through the back door 01:06:00 Get rid of the middleman 01:08:08 A siphon for wealth 01:11:24 Do I want to be part of the machine? 01:17:42 National debt 01:19:57 A list of solutions 01:22:57 Private equity and fractional ownership 01:32:26 Transformative experience at Burger King 01:43:03 Shaking up monopolies 01:44:02 Disclosure as an impetus for change 01:49:21 How ideas pass into reality 01:59:56 The Walmart model 02:01:46 It's not enough to tweak one knob 02:08:28 You can influence the future 02:10:55 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#engineering #disclosure #revolution Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Jon White is the creator behind the Crecganford channel on YouTube, which explores ancient Indo-European mythology with a keen eye for how these stories converge upon a picture of some of civilization's most embryonic moments. Our conversation considers the roots of language, poetry, music, myth, and all things essential to our modern conception of humanity in all its riches and rags. Check out the  @Crecganford's channel on YouTube for more mythopoetic analysis of human history! 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Who is Jon F. White 00:04:52 Ferryman of the Dead 00:12:33 Why do myths persist? 00:15:54 Why death? 00:21:47 Religion as an organizing principle 00:28:52 The heavy burden of kings 00:38:41 Technology & myth 00:45:40 The Oldest Story in the World 00:50:11 The Rainbow Serpent 01:01:05 Blank spots at the start of civilization 01:12:11 Transition to monotheism 01:17:39 Personification of God 01:27:27 The new myths 01:34:01 The oldest words 01:45:19 Origin of myth Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#mythology #stories #mapsofmeaning Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Creon Levit is an R&D director at Planet Labs, where he mines satellite imagery data to find answers to myriad questions about the changing landscape, climate, and behaviors of humanity here on Earth. Our conversation explores our society's, and perhaps humanity's, persistent struggle to update our knowledge base and construct newer, more functional narratives about the world. Creon's blogging: https://creon.substack.com/ 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Who is Creon Levit 00:12:35 Patreon Ask 00:13:46 Questions that Drive You 00:17:33 Is there really dissent in what is good? 00:23:32 Do psychedelics destabilize society? 00:33:45 Learning to ask the right questions 00:38:52 Contrarianism as an inherent orientation 00:41:26 Some people are destined to be contrarians 00:52:58 Lack of free ecosystems 01:00:11 Is siloing really so bad? 01:06:48 Quantum Physics 01:11:06 Does the future influence the present? 01:24:48 A different approach to quantum mechanics 01:27:27 Smooth arc between regenerative agriculture death cults 01:38:16 Taking back degraded land 01:49:45 Money exchanging hands at the beaver pond 02:03:39 Orientation to the Good 02:10:26 Opinion Jubilee 02:21:39 Closing thoughts 02:28:41 Chinese spy balloons Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#climatechange #civilization #planet Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Gregg Braden is an author and independent researcher who has spent a lifetime working to bridge the gap between science and spirituality. Our discussion centers upon the inevitable institutional corruptions that appear in any aging system but moreover imagines what a more functional structure might look like. Along the way we discuss the origins of humanity, the tech revolution, and our bifurcating species. More from Gregg Braden: https://greggbraden.com/ 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Who is Gregg Braden 00:13:48 Strange conditions at human origins 00:19:21 Static Science 00:23:50 Climate Change 00:34:19 Social Engineering 00:40:55 Pull of Influence 00:48:32 Orientation to a Higher Good 00:54:52 AI and Algorithms 01:03:10 A Deep Hunger 01:13:12 Parallel Societies Cleave the Species 01:25:22 Evolution & Anatomic Modernity 01:34:04 Disclosure 01:39:35 Closing Thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#science #spirituality #civilization Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Michael Hudson is a professor of Economics at the University of Missouri Kansas City, political consultant, commentator, and journalist. His career has focused on the study of debt, both external and internal, with an eye on what happens when the exponentially growing debts of a society outstrip the profits from the real economy. In the second part of our conversation we talk about modern monetary theory, the path towards debt forgiveness, and the foundational rules of a more perfect society that is not getting devoured by the rentier class. Support the podcast by check out Dr. Hudson’s books through our amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/44F6J7n00:00:00 Go! 00:01:01 Modern monetary theory 00:06:43 Patreon Ask 00:10:03 Devaluation of the currency 00:20:52 A functional government or a functional press 00:26:25 Only revolution cancels debt 00:29:28 What follows collapse? 00:39:36 stumble - Public Pensions and Ideological Suicide 00:50:26 Worker Ownership 01:01:49 Evolution or Revolution? 01:15:29 A good billionaire? 01:20:33 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#structuredwater #spore #pain Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Michael Hudson is a professor of Economics at the University of Missouri Kansas City, a political consultant, commentator, and journalist. His career has focused on the study of debt, both external and internal, with an eye on what happens when the exponentially growing debts of a society outstrip the profits from the real economy. We talk about GDP is a false marker of prosperity, the growing influence of the rentier class, fantasies of joining the one percent, and why there’s never going to be another debt jubilee, even if it means the whole system has to fall apart. We continue the conversation about possible solutions in part 2, which will be released on Thursday. In the meantime, check out Dr. Hudson’s books: https://amzn.to/44F6J7n 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:16 Who is Michael Hudson 00:16:39 Patreon Ask 00:16:47 Who does the economy work for? 00:22:15 Redlining and the Aspiring Rentier Class 00:26:25 Fantasy of the 1% 00:33:00 Real estate always rises 00:37:40 How governments and CIA betray the people 00:43:55 Rhetoric vs reality in the demagogue 00:45:45 Antiquity, Oligarchs, and Debt 01:01:12 Debt cancellation 01:10:29 Debt free life 01:14:31 Financial capital's destructive force 01:19:32 What oligarchs do 01:23:36 Depopulation agendas Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#structuredwater #spore #pain Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

DemystifySci goes solo. We talk about placebo mechanisms in psychedelic research, why no one can put together a good protest any more, and most importantly, Shilo lays out his structured water hypothesis for why spores stay asleep, in context of his recent Nature paper about hydration solids, a new kind of biomaterial: https://rdcu.be/ddZgd Evaporation Machines from the Sahin Lab @columbia   (set to Shilo's music): https://youtu.be/d_VkSPV7d2I Shilo's dissertation on the physical basis of spore germination: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8FJ3PNH 00:00:00 Go!00:00:17 psychedelics and pain00:20:42 Familiarity rules00:43:11 Ideal scientific discourse00:58:22 Lost idea of hypotheses01:00:19 structured water hypothesis for bacterial spore germination01:08:54 highly viscous spore water01:26:16 overcoming specialization silos01:36:51 2024 DS Conference Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #structuredwater #spore #pain Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics,  @MaterialAtomics   https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. James Tour is a Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Nanoengineering at Rice University who comes to defend a bold claim: that origin of life researchers are completely clueless about the mechanisms by which life arose on Earth. We start out with talking about Tour’s chemistry work, which includes a method of producing no cost hydrogen fuel and graphene too cheap to meter, the foundations on which he’s built his science empire, and get down to the vital chemistry questions that need to be answered before we can figure out what the earliest cells could have looked like. 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Hydrogen fuel as a byproduct of graphene production 00:08:01 Cost of Production 00:10:58 Patreon Ask 00:12:30 Why graphene? 00:14:43 Concrete 00:19:53 How ideas happen 00:26:33 “T” People 00:31:44 Talking across disciplines 00:42:14 Making space for play in the lab 00:52:08 G_d 01:02:31 Pornography 01:14:11 The gospels 01:21:51 Synthetic Brain 01:27:55 Mechanism and miracles 01:31:26 What makes a mechanism? 01:34:21 Origin of Life 01:43:46 What is the beginning 01:49:40 The debate 02:15:12 Chirality 02:25:29 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #originoflife #abiogenesis #syntheticchem Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Stephen Grossberg is a cognitive scientist, theoretical psychologist, neuroscientists and mathematician who, with Gail Carpenter, is the originator of Adaptive Resonance Theory - an explanation of how we learn without catastrophic forgetting. It also happens to be a solution to the hard problem of consciousness. We discuss the problem of catastrophic forgetting, the ways that resonant states lead to consciousness, the AI cliques that have taken over the industry, and why AGI is impossible under current design parameters. Check out his book, Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: https://amzn.to/3PshWnc00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Who is Steve Grossberg? 00:12:19 Patreon Ask 00:14:44 Learning without Catastrophic forgetting 00:22:26 Bottom Up vs Top Down Systems 00:26:07 Integrating Adaptive Resonance Into Existing Systems 00:30:01 The AI Clique 00:40:03 Gated Steepest Descent: A model for learning 00:54:21 Plagiarism and Progress 01:06:25 Pitfalls of Finite Markovian Chain Models 01:12:44 The Rockefeller University Years 01:26:30 BREAK 01:26:45 Cracking the Hard Problem 01:34:18 Why we have to be conscious 01:41:01 How representations become sufficient 01:51:31 Not All Resonances are Conscious 01:55:24 The Relief System 02:01:47 Steelmanning the hard problem 02:10:18 Integrating flawed ideas 02:13:12 The Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness 02:17:29 On the Nature of Qualia 02:21:33 Information is a Vacuous Term 02:25:27 Evolution from Primitive to Complex 02:30:31 Putting ART in Evolutionary Terms 02:33:33 Learning Language Meanings 02:35:25 ChatGPT is a lookup table 02:39:39 Closing Thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support Dr. Grossberg by buying his book, Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: https://amzn.to/3PshWnc Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#consciousness #mind #resonance Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Alexander Unzicker is a neuroscientist, theoretical physicst, and award-winning non-fiction author who has just published a new book on Dr. Pierre Marie Robitaille’s liquid metallic hydrogen model of the sun. We speak to him about the theory, why Kirchhoff’s Law of Thermal Emission is so important, evidence for chemistry in the photosphere, and much more. Check out his book, The Liquid Sun: https://amzn.to/3Puq7iV00:00:00 Go! 00:00:17 Liquid Metallic Hydrogen Model of the Sun 00:09:19 The antenna model of light 00:12:06 Patreon Ask 00:13:23 Condensed Matter Model of the Sun 00:24:59 Kirchoff's law 00:35:42 Eddington's arguments 00:48:53 Breaking the CMB 01:00:05 Imaging the Unseen 01:10:24 Technological Promise 01:26:16 Changing the Sun's Parameters 01:48:11 Liquids and lattices 01:56:37 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#solarphysics #sun #physics Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Shane Simonsen is a an experimental farmer and speculative biologist who breeds crops that can thrive under zero-input conditions in a post-industrial future. We talk about his vision for the lumbering collapse of the petroleum-fueled present, the rise of the biopunks, and the limitations of our imagination when it comes to military tech, psychological weapons, and the dark art of crowd control. Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Check out Shane's novellas about the biological technology driven future: https://amzn.to/3NxLK0w Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#collapse #zeroinputagriculture #biopunk Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Stephen Crothers is a mathematician, physicist, and scholar of relativity who believes there are fundamental mistakes in the mathematics that have created an impenetrable confusion at the heart of physics for more than a hundred years. We talk to him about how errors in equations get propagated from mind to paper to pen, the ways in which relativity has created impossible features that defy explanation, and the curve-fitting crisis at LIGO and WMAP that undermines the foundational pillars of the Big Bang. Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub#mathematicalphysics #relativity #blackholefacts Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Carver Mead is an emeritus professor of engineering and applied science at Caltech, where he has taught for more than thirty years. We talk to him about his work on simplifying the foundations of mathematical physics, his days as a pioneer in integrated circuit technology, incorrect interpretations of Gravity Probe B, and some proposed experiments for testing the coupling between gravitation, momentum, and the speed of light. (00:00:00) Go!(00:00:50) Very Large Scale Integration(00:06:54) The persistence of bad ideas(00:12:38) Variable Speed of Light(00:17:17) Shapiro Delay(00:21:58) Patreon ask(00:21:59) The Experiment(00:24:49) Link to handout(00:30:03) Testing the Gravitationally Coupled Speed of Light(00:39:53) Gravity Probe B(00:45:44) Misleading Mathematics(00:53:43) Electromagnetism is rotten at it's core(01:00:36) Systematic Changes for the Future(01:07:43) Michaelson Morley or Something Else?(01:15:50) An explanation for gravity Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub ### Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics,  @MaterialAtomics   https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Joscha Bach is a German artificial intelligence researcher and cognitive scientist who works on on cognitive architectures, mental representation, emotion, social modeling, and multi-agent systems. We got connected over the hard problem of consciousness - namely, why do people seem to think it’s so hard? During our conversation we deal with the foundational questions of the technological future being built in Silicon Valley, the fever dream of machine intelligence, and try to understand why people seem to think that there’s even such a thing as the hard problem of consciousness in the first place. (00:00:00) Go! (00:04:09) Career Advice (00:11:31) Beauty, Grace, & Hotness (00:13:48) Putting on Airs (00:22:32) Patreon Ask (00:22:33) Winning for the sake of winning (00:29:35) Transformative experiences (00:36:25) Speciation event, or crap again? (00:42:17) Who is Joscha Bach (00:52:39) Physics & Causality (01:00:52) Physics vs Biology (01:12:16) Life vs Cells (01:20:14) Biosynthetic AGI (01:28:15) Creativity & Novelty (01:38:52) Wetware & Neuromorphic computing (01:50:46) The Limits of Hardware (02:05:07) The value of Agency (02:15:47) Layers of Society (02:35:03) Chimp Empire (02:52:31) Collapse (03:05:13) The Hard Problem (03:43:28) Computer Imagination (04:02:52) How reasoning works (04:14:28) Reward Functions (04:20:01) Consciousness dreams (04:25:35) The heart of the disagreement (04:30:15) Consensus Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #AGI #consciousness #machinelearning Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Martin Sweatman is a chemical engineer at the University of Edinburgh working in both statistical mechanics and archaeoastronomical studies of symbolism at Göbekli Tepe. Our conversation with Dr. Sweatman circles around the missing pieces in our modern narrative of the emergence of civilization after the last glaciation. Might Göbekli Tepe have not been the first city but merely the oldest remaining after an extraordinary cataclysm like the Younger Dryas impact? (00:00:00) Go! (00:07:22) Missing societies (00:13:42) Open questions about Gobekli Tepe (00:19:16) The Handbag (00:21:07) Continuity of Symbols in Pre Dynastic History (00:25:40) Emergence of Civilization from Nothing (00:30:49) Younger Dryas Start of Civilization (00:37:06) Why then? (00:41:47) Impact Symbolism (00:50:53) Catastrophic timelines (00:56:39) Controversy of the Younger Dryas (01:05:04) A Global Effect? (01:07:45) Where are the craters? (01:14:32) A continuous thread of human history (01:21:42) Path to Archaeology (01:27:23) An Animal Pastoralism (01:32:52) Cart Ruts (01:45:27) Supernatural Value of the Stars (01:56:07) Step function of progress (02:01:08) Nothing more than a crossroads? (02:02:58) Future Directions Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB OR picking up Dr. Sweatman's book: https://amzn.to/3oEpokr More from Dr. Sweatman: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/martinsweatman/ Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub (00:00:00) Go! (00:07:22) Missing societies (00:13:42) Open questions about Gobekli Tepe (00:19:16) The Handbag (00:21:07) Continuity of Symbols in Pre Dynastic History (00:25:40) Emergence of Civilization from Nothing (00:30:49) Younger Dryas Start of Civilization (00:37:06) Why then? (00:41:47) Impact Symbolism (00:50:53) Catastrophic timelines (00:56:39) Controversy of the Younger Dryas (01:05:04) A Global Effect? (01:07:45) Where are the craters? (01:14:32) A continuous thread of human history (01:21:42) Path to Archaeology (01:27:23) An Animal Pastoralism (01:32:52) Cart Ruts (01:45:27) Supernatural Value of the Stars (01:56:07) Step function of progress (02:01:08) Nothing more than a crossroads? (02:02:58) Future Directions #youngerdryas #ancienthistory #göbeklitepe Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671