Bernardo Kastrup vs. Susan Blackmore: Idealism Meets Illusionism
Susan Blackmore, a psychologist known for her work on consciousness, joins former computer scientist turned philosopher Bernardo Kastrup to examine the illusionist view of consciousness. They debate m...
16 Jun 20231h 35min
John Greenewald: Mojave UAPs, FOIA, and What the Government Won't Release
John Greenewald, who runs the world’s largest FOIA archive on UFOs, discusses government cover‑ups, the limits of current UAP investigations and the challenges of obtaining and preserving classified d...
5 Jun 20234h 4min
Chris Langan: The Highest-IQ American on God, Free Will, and Reality
Chris Langan, known as the world’s smartest man, explains his Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe. He and philosopher Bernardo Kastrup discuss their contrasting views on consciousness and ideali...
26 Mai 20234h 17min
Daniel Schmachtenberger: Why AI May Accelerate Civilizational Collapse
Daniel Schmachtenberger unpacks AI risks within the broader metacrisis threatening collective human survival. He unpacks concepts from Nash equilibrium to quantum mechanics and outlines pathways for c...
17 Mai 20234h 29min
Wolfgang Smith: Where Christianity and Vedic Tradition Diverge
Wolfgang Smith, a Cornell‑trained physicist, mathematician and philosopher, confronts the clash between Christianity and Vedic thought, exploring the Omega point, the nature of Satan, and the limits o...
25 Apr 20232h 55min
Passos, Montemayor, Mindt: Do Animals, Infants, and AI Have Consciousness?
Passos, Montemayor, and Mindt examine consciousness limits in infants, animals, and artificial intelligence systems. They explore how we can recognize consciousness, the moral implications of treating...
18 Apr 20231h 24min
Merel Kindt: How One Pill Rewrites Fear Memories Permanently
Merel Kindt (psychologist) reveals how memory extinction could permanently eliminate anxiety, PTSD, and phobias. She explores the neurobiological basis of fear, the potential to erase harmful memories...
6 Apr 20231h 10min
Ben Goertzel: Why AGI Could Arrive Within Five Years
Ben Goertzel argues artificial general intelligence will arrive within five years via three distinct pathways. He explores definitions of intelligence, self‑transcendence, the three routes to AGI, fut...
4 Apr 20231h 20min
