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Sep 29, 2017 — Robert Wright & Paul Davies
Bob and Paul question “matter” as we know it
Is information bound to the physical world?
Finding room for consciousness in quantum physics
Paul on the faith required of scientists
What enforces the laws of physics?
Sep 24, 2017 — Nikita Petrov & Tony Ortega
Former Scientology executive Marty Rathbun’s private conflict with the Church
New breakthroughs in media coverage of Scientology
How the Church swiftly conquered US law and the IRS
What makes Scientology different from other religions?
How L. Ron Hubbard invented a reality for his followers
Why Scientology isn’t concerned with the apocalypse
The Church’s beef with professional psychology
Sep 12, 2017 — Josh Summers & Aaron Goldberg
Learning the tonal language of jazz
How Aaron turned jazz into a career
Why human connection makes jazz work
The connection between improvisational jazz and Buddhism
Are music listeners’ attention spans shrinking?
Aaron’s advice for new jazz listeners: Start with Miles
Sep 8, 2017 — Josh Summers & Stephen Asma
Stephen’s new book,
The Evolution of Imagination
Are dreams like “proto-consciousness”?
The mind as an extension of the body
Where Stephen thinks “effective altruism” falls short
How to improve your imagination
Trump as a bad improviser
Bringing imagination to a meditation practice
Sep 7, 2017 — Robert Wright & Alison Gopnik
How a personal crisis brought Alison back to David Hume
Hume’s (likely) chance encounter with Buddhism
Lessons learned from 23-year-old Hume’s nervous breakdown
Which ideas might Hume have borrowed from Buddhism?
How meditation disrupts the ‘autopilot’ of adulthood
Is introspection as valuable as neuroscience?
Sep 4, 2017 — Philip Menchaca & Michael Jerryson
When Buddhists get violent
The clash between Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand
The roots of Thailand’s violence
Military monks
How Buddhist cosmology can justify violence
How pacifist is Buddhist pacifism?
Sep 1, 2017 — Robert Wright & Phil Torres
Nick Bostrom: there’s a 25% chance of ‘existential catastrophe’ by 2100
Reasons to fear superintelligent machines…
…and the growing accessibility of biotechnology
Why space colonization probably won’t save us
Did climate change nurture ISIS?
Technological progress as a bug, not a feature
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