NonzeroClips | The Dharma of Bob 7: Cognitive Bias and Conflict | Robert Wright & Josh Summers | The Wright Show @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
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1:08 Remembering Michael Brooks
12:40 The existential stakes of enlightenment
24:11 Overcoming the affective dimension of cognitive bias
32:50 Bringing broader awareness to the concept of cognitive bias
39:40 Cognitive bias and the roots of war
46:39 The folly of feedback loops
52:23 Quelling our primitive retributive impulses
1:01:50 Taking a mulligan in your meditation practice
1:13:53 Focusing on the hindrance
1:20:15 Can you fail at meditation?
1:31:22 Bob's progress on the Apocalypse Aversion Project
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Recorded September 14, 2021.
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1:08 Remembering Michael Brooks
12:40 The existential stakes of enlightenment
24:11 Overcoming the affective dimension of cognitive bias
32:50 Bringing broader awareness to the concept of cognitive bias
39:40 Cognitive bias and the roots of war
46:39 The folly of feedback loops
52:23 Quelling our primitive retributive impulses
1:01:50 Taking a mulligan in your meditation practice
1:13:53 Focusing on the hindrance
1:20:15 Can you fail at meditation?
1:31:22 Bob's progress on the Apocalypse Aversion Project
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Recorded September 14, 2021.
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0:00 Intro
2:32 Is spacetime obsolete?
06:26 Quantum spookiness explained!
25:08 Black holes and the big bang are spooky too
29:41 What preceded space and time?
49:05 Is physics just poetry with math?
55:40 George’s next book: how mind relates to matter
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and George Musser (Spooky Action at a Distance). Recorded December 27, 2020.
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0:00 Intro
02:44 Distinguishing between the numinous and the noumenal
13:38 Kant’s religious vision
22:26 The Copernican revolution in philosophy
34:16 What, if anything, does the Buddhist idea of emptiness have to do with Kant?
48:37 The transcendental status of space and time
1:04:01 Can the Matrix help us understand Kant?
1:08:58 Distinguishing between the noumenal and the phenomenal
1:19:31 Can we transcend our phenomenal experience of the world?
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and David Ottlinger (The Electric Agora). Recorded on February 2, 2021.
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00:05 Jeff’s new book, The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge
12:30 How John and Jeff make sense of Freud
21:03 Jeff redefines the “paranormal”
26:16 What belief in levitation or clairvoyance reveals about human nature
38:59 Are hardcore atheists/materialists doing religious fundamentalism a favor?
45:48 The death and rebirth of good old human narcissism
59:25 Jeff on humanity’s future and the nature of optimism
John Horgan (Stevens Center for Science Writings, Mind-Body Problems) and Jeffrey Kripal (Rice University, The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge)
Recorded May 6, 2019
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