John Vervaeke | The Future of Faith | Transcendent Naturalism #8 @johnvervaeke | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Dr. John Vervaeke and Gregg Henriques once again welcome Brendan Graham Dempsey to engage in profound explorations of transcendent naturalism, wisdom traditions, and the crucial significance of adaptive insight within our current existential landscape. Through discussions on religious reconstruction, animism, hyper-agents, and the role of wisdom in technology, the episode explores the connections between the sacred and the modern world. Dr. Vervaeke emphasizes collective intelligence and agency, while Brendan Graham Dempsey passionately speaks on the unfolding process of the sacred. Gregg Henriques proposes concepts like "wise NAGI" and reflects on collective awakening. Together, they inspire listeners to rethink the integration of religion, science, and reality, emphasizing the need for understanding and harmony.
Resources:
Brendan Graham Dempsey: brendangrahamdempsey.com
Unified Theory of Knowledge: unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org
Publications:
Relevance, Meaning and the Cognitive Science of Wisdom - John Vervaeke and Leonardo Ferraro: researchgate.net/profile/John-Vervaeke/publication/286508333_Relevance_Meaning_and_the_Cognitive_Science_of_Wisdom/links/58f529df458515ff23b56743/Relevance-Meaning-and-the-Cognitive-Science-of-Wisdom.pdf
Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion. - Dacher Keltner, Jonathan Haidt: psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-01343-007
Videos:
Ep 67 | UTOKing with Howard Bloom | The Blooming Universe: youtube.com/watch?v=d1Z3WqA9ivI
Neuroenlightenment: John Vervaeke at TEDxUofT: youtu.be/qKvRUfZ_u1o
John Vervaeke: Artificial Intelligence, The Meaning Crisis, & The Future of Humanity: youtu.be/VAiu7MR8Zqk
John Vervaeke and Paul Vanderklay Dialogue about the Quest for a Spiritual Home: youtu.be/Txw9OscbroE
Books:
Mentoring the Machines: Orientation - Part One: Surviving the Deep Impact of the Artificially Intelligent Tomorrow - John Vervaeke, Shawn Coyne: mentoringthemachines.com
The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity - Bobby Azarian: amazon.com/Romance-Reality-Organizes-Consciousness-Complexity/dp/1637740441
Timecodes:
00:00:20 - Introduction and Merging Transcendent Naturalism
00:06:38 - The Religious Reconstruction Project and Learning Limits
00:11:40 - Finding Meaning at the Edge of Knowledge
00:13:55 - Rethinking the Concept of the Sacred
00:21:03 - Schemas, Animism, and Misunderstanding Reality
00:28:03 - Concept of a New God: Infinite Illuminating Reality
00:32:00 - The "Fifth Joint Point" and Collective Awakening
00:35:00 - Future Preparation, AGI, and Common Ground
00:38:37 - Transformative Encounter with the "Really Real"
00:45:20 - Logos, Symbolism, and Multi-Layered Articulation
00:49:18 - Importance of Intermediary Models in Learning
00:52:19 - Humans as a Path for the Cosmos to Know Itself
00:59:15 - Aligning Religious Conceptions with Reality
01:02:02 - Enlightenment Gap and Science's Inadequacy
01:04:22 - Trans-Subjective Epistemology and Interplay
01:05:44 - Framing Science within Naturalism's Context
Dr. John Vervaeke and Gregg Henriques once again welcome Brendan Graham Dempsey to engage in profound explorations of transcendent naturalism, wisdom traditions, and the crucial significance of adaptive insight within our current existential landscape. Through discussions on religious reconstruction, animism, hyper-agents, and the role of wisdom in technology, the episode explores the connections between the sacred and the modern world. Dr. Vervaeke emphasizes collective intelligence and agency, while Brendan Graham Dempsey passionately speaks on the unfolding process of the sacred. Gregg Henriques proposes concepts like "wise NAGI" and reflects on collective awakening. Together, they inspire listeners to rethink the integration of religion, science, and reality, emphasizing the need for understanding and harmony.
Resources:
Brendan Graham Dempsey: brendangrahamdempsey.com
Unified Theory of Knowledge: unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org
Publications:
Relevance, Meaning and the Cognitive Science of Wisdom - John Vervaeke and Leonardo Ferraro: researchgate.net/profile/John-Vervaeke/publication/286508333_Relevance_Meaning_and_the_Cognitive_Science_of_Wisdom/links/58f529df458515ff23b56743/Relevance-Meaning-and-the-Cognitive-Science-of-Wisdom.pdf
Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion. - Dacher Keltner, Jonathan Haidt: psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-01343-007
Videos:
Ep 67 | UTOKing with Howard Bloom | The Blooming Universe: youtube.com/watch?v=d1Z3WqA9ivI
Neuroenlightenment: John Vervaeke at TEDxUofT: youtu.be/qKvRUfZ_u1o
John Vervaeke: Artificial Intelligence, The Meaning Crisis, & The Future of Humanity: youtu.be/VAiu7MR8Zqk
John Vervaeke and Paul Vanderklay Dialogue about the Quest for a Spiritual Home: youtu.be/Txw9OscbroE
Books:
Mentoring the Machines: Orientation - Part One: Surviving the Deep Impact of the Artificially Intelligent Tomorrow - John Vervaeke, Shawn Coyne: mentoringthemachines.com
The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity - Bobby Azarian: amazon.com/Romance-Reality-Organizes-Consciousness-Complexity/dp/1637740441
Timecodes:
00:00:20 - Introduction and Merging Transcendent Naturalism
00:06:38 - The Religious Reconstruction Project and Learning Limits
00:11:40 - Finding Meaning at the Edge of Knowledge
00:13:55 - Rethinking the Concept of the Sacred
00:21:03 - Schemas, Animism, and Misunderstanding Reality
00:28:03 - Concept of a New God: Infinite Illuminating Reality
00:32:00 - The "Fifth Joint Point" and Collective Awakening
00:35:00 - Future Preparation, AGI, and Common Ground
00:38:37 - Transformative Encounter with the "Really Real"
00:45:20 - Logos, Symbolism, and Multi-Layered Articulation
00:49:18 - Importance of Intermediary Models in Learning
00:52:19 - Humans as a Path for the Cosmos to Know Itself
00:59:15 - Aligning Religious Conceptions with Reality
01:02:02 - Enlightenment Gap and Science's Inadequacy
01:04:22 - Trans-Subjective Epistemology and Interplay
01:05:44 - Framing Science within Naturalism's Context
