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This is Ep 3 featuring Michael Shermer

Ep 2 ► https://bit.ly/ShermerEp2

Ep 1 ► https://bit.ly/ShermerEp1

Dr. Michael Shermer is Founder of The Skeptics Society with 55,000 members, EIC of its magazine Skeptic, 214x Monthly Columnist for Scientific American from 2001-2019, Presidential Fellow at Chapman University Teaching Skepticism 101, and a 16x Author with several NYT Bestsellers, most recently The Moral Arc, Heavens on Earth, & Giving The Devil His Due.

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Giving The Devil His Due ► https://bit.ly/DevilHisDue

Our First Book ► https://highlevelperception.com

SHOW NOTES 📝

0:00 Intro

0:36 This is Ep3. Ep1 & Ep2 links in bio.

1:10 Giving the Devil His Due is Shermer's newest book

2:20 Future of Education is Democratization, Personalization, XR, Neuralink

3:30 Interview feat. Kogi Elder Mama Nuiyuan ► https://bit.ly/KogiEp1

4:35 First principle question: "Why Does Reality Exist?"

6:34 2020 Nobel Winner in Physics Sir Roger Penrose believes in Cyclic Cosmology

7:54 Paradigm change from Linear & Finite to Eternal & Infinite

11:15 Perennial Spirituality: God is Our Awareness Exploring Infinity

15:12 Pragmatic Spirituality. Measuring Increases in Wellbeing.

17:54 Enlightenment locks in a Vibe that is Transcendent & Present.

19:18 Enlightenment is embodied knowledge of maximizing planetary wellbeing.

20:35 Jordan Peterson Heaven/Hell = Sam Harris Wellbeing/Suffering

21:08 Mythic / Metaphorical Truths. Examples: "Heaven/Hell." & "Treat every gun like it's loaded."

22:17 "Having scientific perspective cleans out dogmatic religious nonsense."

23:02 "Sentience suffering is our moral starting point."

25:51 Why can't everything be special?

28:00 The Sorting Algorithm "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater."

28:15 Perverse Incentives: (Spirituality) Dogmas, Fundamentalism (Science) Sokal Affair, Grievance Studies

29:53 Uplift the Babies & Synthesize: (Spirituality) Hierophany (Science) Scientific Method

30:30 Biometrics of Awakening: Scientifically Literate Acceleration of Enlightenment

31:44 EEG, fMRI, NIRS, HRV, Microbiome, for Quantified Biometrics

34:53 Chopra Center, IONS, HeartMath, Biohacking, shattering perverse incentives of Medical Industrial Complex

37:04 Shermer: "You're taking the woo-woo out of spirituality."

37:30 JP's Future Authoring = Napoleon Hill/Tony Robbins/Joe Dispenza = The Secret (Manifesting)

40:24 Religion = baby step toward 'True Spirituality.' Perennial Mystic Traditions = different flavors of Ice Cream.

42:47 Pragmatic Spirituality = decreased suffering + increased wellbeing

43:28 Delphic Maxim: "Know Thyself." What does that mean?

44:13 Self-Realization (Unity of All Being/Existence) Self-Actualization (Artistic Expression)

44:37 Science proves interdependence of all life: photosynthesis, cellular respiration, hydrological cycle, gut symbiosis

46:06 Perforated/Porous person vs person with Red Box around their Head.

47:00 Self-Realization (One Infinite Creator) Self-Actualization (Self-Help, North Star)

48:25 Sciences and Humanities go together

49:26 Eckhart Tolle "The Power of Now"

52:25 Top Themes of Human Condition appear persistently in novels

53:33 Hypothesis on the Nature of Consciousness (Integration & Derivation)

55:37 Explaining the profundity of ELI5 visualization of complex concepts like Pixar's Inside Out

56:47 The Medium of the Future: XR Education

57:57 Reflect on your own Qualitative Experiences of Sentience

58:20 "VR Education Company teaching kids how to access their consciousness."

59:00 Pragmatic Spirituality. Scientific, Humanistic, Rational: Maximizing Wellbeing & Prosperity.