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Motivated by a listener comment, I end up trying to define 'existence' from the standpoint of an idealist (naively, with a beginner's mind). Finally I talk about the incompleteness of science.

I first provide some background information for my new listeners and then (re-)consider the role of science under idealism. Finally, I start to think about the minimum required ingredients for a scientifically transparent idealist worldview. To be continued ...

A Twitter user raised the topic of experiencing without experiencer. I approach the question first introspectively, then from the viewpoint of analytic idealism. This brings me to the predictive processing model and the notion of pure information.

After a comment on the 'bit string universe', I speculate about a possible link between Platonic ideal forms and cosmic evolution, and then present highlights from podcast interviews with Elon Musk and Gordon Hempton.

In this episode, I argue that some people misunderstand what is consciousness and what is physicality. I discuss the idea that the physical universe can be seen as pure evolving information, an abstract string of (q)bits, which our mind renders into structured experiences.

In this multi-topic episode, after some meta-talk about podcasting, I argue that minimalism will not work for everyone, that bodily health is not the only important goal in life, and that physicists and life scientists have a different notion of 'understanding a system'. Finally I present an idea from Michael Levin about the almost inevitable evolution of intelligence.

I first talk about our difficulties as humans to update our beliefs properly. I then discuss possibilities how our seemingly deterministic universe could be manipulated from outside our known reality. I then relate this idea to the latest trends in the UFO community. Link to a thought provoking comment of Luis Elizondo. Link to the conference video of 'Our future in Space'.

I first comment on a listener email and then talk about micro stress, caused by checkmark thinking and bad law making.

[Topical Review, Part 4: Minimalism, Jazz and Good Life]. I talk about these three topics and finally explore an analogy between food and information.

[Topical Review, Part 3: Buddhism] I start with my life-long interest in Buddhism and end up with sharing a recent dream.