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MAʿNĀ Podcast episodes

  • EP #2 Mind Memes & Markets w. Professor Vincent F. Hendricks

    This is the second episode of MA’NĀ Podcast in English Mohammad Al-Mosawi sits down with a leading Professor of Formal Philosophy and Logic: Vincent Hendricks. Together, they unpack the logic of “infostorms,” the viral life of memes, and how social media platforms increasingly resemble automated casinos, ecosystems that inflate and deflate attention bubbles while trapping us inside personalized information bubbles. 

    The episode probes how, in an age of informational overload, attention has become a form of compensation. The discussion also explores memes not merely as entertainment, but as condensations of collective knowledge. Against this backdrop, they reflect on “main character syndrome” as more than a psychological quirk: as a contemporary form of personal metaphysics, where individuals construct their own center of reality, narrative, and cosmic significance.

     

    Language: English

     

    Host: Mohammad Al-Mosawi

     

    Guest(s): Professor of Formal Philosophy and Logic: Vincent F. Hendricks

    00:20 – Meet Vincent F. Hendricks

    01:30 – What Is Philosophy, Really?
    03:20 – Thinking with Logic
    07:10 – The Brain Runs Scripts
    09:40 – AI & Lazy Thinking
    12:00 – Layers of Consciousness
    14:50 – Metacognition & Awareness
    16:10 – Social Media vs Autonomy
    19:00 – What Is Knowledge?
    21:00 – Bullshit vs Truth
    24:30 – Logic in Conversation
    28:00 – Why Memes Go Viral
    31:00 – Emotion Drives Sharing
    32:30 – The Casino Brain (Dopamine)
    34:00 – Doomscrolling Psychology
    37:20 – The Attention Economy
    40:00 – Attention = Consciousness
    41:40 – Information Overload
    42:30 – Meme Logic & Common Knowledge
    46:30 – “It Is What It Is” (Tautologies)
    52:00 – Science vs Reality Models
    56:00 – Main Character Syndrome
    59:00 – Bubbles & Attention Markets
    01:03:00 – Ego vs Reality
    01:06:30 – What Is Truly Necessary?
    01:08:00 – Epistemic Humility (Socrates)

    1 hr 9 min
  • EP #2 Mind Memes & Markets w. Professor Vincent F. Hendricks

    00:20 – Meet Vincent F. Hendricks

    01:30 – What Is Philosophy, Really?
    03:20 – Thinking with Logic
    07:10 – The Brain Runs Scripts
    09:40 – AI & Lazy Thinking
    12:00 – Layers of Consciousness
    14:50 – Metacognition & Awareness
    16:10 – Social Media vs Autonomy
    19:00 – What Is Knowledge?
    21:00 – Bullshit vs Truth
    24:30 – Logic in Conversation
    28:00 – Why Memes Go Viral
    31:00 – Emotion Drives Sharing
    32:30 – The Casino Brain (Dopamine)
    34:00 – Doomscrolling Psychology
    37:20 – The Attention Economy
    40:00 – Attention = Consciousness
    41:40 – Information Overload
    42:30 – Meme Logic & Common Knowledge
    46:30 – “It Is What It Is” (Tautologies)
    52:00 – Science vs Reality Models
    56:00 – Main Character Syndrome
    59:00 – Bubbles & Attention Markets
    01:03:00 – Ego vs Reality
    01:06:30 – What Is Truly Necessary?
    01:08:00 – Epistemic Humility (Socrates)

    This is the second episode of MA’NĀ Podcast in English Mohammad Al-Mosawi sits down with a leading Professor of Formal Philosophy and Logic: Vincent Hendricks. Together, they unpack the logic of “infostorms,” the viral life of memes, and how social media platforms increasingly resemble automated casinos, ecosystems that inflate and deflate attention bubbles while trapping us inside personalized information bubbles. 

    The episode probes how, in an age of informational overload, attention has become a form of compensation. The discussion also explores memes not merely as entertainment, but as condensations of collective knowledge. Against this backdrop, they reflect on “main character syndrome” as more than a psychological quirk: as a contemporary form of personal metaphysics, where individuals construct their own center of reality, narrative, and cosmic significance.

     

    Language: English

     

    Host: Mohammad Al-Mosawi

     

    Guest(s): Professor of Formal Philosophy and Logic: Vincent F. Hendricks

    1 hr 9 min
  • EP #1 | وهمُ العَلْمانية مع د. عبدالله صبيح

    This is the first episode of MA’NĀ Podcast in Arabic where Dr. Saer El-Jaichi engages Dr. Abdullah Sabih in a discussion about the relationship between religion and politics, focusing on secularism's historical roots in Christianity and its implications in the Arab world. The conversation explores the complexities of secularism, its interpretation in Western contexts, and the challenges faced in applying secular principles within Arab societies. The dialogue also touches on the concept of an Islamic state and the ongoing debates surrounding modernity and political authority in the region.

     

    Host: Saer El-Jaichi

    Guest(s): Abdallah Sabih 

     

    Language: Arabic العربية 

     

    هذه هي الحلقة الأولى من بودكاست MAʿNĀ باللغة العربية، حيث يُجري الدكتور ثائر الجشي حوارًا مع الدكتور عبد الله صبيح حول العلاقة بين الدين والسياسة، مع التركيز على الجذور المسيحية للعلمانية وتداعياتها في العالم العربي.

    يتناول النقاش تعقيدات مفهوم العلمانية، وكيفية فهمها في السياق الغربي، والتحديات التي تواجه تطبيق مبادئها داخل المجتمعات العربية.

    كما يتطرق الحوار إلى مفهوم الدولة الإسلامية والجدل المستمر حول الحداثة والسلطة السياسية في المنطقة العربية.

    50 min

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