Narratively Speaking

Sometimes we protect our stories against all reason and evidence.

But do we really need the stories that originally inspired positive ideas to be validated? Does having facts debunked make the beliefs that arose from them any less useful?

And what if you can't let go of a story that's untrue?

The Book of Life (clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztwympi4u64

Emoto Refuted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFDjHZKruPU

Rice Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvShgttIq7I

Rice Experiment Busted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEvfD3O-ack

Cancer Healing in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HecA7XRO7eQ

Killing Cancer with Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKh2XFmsUx4

We've talked about the stories we consume, the stories we tell others, and how that contributes to the collective consciousness. But what about the stories you tell yourself?

Let's discuss...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-gornto/the-stories-we-tell-ourse_b_6120740.html

Gentleman Thinker's take on Determinism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bwOIE9GXKM

Libet Experiment: http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/libet_experiments.html

Libet Experiment explained by Harry Shearer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjCt-L0Ph5o

Quitting smoking as the cause of cancer: http://cancergrace.org/lung/2009/11/30/can-smoking-cessation-be-a-presenting-symptom-of-lung-cancer/

Cognitive dissonance on quitting: https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1181011-To-think-that-giving-up-smoking-can-actually-CAUSE-cancer

What is determinism? https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/cultural-animal/200902/just-exactly-what-is-determinism-0

Do Libet's expriments prove Free Will is an Illusion? https://evolutionnews.org/2014/01/do_benjamin_lib/

The Rational Channel on Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjHFopR8n8

Tony Robbins - Change your Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJxC9k9uT3Y

Shekhar Kapur - We are the stories we tell ourselves: https://www.ted.com/talks/shekhar_kapur_we_are_the_stories_we_tell_ourselves/transcript?language=en#t-183738

What responsibility does a storyteller have to put out positive messages? And beyond that, do we as humans have a responsibility to share our own stories?

Let's discuss...

Memento clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1nvvaWX4gk

Music is story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpfuE1pgNsc

Photography is story: https://www.weareforward.uk/a-great-story-comes-with-great-responsibility/

Double-slit test explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOcPHOJ7GAQ

Jennifer's body PCL review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmw0ZYUx_8I

Watchmen PCL Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Qksvp2C7Y

Sam Harris & Andrew Yang on Universal Basic Income: https://samharris.org/podcasts/130-universal-basic-income/

Does a story need to be true to affect your consciousness? And if positive thinking can be used to improve focus and performance, what about negative thinking?

Let's discuss...

Inception Scene - An Idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xX-AEN_ctw

Empathy, Neurochemistry, and the Dramatic Arc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1a7tiA1Qzo

Basketball experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO1kgl0p-Hw

Michael Gazzaniga: Your Storytelling Brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k6P5JiNzrk

Collapse Documentary website: http://www.collapsemovie.com/

Collapse Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNmi49F_DIo

Jack Martin on the Death of Michael C Ruppert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydNqFyvisCo

Apocalypse Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNVHbzlzUS8

Abby Martin's Personal Tribute to Investigative Journalist Michael C. Ruppert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWXbKOAHANQ

Today we talk about the narratives surrounding Putin and Russian hacking, Roseanne's show cancellation and consider the possibility that storytelling is just simple virtue signalling for sexual selection.

Links:

Caitlyn goes rogue on story: https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/ep-84-narrative-propaganda-and-enlightenment

Putin seems kinda reasonable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8AeBAV4EIY

Roseanne cancelled and it's really important: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AT-aAFMoMM

More Roseanne Stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEsebOvBInQ

Sam Harris talks with Geoffrey Miller: https://samharris.org/podcasts/128-evolving-minds/