The underappreciated philosopher Wilfrid Sellars ... The “manifest image” vs. the “scientific image" ... Why scientism bothers Massimo ... Don’t blame me, my brain made me do it! ... What Daniel Dennett gets wrong in his new book ... The limits of science ...

Changing the human genome to combat climate change ... Will new technologies stratify society genetically? ... Military and civilian uses of memory-changing technology ... The army’s plans for deep brain simulation ... Matthew's book The Right to Be Loved ...

How the Church of Scientology managed to run a "prison" ... L. Ron Hubbard’s theory of the mind ... "Auditing" and the "superpowers" it leads to ... Did Hubbard believe his own mythology? ... The cruel humor of LRH’s space opera ... The SeaOrg: A billion years of snitching and interrogations ... Scientology after Hubbard and outside the U.S. ...

The challenge of interpreting quantum physics ... The many-worlds interpretation ... At what moments do new worlds appear? ... Quantum physics and free will ... The multiverse and you ... Why you (or one of you) may never die ... Quantum entanglement holds the world together ...

Mindfulness without the meditation ... Ellen: You should know that you don’t know ... How Ellen turned back the clock for a group of old men ... Ellen’s “chambermaid study” ... Can the mind change the body? ... Does being mindful make you more likable? ... How to keep a mindful mindset ...

Transhumanism and the singularity ... Teilhard de Chardin’s "Omega Point" ... The (theoretical) physics of immortality and resurrection ... The theism of the simulation theory ... Any word on transhumanist Islam or Judaism? ... Christianity and globalization ...

Meet Mark Van Steenwyk, Christian Anarchist ... Mark’s mystical experience at a Bible camp ... The time Mark was diagnosed with demonic possession ... Forms of Christian activism ... Trump makes anarchism more appealing ... Mystical dimensions of political activism ... Getting the attention of Christians via civil disobedience ...

What is sleep for? ... Why do we dream? ... How dreaming helps us remember ... Chaotic dreams and creativity ... The limited value of dream interpretation ... Lack of sleep and psychological disorders ... How to sleep better ...

Jason’s “recollective awareness” meditation ... A head-on approach to grasping what’s going on in your head ... The trouble with traditional meditation techniques ... Dodging meditation paradoxes ... Jason: Don’t be afraid of your thoughts ... The tough process of learning lovingkindness ...

Marc’s book, The Heart of Loneliness ... Are we getting lonelier? ... The different kinds of loneliness ... More connected yet more alone ... How to combat loneliness ... Is God lonely? ... How Marc, as a rabbi, comforts the lonely ...