Mark Kagach studied the books of David Deutsch for 4 months straight with incredible intensity. Today he summarizes everything he learned in this time.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:03 Main Theis - Fabric of Reality

06:05 Short peak into Beginning of Infinity

08:28 Epistemology

1:26:15 Quantum Physics

1:55:33 Computational Theory

2:16:25 Evolution Theory

2:30:47 Meta discussion

2:33:10 Evolution of Ideas and Memes

2:40:20 Why we shouldn't try to preserve resources

2:45:25 Politics

2:55:45 Final conclusion

Jeroen Kappen is a monk of the Krishna consciousness movement. He practices many hours of chanting every day. Additionally, he studied their scriptures meticulously and did a lot of Bhakti-yoga. Today, he is telling the story of how he got there

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Jeroen Kappen is a monk of the Krishna consciousness movement. He practices many hours of chanting every day. Additionally, he studied their scriptures meticulously and did a lot of Bhakti-yoga. Today, we sat down and he explained to me what exactly he believes in.

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With 99% certainty, I would say that nothing matters. Udesh Habaraduwa, a master's student of Cognitive science and Artificial Intelligence and the host of the One-Deeper-Podcast, challenged this belief today. We went into a really deep discussion. This is easily one of the best episodes of the Rational Optimization podcast so far!

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My guest today was a drug dealer for 8 years. He tells the story of his rise (making money, taking drugs) and fall (getting arrested, fighting addiction). It's really interesting to listen to him talk about a life that is so incredibly different from the average.

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Toni Venema is a teacher who truly burns for god. Today, we discussed rational and emotional arguments for and against believing.

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My guest today is a Christian who decided to go to America to tell people about god. He went there without money, contacts, or a place to sleep. Today, he tells the story of what he experienced there. We also start discussing about god a little ;)

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Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:02:56 - Why did you go to America?00:49:56 - Why does god do miracles? But only sometimes?00:55:23 - Why I don't believe in God01:11:22 - Back to America

Eelco Roovers is an Ayurveda practitioner, a former ballet dancer, and a former biologist. When I presented him with the question of this podcast "What is, all things considered, the most rational thing to do" he told me that the question is inherently flawed. So today, I decided to talk to him about why he believes this.Before this podcast, he told me to read the book "I and Thou" by Martin Buber

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Bjarne Dietrich is a German paramedic who decided to go help the civilians living on the frontlines in Ukraine. He brings them food and medical supplies.

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