In part two of my discussion with Dr. Michael R. Egnor, we continue our discussion about neurophilosophy.

In this episode, Dr. Egnor brings attention to the importance of embracing the free will of humanity.

Dr. Egnor is an award-winning brain surgeon and a research professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the State University of New York.

You can find additional articles written by Dr. Egnor at discovery.org. 

Key takeaways:

• Logical reasoning alongside empirical evidence of physics concludes humans have free will.
• Experiments in neuroscience also affirm the existence of a free will.
• Denying free will has societal consequences; for instance, totalitarian states are founded in the denial of free will.

References:

Articles by Dr. Michael Egnor

What to listen for:

• 1:30     Humans are the only thing in creation that bridges the material and immaterial.
• 3:31     How do we know that we have a free will? Reasons of logic and physics point to free will.
• 7:07     Physicists in the 1970s asked questions about free will and tested the idea through experiments which concluded that observation itself is a form of creation in the universe.
• 11:34   Neuroscience asked similar questions. Wilder Penfield and Benjamin Libet pioneered the question of free will in the department of neuroscience.
• 22:11   What are the consequences of believing things like determinism or materialism?
• 32:55   Individuals who even think of free will are lethal to a totalitarian state. Personal agency is the antidote to totalitarianism.
• 39:08   How should we analyze the governmental response to COVID-19 through a free-will affirming lens?
• 44:36   Dr. Egnor’s final takeaway for the listeners.
• 48:40   Concluding comments

Quotes:

“Free will is essential to human dignity.” 21:45

“The denial of free will is the cornerstone of totalitarian systems.” 31:00

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Dr. Michael R. Egnor discusses the intersection of philosophy and neuroscience in today’s episode.

He is a research professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the State University of New York.

As an award-winning brain surgeon, Dr. Egnor brings a unique perspective to our discussion about the difference between the mind and the brain.

You can find additional articles written by Dr. Egnor at discovery.org.

Key takeaways:

• While operating on brains becomes easier with time, the interpersonal and emotional challenges of the job persist throughout the years.
• Modern materialism takes materialism to the extreme and suggests that we’re “just the machine.”
• The mind transcends the material.
• Aristotle suggested that one comes to know things by knowing both their form and matter.
• Humans are both body, soul, and spirit.

What to listen for:

• 01:45   Dr. Egnor describes what it is like to operate on a person’s brain. While he likens the operation to typing or playing the piano, he acknowledges the emotional and interpersonal challenges in his job.
• 09:01   Dr. Egnor explains his dualistic understanding of the mind vs. the brain.
• 16:29   The mind differs from the brain because it has the property of intentionality.
• 22:08   Dr. Egnor provides a thought experiment to explain that minds must transcend materials—the zombie problem.
• 24:02   How do human minds differ from other species?
• 28:41   Dr. Egnor explains the Aristotelian-Thomistic understanding of the mind.            

Reference materials:

Articles by Dr. Michael Egnor

Quotes:

“My wife jokes with me that meeting me is always the worst part of a person’s life.” 03:45

“The mind is the antithesis of computation.” 16:29

“We are a soul and body as one unit. The soul has powers of intellect and will. Though they are involved with the body, they do not come from the body.” 38:30

 “Human beings have a spirit in the sense that there are powers of the human mind that do not come from matter.” 44:20

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In this episode, Dr. Stephen Hicks (@SRCHicks) and I continue our conversation about the fruits of radical Marxism.

He elaborates on the danger of prioritizing the collective over the individual and explains the process through which individuals adopt their worldviews.

Dr. Stephen Hicks is a professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, the executive director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and a senior scholar for The Atlas Society.

I discuss his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, to conclude this episode. Thanks for listening. Go out and own the future.

What to listen for:

• How did colonialism impact countries like Zimbabwe or Botswana? 02:27
• In what ways does Marxism appear in contemporary activists’ appeals? How do people adopt their worldviews? 5:28
• Is there a difference between Marxism and Socialism? 12:28
• Is there harm in prioritizing the collective? 12:56
• Where might racist rhetoric lead us? 23:22
• Discussion of Dr. Stephen Hicks’s book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault 28:22

Reference materials:

For more content by Dr. Stephen Hicks

Open College Podcast—Free Speech; Why The Philosophy Matters

Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault

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Dr. Stephen Hicks (@SRCHicks) highlights underlying philosophical assumptions that individuals hold while discussing race and racism. In part one of my discussion with Dr. Stephen Hicks, we evaluate these assumptions such as the subjectivity of truth, the worldview of life as a zero-sum game, and how we came to value group identity over individuality.

Dr. Stephen Hicks is a professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, the executive director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and a senior scholar for The Atlas Society. You can purchase his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, on Amazon.

Check out part two of my conversation with Dr. Stephen Hicks. Go out and own the future.

What to listen for:

• How are you viewing what is happening with the George Floyd killing, the protests, and riots? What is going on in America and across the world? (03:01)
• What are the complexities of truth and lie of "white privilege"? (11:00)
• What are the implications of a zero-sum worldview? (22:04)
• What happens when we disempower neighborhoods? (29:07)
• How did we develop a reliance on group identity over individuality? (33:44)
• How did colonialism impact the contemporary economic opportunity of various nations? (43:04)

Reference materials:

For more content by Dr. Stephen Hicks

Open College Podcast—Free Speech; Why The Philosophy Matters

Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault,

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Branden Polk has dedicated his life to advocacy for the most vulnerable, the developing of transformational leaders, and to changing the way society addresses today's most sensitive topics such as race, sexuality, criminal justice, education, faith, and more.

Branden focuses on building strong relational connections, developing leaders, and innovative cultural moments. 

Today, Branden share about what is happening in America, but most importantly sheds light on matters of the heart no matter what our race sex color or creed. He puts language to the collective pain that is being expressed by the black community in America--and his hope for what is to be achieved in light of the death of George Floyd and the protests across America--and the world.

Please listen with your heart open.

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Website: https://www.arrowheadadvising.com/who-we-are

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-seen/id1426170470

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Disclaimer: We are two individuals processing, examining, and seeking to understand the complex aftermath of the brutal killing of George Floyd. 

We both are working through these ideas out loud with one another. This is what we need to do. Dialogue with one another even if your ideology sits outside of one political identity group. (Especially if your ideology sits outside main stream arguments).

We are blessed to live in a country where we have freedom of speech, thought, and agency. 

Both of us in this episode confess that we might not agree or belief something we said in this conversation next week. And that is a good thing. We must set dogmatism to the side...and have open honest conversation with out leveling personal attacks or character assumptions, HOWEVER . . . we must love and seek out the truth.

We all must have the freedom to disagree with ideas--and then present rational arguments for or against, not name calling. 

So, please--if you want to message me, or Steve, disagreeing about something, or asking clarification about something, please do. 

We are not experts. We are individuals seeking to understand all sides, love all people, and speak truth.

And we are open changing our ideas, and seeing the world in a truer light.

Love and Truth,

Lucas Skrobot

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We continue our discussion with Dr. Michael Keas, if you are just joining us now and if you haven't heard the first half of our conversation where Doctor Keas breaks down the E.T. enlightenment myth. These myths have been fed to us are just that . . . MYTH.

We continue the conversation as Doctor Keas talks about

• Do curses and witchcraft have negative impacts on our health?
• How to frame our materialistic and spiritual worlds’ view the correct way
• Is schizophrenic people encountering demonic spiritual activity?
• His life behind the Berlin wall before it fell and the lesson learned
• Why are Marxist rewriting textbooks?
• Practical tools to safeguard ourselves from destructive ideas

Final note

Conspiracy theories lead us to anxiety, and lends ourselves to fruitless conversation.

Although everybody loves a good conspiracy talk . . . Dr, Keas' bring a final charge that is critical in today's world of fake news and exaggeration . 

Resources from this podcast:

Cosmos series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, on National Geographic Station

Finding quiet a book by J.P Morland

The Revolution by Candlelight by Pamela Urfer

http://www.Discovery.org

http://www.Ratiochristi.org

Joe Rogan podcast with Alex Jones

Unbelievable: 7 myths about the history of science and religion, by Doctor Michael Keas

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Doctor Michael Keas is a Ph.D. holder in the history of science from the University of Oklahoma. He is an adjunct professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Biola University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute. Doctor Michael Keas experienced some of the last historic moments behind the Berlin Wall as a bright scholar in East German. He also co-authors the high school and college science curriculum. He is also the author of the book titled Unbelievable: 7 Myths about the History of Science and Religion. 

Introduction One of the mysteries on earth that has remained unsolved is whether supernatural creatures appeared on this planet as a savior of humanity to stop nuclear warfare and bring peace among all religions, science, and others. Another fascinating fact is that humans cannot distinguish an actual supernatural being and alien natural being. In this podcast, Doctor Michael Keas helped shed more light on these topics.

In this episode, we talked about:

•  Are Extra-Terrestrial REAL? Have Aliens already made contact with earth?
• If there is life on other planets what is the likelihood of contact with humans?
• Why can't religion and science coexist in harmony in this modern age?
• How to tests conspiracy theories.
• Why textbooks are being rewritten.
• What the Extra-Terrestrial enlightenment will say about occult activities and UFOs abductions.
• Is Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence indistinguishable from God?
• Why 35% of Americans aged 18-29 have "no religion" but are "spiritual."

That is all for part one of two for out interview with Dr. Keas--head to the next episode to hear the conclusion and final charge.

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Resources from this podcast Unbelievable: 7 myths about the history of science and religion, by Doctor Michael Keas

Goldilocks principle

Bob Lazar’s story on Joe Rogan

Keas essay on virtues 

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We continue the conversation with Big Hass talking about a topic near to his heart--autism. 

We discuss autism, how fathering a child with autism has deeply impacted him in growing in compassion and empathy. 

Many people view autism as a disease, as being less than human. But Big Hass shares how he is taking steps to change the stigma around Autism, and walk us through the process they have been on from their initial reaction when they discovered their son has Autism, to how they walk life out as a family. 

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Big Hass opens up in this personal interview where we break down hip hop in the Arab world and why so many of us are hungry for validation. 

In this first segment we hit on:

• Being a Father to the Hip Hop movement in the Middle East
• True hip hop culture
• Identity
• Searching for affirmation and love
• How to reach masses without selling out

Big Hass opens up with raw and vulnerable answers from his personal experiences over that are helping tens of thousands young arabs navigate toward real success.

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