#149 – Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion, and the Nature of Belief
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:28) – What is real?<br />
(13:56) – Can beliefs become reality?<br />
(18:59) – Donald Hoffman<br />
(22:57) – Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason<br />
(26:27) – Ayn Rand<br />
(33:25) – How do religions start?<br />
(48:38) – Religion is an evolutionary advantage<br />
(53:59) – Religion used in propaganda<br />
(58:32) – What did Nietzsche mean by “God is Dead”?<br />
(1:03:59) – American Cosmic<br />
(1:07:45) – What do aliens look like?<br />
(1:16:28) – History of space programs<br />
(1:19:30) – Jacques Vallee<br />
(1:28:55) – Artificial intelligence<br />
(1:34:25) – Ufology community<br />
(1:45:38) – Psychedelics<br />
(1:49:35) – Tic Tac UFO<br />
(1:58:09) – Roswell UFO incident<br />
(2:09:14) – Bob Lazar<br />
(2:12:50) – Monoliths in the desert<br />
(2:23:39) – Humans will co-evolve with AI<br />
(2:26:58) – Neuralink<br />
(2:31:48) – Singularity<br />
(2:41:39) – Books: Nietzsche<br />
(2:46:44) – Books: Hannah Arendt<br />
(2:51:43) – Fear of death<br />
(2:56:11) – Meaning of life</p>