Curt Jaimungal AMA: Consciousness, Education, IQ, and Which TOE Is Correct
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
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Curt Jaimungal tackles consciousness, IQ debates, and reveals which Theory of Everything he thinks is correct He shares personal background, discusses philosophy, free will, and the future of science while debating the nature of a final TOE.
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:01:36 - Behind the scenes on podcast run
- 00:02:19 - Aakash_1996: Who am I? Science background?
- 00:09:02 - Account 1: Rupert Spira / Advaita Vedanta
- 00:09:39 - Account 1: Philosophy of math
- 00:10:50 - Account 2: Douglas Hofstadter on the show?
- 00:10:59 - Alex Broman: Psychedelics role next 20 years
- 00:11:41 - alexander96: Gamer? Favorite video games?
- 00:15:13 - Amidu Kamara: Consciousness “ism” and alien abductions?
- 00:16:29 - Anna Lukomsky: Podcast origin and impact
- 00:18:52 - apostolos prl: Facebook and supporting Curt
- 00:21:04 - Aspen French: Getting more feminists on channel
- 00:22:25 - Austin Harper: Free will, aliens, God, ego death, government, panpsychism
- 00:24:53 - Babak Rasolzadeh: Lessons from interviewed people
- 00:26:17 - Biers Adajew: Seeing world clearly or lost?
- 00:28:12 - Boris Martinez: Curt's IQ, age, net worth
- 00:33:22 - Anna Lukomsky: TOE spiritual or scientific? Science 2.0
- 00:34:38 - Brandon S-P: Philosophy in STEM education
- 00:37:08 - Brandon S-P: How weird final TOE could be
- 00:38:51 - BubblePuppy: Bob Lazar interview?
- 00:41:35 - Daniel: Views on Marxism evolution
- 00:43:08 - Dhruv Gupta: Film introductions and interest
- 00:43:38 - eljay: Upbringing and key life moments
- 00:47:57 - eljay: Most bizarre/profound experience
- 00:48:29 - Filip O: Why is there something rather than nothing?
- 01:00:24 - Daslt Mane: Thoughts on String Theory
- 01:01:24 - Frederik Guigui: Robert Sapolsky?
- 01:01:31 - Game_changer0: Risk vs manipulation in persuasion
- 01:07:48 - Game_changer0: Can we ever find the Theory of Everything?
- 01:08:15 - Geoffry Gifari: Interview style and abruptness
- 01:15:25 - Yoon Hur: Sympathy to the left after Chomsky?
- 01:16:25 - GL XL: Why not interview Jason Reza Jorjani?
- 01:54:15 - Grizwald Grim: How to get on show with a TOE? Contact?
- 01:17:41 - Grizwald Grim: Which interview valued most?
- 01:17:57 - Chris Langan and Wittgenstein's ladder
- 01:19:33 - Hans Frankfurter: Learning advanced math at 36?
- 01:20:12 - Ivan Goran: Familiar with General Semantics?
- 01:20:27 - ja524309: Studying math and channel research
- 01:21:25 - Johan Hedvall: Interviews that energized vs drained
- 01:23:49 - junaidesse: Pineapple on pizza
- 01:25:03 - junaidesse: Regret on deathbed?
- 01:26:59 - Light Armanov: How do you keep getting on Chomsky
RESOURCES:
- YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlxQwwmT9Ks
- Patreon for conversations on Theories of Everything, Consciousness, Free Will, and God: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
- Help support conversations like this via PayPal: https://bit.ly/2EOR0M4
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802
- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e
- Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Id3k7k7mfzahfx2fjqmw3vufb44
- Discord Invite Code (as of Mar 04 2021): dmGgQ2dRzS
- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:01:36 - Behind the scenes on podcast run
- 00:02:19 - Aakash_1996: Who am I? Science background?
- 00:09:02 - Account 1: Rupert Spira / Advaita Vedanta
- 00:09:39 - Account 1: Philosophy of math
- 00:10:50 - Account 2: Douglas Hofstadter on the show?
- 00:10:59 - Alex Broman: Psychedelics role next 20 years
- 00:11:41 - alexander96: Gamer? Favorite video games?
- 00:15:13 - Amidu Kamara: Consciousness “ism” and alien abductions?
- 00:16:29 - Anna Lukomsky: Podcast origin and impact
- 00:18:52 - apostolos prl: Facebook and supporting Curt
- 00:21:04 - Aspen French: Getting more feminists on channel
- 00:22:25 - Austin Harper: Free will, aliens, God, ego death, government, panpsychism
- 00:24:53 - Babak Rasolzadeh: Lessons from interviewed people
- 00:26:17 - Biers Adajew: Seeing world clearly or lost?
- 00:28:12 - Boris Martinez: Curt's IQ, age, net worth
- 00:33:22 - Anna Lukomsky: TOE spiritual or scientific? Science 2.0
- 00:34:38 - Brandon S-P: Philosophy in STEM education
- 00:37:08 - Brandon S-P: How weird final TOE could be
- 00:38:51 - BubblePuppy: Bob Lazar interview?
- 00:41:35 - Daniel: Views on Marxism evolution
- 00:43:08 - Dhruv Gupta: Film introductions and interest
- 00:43:38 - eljay: Upbringing and key life moments
- 00:47:57 - eljay: Most bizarre/profound experience
- 00:48:29 - Filip O: Why is there something rather than nothing?
- 01:00:24 - Daslt Mane: Thoughts on String Theory
- 01:01:24 - Frederik Guigui: Robert Sapolsky?
- 01:01:31 - Game_changer0: Risk vs manipulation in persuasion
- 01:07:48 - Game_changer0: Can we ever find the Theory of Everything?
- 01:08:15 - Geoffry Gifari: Interview style and abruptness
- 01:15:25 - Yoon Hur: Sympathy to the left after Chomsky?
- 01:16:25 - GL XL: Why not interview Jason Reza Jorjani?
- 01:54:15 - Grizwald Grim: How to get on show with a TOE? Contact?
- 01:17:41 - Grizwald Grim: Which interview valued most?
- 01:17:57 - Chris Langan and Wittgenstein's ladder
- 01:19:33 - Hans Frankfurter: Learning advanced math at 36?
- 01:20:12 - Ivan Goran: Familiar with General Semantics?
- 01:20:27 - ja524309: Studying math and channel research
- 01:21:25 - Johan Hedvall: Interviews that energized vs drained
- 01:23:49 - junaidesse: Pineapple on pizza
- 01:25:03 - junaidesse: Regret on deathbed?
- 01:26:59 - Light Armanov: How do you keep getting on Chomsky
RESOURCES:
- YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlxQwwmT9Ks
- Patreon for conversations on Theories of Everything, Consciousness, Free Will, and God: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
- Help support conversations like this via PayPal: https://bit.ly/2EOR0M4
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802
- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e
- Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Id3k7k7mfzahfx2fjqmw3vufb44
- Discord Invite Code (as of Mar 04 2021): dmGgQ2dRzS
- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything
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