The DemystifySci Podcast

Paradigm Drift is the show where we celebrate theories, theorists, and freedom of thought. Each theorist gets 60 seconds to present their idea of the world, followed by an interview with us an our panelist. This week’s episode was taped in Columbus, Ohio with Chris Ranney as panelist, Jay Smith on guitar, and Megan Ranney as supporting cast. Next one will be live in Portugal but you can sign up for the online version again in July: https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show. Theorists: Ricky Cisco, Matthew Fox, Lyndon Ashmore, Eugene Yashkin, Gary Barham, Jack Neefus, Bradie Lee, Ryan Mckenna, Wayne Coste, Michael Hughes, Sebastian SchepisMAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:02:05 – Ricky Cisco – Digital Archetypes and Predictive Systems00:12:05 – Matthew Fox – Vacuum Energy & the Cosmological Constant Problem00:24:10 – Lyndon Ashmore – Photon Energy Loss in the Intergalactic Medium00:34:09 – Eugene Yashkin– The Boiling Universe Hypothesis00:43:48 – Gary Barham – Composite Nature of Light: Photon and Gluon Duality00:53:06 – Jack Neefus – Solar Events and Earth’s Rotational Axis Shift01:05:04 – Bradie Lee – Integrating Science and Spirituality Through Meditation01:14:00 – Ryan Mckenna– Real-Time Solutions to the Traveling Salesman Problem01:26:50 – Wayne Coste – Gravitational Asymmetry as the Cause of Cosmic Redshift01:39:00 – Michael Hughes – Water as the Bridge Between Science and Spirit01:56:11 – Sebastian Schepis – Consciousness, Entropy, and Prime Number Gravity Theory#philosophyofscience, #theoreticalphysics, #quantummechanics, #cosmology, #newideas, #scienceandspirituality, #openmic, #astrobiology, #consciousness, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Jacob Barandes is a professor of Physics at Harvard University who studies the foundations of physics. He has emerged as a leading skeptic of the idea that our universe is somehow fundamentally mathematical in nature, marking a full cycle of more than two thousand years of ink spilled about the nature of the universe. Barandes has found that there is a way of modeling the basement membrane of reality as being made of bodies with location, where everything from superposition to electricity and magnetism are a product of the motions of these bodies. Our conversation spans the basic principles that Barandes has used to arrive at this conclusion, the vital role that confusion over what constitutes a “measurement” plays in producing a highly paradoxical interpretation of nature, and the fact that this debate about the nature of the universe - substance versus mathematics - has been raging for more than two thousand years, with no end in sight. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:40 – What Are Hilbert Spaces?00:10:14 – Why Complex Numbers Matter in Quantum Mechanics00:12:45 – Abstraction vs. Clarity in Physics00:17:17 – The Particle Misconception in Quantum Theory00:22:10 – What's Missing in Quantum Textbooks00:25:28 – What Is a Measurement in Quantum Mechanics?00:32:08 – The Problem of Self-Reference in Quantum Theory00:35:31 – Understanding the Heisenberg Cut00:39:37 – Decoherence Isn’t Collapse00:49:47 – The Quantum Measurement Problem00:52:46 – Competing Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics01:00:00 – Toward a Real Quantum Reality01:06:25 – The Moral Responsibility of Scientists01:12:19 – Free Will and Physical Law01:16:01 – Material Science and Quantum Resonance01:20:01 – Aether, Electromagnetism, and Relativity01:27:21 – Why Scientific Progress Is Messy01:31:42 – The Limits of Scientific Explanation01:33:20 – Plato, Ethics, and the Modern World01:36:06 – Can Physics Define Good?01:39:14 – Why Physics Can’t Capture the Human Spirit01:45:04 – Building Community in Physics01:48:22 – Trying Matters More Than Winning#quantumphysics, #philosophyofscience, #quantummechanics, #freewill, #complexnumbers, #decoherence, #metaphysics, #theoreticalphysics, #natureofreality, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Stephen Wolfram is a physicists, mathematician, and programmer who believes he has discovered the computational rules that organize the universe at the finest grain. These rules are not physical rules like the equations of state or Maxwell’s equations. According to Wolfram, these are rules that govern how the universe evolves and operates at a level at least one step down below the reality that we inhabit.

His computational principles are inspired by the results observed in cellular automata systems, which show that it’s possible to take a very simple system, with very simple rules, and end up at complex patterns that often look organic and always look far more intricate than the black and white squares that the game started with.

We sit down with him for a conversation about the platonic endeavor that he has undertaken, where to draw the line between lived experience and the computational universe, the limits of physics, and the value of purpose and the source of consciousness. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:02:07 Entropy and Computational Irreducibility00:09:45 Understanding Observers in Physics00:15:12 The Concept of Time as Computation00:23:00 Neural Networks and Determinism00:30:03 Understanding Space and Its Nature00:39:24 Exploring the Nature of Emergence and Reality00:41:44 Perception and Computational Limitations of Human Minds00:46:18 The Complexity of Existence and Consciousness00:51:58 The Universe's Computation versus Human Understanding00:55:42 Conceptualizing Reality Beyond Physical Actors01:01:11 Computational Irreducibility in Biological Systems01:09:49 The Nature of Experience in Humans and Machines01:14:25 Internal Experiences and the Connection to Purpose01:18:07 Exploration of Purpose in Life and AI01:26:00 The Nature of Human Existence and Purpose01:35:19 Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Understanding Reality01:41:02 Communication Across Species02:01:13 Emergence of Simple Rules in Physics02:14:47 Observers and the Universe02:19:14 The Role of Mass and Experience02:24:02 Self-Reproduction and Evolution02:30:50 Complexity and Natural Selection02:37:07 Foundations of Medicine02:40:45 Application of Physics Concepts in Other Fields02:49:44 Limits and Possibilities of Travel Through Space02:53:11 Future of Human Civilization and Technology02:55:05 Science and Pre-Existing Questions about the Universe02:58:05 The Intersection of Mathematics and Physical Reality#physics, #computationalphysics, #consciousness, #freewill, #determinism, #spaceexploration, #evolution, #purpose, #futureofhumanity, #complexsystems , #machinelearning, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

What if we’re wrong about the sun? Current consensus in the astrophysics community suggests that our planet orbits a burning ball of gaseous plasma - but there’s compelling evidence that suggests the sun is actually made out of liquid metallic hydrogen. If this is true, it isn’t just that we have a new model of the sun. All of astrophysics, from the Big Bang to the nature of white dwarf stars and neutron stars - will have to be rewritten. For this conversation about the true nature of the sun, we bring together two titans of science and industry. First is Dr. Pierre Marie Robitaille, who is the former director of MRI Research at the Ohio State University, where he designed and tested the world’s first 8-Tesla MRI machine. Today, he is the champion of the liquid sun model of stars, which he presents in his formal scientific papers (https://vixra.org/author/pierre-marie_robitaille) and at his @skyscholar YouTube channel. Next is Jim Keller, a computer architect who has been a central player in the silicon revolution at DEC, AMD, Intel, Tesla, and Apple. Today, he is developing open-source hardware for artificial intelligence at Tenstorrent, as well as a fully automated semiconductor fabrication platform that will shorten chip production timelines to hours instead of months. Our conversation here closes a strange loop, set in motion by Keller coming across an early draft of Dr. Robitaille’s “Forty Lines of Evidence For Condensed Matter - The Sun on Trial” (https://vixra.org/pdf/1310.0110v1.pdf). In the next few weeks, a new loop opens - Keller is a major supporter of our Beyond the Big Bang meeting in Sesimbra, Portugal which promises to be a long weekend of busting paradigms in astrophysics and cosmology. Join us by becoming a Demysticon member: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/demysticon/1495433MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:04:46 Why Rethink the Sun's Structure00:14:18 The Dark Universe Paradigm00:25:18 Mystery of Infinite Expansion00:37:24 Building a $100,000 satellite00:45:12 Temperature is really weird00:51:01 Modeling the sun01:02:38 Kirchoff's Law Controversy01:10:36 Emissivity and Astronomical Implications01:19:01 White Dwarfs and Redshift 01:30:06 Paradigm modeling machines01:37:51 Speculative Astronomy and Earth's Composition01:47:03 Star Formation Theories01:57:12 Electromagnetic Fields and Galactic Dynamics02:04:02 Understanding Electric and Magnetic Fields in Astronomy02:06:18 Formation and Evolution of Stars and Planets02:10:01 Evolution and Ejection of Planets02:12:43 Reevaluating Exoplanet Data02:21:53 Observations of Exoplanets and Planetary Discs02:24:17 Theories on the Origin of the Asteroid Belt02:27:00 Discussing Asteroids and Black Holes02:29:03 Errors in Scientific Understanding of Black Holes02:32:44 Science Progress and Institutional Dynamics02:36:01 Rethinking Traditional Scientific Methods02:40:08 Redistributing Scientific Resources02:50:53 Evolving Scientific Perspectives#cosmology, #astrophysics, #fusion, #spaceexploration, #aiscience, #blackholes, #solarscience, #quantumphysics, #engineering, #spacetechnology, #darkmatter, #futureofscience, #exoplanets, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities.

Patrick Vanraes is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp whose research into liquid plasmas has led him to believe that we have radically, completely, totally misunderstood what it means for something to be “plasma.” All presentations on the subject begin with a rote recitation of the fact that plasma is a fourth state of matter - solid, liquid, gas, then plasma. But Patrick makes the point that this is an incomprehensible perspective, because the phase change between solid - liquid - gas is one of motion. Each phase has more degrees of freedom than the previous one, and so reveals different macroscopic qualities of the substance. The transition to plasma is far stranger. Some component of it does include a greater range of motion, as the electron shells of the atoms bloom away from their ionic cores. But far more important is the structural, chemical changes that accompany plasma, which is exactly what leads Patrick to the conclusion that perhaps plasma isn’t some strange exotic kind of matter - it’s some latent capacity of matter that’s far more ordinaryMAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:13 Cosmos and Plasma Complexity00:11:41 Defining Plasma Beyond Ionized Gas00:17:07 Applications and Implications of Plasma Understanding00:21:52 Plasma in Laboratory and Experimentation00:24:27 Plasma Formation in Gas vs. Liquid00:26:31 Plasma Research Fields00:31:15 Definition and Nature of Plasmas00:39:01 Phase Transitions and Plasma States00:42:11 Ionization and Conductivity in Metals00:48:31 Atomic Structure and Misconceptions00:49:54 Realism in Scientific Models00:52:30 Complexities in Education and Models00:55:38 Redefining Plasma and Conductivity01:00:07 Characteristics of Plasma01:11:05 Plasma Waves and Oscillations01:15:36 Particle Misconceptions01:20:59 Material Representation in Physics01:23:30 Stars and Material Conceptions01:29:38 Quasi-Particles and Limitations01:31:30 Beyond Models: Reality vs. Philosophy01:36:13 Phonon Theory of Liquids01:39:12 Relationship Between Phonons and Specific Heat01:40:25 The Temperature Dependency of Specific Heat01:43:35 Conceptualizing Quasi-Particles and Reality01:50:16 Exploring Underlying Structures in Physics01:57:05 The Philosophical Underpinning of Scientific Theories02:03:34 Plasma Physics, Redefined02:08:16 The Role of Skepticism and Prediction in Science02:12:26 Building Scientific Community and Collaboration02:16:50 Modeling a New Scientific Approach02:17:28 Upcoming Presentations on Plasma Models #plasmaphysics, #astrophysics, #experimentalphysics, #electricuniverse, #theoreticalphysics, philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

We found some strange, and extensively networked, piles of rocks in the Southern Oregon woods. We take you into the woods with us as we try to figure out if there’s some natural explanation for what we’ve found, or if we have stumbled on some man-made structures that predate the presence of Western settlers. Along the way we try to read how the landscape relates to the river that runs through it, evaluate different strategies for establishing the age of features we come across, and make the case that the huge complex of rounded rocks that we’ve found deep in the woods couldn’t possibly have been produced by the hand of nature. The only thing that’s left is figuring out who could have built these structures, how long ago they did so, and what they could have been used for. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! 00:05:08 Volcanic and Geological Context00:09:06 Natural Rock Formation Theories00:12:03 Abandoned Roads and Human Influence#geology, #ancientmysteries, #earthscience, #unsolvedmysteries, #hiddenhistory, #natureexploration, #outdooradventures, #riverrocks, #naturalphenomena, #archaeologicalmysteries, #erosion, #volcaniclandscapes, #naturepodcast #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Tiffeny Todd is a physics professor and filmmaker who became obsessed with the nature of consciousness after having an out of body experience and discovering that her field had absolutely no way of explaining the experience of mind separate from body that she had. This set her on a quest to discover the theoretical basis for what had happened to her. Along the way, she discovered a wealth of literature on parapsychology that suggested it was possible for the mind to influence the outcome of quantum experiments, which led her to formulate her theory of vacuum orchestrated spin signaling, which states that the quantum vacuum is the source of agency, and that material bodies are agentic filters for that information - meaning they are the place where the agency of the vacuum is translated into real action. Our conversation starts with an exploration of parapsychology and its overlap with physics, then goes into the specifics of Todd’s theories, with a significant detour into the nature of electromagnetism, photons, electrons, what the quantum vacuum is, and why its mechanics suggest the existence of delocalized agency that lives in the void. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:05:38 Challenges with Parapsychology Evidence00:15:03 Brain Functions and Psychic Abilities00:26:07 Associative Learning in Plants00:36:00 Antenna Theory and Consciousness00:46:12 Emergence of Consciousness and Agency00:51:44 Evolution and Emergent Behavior01:00:20 Consciousness and Quantum Theory01:09:26 Quantum Vacuum and Information Storage01:10:45 Quantum Entanglement and Vacuum Theory01:14:24 Radical Pair Mechanism01:18:08 Quantum Vacuum and Information Exchange01:23:00 Virtual Photons and Fields01:27:05 Actions vs. Actors in Physics01:31:05 Pilot Wave Theory01:34:31 Quantum Field and Mind Interaction01:37:54 Electron Distribution and Atomic Interaction01:43:12 Entanglement and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics01:46:11 Mind's Influence in a Single Atom Universe01:53:04 Mind, Mediums, and Quantum Communication01:58:08 Mind-Body Connection and Psychic Phenomena02:01:01 The Nature and Emergence of Life02:05:28 The Role of Agency in Evolutionary Theory02:10:06 Quantum Models of Consciousness02:15:01 Intersecting Science and Spirit02:21:11 Quantum Foundations and Interpretation02:25:06 The Future of Quantum Science02:26:17 Resources and Collaboration Opportunities #consciousness, #quantumphysics, #neuroscience, #quantummechanics, #mindovermatter, #emergence, #quantumfieldtheory, #agency, #freewill, #mysticism, #quantumconsciousness, #reality, #spiritualscience, #nonduality, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Andrés Gomez Emilsson is the director of the San Francisco–based Qualia Research Institute (QRI), a nonprofit developing formal models of consciousness and emotional valence. QRI’s research aims to untangle the harmonic, computational, and symmetry-driven mechanisms underlying phenomenological experience. They approach the optimization of subjective experience through two powerful psychotechnologies — psychedelics and meditation — using them to explore the state-space of mind and map the structure of qualia. In this conversation, we discuss the phenomenology of enlightenment, the non-local field effects of consciousness, and one of Andrés’ side projects: how perfumes and smells modulate perception and emotional geometry. Check out his work at https://qri.org/ and follow his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@QualiaResearchInstitute.MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:04:22 Research Phases and Insights00:06:37 Dynamic Systems and Brain Waves00:10:00 Neural Oscillation and Interaction00:15:17 Coupled Oscillators and Consciousness00:21:55 Brain Activity and Anesthesia00:23:35 Understanding Brain Patterns and Psychedelics00:26:03 Consciousness Beyond Molecular Interactions00:28:06 Meditation and Psychedelic Experiences00:30:19 Tracer Effects as Psychedelic Signatures00:34:09 Insights into High-Dose Psychedelic Experiences00:40:05 Safety and Ethics in Psychedelic Use00:44:16 Psychedelics and Meditation's Impact00:51:55 Frames of Perception and Transformation00:56:00 Psychedelic Experiences and Emotional Well-being01:01:13 Harm Reduction and Substance Use01:05:09 Acceptance and Stress Management01:06:30 Meditation Techniques for DMT Experiences01:10:18 Nature's Role in Stress Dissipation01:14:18 Psychedelics in Modern Society01:22:03 Meditation vs. Psychedelics01:26:39 Psychedelic Experiences and Personal Growth01:28:01 Laser Chess as a Metaphor for Brain Function01:32:42 Expectation and Experience01:36:07 Ego and Enlightenment01:41:03 Identifying Enlightenment and Cultural Dynamics01:46:16 Recognizing and Switching Views01:48:24 Understanding Ego and Motivation01:51:00 The Artist's Dilemma01:53:37 Enlightenment and Motivation01:57:07 Paths to Enlightenment02:00:16 Psychedelics and Consciousness02:06:32 Flow States in Art and Life02:09:24 Meditation and Music as Repetitive Practices02:11:57 Awakening and Functionality Post-Transformation02:14:31 The Hive Mind and Inner Harmony02:18:11 The Impact of 5-MeO-DMT on Consciousness02:22:49 Visual Illusions and Perceptions of Reality02:24:49 Neural Annealing Theory02:30:02 Music and Neural Annealing02:34:20 Surprise, Comedy, and Sensory Experience02:37:47 The Art and Science of Perfumery02:44:09 Using Scents to Influence Emotional States02:51:48 Scents Inspired by the Natural World02:55:04 Premium Fragrances for Fundraising02:57:28 Pear and Violet Perfume Exploration03:00:47 Sensory Experiences with Perfumes03:13:32 Understanding Brain Dynamics with Psilocybin03:16:04 Personal Experiences and Differences in Psychedelic Effects #psychedelicscience , #consciousness , #neuroscience, #brainwaves , #psychedelictherapy, #meditationscience , health, #psychedelicexperience, #neuroplasticity #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Michael Hughes is a postdoctoral researcher at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital who studies the overlooked role of water in living systems. His work builds on a growing body of research suggesting that water is not just a passive solvent, but a highly structured, information-rich medium.

Hughes proposes that under normal biological conditions, water’s ability to form liquid crystalline phases, hydration shells, and coherent domains allows it to act more like an information storage system than an inert backdrop to biochemistry.

Drawing on ideas like EZ water, interfacial water dynamics, and liquid-liquid phase separation inside cells that span thinkers from Gilbert Ling to Gerald Pollack, Hughes argues that health emerges from the fine-tuned electrical and structural properties of intracellular water.

When this water-protein-electrical system breaks down, disease can result. He outlines a new approach to the body that’s rooted in biophysics, not just molecular biology, which he believes might offer novel ways to maintain health and slow aging by restoring the electromagnetic coherence of the body.MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025

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Preprint of Michael's manuscript "Rethinking Cellular Organization: Phase Separation as a Unifying Principle in Molecular Biology" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5171413

Dr. Thomas Seyfried podcast w/ DemystifyScihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxHkXP3G3y4

"Live Streaming of a Single Cell's Life over a Local pH Monitoring Nanowire Waveguide" https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02185

Rudolf Steiner's Agriculture Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwSa8Lpy9-A

00:00 Go! 00:09:54 – Water, Fields & the Electric Body 00:15:01 – Biochemistry’s Unifying Principles 00:21:26 – Water, Glutamine & Metabolism 00:23:02 – Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation 00:25:34 – Hydration & Cellular Structure 00:28:08 – Amyloids in Health & Disease 00:33:52 – Environment Shapes Amyloids 00:39:37 – Osmosis, Metabolism & Flow 00:41:04 – Soil Over Seed: Health Revolution 00:42:24 – Evolving Scientific Paradigms 00:46:08 – Cell Theory & Liquid Separation 00:50:34 – Rethinking Genetic Primacy 00:56:12 – Biochemical Research Challenges 01:01:58 – Terrain Theory & Post-Pandemic Trust 01:13:16 – Technology, Ethics & Evolution 01:16:06 – Metabolism as Societal Metaphor 01:21:09 – Lifespan, Healthspan & Food Systems 01:23:25 – Terrain Theory & Neurodegenerative Disease 01:25:10 – pH, Buffers & Biochemical Balance 01:30:03 – Cellular Function & pH Dynamics 01:35:17 – Biochemical Cell Environment 01:39:06 – Intracellular Phase Separation 01:43:07 – Insulin, Gradients & Phase Transitions 01:45:12 – Water, Food & Environmental Impacts 01:48:14 – Personal Diet & Exercise Design 01:57:09 – Experimenting with Your Health 02:00:11 – Dyno comp! #electricuniverse #biochemistry, #structuredwater , #cellularhealth, #watermemory, #metabolism, #quantumhealth, #naturalmedicine, #integrativemedicine, #nutritionalscience, #epigenetics, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Eric Lerner is a popular science writer, plasma physicist, and long-time collaborator of the late Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén. He’s also one of the featured speakers at our Beyond the Big Bang event this summer in Sesimbra, Portugal. For over thirty years, Lerner has been a leading voice in plasma cosmology and a critic of Big Bang cosmology, who argued for a non-expanding, steady state universe as the central claim of his landmark book The Big Bang Never Happened (affiliate link to puchase: https://amzn.to/4jEez8H). Our conversation dives into the history and foundations of plasma cosmology, from early Birkeland current experiments in the Arctic that revealed the electrical nature of the aurora, to the role of plasma dynamics in the shape and behavior of galaxies. All the hits are in here - from Halton Arp, whose Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies seriously challenged the way that mainstream cosmologists interpret redshift, to the electromagnetic forces often overlooked in mainstream cosmology, to the filamentary plasma structures and cosmic-scale currents that strain the limits of the standard model. This is a deep exploration of alternative cosmology, electric universe theories, and the scientists behind them — from Fred Hoyle to Anthony Peratt — who refused to patch a dying theory and instead asked instead if the universe might be eternal.

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00:00 Go!00:05:59 – The Cosmological Pendulum 00:14:09 – Knowledge and Societal Progress 00:22:18 – Big Bang Origins & Ideological Influence 00:29:04 – Technological Stagnation Since the 1970s 00:32:02 – Ideology Replacing Empiricism in Science 00:36:14 – Gravity vs. Electromagnetism in Cosmology 00:41:02 – Evolution of Scientific Funding Models 00:51:11 – Birkeland Currents & Plasma Discoveries 00:56:25 – Centralization of Postwar Science 01:00:18 – Orthodoxy in Medicine 01:00:59 – Decline of Fundamental Research 01:04:39 – Plasma Cosmology vs. Dark Matter 01:08:52 – Capitalism and Research Priorities 01:14:22 – Sustaining Independent Science 01:15:16 – Birkeland, Alfvén & Plasma History 01:22:24 – Einstein’s Rise & Cultural Legacy 01:31:05 – General Relativity and Elitism 01:34:44 – Chapman’s Math vs. Empirics 01:37:12 – Alfvén’s Plasma Breakthroughs 01:43:39 – Plasma Physics vs. Big Bang Theories 01:47:39 – Nobel Prize & MHD’s Hidden Flaws 01:58:00 – Filamentary Plasmas vs. MHD 02:00:47 – Pseudoplasmas and MHD Limits 02:02:58 – Defining Plasma as a State of Matter 02:06:00 – Where Plasma Exists in Nature 02:11:17 – The Myth of Mathematical Models 02:21:10 – Scientific vs. Aesthetic Cosmology 02:29:55 – Failed Big Bang Predictions 02:36:01 – Alternatives to the Expanding Universe 02:43:09 – Large-Scale Structures and Cosmic Age 02:50:10 – Public Science and Open Debate 02:55:16 – Toward a New Cosmological Paradigm

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Matt Beall is the host of the Limitless Podcast, where he explores everything from the impossibly precise predynastic vases, to ancient civilizations, planetary catastrophes, nuclear explosions on Mars and, most recently, the suspicious circumstances of Kurt Cobain’s death. Our conversation spans the meta of the weird space we all find ourselves in as people who are willing to play with ideas that we don’t necessarily believe are totally correct - but find intriguing enough to spend our days wrestling with them. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:06:37 Matt's Theory Collection Journey00:10:28 Challenges in Artifact Authenticity00:22:06 Vase dating technology00:22:49 Expanding interests in mysteries00:26:02 Geopolymer theory00:36:00 MH370 disappearance theories00:41:22 Moon Landing Controversy00:45:49 Doubts About Moon Missions00:49:20 Global Reaction to Moon Landing Theories00:53:16 Legitimacy and Limits of UAP Discussions00:56:51 Unexplained Encounters01:00:51 Psychological Factors in UAP Experiences01:03:35 UFO Sighting Experience01:06:06 Mars Anomalies and Theories01:09:47 Alternative Earth History Theories01:24:13 Glaciation Anomalies01:27:53 Catastrophism vs. Gradualism01:31:07 Mass Extinction Theories01:35:13 Outsider's Perspective01:39:13 Evolution of Discourse01:45:01 Building Intellectual Networks01:46:34 Kurt Cobain: A Different Perspective01:49:30 Investigating Kurt Cobain's Death02:01:35 Theories and Unanswered Questions02:05:53 Re-opening the Investigation into Kurt Cobain's Death02:13:16 The Mythos and Its Impact02:15:28 Law and Theory02:18:28 Objective Exploration and Societal Insights #ancientartifacts, #uap, #alternativehistory, #hiddenknowledge, #unexplainedphenomena, #mysterypodcast, #catastrophy , #ancientcivilizations , #kurtcobainforever, #truthseeker, #openminds, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

George Howard is a weaver of ideas who runs the Cosmic Tusk blog and organizes the Cosmic Summit annual gathering. He’s also one of the longest-lived players in the Comet Research Group, a heterodox collection of theorists and scientists that has been working on the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis since the 1990s. We talk with Howard about bone beds, Carolina Bays, mass extinction, catastrophic history, weirdly magnetic mammoth tusks, and just how little we can actually say with certainty about the distant past. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showCOSMIC SUMMIT: https://www.youtube.com/@UCpic9vlcBFWdt7WM5IG2eNA 00:00 Go!00:04:20 Radical Panspermia and Life in Space00:09:13 Evidence from the International Space Station00:13:25 Panspermia and Evolutionary Theory00:17:00 Diversity of Life and Scientific Limitations00:22:11 Extraterrestrial Life and Unfalsifiable Predictions00:26:07 Evolution and Morphic Resonance00:30:16 Space and Biological Discoveries00:33:29 Cosmology and Life in the Universe00:37:32 Younger Dryas and Catastrophic Events00:42:15 Discovering Catastrophism00:44:37 Exploration of Carolina Bays00:49:42 Impact of Research on Carolina Bays00:54:09 Challenges in Scientific Communication00:56:24 Dialogue on Younger Dryas Event01:05:59 Cold Fusion & Crazy Ideas01:07:26 Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis01:09:41 Curiosity vs. Anxiety01:12:12 Carolina Bays & Geological History01:15:06 Saginaw Bay & Impact Theories01:19:54 Bay Morphology & Geological Mysteries01:27:53 Geologic Mysteries and Carolina Bays01:32:02 Theories on Air Burst Events01:36:13 Debating Carolina Bays and Younger Dryas01:40:08 Tsunamis and Anomalous Events01:45:24 Cosmic Events and Historical Cycles01:49:33 Astronomical Theories and Challenges01:50:10 Mammoth Tusk Adventure01:55:09 Research and Discoveries01:59:18 Excavation and Documentation02:06:14 Speculative Finds and Skepticism02:09:34 Ancient Coastal Changes02:11:13 Pyramid Explorations02:14:08 Subterranean Investigations02:17:23 Communication and Paradigms02:21:40 Archaeological Mysteries02:30:01 Openness to Theories02:31:47 Global Stories and Interpretations#ancientcivilizations, #youngerdryas, #panspermia, #losthistory, #forbiddenarchaeology, #hiddenhistory, #unexplainedmysteries, #alternativehistory, #historychannel #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Adam Forrest Kay is the author of Escape From Shadow Physics, a rip-roaring tour through the history of physics that suggests the quantum world might be a lot less legible than anyone realizes. Much of his work is informed by the logic of Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs, which are classical systems whose behavior can be described by same mathematics that’s used for quantum mechanics. Kay makes the case that if a classical system, made of materials and substances, can be described by the same statistical mathematics, that it’s possible the quantum intuition that reality dissolves into a sea of probabilities and wave functions is just straight up wrong. We explore how the mechanics of droplets bouncing on surfaces recapitulates the mathematics of quantum mechanics, what it means for a classical system to behave like a quantum one, how pilot wave theory fits into the story, and why this isn’t front page news for every science magazine in the world.

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(00:00) Go!

(00:06:20) Adam Kay's Journey

(00:10:17) The Complexity of Innovation

(00:12:26) Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogies

(00:20:20) Philosophy and Positivism in Physics

(00:23:21) Skepticism in Physics

(00:24:35) Transition in Scientific Thought

(00:26:10) Positivism and Knowledge

(00:28:40) Auguste Comte's Positivism and its Paradoxes

(00:34:50) Historical Context from Philosophy to Physics

(00:41:10) The Clash in Intellectual Circles

(00:46:00) Continued Influence of Early Physicists

(00:47:02) Historical Scientific Perspectives

(00:49:07) The Philosophy of Science and Positivism

(00:51:50) Einstein’s Influence on Physical Theories

(00:56:05) Einstein vs. Quantum Mechanics

(01:00:02) Parallels Between Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics

(01:07:00) Reevaluating Physical Paradigms

(01:12:07) Evolution of Physical Theories

(01:14:09) Modern Reflections and Quantum Theory

(01:18:07) Book Review and Chapter Structure

(01:19:04) Introduction to Pilot Wave Theory

(01:25:35) Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogies

(01:35:08) Interpretation of Positive Atomism

(01:36:46) Uncertainty Principle and Quantum Mechanics

(01:39:28) Sound, Sampling, and Uncertainty in Physics

(01:44:41) The Role of Fourier Analysis in Various Domains

(01:49:10) Quantum Mechanics and Reality's Mystical Interpretation

(01:54:09) Physics and Its Intellectual Dominance

(01:58:55) Intersection of Physics and Metaphysics

(02:01:10) Mysticism in Physics

(02:05:27) The Sokal Hoax and Scientific Discourse

(02:09:10) Importance of Diverse Viewpoints

(02:14:23) Writing and Future Endeavors

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Invited theorists: Kehlan Morgan (Formscapes), Andrés Goméz Emilsson, Michael HughesRandom theorists: Edwin's Basye, Wendi Gardiner, Ricky Cisco, Philip Sportel, Jack Neefus, David de Hilster, Casey BrophyPanel: Kate Owlsley, Anastasia Bendebury, Michael Shilo DeLayLearn how to think, not what to think! Paradigm Drift is the show where we celebrate the principles of scientific anarchy. Anything goes, as long as you can make a coherent presentation about your theory and why you think it’s going to change the world. Each theorist gets 60 seconds, followed by an interview with us and our panelist. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFT:https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show(00:00) Go! (00:05:07) Kehlan Morgan on Formative Causation(00:16:36) Edwin's Basye's Proposal on Universal Nonviolence Law(00:25:49) Wendi Gardiner's Theory of Cancer(00:35:01) Ricky Cisco's Theory of Archetypes and Society’s Evolution(00:47:18) Andrés Emilsson's Consciousness and Experience Theory(01:00:01) Philip Sportel's Information Scaling Framework(01:13:35) Michael Hughes' on Water's Piezoelectric Role in Cellular Identity(01:26:37) Jack Neefus' Structured Universe Theory(01:37:02) David de Hilster's Universal Particles Theory(01:49:10) Casey Brophy's Theory of Communication in the Cosmos(01:59:06) Next Paradigm Drift Plans(02:01:46) Recap, Night Cap#livepodcast, #ScientificTheories, #InnovativeIdeas, #moog #synth #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics- Mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Cancer is one of the most terrifying illnesses of our age - a sudden change that happens silently inside our bodies and slowly eats away at us until there’s nothing left. It’s also one of the biggest failures of the pharmaceutical age - somewhere between 90 and 97% of all cancer drugs fail at clinical trials. Which is why we’re unbelievably excited to bring you our conversation with Dr. Thomas Seyfried, Professor of Biology at Boston College who appears to be hot on the trail of a cure cancer that has nothing to do with the oncology-industrial-complex. According to the dozens of papers he and his colleagues have published over the last few decades, a strict ketogenic diet coupled to a glutamine inhibitor is sufficient to weaken cancer cells to the point that the immune system can actually clear the tumor. A recent paper from his group published in February of 2025 shows the stunning effects of his protocol in a small group of eighteen glioblastoma patients. Median survival for these patients for the last hundred years has been 12-15 months, but with Seyfried’s intervention appears to have been extended up to 84 months. That’s seven years, for those keeping score.We sit down with Seyfried to take apart his protocol, why it works for cancer, why no one’s heard if it, and how everyone has completely misunderstood what cancer actually is.MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show(00:00) Go!(00:07:33) - Reception of Metabolic Cancer Research(00:10:05) - Breakthrough in Glioblastoma Treatment(00:14:49) - Glutamine-Glutamate Cycle in Cancer(00:16:33) - Challenges and Critiques of Standard Care(00:17:43) - Barriers to Implementing Metabolic Therapies(00:24:19) - Radiation and Cancer Treatment(00:26:07) - Metabolic Approach to Cancer(00:27:30) - Evolutionary Biology's Role in Understanding Cancer(00:28:52) - Mitochondria's Role in Cellular Destiny(00:31:39) - The Oxidative Phosphorylation Process(00:35:28) - Cancer and Mitochondrial Function(00:38:43) - Cellular Electrochemical Gradients(00:41:30) - Cancer's Dependency on Fermentable Fuels(00:45:08) - Glutamine's Role in Cancer Treatment(00:52:11) - Patient Compliance and Dietary Challenges(00:55:33) - Glucose Ketone Index for Health Monitoring(01:06:48) - Fenbendazole and Cancer Research(01:10:02) - Medical Industry Business Models(01:13:27) - Diets and Nutritional Ketosis(01:17:06) - Metabolic Variability and Personalization(01:19:25) - Exercise and Metabolic Health(01:23:43) - Historical Misconceptions in Cancer Treatment(01:26:21) - Obesity and Cancer Prevention(01:28:00) - Metabolic Theories of Cancer(01:47:18) - Metastatic Cancer Origins(01:55:24) - Therapeutic and Collaborative Approaches(01:59:57) - Practical Steps and Transformations#CancerResearch, #glioblastoma, #CancerAwareness, #Oncology, #CancerTreatment, #CancerSurvivor, #FightCancer, #EndCancer, #CancerSupport, #ClinicalTrials, #CancerWarrior, #BeatCancer, #CureCancer, #CancerFighter, #StayStrong, #CancerCommunity, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showAnne Hofmeister is an applied physicist, mathematician, and theorist at Washington University, whose heterodox approach to physics has not made her a lot of friends, but has solved a lot of paradoxical problems. Hofmeister’s background in analytic materials science has given her a deeper than average understanding of how to deal with complex physical systems, which allows her to see what others miss. Often, she will investigate a system that’s thought to behave in strange ways - like galaxies whose rotation appears to violate Newton’s laws - and discover that a deep confusion about how to treat the system mathematically produces fantastical explanations like dark matter or modified gravity. In our conversation we talk about the surprising implications her work for things like plate tectonics, the structure of the sun & the liquid sun model championed by PM Robitaille, and how to see the pieces that everyone else misses. Dr. Hofmeister's Solar physics paper, discussed in the second half of today's pod:https://www.oldcitypublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HTHPv52n6p435-464Hofmeister.pdf(00:00) Go!(00:07:41) The Big Questions in Physics(00:14:08) Back to the Classics(00:25:03) Revisiting Plate Tectonics and Earth Dynamics(00:34:11) Venus and Spin Energy(00:39:22) Expanding Earth Hypothesis(00:47:22) Science and Theories’ Evolution(00:49:55) Forces & Dark Matter(00:50:37) Alternatives to Dark Matter(00:55:02) Galaxy Dynamics and Pattern Analysis(00:59:11) Mathematical Models vs. Reality(01:03:48) The Allure of Mystical Thought in Physics(01:07:41) More Alternatives to Dark Matter and Black Holes(01:13:57) Practical Considerations in Physics Research(01:14:34) Rethinking Stellar Thermodynamics(01:18:03) Convection and Solar Dynamics(01:24:18) Surface Phenomena and Solar Structure(01:30:13) Implications of Ideal Gas Assumptions: Liquid Sun(01:39:18) Cosmic Background Radiation and Black Body Radiation(01:42:01) Theoretical vs. Experimental Science(01:44:31) Scientific Revolutions and Misunderstandings(01:47:03) Advice for Aspiring Physicists#cosmology, #astrophysics, #darkmatter, #spacetheory, #physicscommunity, #scientificrevolution, #universeexplained, #openminds, #cosmicmysteries, #gravity, #PhilosophyOfScience, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciBLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciKehlan Morgan is a philosopher, scholar of the esoteric, and the host of the Formscapes channel, where he posts long-from essays at the intersection of history, philosophy, culture, and science. He has recently been looking into a topic that’s dear to our hearts - the role that Chrstianity played in the social evolution of human society for the last two thousand years. Morgan proposes that the Bible goes far beyond the creation of the believer vs nonbeliever - it actually establishes a metaphysical frame for everything that follows, wherein the foundational premise of the death and resurrection of the Crucifixion is intended to be literally *beyond belief.* We explore the social features that are required downstream of this central premise, and how the world we inhabit today is shaped by principles established in a wildly different age.

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(00:05:06) Historical Evolution of Christianity
(00:07:54) Christianity and Philosophical Thought
(00:10:38) The Problem of Faith and Doubt
(00:15:11) Evolution of Thought
(00:24:57) Mythological Archetypes
(00:27:19) Historical Catastrophes
(00:29:10) Civilization and Myth
(00:30:28) The Role of Jesus in Culture
(00:32:17) Archetypes of Parents
(00:35:02) Modern Philosophy and Self
(00:38:47) Intersect of Consciousness and Divinity
(00:42:14) Sacred Narratives and Identity
(00:46:07) The Balance of Certainty and Doubt
(00:48:54) Historical Connections: From Marduk to Jesus
(00:51:50) The Awakening of Individual Consciousness
(00:57:15) Ideal Leadership and Societal Disenchantment
(01:01:26) Reinterpreting Myths for the Future
(01:06:09) The Emergence of Human Subjectivity
(01:12:09) Reviving Civilization: Challenges and Ideals
(01:16:17) Psychological Dynamics and Self-Conceptualization
(01:22:12) Love and Unification as a Resolution
(01:29:23) Christian Narrative and External Selfhood
(01:32:58) Identity in a Commercial Society
(01:35:35) Gear vs Talent in Music
(01:36:44) Evolution of Culture and Identity
(01:39:30) Collective Agency and Cultural Creation
(01:44:05) Intelligence and Modern Myths
(01:50:00) Modern Society's Direction and Challenges
(01:57:14) Towards a Teleological Society
(01:58:38) Humans and Transhumanists Divergence
(02:03:05) Collective Human Evolution
(02:07:01) Anthropology and Human Species
(02:11:11) Cultural Fracture and Transformation
(02:18:04) Shaping the Future with Values

#Philosophy, #CulturalEvolution, #HumanConsciousness, #ModernSociety, #WesternCivilization, #ScienceAndReligion, #Subjectivity, #FaithAndReason, #CognitiveScience, #Transhumanism, #Mythology, #Metaphysics, #DeepThinking, #Anthropology #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities.

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciAndré Koch Torres Assis is a professor of Physics at Brazil’s University of Campinas, an invited speaker at our Beyond the Big Bang meeting this June, and a brilliant historian who has devoted his life to uncovering the missing pieces of scientific progress that lie scattered in the untranslated works and letters of the great physicists of the last century, including Wilhelm Weber and André-Marie Ampère. Today, we primarily occupy ourselves with alternative explanations to the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Many listeners will be familiar with Pierre Marie Robitaille’s theory that the CMB is produced due to the hydrogen bond lattice of the oceans. Here, Assis lays out a different theory - championed by at least four Nobel Laureates - that the CMB isn’t the afterglow of the Big Bang - it’s simply the temperature at which the cold, dark objects of space are equilibrated against the background light of the stars. (00:00) Go!
(00:05:09) Upcoming conference
(00:07:18) Translation and Historical Insights
(00:12:47) Controversies in Electrodynamics
(00:24:27) Current and Magnetism Debates
(00:27:25) Philosophical Doubts in Scientific Validation
(00:31:13) Electromagnetism and Historical Contributions
(00:36:11) Evolution of Electrodynamic Theories
(00:42:14) Cosmic Background Radiation and Paradigm Shifts
(00:49:54) Historical Predictions of Cosmic Temperature
(00:56:38) Theoretical Insights on Cosmic Temperature
(01:04:24) Cosmic Rays and Temperature Measurements
(01:10:05) Notable Contributions and Theories Supporting Infinite Universe
(01:15:03) Mechanisms Behind Redshift Interpretations
(01:25:36) Understanding Fluorescence and Redshift
(01:28:22) Historical Perspectives on Cosmology
(01:30:20) Hubble's Law and Its Misinterpretations
(01:33:41) Challenges of Cosmic Expansion Concepts
(01:39:47) Controversies in Redshift and Galaxy Formation
(01:44:00) Quasars and Intrinsic Redshift Theories
(01:57:16) Redshift and Universe Expansion Debate
(02:00:27) Hubble's Legacy and Cosmological Views
(02:04:55) The Search for Alternative Redshift Theories

#Cosmology, #Astrophysics, #QuantumPhysics, #Quasars, #ScientificRevolution, #NewPhysics, #Electrodynamics, #SpaceScience, #CosmicMicrowaveBackground, #InfiniteUniverse, #PhilosophyOfScience, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciDr. Jack Bagby is a professor of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies who is one of the world’s foremost experts on the philosophy of Henri Bergson. Bergson was an early proponent of the absolute importance of context when trying to understand nature. This is nowhere more apparent than in the world of music, where the rhythm, interval, and mode of the songs being played creates wildly different sensations even when the same pure tones are in play. Bagby has extensive experience with novel musical instruments, strange tunings, and alternative scales, which he deploys as evidence of Bergson’s deep insights in the nature of perception and reality. (00:00) Go! Bergson's Influence(00:06:45) Defining Metaphysics(00:11:38) Creativity and Consciousness(00:14:22) Science v. Metaphysics(00:20:13) Sensation and Perception in Music(00:24:07) Critique of Artificial Intelligence(00:27:18) Metaphysics and Movement(00:30:24) Music and Inner Experience(00:35:01) Resonance Theory and Consciousness(00:50:09) Sensation, measurement, and subjectivity(00:58:07) Metaphysics, morality, and creativity(01:01:26) Music as a metaphor for existence(01:05:11) Technological expansion and consciousness(01:12:51) Building Musical Scales Through Overtones(01:14:13) Tuning and Musical Expression(01:17:38) Scales and Tuning Variability(01:21:02) Keyboard Innovations and Intonation(01:26:42) Perfect Fifths and Harmonic Construction(01:35:23) Harmonic Series and Interval Challenges(01:37:43) Harmony v. Dissonance(01:42:18) Expressive Dissonance and Temperament(01:46:02) Overtones and Consonance Explained(01:49:47) Measuring and Adjusting Temperaments(01:55:06) Historical Perspectives on Musical Tempering(02:11:29) Cultural Perception and Universality in Music(02:19:13) Experiential Nature of Music and Counterpoint(02:21:17) Demonstration of Microtonal Guitar(02:27:15) Rhythm and Its Temporal Nature(02:31:08) Metaphysics of Matter and Sensory Experience(02:35:10) Interpretations of Reality in Theory v. Experience(02:39:10) The Intersection of Science and Metaphysics(02:44:08) Continuous Dialogue Between Concepts and Reality #philosophy, #stoicism, #arttheory, #spiritualevolution , #musictheory, #Bergson, #aesthetics , #harmony , #consciousness , #creativitydevelopment , #existentialism, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciJim Keller is on of the all-time great computer architects who has shaped the tech revolution during his tenure at Digital Equipment Corporation, AMD, Tesla, Intel, AMD and Apple. In addition to being a crack engineer, Keller is also deeply curious about the inner workings of nature on all scales, and is the patron for our upcoming Beyond the Big Bang meeting in Portugal. Keller is a big proponent of what philosopher Paul Feyerabend called “scientific anarchy,” where progress requires us to abandon a prescriptive approach to what counts as “science,” because many contradictory theories can be “true” at once. We build on our previous conversation about the nature of institutions to unpack why the Big Bang is about to fall apart, what it takes to build a new theory, and how to create a lasting impact without striving explicitly for immortality. (00:00) Go! (00:04:07) Skepticism in Scientific Models and the Role of Physical Intuition(00:11:26) The Evolution of Physics and Cognitive Sciences(00:18:07) Challenges in Conventional Cosmic and Solar Models(00:22:10 )Evolution of Computer Architecture(00:24:02) The Utilitarian Approach of Engineers(00:28:12) Debugging in Engineering(00:30:32) Reevaluating Scientific Paradigms(00:34:00) Collaborative Dynamics in Science and Engineering(00:37:13) The Influence of Paradigms on Scientific Discourse(00:44:42) Musician's Journey and Archetypes(00:45:37) Belief Systems and Shared Realities(00:49:59) The Bible and Mythology(01:00:17) Sci-Fi, Technology, and Societal Impact(01:02:31) Religious Beliefs and Cultural Diversity(01:07:53) Cultural Beliefs and Alignment(01:10:50) Alignment vs. Experimentation(01:13:23) Decentralization and Experimentation(01:15:00) Individual Experience in Religion(01:18:10) Mythology and Technology(01:21:14) Scarcity and Human Behavior(01:23:04) Complexity in Human Systems(01:33:47) Human Collaboration and Motivation(01:36:16) Public Speaking and Leadership Dynamics(01:39:51) Stability and Change in Systems(01:43:52) Paradigm Drifts (01:49:02) Geopolitical Structures and Exploration(01:53:37) Political Power Dynamics(01:57:05) Critique of Power Structures(02:08:45) Paradigm Shifts(02:14:44) Mission-Driven Success(02:18:04) Authenticity in Art#TechVisionary, #AIInnovation, #TechnologyLeader, #TechVisionary, #TechGuru, #astrophysics, #engineeringlife, #cosmos, #innovations, #technews, #codinglife , #programminglife , #techindustry , #engineeringlife, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Invited theorists: Ogi Ogas, Michael Hughes, David Ian Howe. Random theorists: James McGinn, Zarrin Leff, Austin Baldinger, Matthew Fox, Joe Cook, Shane SimonsenPanel: Doug Lee, Anastasia Bendebury, Michael Shilo DeLayLearn how to think, not what to think! Paradigm Drift is the show where we celebrate the principles of scientific anarchy. Anything goes, as long as you can make a coherent presentation about why your theory and why you think it’s going to change the world. Each theorist gets 60 seconds, followed by an interview with us and our panelist. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFT SIGN UP FOR 3/25, 6:30p PDT:https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci(00:00) Go! Welcome to Paradigm Drift #1(00:02:30) Ogi's Theory of Physics and Purpose(00:14:57) James' Theory Hydrogen Bonding Misunderstanding(00:26:28) Zarrin's Theory of Alexander the Great's Lost Tomb(00:36:48) Austin's Theory of Everything(00:46:45) Michael's Theory of Water as Bio-sensor & actuator(01:10:47) Matthew's Theory of Fine Structure Constant(01:14:10) Joe's Theory of Physical Dimensionality(01:30:33) Shane's Theory of Life's Double Origin(01:42:54) David's Theory of Cognitive Evolution and Tool-Making(01:57:26) Goodnight!#livepodcast, #ScientificTheories, #InnovativeIdeas, #CosmicCycle, #HydrogenBonding, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #CellularBiology, #OsmoticPressure, #ExperimentalPhysics, #HistoricalMysteries, #AlternativeEnergy, #philosophypodcast , #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell is an independent researcher into the telepathic ability of non-speaking autistic children, whose research was the basis of the wildly popular Telepathy Tapes (TT) podcast. She is a Johns Hopkins trained neuropsychiatrist, former Harvard faculty member, and award-winning therapist for autistic children. We host her for a conversation the real telepathy tapes - evidence that she has collected over decades of research into parapsychological phenomena in her autistic patients. Dr. Powell paints a more measured, mechanistic, and intriguing picture of the Telepathy Tapes story and offers us a way of encountering the possibility of extraordinary ability without having to revert to the tired frame of either fraud or magic.

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(00:00) Go! (00:05:05) Meet Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell(00:08:24) Before there was Neuroscience...(00:11:03) The Rise of Autism(00:17:32) Understanding Autism's Growth(00:24:10) Autism Differentiation(00:27:12) Savant Abilities and Autism(00:30:09) Environmental Influence on Brain Development(00:34:58) Assortative Mating and Modern Changes(00:42:12) M3dic&l Toxins and Developmental Risks(00:48:07) Extraordinary Cognitive Abilities(00:49:33) Autistic Telepathy(00:51:05) Communicating with Non-Speaking Children(00:55:13) Case Study: Haley’s Mind Reading(00:57:28) Controversial Testing Methods(01:00:15) Research Challenges and Methodology(01:03:00) Future Research Plans and Funding(01:13:11) Demonstration of Telepathic Abilities in a Non-Verbal Child(01:17:04) Exploring Possible Cues in Communication(01:19:19) Selective Study and Validations(01:23:11) Social Dynamics and Perception(01:30:07) "The Hill" and Scientific Opportunities(01:36:10) Fascinating Psychic Encounter(01:44:00) Exploring Mechanisms Behind Psychic Phenomena(01:48:00) Consciousness and Sensory Extensions(01:56:00) EEG, Consciousness, and Technological Progress(01:59:25) Evolution of Voice Recognition Technology(02:01:10) Brain-Computer Interface and Human Evolution(02:04:09) Evolutionary Complexity and Genetic Interdependencies #telepathy , #telepathytapes , #scientificexploration, #autismresearch, #neurodiversity, , #behavioralscience, #telepathiccommunication, #autismawareness, #inclusivitymatters, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcastCheck our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciAndrew Cutler is the author of the Vectors of Mind Substack, where he explores the question of how humans became… human. His research starts from a simple premise - if our self-awareness, the ability to look at ourselves in the mirror and declare that there is an “I” staring back, is truly unique in the animal kingdom, then it likely related to that moment of coming. But no one really knows what happened in the fog of pre-history to ratchet us from the gauzy time before we were fully human to… whatever all of this that we’re living in right now could be called. In fact, this is often referred to as the sapient paradox. Why, oh why, did we become genetically modern nearly 300,000 years ago (maybe more) but take until about 50,000 years ago to start doing human things like making art, ritually burying our dead, and tracking the stars? Many have suggested it was psychedelic mushrooms that pushed us over the edge. This is the stoned ape hypothesis, which says that a sufficiently large psychedelic experience pushed us out of the womb of the earth. However, Andrew thinks it might have been something else. He figures it was snakes. And women. Together, they produced the Snake Cult of Consciousness that dragged us, kicking and screaming, into the world.(00:00) Go! (00:06:56) The Sapient Paradox Explored(00:13:09) Recursion and Human Cognition(00:19:22) Abstraction and Innovation(00:25:23) Self-awareness Evolution(00:27:14) Recursion and Strategy(00:30:00) Cultural Shifts and Domination(00:33:39) Origins of Recursion(00:38:22) Subject-Object Separation(00:47:34) Linguistic Evolution(00:48:56) Emotional Intelligence in Animals(00:50:33) Creation Myths and Self-Awareness(00:52:10) Awareness of Death in Animals(00:56:06) Evolution of Symbolic Thought(01:00:58) Göbekli Tepe and Diffusion Hypotheses(01:06:05) Matriarchy and Rituals in Early Cultures(01:08:44) Human Migration and Cultural Development(01:17:11) Origins of Human Consciousness and Language(01:25:09) Snakes, Myths, and Early Civilization(01:33:40) Women, Mythology, and Historical Narratives(01:36:30) The Subtle Female Power Dynamics in Patriarchal Societies(01:40:25) Evolution of Societal Structures(01:46:00) Neolithic Genetic Bottleneck and Patriarchal Theories(01:49:23) Women's Role in Human Cognitive Evolution(01:56:11) Symbolism of Snakes and Ancient Knowledge(02:02:10) Snake Venom Usage(02:07:12) Historical Cults and Rituals(02:11:07) Greek Tragedy and Mystery Cults(02:14:08) Matriarchy and Cultural Myths(02:17:10) Diffusion of Culture and Legends(02:22:36) Comparative Mythology and the Seven Sisters Myth(02:27:01) Scientific and Metaphysical Connections in Human Origin Stories(02:28:55) The Origins and Significance of Gospel Stories(02:30:03) Shamanistic Cults and Cultural Symbols in Ancient Sites #HumanOrigins, #AncientHistory, #Mythology, #Evolution, #Consciousness, #AncientMysteries, #Symbolism, #SelfAwareness, #HumanEvolution, #AncientCultures, #CognitiveScience, #SpiritualEvolution, #Anthropology, #Philosophy, #AncientWisdom, #Archaeology, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciShilo leads us in a discussion of simulation theory, quantum theology, and the strange feeling of hopelessness that these philosophies seem tuned to evoke. The conversation is inspired by Tom Campbell’s recent appearance on Rogan, where he lays out a modern version of tune in, turn on, and drop out. Except this time around, instead of throwing young minds on the conflagration in exchange for a hit of acid, Campbell weaves a mystical story about how nothing is real, everything is simulated, and how if you buy his meditation courses you, too, can access the disembodied secrets of the universe. We talk about how the emergence of this sort of quantum-based mysticism is corrosive to the human spirit, the tricks being used to convince people to stop striving for something difficult and meaningful, and why it seems like the best advice on the market for people right now is some variation of “should be cool, just opt out.”(00:00) Go! (00:06:45) Science vs Mysticism Revisited(00:09:36) Ayn Rand's Views on Mysticism(00:17:07) The Threat of Mysticism in Modern Societies(00:20:53) Ancient Mysticism and Rationality(00:22:54) Myth vs. Mysticism(00:24:15) The Virtual Reality Philosophy(00:28:10) Atoms (Bodies & Material Objects) vs. Higher Abstractions(00:29:23) Reality and Idealistic Actions(00:31:40) Consciousness and Simulation Theory(00:37:21) Misappropriation and Abuse of Science(00:44:14) New Atheism and Belief Systems(00:45:49) Physics, Atheism, and Video Games(00:50:10) Unexplainable Experiences(00:54:35) Human Connections and Suffering(01:00:32) Meditation and Reality(01:03:01) Cultural Influences and 'Coolness'#TomCampbell, #SimulationHypothesis, #CulturalCritique, #TechnoMysticism, #CriticalThinking, #ScienceCommunication, #PhilosophyOfScience, #ModernMyths, #FutureOfScience, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #collapse Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showPATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasBMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysciDr. Indranil Banik is a physicist at the University of Portsmouth who studies λCDM cosmology, the standard model of physics that tells us the Big Bang happened, that it happened something like 13.8 billion years ago, and that the modern universe is replete with undetectable cold dark matter (the CDM of the theory). Listeners of the show will know that there are compelling reasons to believe that these conclusions are based on questionable assumptions at the very heart of physics. This conversation, between a liquid sun proponent, a scientist who has spent his career studying the mainstream, and an appreciator of finely crafted theories, is an opportunity to lay these questionable assumptions on the table and to see how they hold up to scrutiny. Dr. Banik is also an invited speaker at our Beyond the Big Bang gathering in Portugal this summer, and has graciously agreed to serve as a counterbalance to those who say that the Big Bang Theory doesn’t have much life left in it. National Astronomy Meeting parallel session and a special issue in Galaxies, both about the Hubble tension:https://darkmattercrisis.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/100-hubble-tension-parallel-session-at-the-national-astronomy-meeting-2025-and-special-issue-in-galaxies/00:00 Go! 00:04:27 Stellar Age & Lower Boundary for Universe00:07:14 Data Analysis in Cosmology00:10:08 Data Calibration and Processing00:13:08 Gaia Mission and Data Management00:16:21 Parallax and Distance Measurement00:22:49 Parallax v. Cosmic Distance Estimates00:24:48 Cepheid Variables & Supernovae as Distance Placeholders00:39:24 Assumptions in Data Processing and Redshift00:46:03 Cosmic Redshift and Expansion00:48:33 Measuring the Universe's Age00:51:06 Hubble Constant and Tension00:54:04 CMB and Model Predictions00:56:00 Angular Scales and CMB Analysis01:00:18 Acoustic Oscillations in the CMB01:05:03 Intrinsic CMB Fluctuations01:07:48 CMB Power Spectrum Insights01:09:34 Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Standard Narrative01:13:47 Big Bang and Photon Origin01:18:18 Matter-Antimatter Annihilation and Implications01:22:00 CMB Contradicts Stars as Blackbodies01:30:02 LMH Structure and Phase States of Stars01:33:07 Tensions in Astrophysics Models01:38:25 Revisiting Scientific Assumptions01:46:52 Model Agreement and Constraints01:51:01 Modified Gravity Theories01:56:29 Dark Matter and Alternatives01:58:07 Gravitational Microlensing02:01:08 Galactic Cohesion Theories02:14:08 Hubble Tension Revisited02:19:41 Understanding Anomalies02:22:15 Reconsidering History#LiquidMetallicHydrogen, #astronomy, #cosmos, #stars, #astrophysics, #cosmology, #ElectricUniverse, #CosmicMicrowaveBackground, #UniverseOrigins, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities.

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADIGM DRIFT! Sign up to present YOUR theory: https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showWhat’s still hidden inside the JFK files Trump has promised to release? Since the 1960s historians have been trying to assemble an accurate story that weaves together the shadowy trinity of cuban revolutionaries, secretive three letter agencies, and powerful organized crime families with the fate of JFK. With us for the discussion of what those files will reveal is Louis Ferrante, former member of the Gambino crime family. Check out his books on the history of the Mafia and their involvement with the Kennedy family below. BUY LOUIS’ BOOK, “BORGATA: CLASH OF TITANS”: https://amzn.to/3CLMQTJPART 1 of this interview: https://youtu.be/W0nwMS5a1q0PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciMERCH: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/allAMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci(00:00) Go! (00:03:30) Jack Ruby: The Linchpin(00:05:23) Mob Ties and Political Intrigue(00:08:15) The Crime Scene Unfolds(00:13:10) The Dual Conspiracy: Oswald and Ruby(00:20:56) Mysterious Return of Oswald(00:23:01) Ruth Paine's Involvement(00:25:05) Oswald's Impersonation and Cuban Connection(00:28:04) Jack Ruby's Motivations(00:31:57) Staging Oswald as a Communist(00:36:07) Complex Web of Conspirators(00:39:34) Legal Challenges in JFK Assassination(00:42:24) Investigation Anomalies(00:47:12) Kennedy Assassination Doubts(00:56:13) Alternative Theories and Inconsistencies(01:00:38) Testimony Integrity(01:03:22) Potential Assassination Plots(01:06:12) Oswald’s Role and Ruby’s Intentions(01:10:47) CIA, Rogue Agents, and Secret Service(01:17:22) Secret Service Complicity(01:22:49) Secret Service and JFK Assassination Theories(01:26:31) Trust in Institutions and Assassination Attempts(01:29:03) Writing the Mafia Trilogy#kennedy, #MafiaHistory, #organizedcrime, #TrueCrime, #HistoricalAnalysis, #MobTies, #CrimeDocumentary, #AmericanHistory, #MobBoss, #CrimePodcast, #HistoryUncovered, #UnderworldSecrets, #MobStories, #HistoricalTruths, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

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What’s still hidden inside the JFK files Trump has promised to release? Since the 1960s historians have been trying to assemble an accurate story that weaves together the shadowy trinity of cuban revolutionaries, secretive three letter agencies, and powerful organized crime families with the fate of JFK. With us for the discussion of what those files will reveal is Louis Ferrante, former member of the Gambino crime family. Check out his books on the history of the Mafia and their involvement with the Kennedy family below.

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https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci(00:00) Go! (00:05:02) Life of Lou Ferrante(00:08:15) The Business of Crime(00:13:21) Life in Prison and Reflection(00:21:24) The Rise of John Gotti(00:23:13) Challenges of Finding Direction in Youth(00:25:06) First Experiences in Crime(00:31:11) Education and Redemption(00:35:25) Reform and Helping Others(00:41:13) Forgiveness and Prison Experiences(00:47:02) Writing from Experience(00:52:20) Revealing Mob Histories(00:56:22) Mob and Government Interactions(00:59:46) Historical Mob Influence(01:01:41) Political Corruption and Mob Infiltration(01:05:11) Hoover vs. The Mob(01:09:28) Bobby Kennedy's Campaign Against the Mob(01:15:55) Frank Sinatra’s Failed Mediation(01:22:15) Hoover's Intelligence and Blackmail Strategy(01:25:58) Murder Plots and Political Tensions(01:27:41) The Bay of Pigs and Three-Front War(01:34:01) The Mob, CIA, and Castro's Survival(01:43:48) CIA's Historical Covert Operations(01:53:04) The CIA and the Kennedy Administration(02:02:12) The Cuban Missile Crisis and Political Pressure(02:07:02) The Complexity of Kennedy's Choices#mafia, #MobHistory, #JFKAssassination, #historylovers, #OrganizedCrime, #TrueCrime, #HistoricalAnalysis, #Mobster, #MobTies, #Underworld, #CrimeHistory, #MafiaStories, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Austin Frerick is an economist, Yale Fellow, former Congressional Research Assistant, and author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. He investigates how the U.S. food system became both outrageously expensive and dangerously toxic—not just for consumers, but for the farmers who grow our food. Instead of blaming deregulation alone, Frerick exposes the real culprits: the Big Ag monopolies that have spent billions to rig the system, buy politicians, and crush opposition to expand their hidden empires. We break down how these corporate Barons pulled off their silent coup, the devastating impact of monopolization on farming, food prices, and public health. Most importantly, we explore what can be done to take back control of the food system before it’s too late. Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:07:05) Unanchored Elite and National Identity (00:13:18) Deregulation and Its Consequences (00:21:15) Economists and Societal Impact (00:30:20) Monopoly and Reform (00:41:35) Political Influence & Campaigns (00:50:10) Industrial Farming & Environment (01:01:44) Influence of Campaign Finance on Congressional Power (01:14:58) Evolving Congressional Power Struggles (01:25:45) Consumer Culture and Class (01:37:02) Labor Laws and Corporate Influence (01:51:09) Sustainable Practices and Cultural Knowledge (02:00:10) Patterns of Consciousness and Cultural Shifts (02:18:52) Language, Emotion, and Coalition Building (02:31:12) Importance of Storytelling in Addressing Systemic Issues (02:46:48) Intellectual Exploration and Theoretical Understanding (02:49:07) Restaurant Industry #monopoly, #FoodCrisis, #economics, #BigBusiness, #Finance, #FoodSupply, #Agriculture, #Farming, #Sustainability, #BigAg, #EconomicReform, #CorporatePower, #LocalEconomy, #GrassrootsActivism, #AgriculturalPolicy, #ConsumerRights, #PoliticalEconomy, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Gašper Beguš is a UC Berkeley professor of linguistics who studies the interface between human, machine, and animal language. We head into the conversation with a question - is there something fundamentally different about the way that humans learn and the way that machines like LLMs learn? Vector embeddings of the relatedness of language and the map that we carry in our heads of abstract concepts don’t seem that different at the end of the day. This leads us into a discussion of the ways in which humans acquire language, how language evolves, evidence for abstract thought in animals, where the bright line of consciousness can be drawn, and if taking a different approach to training computers to think can generate a machine that can match us in drive and curiosity. 

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(00:00) Go! (00:07:55) Language, Thought, and AI Models (00:13:25) Animal Communication and Intelligence (00:25:02) Recursion and Human Language (00:37:51) AI, Consciousness, and Human Cognition (00:49:02) The Role of Human Curiosity in the Future of AI (00:58:13) Bridging Human-Like Learning in AI Models (01:08:07) Exploring Human-Like Structures in AI Models (01:17:19) Evolution and Brain Capacity (01:26:31) Language Structure and Differences (01:37:11) Evolution of Language and Its Universality (01:46:17) Social Identity and Linguistic Diversity (01:59:08) Thought and Language: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (02:09:18) Language Evolution and Human History (02:16:02) Cognitive Development and Language (02:24:39) Ancient Human Cooperation (02:35:04) Cultural and Cognitive Evolution (02:42:27) AI’s Role in Scientific Discovery #Linguistics, #AI, #AnimalCommunication, #ArtificialIntelligence, #Language, #Cognition, #AnimalIntelligence, #Recursion, #ThoughtAndLanguage, #AnimalBehavior, #AnimalLearning, #AIModels, #CognitiveScience, #AnimalCognition, #EvolutionOfLanguage, #LanguageStructure, #LanguageEvolution, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

DSPod SOLO returns for a conversation about a recent edition of “you can just do things,” where Github CEO Nat Friedman and company tested the levels of endocrine disrupting chemicals in 700 common food items. And friends, it does not look good! We dig through the data to pull out some trends that can help us avoid getting slowly poisoned by our food, try to figure out if akshually no it’s fine that there’s plastics everywhere, and debate if there’s a better way of naming these chemicals that reflects their ball-crushing nature. Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:01:37) Beyond the Big Bang Conference in Portugal (00:06:16) Industrial Production Suspicion (00:13:26) Research and Remediation (00:22:54) Forest Fire Fighting Anecdotes (00:25:38) Plastic Research Approach (00:33:04) Plastic Contaminants in Food (00:45:00) Regulations and Lobbying (00:50:07) Inconsistent Chemical Testing (00:54:06) Thermal Receipts and Chemical Exposure (01:00:08) Fast Food and Plasticizers (01:05:25) Impact on Gene Expression (01:10:12) Phthalates and Hormonal Disruption (01:14:40) Phthalates in Food Products (01:17:46) Phthalates Effects on Reproduction (01:25:00) Comprehensive Chemical Safety Research (01:29:56) Testing and Chemical Awareness (01:31:06) Bias and Precommitment #PlasticPollution, #FoodSafety, #EndocrineDisruptors, #SustainableLiving, #PlasticFree, #CleanLiving, #ResearchMatters, #HealthierFuture, #EcoFriendlyLife, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. Richard Haier is an emeritus professor of Pediatric Neurology at UC Irvine, who spent his career studying the neuroscience of intelligence. Over the course of his career, Haier has come to believe in the existence of a “g-factor,” a measurable quantity of broad spectrum intelligence that is universally predictive of success in all cultures. He also believes that intelligence is a fixed characteristic, and that it’s possible to predict someone’s intelligence by watching how their brain works when trying to solve a puzzle. We sit down with him to figure out how far one can take this theory of intelligence before running headlong into a heartless social darwinism, why intelligence research feels so creepy, if IQ tests are actually measuring what we think they’re measuring, if intelligence is really the thing that we should be optimizing for, and if it’s possible for technology to make us dumber. Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci 00:00 Go! 00:09:28 Flynn Effect and G Factor 00:15:40 Testing, Practice, and Intelligence 00:26:58 The Relationship Between Intelligence, Motivation, and Test Scores 00:31:09 Heritability and Societal Implications of Intelligence 00:35:51 The Social Value of Intelligence Versus Athletic Ability 00:41:54 IQ Levels and Educational Attainment 00:48:03 The Dilution of College Degrees 00:53:07 Educational System Critique 00:57:24 Intelligence and Occupational Success 01:01:40 Bureaucracy and Talent in Academia 01:06:13 Intelligence and Personal Success 01:19:20 Enhancing Intelligence through Drugs 01:25:28 Brain Efficiency and Intelligence 01:31:12 Tetris Study and Brain Efficiency 01:44:20 Predicting Intelligence through Brain Imaging 01:49:58 Brain Structure and Cognitive Prediction 01:52:00 Challenges in Enhancing Intelligence 02:04:22 Environmental and Genetic Interplay 02:14:02 Understanding Autism and Intelligence 02:19:56 Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Intelligence 02:28:21 Technology's Impact on Skill Development 02:32:55 Flynn Effect and Educational Implications 02:39:24 Technology and Its Impact on Children 02:45:08 Societal Roles and Intelligence Levels 02:48:09 Meaning and Societal Functionality #IQTests, #Neuroscience, #intelligence, #iqtest, #ArtificialIntelligence, #HumanIntelligence, #CognitiveScience, #BrainFunction, #iq , #Neuroimaging, #AIvsHumans, #TechImpact, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Professor William Lazonick, emeritus Professor of Economics and founding director of the Academic Industry Research Network, is one of the world’s foremost experts on Shareholder Value Ideology and its impact on society. In our first conversation, we uncovered the fundamentals of shareholder value ideology and the harmful effects of stock buybacks on the working class and economic inequality. This discussion goes deeper into how financial institutions capitalized on the deregulation of the financial industry in the 1980s, leading to a wave of corporate greed and wealth concentration. Topics include the rise of hedge funds, the devastation caused by corporate raiders, how private equity contributes to the decline in quality of goods and services (termed "encrapification"), and policy strategies to rebuild an economy that prioritizes American workers over Wall Street profits. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:09:45) Carl Icahn's Influence and Tactics (00:15:02) Regulatory Changes and Hedge Fund Empowerment (00:21:18) Institutional Shareholder Services and Proxy Voting (00:27:24) Proxy Advisory Services Market (00:31:19) Hedge Funds and Power Dynamics in Corporations (00:34:03) General Electric Case Study (00:45:28) Hedge Fund Activism and Industry Impact (01:03:20) Impact of Private Equity and Financial Practices (01:09:07) Asset Distribution Disparities (01:15:29) Shareholder Value and Economy Dynamics (01:22:26) Employee Investment and Stock Market (01:30:48) Tesla and Corporate Governance (01:36:56) Apple's Board and Stock Buybacks (01:42:08) Biopharmaceutical Sector Dynamics (02:00:59) US Competitiveness and Stock Buybacks (02:06:09) Soft Landing Approach to Financial Reforms (02:17:26) Economic Literacy and Public Perception (02:22:11) Globalization and Economic Mobility #Economics, #ShareholderValue, #FinancialCrisis, #StockBuybacks, #HedgeFunds, #Finance, #CorporateGovernance, #WallStreet, #FinancialMarkets, #EconomicGrowth, #PrivateEquity, #Innovation, #BusinessStrategy, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Andrew Collins is a historian and journalist who has devoted over four decades of his life to the study of ancient civilizations, much of it among the enigmatic T-shaped pillars that dot the stone hills of the Turkish highlands. He believes that Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe are more than ceremonial sites of hunter-gatherers—he takes these monuments to be the remnants of a foundational proto-culture that authored the earliest versions of the myths and narratives found in the Bible, Torah, and Qur’an. He walks us through why he believes that the imagery carved into the stones of Karahan Tepe represents humanity’s first abstract engagement with the spiritual realm, how the legends developed were likely the product of the peoples the Sumerians called the Annunaki, and the pivotal role the serpent symbol plays in linking the land of the living to the cosmic spheres.

DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! "Beyond the Big Bang" June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci Pick up Andrew's latest book on Karahan Tepe! Support both of us with this link: https://amzn.to/4hkfGcC (00:00) Go! (00:04:10) Karahan Tepe & the Universal Serpent (00:11:23) Celestial Connections (00:16:20) Vulture Stone Interpretation (00:24:18) Symbolism of the Intercontinental Manbag/handbag (00:32:40) Consequences of the Younger Dryas (00:37:00) Environment of the Taş Tepeler Region (00:49:17) Ancient Trade Routes and Cultural Exchange (00:55:12) Unique T-shaped Pillars Mysteries (01:03:19) Early Post-Ice Age Civilizations (01:13:07) Early Urban Developments in Central Turkey (01:20:49) The Anuna and Early Civilizational Knowledge (01:35:11) The Serpent, Shamanism, and Cosmic Communications (01:41:04) Ritual Sites and Priestly Classes (01:52:19) Decommissioning of Ritual Sites (02:03:04) Water Sources and Settlements (02:17:07) Migration and Conflict (02:23:28) Divergent Views in Archaeology (02:34:08) Collaboration vs. Opposition (02:41:33) Future Directions in Research #Archaeology, #GöbekliTepe, #KarahanTepe, #AncientHistory, #Symbolism, #CelestialConnections, #YoungerDryas, #AncientCivilizations, #PrehistoricSites, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #Mythology, #Shamanism, #AncientTrade, #AncientArchitecture, #VultureStone, #RitualSites, #CulturalExchange, #CosmicConnections, #Anuna #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Martin Lopez Corredoira is a physicist, philosopher, author, and playwright who has written extensively on the issues with standard cosmological theories, the role of science in society, and a number of short biographies of key figures in the history of science. He is both a theoretical and observational cosmologist, and we sit down with him for a conversation about what it would take for a theory like the Big Bang to finally come undone. In the course of our talk, we narrow down the list of substantive criticisms of the standard model, lay out the reasons to be optimistic, and find that there’s actually a decent community of dissenting scholars that are doing everything they can to lay the groundwork for the revolution that’s coming down the pipes in the wake of the James Webb Space Telescope. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:04:31) Big Bang Theory and Its Cultural Resonance (00:07:28) Key Discoveries in Support of the Standard Model (00:13:48) Challenges in Falsifying Cosmological Theories (00:20:55) Core Assumptions in Cosmological Theories (00:29:11) Institutional Pragmatism (00:36:12) Funding and Scientific Orthodoxy (00:47:27) Community for Alternative Thinkers (01:00:07) Advancements in Astronomy Technologies (01:09:55) Determining the Age of the Universe (01:14:46) Standard Candles and Measurement Challenges (01:25:58) Observational limitations (01:46:07) Innovations and Constraints (01:52:17) Rethinking Information Access (02:08:30) The Future of Science and Intellectual Pursuits #cosmology, #alternativetheories, #bigbangtheory, #astronomy, #philosophyofscience, #jameswebb, #cosmicquestions, #theoreticalphysics, #alternativecosmology, #astrophysics, #cosmicmicrowavebackground, #darkmatter, #scienceandphilosophy, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Shilo and Anastasia sit down for a discussion of the Telepathy Tapes, motivated belief, and the difference between grift and ignorance. For those who don’t know, the Telepathy Tapes is a hugely popular podcast about the telepathic abilities of non-verbal autistic children, where a reporter interviews a bunch of families where the parents claim to have telepathic connections with their children. The kids are reported to have a 100% success rate of reading their caretaker’s mind, are supposedly able to communicate with each other, and carry a message to the rest of us about the need for peace and care on earth. When we listened to the show, we were captivated… until we weren’t. So we paid $10 to take a look at the library of tapes posted by the podcast, and are here to show you what we found. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:02:42) Traditional vs. Frontier Science (00:05:09) Scientific Proof vs. Anecdotal Evidence (00:11:38) Telepathy Tapes Analysis (00:20:12) Skeptical Observations (00:22:43) Questioning Telepathy in Children Experiments (00:26:36) Skepticism and Scientific Methodology (00:34:02) Balancing Belief and Evidence (00:39:01) Cosmology and Human Fascination with the Magical (00:46:02) Power of Belief in Science (00:47:56) Narrative Contagion (00:50:15) Biases in Cosmological Theories (00:52:24) Emotional Reactions in Scientific Debates (00:55:07) Unpopular Scientific Views (01:01:00) Shaping Public Perception (01:08:23) Shifting in Cosmological Paradigms (01:14:28) Collaborative Discourse (01:17:45) DemystiCon 2025! #CriticalThinking, #Cosmology, #TelepathyDebate, #FrontierScience, #CosmicQuestions, #ParadigmShift, #PhilosophyOfScience, #FutureOfScience, #Skepticism, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Geoff Anders is the director of Leverage Research, a think tank devoted to understanding the nature of progress and the arc of scientific insights. Anders wants to understand what sort of cultural context creates the ability to make valuable insights into the mechanisms of nature. After mapping some of the interplay between science, society, and religion, we turn to the questions of how to spark a golden age at a time where institutions feel increasingly frail, just how effective we want our science to be, and what to do with the fact that everyone seems to really love magic. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:00:08) Demysticon 2025 (00:05:26) Challenging Conventional Understanding (00:07:06) Institutional Life Cycles (00:13:29) Transition from Natural Philosophy to Science (00:24:09) Magic, Myth, and Mysticism (00:30:34) Hypotheses and the Infinite Regression (00:35:10) Science v Technology (00:40:07) Nature and the Human Relation to It (00:45:08) Culture, Technology, and Societal Choices (00:54:00) Science as Mythology (01:00:28) The Challenge of Paradigm Shifts (01:11:09) Reforming Scientific Society (01:15:58) Biological Complexity and Reconstruction (01:24:23) Science Education and Historical Insights (01:32:21) Anomalous Evidences (01:46:16) Nanotechnology and Quantum Biology (01:57:10) AI & Quantum Computing Paradigms (02:05:02) Bridging the Knowledge Gap (02:09:10) The Importance of Practical Application (02:23:50) Historical Discoveries (02:26:21) Francis Hawksbee (02:33:02) Scarcity Mindset in Academia and Research (02:38:16) The Pace of Progress (02:41:10) Balance Between Order and Chaos #philosophy, #scientificinnovation, #quantumbiology, #scienceandphilosophy, #paradigmshift, #cosmology,#paradigmshiftinscience, #philosophyofscience, #natureandtechnology, #futureofai, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Professor Bill Mitchell is an economist at the University of Newcastle. In addition to being one of the founding figures of Modern Monetary Theory, Mitchell has also been preoccupied by the interplay of culture and economics that led to the death of the left over the course of the last fifty years. We sit down with him to trace the economic transformations that gradually eroded class consciousness and replaced it with divisive identity politics, the role of shadowy thinktank money in the transformation, and to understand qui bono from the complete absence of a salient leftist critique of the modern day. DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING IN PORTUGAL!!! June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00 Intro (00:07:08) Postmodernism & the 1960s (00:10:15) Economic and Intellectual Divide (00:14:16) Global Economic Turbulence (00:21:24) Transformations in Economic Systems (00:25:29) Left vs. Right Economic Ideologies (00:28:06) The Role of Government During Economic Downturns (00:35:04) The Shift from Keynesianism to Monetarism (00:44:28) The Influence of Corporate Power and Think Tanks (00:52:21) Neoliberalism and the Spread of American Economic Ideals (00:58:27) Value of Work and Leisure in Economic Thought (01:05:00) Middle-Class Seduction (01:08:59) Impact of Austerity on Society (01:15:26) State's Role in Economic Inequality (01:21:02) Monetarist Influence on Public Perception (01:25:49) Economic Misconceptions (01:27:10) Modern Monetary Theory Explained (01:33:11) Government Spending & Corruption (01:51:18) Broken, Hollow Political Systems (01:59:01) Narrative Construction #WealthInequality, #EconomicHistory, #PoliticalEconomy, #ModernMonetaryTheory, #KeynesianEconomics, #MonetaryPolicy, #Neoliberalism, #EconomicInequality, #FiscalPolicy, #EconomicTheories, #BrettonWoods, #GlobalEconomy, #Austerity, #EconomicSystems, #PublicSpending, , #DebtEconomy, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Dr. William Lazonick is an economist who studies innovation and competition in the global economy, who has recently been focusing on the corrosive role of stock buybacks. We invited him on to explain why this widespread financial practice is such a bad idea in his eyes, and in return were provided with a comprehensive model of what makes a successful economy. In short, Lazonick believes that no economic system can survive without "the firm," the kind of old school corporate organization that maintained a stable a social contract with its workers, sometimes over the course of an entire lifetime. In Lazonick's view, all economic growth and progress comes down to the ability of the firm to honor that social contract, which means he traces the slump we're in to the death of this tradition. But the question is, what caused us to become eternally itinerant workers in search of global opportunties, hopping from job to job every few years? Lazonick's got that answer, too. He points to a radical transformation of our financial and economic system that came to a head in the 1970s. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci FURTHER READING Eric Williams: Capitalism and Slavery (https://amzn.to/4gvd0rW) Alfred Marshall: Principles of Economics (https://amzn.to/49AnpR9) John Kenneth Galbraith: The Great Crash (https://amzn.to/4iuykQp) Edwin Black: IBM and the Holocaust (https://amzn.to/4gwFce8) Milton Friedman: The Social Responsibility of a Business is to Increase Profits (https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-friedman-doctrine-the-social-responsibility-of-business-is-to.html) (00:00) Go!
(00:09:21) The Study of Economics: Integrating History and Theory
(00:15:21) Capitalism, Innovation, and Economic Growth
(00:29:27) Shift from Feudalism to Corporate Structures
(00:37:00) Global Capital and Industrial Revolution
(00:41:28) Transition to Large Firms in America
(00:49:12) Evolution of U.S. Steel and Stock Market's Role
(00:52:05) Venture Capital and Initial Public Offerings
(00:59:12) Corporate Financial Strategies Pre-Depression
(01:03:00) Stock Buybacks and Modern Corporate Strategies
(01:09:40) Rise of Mass Unionization
(01:20:14) Stock Market Roles and Corporate Control
(01:31:10) Managerial Strategy Shifts
(01:41:06) Technological Shifts and Corporate Adaptation
(01:51:13) Rise of Silicon Valley and Corporate Strategy
(01:56:23) Evolution of the Tech Industry
(02:02:47) Shareholder Value Ideology
(02:18:40) Shift in Investment Strategies
(02:26:02) Corporate Focus on Stock Buybacks
(02:32:00) Mechanics of Stock Buybacks
(02:37:14) Financialization and Market Effects #CorporateHistory, #StockBuybacks, #ShareholderValue, #StockMarket, #Innovation, #EconomicGrowth, #IndustrialRevolution, #TechnologyTrends, #MiddleClassDecline, #SiliconValley, #ShareholderValue, #CorporateCulture, #Unionization, #EconomicInequality, #ModernEconomy, #USEconomy, #LaborMarket, #HumanCapital, #EconomicDecline, #1970sEconomy, #CorporateCollapse,#WealthInequality, #1980sEconomy, #FinancializationCrisis, #StockMarketImpact, #SiliconValleyStory, #VentureCapital, #StartupCulture, #TechInnovation, #Microelectronics, #TechHistory, #CorporateAdaptation, #ShareholderValue, #CorporateStrategy, #MiltonFriedman, #EconomicPolicy, #FinancialMarkets, #CorporateFinance, #StockBuybackDebate, #EconomicAnalysis, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast

Today we're sitting down for a second conversation with acclaimed science author John Horgan, to discuss the burning heart of natural inquiry where science, philosophy, and spirituality collide like waves crashing against the jagged rocks of the unknown. We examine the ache of human progress, the way it builds towers of steel but leaves people hungry for hope, connection, and meaning. Through the lens of art, literature, and the stories we collectively shoulder, we seeks a way to stitch together the fabric of our fraying approach to understanding nature. Woven into the dialogue is the struggle with morality, the chaos of postmodern doubt, and the seeds of a gentler, brighter tomorrow. Jump over to any other podcast platform to hear the redacted end of our convo. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci John's blog: https://johnhorgan.org/blog (00:00) Go! (00:08:39) Progress vs. Moral Progress (00:15:02) Happiness v. Well-being (00:26:09) Science and Utopian Purpose (00:35:06) Work & Meaning (00:49:42) Literature's Influence on Perception (01:07:22) Agency and Free Will (01:16:28) Spirituality, Consciousness, and the Problem of Evil (01:25:35) The Nature of War (01:39:11) Ethical Dilemmas in Science (01:47:19) Moral Complexities (02:02:33) On Progress and Spirituality (02:09:31) Cycles of History and Belief

(02:15:13) Start here from YT #Philosophy, #Psychology, #History, #consciousness , #MentalHealth, #Spirituality, #Neuroscience, #ArtificialIntelligence, #Ethics, #Society, #Culture, #Literature, #Art, #Education, #Technology, #Innovation, #sciencejourney, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're falling head first into the mind-bending chaos of quantum biology, piercing the veil between the microscopic world and the bizarre playground of quantum mechanics. Dr. Clarice Aiello of the newly founded Quantum Biology Institute, formerly of UCLA, guides us through the magnetic highways of nature, where cryptochromes and electron spins become the rogue navigators of life’s hidden machinery. The discussion is a madcap chase after how these quantum phenomena might drive not only the migration of birds but the very basis of human cells—bordering on sci-fi insanity, but with hard evidence in tow. By the end, it’s clear we’re standing on the edge of a revolution, where biology and quantum physics collide in a way that will reshape our understanding of life and its untapped potential—but only if we can accept the scale of the challenge. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci Quantum Biology Institute: https://www.quantumbiology.org/ The Magnetism Paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.10.617626v2 00:00 Go! 00:02:17 Quantum Effects in Biological Systems 00:05:30 Sensitivity to Magnetic Fields 00:11:11 Mechanisms of Magnetic Detection in Biology 00:19:01 Quantum Sensing: Exploiting Electron Spin 00:26:40 Localized Quantum Bio 00:33:15 Cryptochromes and Magnetoreception 00:48:12 Earth's Magnetic Field and Life 00:56:06 Magnetism Beyond Birds 01:00:23 Ion Flux Hypothesis 01:14:23 Biophotons and Cellular Processes 01:19:22 Magnetosensitive Proteins in Biology 01:27:36 Human Insight vs. AI in Scientific Discovery 01:44:57 Super-radiance in Quantum Biology 01:51:00 Quantum Experiments in Cells 01:57:00 Applied Quantum 02:02:00 Mapping Quantum Codes in Biology 02:11:18 Magnetism Publication and Experiment Details 02:14:48 Implications and Hypotheses 02:19:03 Organisms and Experiments 02:23:47 Science and Reproducibility Challenges 02:34:13 Quantum Biology Institute #QuantumBiology, #QuantumSensing, #QuantumConsciousness, #QuantumComputing, #QuantumTheory, #QuantumChemistry, #QuantumResearch, #QuantumScience, #QuantumTechnology, #QuantumWorld, #QuantumLeap, #QuantumFieldTheory, #QuantumTunneling, #QuantumExperiments, #QuantumPhenomena, #QuantumRevolution#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Austin Abigt is a philosopher, writer, and one of the key members of the of the Renewal of Science movement, which seeks to chart a path for scientific rebirth. In this conversation, Abigt explains how modern science is the product of two distinct philosophical lineages - one founded by Newton and Descartes, the other by Goethe. The Newtonian paradigm, roughly summarized by "shut up and calculate" has been invaluable for the development of the modern world, but Abigt argues that its ability to keep moving us forward to a deeper and deeper understanding of nature is inherently limited. To be able to make progress, we have to turn to the alternative scientific thread, the Goethian one, that advocates for a more holistic approach to nature. Rather than demanding a single story, Abigt argues that it's time to embrace the inherent complexity of nature. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci References from Austin: Sheldon's Soul and Matter Essay: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2178912 (00:00) Go! (00:07:25) Alternative Scientific History (00:15:28) Evolution of Educational Traditions (00:27:03) Goethean Spectrum (00:39:20) Diverging Scientific Views (00:48:34) Mystical Elements in Science (00:58:07) Alternative Scientific Approaches (01:10:45) The Shift in Scientific Thinking (01:20:08) Social Engineering and Consciousness (01:27:50) Industrialization and Scientific Management (01:35:21) Anthroposophy and Cultural Integration (01:46:03) Idealism vs. Materialism (01:54:20) The Interplay of Perception, Reality, and Will (02:05:41) Morality of Science (02:16:12) Truth and Beauty is all there is? (02:25:28) Lunar Cycles and Plant Growth Studies (02:28:38) Bridging Spirituality and Science (02:37:02) Exploring Materialism and Mind (02:46:04) Unifying Science and Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience, #Anthroposophy, #HistoryOfIdeas, #ScienceHistory, #ScientificInquiry, #AlternativeScience, #RenaissanceScience, #GoetheanScience, , #ScientificParadigms, #ScienceAndSpirituality, #ScientificRevolution, #HolisticScience, #MysticalScience, #ScienceEducation, #ScientificIntegration, , #PhilosophicalDebates, #CulturalEvolution, #ScienceAndArt, #SpiritualKnowledge, #ModernScienceCritique#sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Yale's Steve Girvin is a pioneer of quantum computing, and our guide for our first foray into understanding how these systems do and don't work. Over the course of our conversation, we come to realize that quantum computers are not performing computations per se - they're more devices that an be used to answer a specific set of questions about reality. We dig into the details of why some questions can only be answered with a quantum computer, how next generation encryption services will come with a way of detecting eavesdroppers, and try once more to understand if there's a way of looking at the Stern Gerlach experiment that doesn't need any kind of magic. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci Further Reading: Stern-Gerlach "Quantization of Silver Atoms in Magnetic Field": https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.11343 Stern-Gerlach Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern%E2%80%93Gerlach_experiment C2QA Center: https://www.bnl.gov/quantumcenter/newsletter/news.php?a=219066 (00:00) Go! (00:06:46) Basics of Quantum Mechanics (00:14:00) Quantum Computing Challenges and Benefits (00:22:02) Quantum Computer as an Accelerator (00:34:21) Integration of Quantum and Classical Systems (00:37:01) Quantum Encryption and Security (00:41:55) Limits and Future of Quantum Computing (00:54:12) Understanding Qubits vs Classical Bits (01:03:39) Quantum Measurement Asymmetry (01:09:10) Stern-Gerlach Experiment and Qubits (01:21:12) Quantum Spin and Measurement Effects (01:29:27) The Genetic Fields Analogy (01:37:07) Visualizing Quantum Phenomena (01:46:08) Quantum Error Correction Techniques (01:57:31) Alternative Quantum Computing Methods (02:09:03) Future Applications and Challenges (02:17:13) Scaling and Fault Tolerance in Quantum Computing (02:30:20) Bridging Quantum and Classical Computing (02:36:01) Co-design and Abstraction Layers #QuantumComputing, #QuantumMechanics, #QuantumPhysics, #Qubits, #QuantumEncryption, #QuantumAlgorithms, #QuantumTechnology, #QuantumComputer, #QuantumEntanglement, #QuantumErrorCorrection, #SuperconductingCircuits, #QuantumVsClassical, #FutureOfComputing, #QuantumSimulation, #QuantumRevolution, #Computing, #Physics, #Technology, #Science, #STEM, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're back, for a third podcast, with long time friend of the pod, Dr. Michael Hughes - a biochemist at St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. We plunge into the secret story of water, revealing its role as more than a silent spectator in the dance of cellular processes. Like a conductor in an unseen ballet, water’s dynamic and nuanced structures orchestrate communication across cells, acting as a transient computationally competent actuator. Michael reveals how much of this story has been buried for years under blanket abstractions like "pH" and electrochemistry. We see the emergence of a new paradigm in cellular computation, as we uncover how water may not just be the medium of life — at times it’s perhaps every bit as alive as we are. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 References from Michael: Na+ vs K+ water dynamics: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/sc/c6sc03320b ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23713450/ Ion pairing & Collins’ Law of water affinity: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033583519000106 Kosmotropes/Chaotropes ion pairing in biochemistry review: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4693242/ Osmotic pressure influences stem cell differentiation: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1705179114 Hydration as a primary factor in carcinogenesis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16271440/ Distinguishing electrical properties of cancer cells: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S157106452200063X Heart is not a pump: https://rsarchive.org/OtherAuthors/MarinelliRalph/marinelli1.html Laszlo Boros water metabolism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8OLChXta8 (00:00) Go! (00:09:24) Revisiting Water's Unknowns in Biology (00:22:44) Osmotic Pressure as Dark Matter (00:30:38) Water Molecule Interactions (00:35:37) Collective Motion and Electricity (00:44:35) Memory of Water, for Real (00:48:09) Disappearing Polymorphs and Chemical Synthesis (00:51:05) Understanding Water Freezing and Supercooling (00:59:05) pH, Charge, and Biological Systems (01:08:38) Tetrahedral Ordering in Water Structures (01:17:01) Energy Transfer and Cellular Connectivity (01:30:00) Back to pH (01:39:10) Cosmotropes and Chaotropes (01:49:57) Ion Dynamics in Cells (01:57:15) Unconventional Views on Consciousness and Physiology #water , #structuredwater , #paradigmshift , #Biochemistry, #ScienceExplained, #Electrochemistry, #NewParadigm, #WaterInBiology, #CellularCommunication, #PhaseTransitions, #Biophysics, #MolecularScience, #SciencePodcast, #ScientificBreakthrough, #WaterStructure, #EmergingScience, #CellBiology, #BiochemicalMysteries, #pHExplained, #scientificinnovation #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Jeffrey Ladish is the director of Palisades research, and AI safety organization based in the San Francisco Bay. Our previous conversations about the dangers of AI left us insufficiently concerned. Ladish takes up the mantle of trying to convince us that there's something worth worrying about by detailing the various projects and experiments that Palisades has been undertaking with the goal of demonstrating that AI agents let loose on the world are capable of wreaking far more havoc than we expect. We leave the conversation more wary of the machines than ever - less because we think hyper-intelligent machines are just around the corner, and more because Ladish paints a visceral picture of the cage we're building ourself into. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! (00:07:36) Risks from Nuclear Wars and Emerging Technologies (00:15:01) Experiments with AI Agents (00:25:11) Enhanced AI as Tools vs. Intelligent Agents (00:34:39) AI Learning Through Games (00:44:04) AI Goal Accomplishment (00:55:01) Intelligence and Reasoning (01:07:11) Technological Arms Race and AI (01:17:16) The Rise of AI in Corporate Roles (01:25:20) Inception and Incentivization Issues in AI (01:35:12) AI Threats and Comparisons to Bioterrorism (01:45:13) Constitutional Analogies and Regulatory Challenges (01:55:11) AI as a Threat to Human Control (02:07:02) Challenges in Managing Technological Advancements (02:16:49) Advancements and Risks in AI Development (02:25:01) Current AI Research and Public Awareness #FutureOfAI, #AlgorithmicControl, #Cybersecurity, #AI, #AISafety, #ArtificialIntelligence, #TechnologyEthics, #FutureTech, #AIRegulation, #AIThreats, #Innovation, #TechRisks, #Cybersecurity, #SyntheticBiology, #TechGovernance, #HumanControl, #AIAlignment, #AIAdvancement, #TechTalk, #Podcast, #TechEthics, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Ben Landau Taylor is a writer, historian, and one of the minds behind the Bismark Brief, whose research is focused on understanding the life cycle of civilizations. Much of his work has been informed by the work of Caroll Quigley, who in the 1970s put together a seven part framework for how civilizations are born, mature, and eventually go extinct. His model was one of an economic instrument of expansion, where the tools of growth defined the success of the empire - a direct contradiction to contemporary Arnold Toynbee's perspective that it wasn't economics that drove civilization - it was some kind of spiritual commitment to a common cause. The economic model seemed more reasonable to Taylor, who then wanted to know - was it simply applicable to European history, or was this a more universal model? We talk about the ways that the rise and fall of civilizations generalizes across history, the place our own civilization is in the progression, and what the future might hold. READ QUIGLEY: https://amzn.to/3YSEMaF READ TOYNBEE: https://amzn.to/4hSdIB3 READ CIVILIZATION LIT: https://amzn.to/3OcHbbC (affiliate links) PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! (07:08:00) The Economic Engine (00:17:07) Motivations Behind Historical Crusades (00:27:19) Spiritual and Economic Motives (00:37:12) Fragility and Stability in Civilizations (00:47:56) Evolution of Civilizations (00:56:42) Patterns in Civilizational Waves (01:03:52) Preservation and Historical Amnesia (01:12:29) Historical Narratives and Bias (01:21:11) Stagnation and Adaptation (01:30:49) Manorial Systems and Economic Expansion (01:41:38) Financial Capitalism's Role (01:50:02) Financial Hoarding and Redistribution (01:58:13) Metaverse and Digital Economies (02:04:18) Predicting Technological Advancements (02:11:12) AI Development and Potential (02:21:05) Designing Safeguards Against Institutional Control (02:29:26) Importance of Mythology in Society (02:39:38) Significance of Ancient Chinese Canal Systems #LegacyOfCivilizations #EconomicTheory #Crusades #Civilization #History #HistoricalAnalysis #RiseAndFall #CulturalEvolution #HistoricalTrends #EconomicExpansion #ChineseHistory #InstitutionalChange #SpiritualMotives #EconomicMotives #ChurchAndState #InnovativeSystems #Metaverse #Automation #AI #TechnologicalAdvancements #FutureOfSociety, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Today we're bouncing off our recent conversation with evolutionary biologist, Dr. Michael Lachmann from SFI, and unpacking why the modern definition of life sucks and why it matters. We attempt to construct a more scientific (i.e. less circular) definition of life and take it for a walk in the park. As a test case we examine an inadvertent hypothesis, which stems from Olaf Stapledon’s Star Maker, a science fiction work that supposes stars themselves have an interior life and that when they move according to gravity they are simply doing the dance of a school of fishes or drivers on a freeway. We pull out cases where the stars satisfy a scientific definition of life and also problems with the theory. The notion forces us to reconsider the limits of life and its possible forms in the universe. READ OLAF STAPLEDON'S STAR MAKER: https://amzn.to/4fkT6jd PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! (00:06:01) Rethinking Life's Definition (00:09:03) Anthropocentric cosmology (00:14:47) Life's Persistence (00:23:16) Harnessing Tension (00:30:20) Information and Evolution (00:36:29) Life Beyond Earth (00:41:13) Cosmic Communication (00:47:37) Communication and Understanding (00:57:00) Communication Across the Cosmos (01:10:47) Galactic Dynamics and Gravity (01:13:31) Stars as Autonomous Entities; Olaf Stapledon (01:22:29) Life's Potential Ubiquity (01:25:32 )Science's Quest for Understanding #LifeBeyondEarth, #LifeDefinition, #ExtraterrestrialLife, #starmaker, #CosmicPerception, #StellarLife, #Astrobiology, #PhilosophyOfLife, #CosmicCommunication, #GalacticDynamics, #StellarConsciousness, #UniversalLife, #ScienceAndPhilosophy, , #CosmicInteractions, #StellarProcesses, #LifeInTheUniverse, #Astrophysics, #SpaceExploration, #CosmicEvolution, #InterstellarCommunication, #LifeAndTheCosmos, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

In today's episode we chart the debate surrounding Gunung Padang, an enigmatic site in Indonesia, and its implications for the possibility of ice age civilization. Our guide, Dr. Danny Hillman Natawidjaja, an Indonesian geologist specializing in earthquake geology and geotectonics at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Research Center for Geotechnology, walks us through the difficulties of dating archaeological structures with tools like seismic imaging and LiDAR, particularly in a region shaped by natural upheavals. We unpack how environmental changes have influenced historical narratives and the survival of early sites. We also critique the institutional barriers and interpretative conflicts that shape modern archaeology, including the suspect retraction of Danny's seminal work on Gunung Padang - an interdiction not based on allegations of data manipulation, but rather on account of the conclusions drawn by its authors. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 (00:00) Go! Gunung Padang's Archaeological Controversy (00:06:28) Indonesian Archaeology and Geology (00:13:16) Natural Disasters & Social Transformations (00:19:30) Geoscience Meets Archaeological Research (00:24:34) Identifying Potential Archaeological Sites (00:27:36) Megalithic Sites in Indonesia (00:32:07) Problems Dating Megalithic Sites (00:37:47) Interpreting Archaeological Data (00:44:46) Archaeology as Archtypical Conservative Science (00:49:55) Retraction of paper over conclusions? (00:58:11) Study Details and Initial Findings (01:02:48) Archaeological Evidence (01:11:28) Site Controversy and Future Research (01:16:40) Ancient Civilizations and Structures (01:24:11) Debates on Archaeological Interpretations (01:29:04) Cyclical Views of Civilization (01:35:11) Impact of Changing Sea Levels on Civilizations (01:39:16) Ancient Indonesian Civilization and Geography (01:43:07) Underwater Archeological Evidence (01:46:11) Ancient Artifacts and Challenges (01:50:09) Earthquake Research and Hazard Mapping (01:58:30) Prehistoric Cave Paintings (02:03:19) Neanderthals & Speciation #Archaeology, #AncientHistory, #MegalithicStructures, #IndonesianHeritage, #GunungPadang, #AncientCivilizations, #Geoscience, #HistoricalResearch, #PrehistoricSites, #CulturalHeritage, #AncientMysteries, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries, #AncientMonuments, #HistoricalControversy, #AncientArtifacts, #LostCivilizations, #AncientStructures, #HistoricalDebate, #AncientSites, #ArchaeologicalResearch, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671