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* Emotions and the Brain * The Meaning of Future Life * The Weirdness of Physics HITTING THE EXISTENTIAL BRICK WALL Over a slideshow of his work, the artist David Poleski describes a devastating "negative mystical experience" he had in 1974.

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Nikita Petrov talks to the visionary artist David Poleski about drugs, travel, childhood, identity, language, speaking in tongues, and freedom from the ego.

THE WRIGHT SHOW

IT’S TIME FOR A PSYCHOLOGICAL REVOLUTION! IN A CONVERSATION WITH ROB WIBLIN, A LEADER OF THE EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM MOVEMENT, ROBERT WRIGHT ARGUES THAT UNCHECKED COGNITIVE BIASES ARE PUSHING THE WORLD TOWARD DISASTER. Play entire video Play this clip

THE WRIGHT SHOW

DO OUR INTENTIONS MATTER? ROBERT WRIGHT AND PSYCHOLOGIST PAUL BLOOM DISCUSS WHY WE PUNISH PEOPLE FOR UNINTENTIONAL TRANSGRESSIONS. Play entire video Play this clip

MIND-BODY PROBLEMS

THE AGNOSTICISM OF THE NOVELIST JOHN HORGAN TALKS WITH NOVELIST AND NEUROSCIENTIST ERIK HOEL, AUTHOR OF THE NEW NOVEL _THE REVELATIONS_, ABOUT HOW TO RECONCILE SCIENCE

AND FICTION.

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PSYCHOPOLITICA

REFRAMING THE DMT EXPERIENCE NIKITA PETROV DESCRIBES HIS CONFLICTED RELATIONSHIP WITH “DMT ENTITIES” AND HOW ENCOUNTERING THEM CHANGED HIS THOUGHTS ON

SCIENTOLOGY.

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THE WRIGHT SHOW

HOW MEDITATION CAN MAKE US BETTER GLOBAL CITIZENS ROBERT WRIGHT EXPLAINS HOW MINDFULNESS COULD HELP HUMANITY OVERCOME DESTRUCTIVE COGNITIVE BIASES. Play entire video Play this clip

PSYCHOPOLITICA

IS HUMANITY MAKING PROGRESS? NIKITA PETROV AND JOHN HORGAN PROVIDE A MYSTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON STEVEN PINKER’S CASE FOR INFORMED OPTIMISM. Play entire video Play this clip

THE WRIGHT SHOW

THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION IN PHILOSOPHY ROBERT WRIGHT AND DAVID OTTLINGER DISCUSS KANT’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MIND AND THE WORLD. Play entire video Play this clip

THE WRIGHT SHOW

DEFYING YOUR TRIBE, MINDFULLY ROBERT WRIGHT AND JOSH SUMMERS ASK WHETHER MINDFULNESS CAN HELP US OVERCOME THE FEAR OF BLOWBACK FROM WITHIN OUR OWN TRIBE. Play entire video Play this clip

THE WRIGHT SHOW

APPROACHES TO ULTIMATE REALITY ROBERT WRIGHT AND JOHN THATAMANIL, AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK _CIRCLING THE ELEPHANT_, DISCUSS HOW DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS TRY TO

ACCESS DIVINITY

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MIND-BODY PROBLEMS

REJECTING “SHUT UP AND CALCULATE” PHILOSOPHER TIM MAUDLIN EXPLAINS WHY HE THINKS THAT QUANTUM MECHANICS IS NOT AS RESISTANT TO INTERPRETATION AS SOME PEOPLE THINK. Play entire video Play this clip

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