A Guide To The Fundamental Mystery Of The Mind - Erik Hoel - #663

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08/05/23

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58m

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Erik Hoel is a research professor at Tufts University, theoretical neuroscientist, and an author known for his work on understanding consciousness and the complexity of the brain.

Consciousness and free will are two of the most puzzling aspects of human existence. The question now is whether emerging scientific discoveries and technological advancements can unravel what's going on under the hood of our experience.

Expect to learn what the newest cutting edge research on consciousness can teach us, the impact AI will have on our understanding of the Self, why it is so difficult to explain our inner thoughts out loud, whether science can prove that we have free will, how to overcome your deterministic fatalism and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) The Current State of Consciousness Research (05:17) Bureaucracy in Academia (08:38) Is Studying Consciousness Too Difficult? (12:54) The Limitations of Neuroscience (19:32) Intrinsic & Extrinsic Perspectives (26:36) Why Descartes is Important in Studies of Consciousness (32:05) Explaining the Bicameral Mind (39:00) What Would Happen if a Good Theory of Consciousness was Found? (43:22) Do We Really Have Free Will? (57:31) Where to Find Erik

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18 Psychology Lessons To Understand People Better - Gurwinder Bhogal - #662

August 3, 2023

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124m

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.

Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites.

Expect to learn why every debate is fundamentally an argument about the definition of words, whether modern men are right to believe they would be better off living in medieval times, why people fighting injustice might actually be suffering with an identity crisis, why so many people go shopping for their opinions online, how the culture divide we have today stemmed from our tribal roots, why over analysing Tweets is a waste of your time and much more...

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(00:00) The Internet is Saturated with Garbage (10:27) Why People Compare Opponents to Nazis So Quickly (14:34) Why is Happiness Evolutionary? (26:09) When Incels Think They Would Be Better Suited to Medieval Times (36:33) A Crisis of Purpose is a Privilege (41:00) Why Activists Can Never Be Content (47:14) We Don’t Take Expert Advice Unless We Agree With It (56:26) Does Karma Really Exist? (1:00:10) The Issue with Tribalism in the Digital Age (1:08:00) Intelligent People Can Often Have Stupid Opinions (1:17:09) Challenging Chris’s Vestigial Pattern Bias (1:26:15) The War for Public Sympathy on Social Media (1:39:30) Why the Female Boss Role in Hollywood Isn’t Working (1:47:27) Societal Consequences of Grind Culture (1:52:57) Judging People from the Past Whilst Ignoring the Sins of the Present (2:03:24) Where to Find Gurwinder

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Talking To A Feminist About Masculinity - Christine Emba - #664

August 7, 2023

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86m

Christine Emba is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post, journalist, social commentator, and an author.

Christine wrote one of the best articles on modern masculinity that I've ever read and it absolutely broke the internet. But it begs the question of why it's come down to a woman to raise the topic of men's issues.

Expect to learn why making men and women equal is good but overreaching into making men and women the same is terrible, whether Christine thinks it is harder to be a man in 2023, the biggest issues that boys & men are facing, why it is women who are dominating the narrative on what it means to be masculine, why the only "non-toxic" suggestions for masculinity just look a lot like traditional femininity and much more...

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(00:00) Christine’s Controversial Article (02:31) What is Happening to Men Today? (09:54) The Term ‘Toxic Masculinity’ (16:39) The Failings of Modern Feminism (22:20) Why the Right Adopted Men’s Issues (25:20) Why Male Issues are Represented by Women in Mainstream Media (30:54) Are Conservative Men Are More Attractive? (37:16) Why the Left Are Ignoring Men (46:17) Recognising Female Success & De-gendering Male Success (52:32) Is the Masculinity Crisis Impacted by Absent Fathers? (1:00:43) The Need for Single-Sex Spaces for Male Bonding (1:09:05) Who is Trying to Provide a Solution for Men? (1:20:56) Has the Left Criticised Christine? (1:26:03) Where to Find Christine

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