The new renaissance | Sophie Scott-Brown...

An individual "is responsible for everything he does," claimed Sartre. And from criminal justice to creative expression, free will and responsibility are central to our culture and our personal lives. Yet neuroscientists and materialist thinkers commonly maintain that freedom is ... Show More

Are we living in the moment? Are we really free? How can we transcend the constant anxieties of our mind? Throughout history, certain people in the West and the East have claimed that the human mind could reach states of so-called higher consciousness. In the twentieth century, s ... Show More

The good, the bad, and the transgressiveIs the transgression of norms and rules what brings history forward and allows for creativity and change? OR is the fetishization of transgression an ever-present danger that breaks down all structures of meaning and becomes totalizing in o ... Show More

<p>Why do some countries produce far more science Nobel laureates than others? Why did Silicon Valley happen in California rather than Japan or Boston? Why did the Industrial Revolution happen when it did and where it did?</p><p>These are just some of the questions that have insp ... Show More

<p>Humanity itself might be the hardest thing for scientists to study fairly and accurately. Not only do we come to the subject with certain inevitable preconceptions, but it's hard to resist the temptation to find scientific justifications for the stories we'd like to tell about ... Show More

<p>Vous aimez notre peau de caste ? Soutenez-nous ! <a href="https://www.lenouvelespritpublic.fr/abonnement">https://www.lenouvelespritpublic.fr/abonnement</a></p> <p>Une émission de Philippe Meyer, enregistrée au studio l’Arrière-boutique le 2 février 2024.</p> <p>Avec cette sem ... Show More

<p>Is there a multiverse, and if so, how should we think of ourselves within it? In many modern cosmological models, the universe includes more than one realm, with possibly different laws of physics, and these realms may or may not include intelligent observers. There is a longs ... Show More

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3090: Colin Wright's exploration in "Outdated Limitations" challenges the conventional norms shaped by technological constr ... Show More