“Christianity’s most dangerous idea (and why it won’t die)” – Drew McCoy | Genetically Modified Skeptic ▶️

If Nietzsche, Proust, Baudelaire, or Rimbaud survive the fluctuations of fashions, they owe it to the disinterestedness of their cruelty, to their demonic surgery, to the generosity of their spleen. What makes a work last, what keeps it from dating, is its ferocity.A gratuitous assertion? Consider the prestige of the Gospels, that aggressive book, a…

“The Blind Spot in Perception: Cognitive Science, Asian Philosophy, and Mystical Insight” – Evan Thompson & John Vervaeke ▶️

Evan Thompson is a philosopher and author, specializing in the integration of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and Asian philosophical traditions. Based at the University of British Columbia, his work, including his recent book The Blind Spot, examines the intersections of consciousness, experience, and reality through a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FEYm8ehaTE Can cognitive science, philosophy,…

“The business of suffering: every solution needs a problem” – Orion Taraban | PsycHacks ▶️

In this second episode of a two-part series, I discuss the economic incentives driving the West's epidemic of mental illness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Qj8Ad9--I&ab_channel=PsycHacks May 3, 2024 | Given certain regulatory requirements, it is generally easier for drug companies to receive FDA approval if their products treat disorders that do not already have a treatment of demonstrated efficacy.…

“The Myth of Low-Serotonin & Antidepressants” – Dr. Mark Horowitz | After Skool ▶️

Cow urine was the only medicine that monks were allowed to use in early Buddhist communities. If you think about it, it is quite fair and comprehensible. If we pursue peace, we can only achieve it by rejecting everything that is a cause of trouble, that is to say everything that man has added to…

“The gift of nothingness: seeing the everyday miracle” – Orion Taraban | PsycHacks ▶️

The common definition of a miracle is an event that shouldn't be possible given our understanding of physical reality. As such, the standard of comparison is the "normal" functioning of reality, which is considered "non-miraculous" by definition. However, if the standard of comparison were shifted to the no-thingness of pre-creation, then everything—down to the most…

“The meaning of life (and other topics)” – Orion Taraban | Soft White Underbelly ▶️

A third Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Orion Taraban, psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Dr. Taraban runs the PsycHacks YouTube channel, providing listeners with brief, thought-provoking episodes on a variety of psychological topics, inspired by his clinical practice. You shouldn't be surprised by an observation another person makes about you,…

“Todo o aumento de consciência tem um preço” – Alan Watts | A Andarilha ▶️

Trechos do livro A sabedoria da insegurança: como sobreviver na era da ansiedade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGTRQUQIhYQ&ab_channel=ANDARILHA Alan W. Watts foi uma importante figura do movimento de contracultura da década de 1960 nos Estados Unidos. Tendo sido reverendo da Igreja Episcopal, abandonou o cargo para estudar na Academia Americana de Estudos Asiáticos (atual Instituto Californiano de Estudos Integrais).…

“Não existe reencarnação” – Ramana Maharshi | A Andarilha ▶️

“O último santo”, foi o título que Merezhkovski deu a um estudo sobre Serafim de Sarov escrito antes da guerra de 14.Gostaria de escrever um artigo com o mesmo título sobre Ramana Maharshi. Existe, sempre haverá um último santo. (Os ocidentais insistiam em lhe fazer perguntas sobre questões sociais. Como se coubesse a um santo…

“Impactos da tecnologia na saúde mental” – Arthur Lima | Café Filosófico CPFL ▶️

Chegamos a tal ponto no avanço tecnológico que são desenvolvidos novos aplicativos para nos ajudar a parar de usar aplicativos. Enquanto a tecnologia prospera, como fica a nossa saúde mental? O cirurgião-dentista e Mestre em Saúde, Ambiente e Trabalho, Arthur Lima, ministra a palestra Impactos da Tecnologia na Saúde Mental. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEAr8gRnDZc&ab_channel=Caf%C3%A9Filos%C3%B3ficoCPFL Até que ponto podemos…

“We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe” – Kate Cohen | The Thinking Atheist ▶️

October 10, 2023 | Today's guest Kate Cohen is a columnist for the Washington Post and author of the new book We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Mf2xVJ_g8&ab_channel=TheThinkingAtheist Kate Cohen is a Washington Post columnist who writes about the intersection of culture, family, and politics. Her…