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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Anthony Metivier: How to Remember Everything (And Why It Matters)

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2021

⏱️ 213 minutes

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Summary

I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Anthony Metivier discusses his Magnetic Memory Method, the rise of Uber Atheism, and how memory training intersects with depression, consciousness and philosophy. They explore Sanskrit study, free will, and the limits of intelligence while sharing practical memory techniques.0:00 Introduction3:40 Anthony's story7:00 Switch from political science to literature12:00 Nihilism in pop culture vs authenticity17:55 Theory of CRAPHT24:10 Buddha, Jesus, and Love27:05 Depression and memory work33:47 TEDx talk35:30 Memory & intelligence37:45 Raising IQ?43:45 Adaptive forgetting50:45 Oneness of information54:48 Flow theory55:10 Card memorization example59:25 Ripples in consciousness1:03:40 Uber Atheist philosophy in Sanskrit1:05:35 Secret typing weapon1:07:40 From Atheism to Uber Atheism1:10:28 Sanskrit for depression1:12:15 Does Sanskrit help?1:17:25 Dual N-back test?1:21:30 Letting go tips1:26:30 Foucault & non‑duality parallels1:34:45 Intellectual vs experiential understanding1:40:20 Slavoj Zizek professor1:42:00 Master‑slave relationship question1:45:10 Slavoj awareness1:54:23 Zero consciousness?1:54:54 Nietzsche interpretation1:59:10 Ideal life causing misery?2:02:22 Responding to Sam Harris2:10:34 Illusion of self2:15:15 Atheism, Uber Atheism, metaphysical cop‑outs2:22:17 Free will2:35:48 Consequence of enlightenment2:36:55 Friston free energy principle2:43:01 Omega point2:46:05 Curt learns German2:53:15 Memory improvement & free will? [Matrin]2:54:26 TEDx talk adumbration3:03:48 Favorite German authors? [Audience]3:07:07 Tim Berners‑Lee & internet future3:15:15 Drugs & cognitive performance? [Steve Agnew]3:16:22 Memory improvement routines? [Rajesh]3:17:27 Addiction & memory? [Mysterybear]3:18:17 Memory practice duration? [Trollop7]3:20:48 Final thoughts & where to find moreSPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto (anonymous): https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverythingRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8laPMEQOUQ- Anthony's website: https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/- Chris Williamson's ep w/ Polina Pompliano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4_Qx7Fgq8- http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Anthony Mativier is a memory expert who's had a troubled life and through the odds managed to change his blighted scenario into a salubrious philosophical framework regarding consciousness, meditation, and memory based on what he calls on oneness.

0:13.6

What separates Anthony from other memory trainers is that he doesn't focus on long strings of digits for memorization or training for championships, but instead

0:21.8

for memorizing information that actually improves your daily life. Anthony responds to emails fairly

0:27.5

quickly and with length, you can find out more about them at magnetic memory method.com.

0:32.8

Links to all that's referenced in the podcast is in the description. If you'd like to hear more

0:36.8

conversations like this, then please consider supporting at patreon.com slash kirtjai mungle. I've also recently opened

0:43.7

up a crypto address, which means if you'd like to facilitate my foray into crypto and donate

0:49.2

any amount whatsoever, then please do so. It seems like the value of most of these currencies tend to be on

0:55.9

the increase, and I'm willing to hold on to whatever's given in order to find out how far that

1:00.3

trend will go. PayPal is also an option and is linked below as well. Thank you so much and enjoy.

1:07.8

If you see me look off to the side, Anthony, it's because I'm listening to you, but I also

1:13.6

need to pay attention to any questions that people have when it's live.

1:17.6

But as much as I can, I'm going to try and just focus exclusively on you.

1:21.6

So the people who are watching, who are listening, who want to chat, if I'm not responding

1:25.6

to you, that's a good sign because it means that I'm

1:28.4

here in the moment in the podcast, and that's probably a better viewing experience. The negative

1:33.3

is that I don't get to your question in real time. Well, that's the question, though. Is anything

1:38.6

off to the side not in the moment? I had a professor, actually, who said that the center is always the margin and the margin is

1:47.3

always the center. So he was referring to like pop culture with Madonna and all this sort of stuff.

1:52.7

Like anything that Madonna is popularizing is always coming from the margin that somehow then

1:59.2

seems to be in the center.

2:06.7

And then as soon as it gets too popular, then people want to push it back to the margin and somehow call it fringe.

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