Curt Jaimungal AMA: Consciousness, Education, IQ, and Which TOE Is Correct

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 136 minutes

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I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Curt Jaimungal answers listener questions on consciousness, IQ, free will, philosophy, and which Theory of Everything he thinks is correct.0:00 Introduction1:36 Behind the scenes on podcast run2:19 Aakash_1996: Who am I? Science background?9:02 Account 1: Rupert Spira / Advaita Vedanta9:39 Account 1: Philosophy of math10:50 Account 2: Douglas Hofstadter on the show?10:59 Alex Broman: Psychedelics role next 20 years11:41 alexander96: Gamer? Favorite video games?15:13 Amidu Kamara: Consciousness “ism” and alien abductions?16:29 Anna Lukomsky: Podcast origin and impact18:52 apostolos prl: Facebook and supporting Curt21:04 Aspen French: Getting more feminists on channel22:25 Austin Harper: Free will, aliens, God, ego death, government, panpsychism24:53 Babak Rasolzadeh: Lessons from interviewed people26:17 Biers Adajew: Seeing world clearly or lost?28:12 Boris Martinez: Curt's IQ, age, net worth33:22 Anna Lukomsky: TOE spiritual or scientific? Science 2.034:38 Brandon S-P: Philosophy in STEM education37:08 Brandon S-P: How weird final TOE could be38:51 BubblePuppy: Bob Lazar interview?41:35 Daniel: Views on Marxism evolution43:08 Dhruv Gupta: Film introductions and interest43:38 eljay: Upbringing and key life moments47:57 eljay: Most bizarre/profound experience48:29 Filip O: Why is there something rather than nothing?1:00:24 Daslt Mane: Thoughts on String Theory1:01:24 Frederik Guigui: Robert Sapolsky?1:01:31 Game_changer0: Risk vs manipulation in persuasion1:07:48 Game_changer0: Can we ever find the Theory of Everything?1:08:15 Geoffry Gifari: Interview style and abruptness1:15:25 Yoon Hur: Sympathy to the left after Chomsky?1:16:25 GL XL: Why not interview Jason Reza Jorjani?1:54:15 Grizwald Grim: How to get on show with a TOE? Contact?1:17:41 Grizwald Grim: Which interview valued most?1:17:57 Chris Langan and Wittgenstein's ladder1:19:33 Hans Frankfurter: Learning advanced math at 36?1:20:12 Ivan Goran: Familiar with General Semantics?1:20:27 ja524309: Studying math and channel research1:21:25 Johan Hedvall: Interviews that energized vs drained1:23:49 junaidesse: Pineapple on pizza1:25:03 junaidesse: Regret on deathbed?1:26:59 Light Armanov: How do you keep getting on ChomskyRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlxQwwmT9Ks- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- PayPal: https://bit.ly/2EOR0M4- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- 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- Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Id3k7k7mfzahfx2fjqmw3vufb44- Discord Invite Code (as of Mar 04 2021): dmGgQ2dRzS- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything 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	All right, hello, toe listeners, Kurt here.
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0:57.6	All lowercase, that's Shopify.com slash theories. I should have you know that I don't like to say I plenty, because I is narcissistic.
1:19.2	The more I say it, the more I become self-involved, and I do have a predilection to self-involvement,
1:24.5	which I am actively fighting against at almost every moment.
1:30.3	But it's difficult to avoid this because many of these questions, or almost all of them, are directed toward me,
1:37.3	so how can I answer them without speaking my personal experience?
1:39.3	And at the same time, I am guided by a screenwriting adage which says that the more personal, the pain,
1:45.6	the more general it is, which means that the more specific you can get with being wholeheartedly
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