Diana Pasulka: Religion, Atheism, Heidegger, and the Dark Night

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

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🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 199 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 Professor Diana Pasulka on religion, atheism, and UFO phenomena.0:00 Introduction3:24 Diana's journey from atheist to agnostic7:17 Nuns who saw orbs and prayed11:45 What are beliefs?12:27 Atheists who believe in God19:50 Spiritual vs religious and secularization thesis22:58 UFOs as a religion29:37 Psychedelics and religion37:01 Facing flack for covering the phenomenon39:42 Rationality of believing in UFOs47:38 Atheism not like a religion but can be dogmatic49:18 False claim that religions tell you what to think55:03 The case for dogma1:01:06 Heidegger on technology1:06:04 Heidegger and Jacques Vallée1:10:03 Why many UFO researchers are Catholic1:13:49 Vatican view of UFOs1:15:12 Religious stories vs materialistic UFO interpretation1:20:05 Near death experiences, UFOs, and Dean Radin1:22:35 CIA/DOD strategies1:26:57 What Diana uncovered she shouldn't have1:29:45 Roswell and the Promethean myth1:31:10 Dangers and reality of CE51:33:48 Bob Lazar credibility1:36:02 Protecting against disinformation1:38:08 Academic openness vs governmental closedness1:42:39 SpaceX and Latin writing1:48:18 President as a short timer1:49:02 Who is Tyler?1:50:48 Does the government understand UFOs?1:52:01 Multiple phenomena, not just one1:52:51 Biblically accurate angels1:55:26 Physical evidence of purgatory1:57:36 Collocating UFOs with religion2:02:10 Who is the modern Heidegger?2:05:21 Jung and UFOs2:08:00 Plato's Cave and shackling2:12:54 Sangha as the answer to deception2:18:46 Rediscovering meaning, Heidegger, Weinstein, TOE2:22:09 Experiential vs analytical approach to God2:24:52 Lovecraft and the open mind peril2:27:14 Epistemic shock vs ontological shock2:38:10 Importance of Sangha2:41:21 Reconciling religion with ET2:42:15 How Diana's faith was affected2:44:27 Why the Hitchhiker effect occurs2:45:32 Angels, demons, and the third option2:46:45 Rosicrucianism and Gnosticism2:50:52 Kurzweil's singularity, Omega Point, UAPs2:55:14 Jung and the UFO archetype (continued)2:56:10 UFO hearings (May 2022)3:00:23 Catholic Church, remote viewing, Thomas Campbell, Jacques Vallée3:05:54 Podcasts sanctioned behind the scenes for disclosureSPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything- Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerchRESOURCES:- American Cosmic: https://amzn.to/3MsaOmI / https://amzn.to/3FWYCaW- Fatima Trilogy: https://amzn.to/3wDGoao- Dark Night of the Soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfJ20TNpNU- Karl Friston on TOE: https://youtu.be/SWtFU1Lit3M- Thomas Campbell on TOE (pt 1): https://youtu.be/kko-hVA-8IU- Tupacabra: https://twitter.com/TUPACABRA2 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	Brief announcement. Some people requested to talk on a one-hour monthly group call,
0:05.6	either asking questions or presenting their ideas to me slash others, so a Patreon tier has been
0:11.0	opened up for that purpose. The first call will be limited to around 10 people, and it will be
0:15.7	June 1st, 2022 for the MetaField Theorist Tier. That's patreon.com slash Kurt Jymungle.
0:23.9	As with all the Toll podcast, you can click on the timestamp in the description to skip this intro.
0:28.7	Today's guest is Diana Walsh Posolka.
0:31.0	Diana Posolka is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington
0:36.3	and the chair of the Department of
0:38.2	Philosophy and Religion.
0:39.5	She's also the author of American Cosmos, which explores the connection between religion
0:44.0	and technology, while also disproving the common misconception that only fringe members
0:49.4	of society believe that the phenomenon has some non-terine reality behind it. In this episode, we focus heavily on religion and philosophy, a rather technical dive into certain philosophies,
1:01.0	as well as how us humans deal with unexplainable experiences.
1:04.0	My name is Kurtzai Mungle, and I'm a filmmaker slash podcaster slash person investigating theories of everything from a theoretical physics perspective,
1:13.6	but as well as understanding the philosophies of consciousness and what role consciousness has to fundamental reality.
1:19.6	Recently there's been a video released on this channel called a crash course on theoretical physics,
1:24.6	which was the longest time that I've spent on any single
1:28.0	video on this channel. If you're interested in Salvatore Pius' ideas on quantum gravity or extra
1:33.4	dimensions or what it means when a physicist, quote, sets C to equal 1 to equal H-bar, then do consider
1:39.8	watching that, as it's the lesson that I wish I had when I was going to university. By the way,
1:44.0	my background is in mathematical physics, and the math in this video was aimed at the high school level.
1:48.0	There are plenty of myths in physics that are dispelled there as well, as well as general tips on learning mathematics and physics.
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