Episode 77 - Instinct, Reincarnation, and God in Our Brains

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 8 August 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Where does instinct come from? Is reincarnation possible? Can God be good? Are there any real spiritual experiences? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Where does instinct come from? Instinct Inherited Fears Is reincarnation possible? Reincarnation Can God be good? The Problem of Evil Theodicy Finding God in the Waves Are there any real spiritual experiences? The Liturgists Podcast How God Changes Your Brain Finding God in the Waves Preproduction by Andrew Galucki. Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Instinct, reincarnation, and God in our brains.
0:03.4	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. He's got answers even though he may not understand. He'll talk anyway.
0:17.0	We got problems. He won't solve them.
0:19.0	But he's talking talking talking till it's blue in the face science faith and life.
0:27.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:30.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:36.0	This fall I'm traveling the country to promote my new book Finding God in the Waves.
0:41.0	And you can find out if I'm going to be in your town by visiting finding God in the waves and you can find out if I'm going to be in your town by visiting
0:43.6	finding god in the waves dot com slash tour new dates in Boston and Portland were
0:48.7	just announced and more are coming all the time I hope to see you there but for now let's get it started.
0:54.2	Hey Mike I have a question about instinct. What is it? Where does instinct come from?
1:09.0	How is it passed on from generation to generation?
1:13.4	Is it genetics and is it a product of evolution?
1:18.4	Or is it kind of in our brain makeup?
1:20.8	And if that's the case, does that actually mean that we're simply passing along
1:24.3	memories I'd love to hear a little bit more about instinct and how it evolves.
1:30.9	Thanks.
1:31.8	Instincts are unlearned complex behaviors that we see in organisms.
1:38.4	Now they're different than memories, right? Memories are the resulting emergent phenomenon from the shaping of a brain by its environment,
1:49.8	specifically an environmental stimulus, that's a memory. And instincts are different.
1:55.3	Instincts are more related to drives or impulses that get processed through an organism's cognitive capacity, right?
2:06.5	So, which means you kind of need to have a reasonable cognitive capacity in order to have an instinct which is different than a reflex.
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