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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Raphael Liogier: Humanity's Next Evolutionary Jump Is Happening Now

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Raphaël Liogier examines humanity's evolutionary jump through meditation, materialism, and spiritual transcendence. He explores belief, spirituality, and transcendence in modern society while confronting the main challenges of our time.- 00:00 - Intro- 00:24 - Raphael’s Background- 06:10 - Meditation- 15:35 - Materialism- 28:57 - Future of Humanity- 36:30 - Beauty and Love- 43:39 - Transcendence- 46:58 - Main Challenge of Our Time- 50:18 - Transcendence (continued)- 53:33 - Modernity- 01:03:58 - Schopenhauer and the Jesuits- 01:11:51 - Mystics and Alchemy- 01:21:34 - Reaching ‘God’- 01:26:18 - Zeno’s Paradox- 01:35:03 - Outro / Support TOESPONSORS:- I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOERESOURCES:- Raphaël Liogier's Book Khaos - https://amzn.to/4bWc7pQ- Raphaël Liogier's Website - https://www.raphaelliogier.com- Rethinking the Foundations (YouTube Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOYgTu7P4nfjYkv3mkikyBa- First episode with Raphaël: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6PTsA8T1m8- Curt on Julian Dorey’s podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mKNGo9JLQ- Gregory Chaitin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMPnrNL3zsE- Iain McGilchrist on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-SgOwc6Pe4- The Master and His Emissary (book): https://amzn.to/3TkDofc- The Matter With Things (book): https://amzn.to/3z9JxDY- John Vervaeke on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVj1KYGyesI- Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!)- Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch- NEW Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoriesofeverythingpod- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theoriesofeverything_- 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- 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

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0:29.7

It's not about rationalism, but the fact that you are rational without being dogmatically rational allows you to adopt and enter into different modes of beings.

0:40.8

The main challenge of our time is to be able to go beyond the traditions

0:46.6

and to not fall into nihilism, suffocating in materialism.

0:54.8

Professor, what is it that you study?

0:57.1

I would like you to tell us about your academic journey as well.

1:00.6

I started my academic journey by studying law,

1:05.7

because my parents wanted me to study law.

1:08.5

They were obsessed by that,

1:09.3

but I was obsessed with philosophy and science and all these kind of things, and they didn't want to. So I started study law. They were obsessed by that, but I was obsessed with philosophy and science and all these

1:12.4

kind of things, and they didn't want to.

1:13.8

So I started doing law.

1:16.1

But in the same time, I did philosophy, in the same time, not telling them, actually, but I

1:22.3

follow the track in philosophy, too.

1:36.5

And so I have a master at Ex-Marcée University in philosophy and a master in in in law.

1:42.4

And I did a PhD in, I did a PhD in sociology.

1:50.9

And in France, what we call an HGER, an habilitation to run research to become like a supervisor for PhD. It's not only when you have a PhD in France

1:59.1

that you can do that, some kind of another dissertation. I did that too. And in the same time, while I was doing my dissertation,

2:06.7

I went to Edinburgh University, and I did a Master of Science by Research in the Philosophy

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