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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Uncovering the Lost Connection Between Science and Faith with Spencer Klavan

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Can science and religion be reconciled to provide a deeper understanding of the universe? How do modern scientific discoveries, like quantum mechanics and cosmology, relate to ancient religious texts? And what role do consciousness and language play in bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and spiritual belief? Here today, to challenge conventional narratives about the relationship between science and religion is host of the Young Heretics podcast, Spencer Klavan! Spencer is an acclaimed author and scholar specializing in classics and literature. He is known for his work on cultural and political commentary, often focusing on the intersection of Western civilization, literature, and contemporary issues.  Tune in to discover ancient wisdom, modern science, and the long-lost link between the two!  Key Takeaways:  00:00:00 Audio essay 00:24:31 Interview introduction  00:26:10 Judging a book by its cover  00:37:25 Reconciling the material with the immaterial  00:43:31 The cosmological argument  00:55:05 Is faith immune to falsifiability?  01:05:31 Aristotle and modern science  01:23:57 Audience questions  01:34:26 Masculinity, conservatism and homosexuality  01:41:16 Transgendarism, alchemy, and astrology  01:52:44 Outro Additional resources:  ➡️ Learn more about Spencer:  ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/SpencerKlavan/  📚 Light of the Mind, Light of the World: https://a.co/d/fam2Tx5  🔔 Young Heretics: https://www.youtube.com/@YoungHereticsShow  ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating  🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1  📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list  ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/  🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast  Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody is your fearful host, Professor Brian Keating, and you are listening to an audio essay.

0:08.9

I haven't done one of these in a long time, maybe six months since I had on renowned consciousness

0:16.7

expert, the Malibu meditator. My sort of friend I would say, Sam Harris, he and I have spoken in a bunch since his episode.

0:25.8

I don't think he was as upset as some of you were with that episode, but that was the last time I did one of these audio episodes, audio essays, rather,

0:36.0

and I thought it would be kind of fun to reestablish these, maybe make it a regular segment.

0:41.2

And the occasion of this one is my hosting of Richard Dawkins this past weekend in Vancouver Canada and

0:47.2

Richard is the only other living member of the four horsemen of the apocalypse I had on Chorus Dan and Neil Dennett. I never had on

0:55.2

Christopher Hitchins, although I spoke with Richard about that in Vancouver, and I spoke about

0:59.9

Sam and Dan Dennett. On my first of the two episodes I've done with Richard Dawkins so far.

1:06.2

You know, he must have been rather pleased with those because he did invite me to be his host in Vancouver. They flew me up their first class all the way and put me up in a wonderful

1:16.5

hotel and all expenses paid from here in San Diego all the way up to Vancouver and I hadn't been to Vancouver in a long time it's a beautiful city I

1:24.4

posted some pictures of the event my time there on X and I was privileged to be able to

1:30.5

introduce him and speak in front of about 1,200 people live on a Sunday night in the middle of fall in Vancouver.

1:37.0

It was quite a mind-blowing experience for me.

1:40.0

He's had it on many other great hosts at live events.

1:43.5

This is his final tour.

1:45.1

And in fact, my event on Sunday, the 6th of October

1:49.7

was the last event he ever will do like this in North America and it was the only one in Canada.

1:56.4

So it was quite a privilege I said and I love talking with him, I love debating, we don't agree

2:02.4

on everything, we spend a couple hours together before the show,

2:06.0

schmoozing with him and his co-author slash partner, Yana Linzova, who did the illustrations for his Flights of Fancy

2:16.4

book and also for this book, which is quite wonderful, the genetic book of the dead.

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