Wolfgang Smith: Beyond Non-Dualism and Materialism

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 244 minutes

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Wolfgang Smith and Curt Jaimungal examine the limits of non‑dualism and materialist worldviews, arguing for a deeper metaphysical framework that integrates wisdom traditions with modern science. They trace the origins of wisdom, discuss the measurement problem as a clue to a greater reality, and explore vertical causation across physical and corporeal realms.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:04:00 - The true origins of wisdom- 00:05:06 - Enlightenment: To slaughter the Moral- 00:10:00 - Disillusion is masked as education- 00:14:20 - Measurement problem is the hint toward a greater reality- 00:22:50 - Vertical causation (the Physical and Corporeal Realms)- 00:33:34 - The cosmos is divided into three planes- 00:44:28 - Geometry and Yogi ascension- 00:53:12 - A Vedic Fakir and first-hand telepathy- 01:15:00 - Heisenberg, Aristotle, and Plato- 01:23:49 - "Science is unwholesome and blind"- 01:41:29 - From atheism to taking religion seriously- 01:48:45 - Vedic vs. Christian union with God- 02:23:19 - Philos Sophia foundation and multiplicity within God- 01:40:10 - All that matters is esoteric and exoteric- 02:53:00 - Ascension has lost its societal support- 03:05:09 - The sacred in man and woman- 03:15:15 - Lunacy as misframed wisdom (debating Jung)- 03:32:46 - "Evolution is the pseudo-religious credor of our civilization"- 03:44:37 - Determinism cannot craft what we know to be life- 03:52:07 - "Being has nothing to do with process ontology"- 04:01:47 - Wolfgang and Curt bond- 04:03:37 - Upcoming announcements with Wolfram, Chalmers, and GoertzelSPONSORS:- Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off- Henson: https://hensonshaving.com and enter EVERYTHING at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase.- Miracle Made: https://TryMiracle.com/EVERYTHING and use the code EVERYTHING to claim your free 3 piece towel set and save over 40% OFF. 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. SPONSOR: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE 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

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0:00.0	The Vedic union with God and the Christian union with God are totally different and in fact,
0:10.0	in a sense the opposite. With this knowledge comes power.
0:17.0	In this conversation we cover interpretations with quantum mechanics, the distinction between
0:22.5	corporeal and physical reality, vertical causation, and irreducible wholeness.
0:26.5	Wolfgang Smith is a mathematician, a physicist, and a philosopher of science, who draws heavily
0:30.5	from pre-modern ontology.
0:32.0	He obtained his bachelor's in Columbia in physics, mathematics, and philosophy simultaneously
0:36.7	by the time he was 18. Now that's
0:38.9	unheard of. Wolfgang was a mathematics professor at UCLA as well as MIT publishing research in the
0:44.7	field of differential geometry. Then he worked as an aerodynamicist at Bell Aircraft Corporation on the
0:49.8	problem of atmospheric reentry. As usual, with Toad, this guest goes their deepest out of any
0:55.0	interview out there, their most technical, and it should be that way because Wolfgang and I spent
0:58.7	several days together. In February, and it was an absolute treat. We recorded so much material with
1:04.6	this living legend, and I'm extremely honored and excited that I get to bring this to you,
1:08.7	I'll share this with you. Enjoy. It's good to meet you, Professor.
1:12.5	Yes, I've been looking forward to that.
1:15.7	I've been looking forward to this for quite some time.
1:19.2	So have I.
1:20.6	I'm going to begin by reading a poem.
1:23.2	If all the good people were clever and all the clever people were good, the world would be
1:29.3	nicer than ever we thought it possibly could.
1:32.7	But somehow, to sell them or never, the two hid it off as they should.
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