Lex Fridman PodcastDiana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149
Summaries, chapters, transcripts, and FAQs on this page are made by uListen, not YouTube.
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- December 28, 2020
- Duration
- 2h 55m
- Channel
- Lex Fridman Podcast
- Watch on YouTube
- ▶ Open ↗
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
- LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free shipping
- Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium
- Business Wars: https://wondery.com/business-wars/
- Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10
"How many alien civilizations are out there?" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTmxA2MvEqk EPISODE LINKS: Diana's Website: https://uncw.edu/par/faculty/faculty-pasulka.html American Cosmic (book): https://amzn.to/3aK2kaj PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:03 - What is real? 7:32 - Can beliefs become reality? 12:34 - Donald Hoffman 16:33 - Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 20:02 - Ayn Rand 27:00 - How do religions start? 42:13 - Religion is an evolutionary advantage 47:34 - Religion used in propaganda 52:07 - What did Nietzsche mean by "God is Dead"? 57:34 - American Cosmic 1:01:20 - What do aliens look like? 1:10:03 - History of space programs 1:13:06 - Jacques Vallee 1:22:31 - Artificial intelligence 1:28:00 - Ufology community 1:39:13 - Psychedelics 1:43:10 - Tic Tac UFO 1:51:44 - Roswell UFO incident 2:02:49 - Bob Lazar 2:06:25 - Monoliths in the desert 2:17:14 - Humans will co-evolve with AI 2:20:33 - Neuralink 2:25:23 - Singularity 2:35:14 - Books: Nietzsche 2:40:20 - Books: Hannah Arendt 2:45:18 - Fear of death 2:49:46 - Meaning of life CONNECT:
- Subscribe to this YouTube channel
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman
- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman
- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
SPEAKERS
Lex Fridman
hostDiana Walsh Pasulka
guestNarrator
other
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Diana Walsh Pasulka, Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149 explores Belief, UFOs, and Technology: How Myths Shape Human Reality Lex Fridman and religious studies scholar Diana Walsh Pasulka explore how belief systems, from traditional religions to UFO narratives and technology worship, shape our perception of reality and our collective behavior.
RELATED EPISODES
