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Karl Friston on the Perils of Investigations into Consciousness, Derealization, and the Free Energy Principle
Karl Friston on the Perils of Investigations into Consciousness, Derealization, and the Free Energy Principle
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Length:
124 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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LINKS MENTIONED:
-Part 1 with Karl Friston (technical): https://youtu.be/2v7LBABwZKA
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Exigent Message / Introduction
00:07:25 The Free Energy Principle's TOE explained
00:15:48 The FEP explained for physicists
00:18:24 The "external world" is dual to "you"
00:24:25 Relationship between senses and actions
00:36:25 Marginal likelihood / Model evidencing
00:54:34 Change your evidence or change your model (Repression vs. CBT)
00:58:51 An exercise to show a difference in consciousness via touching one's eye
01:03:09 Science "works" by definition of "works"!
01:12:45 Advice for those trying to understand reality
01:22:45 Dealing with derealization / spiraling mentally / depersonalization
01:34:34 Don't let the social status of having "ego death" be your lure
01:37:12 Acceptance therapy (ACT from CBT)
01:43:09 Being too much in one's head (thought loops)
01:53:09 How does Karl prevent existential crises when studying these issues?
01:56:34 The benefits of tea and smoking (yes, smoking)
01:59:28 Beta-blockers and fear extinction (Merel Kindt's groundbreaking work)
* * *
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LINKS MENTIONED:
-Part 1 with Karl Friston (technical): https://youtu.be/2v7LBABwZKA
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Exigent Message / Introduction
00:07:25 The Free Energy Principle's TOE explained
00:15:48 The FEP explained for physicists
00:18:24 The "external world" is dual to "you"
00:24:25 Relationship between senses and actions
00:36:25 Marginal likelihood / Model evidencing
00:54:34 Change your evidence or change your model (Repression vs. CBT)
00:58:51 An exercise to show a difference in consciousness via touching one's eye
01:03:09 Science "works" by definition of "works"!
01:12:45 Advice for those trying to understand reality
01:22:45 Dealing with derealization / spiraling mentally / depersonalization
01:34:34 Don't let the social status of having "ego death" be your lure
01:37:12 Acceptance therapy (ACT from CBT)
01:43:09 Being too much in one's head (thought loops)
01:53:09 How does Karl prevent existential crises when studying these issues?
01:56:34 The benefits of tea and smoking (yes, smoking)
01:59:28 Beta-blockers and fear extinction (Merel Kindt's groundbreaking work)
* * *
Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Steven Pinker on the radical left, Jordan Peterson, Chomsky, and Sam Harris: What you're seeing is un-edited, raw footage for the imminent documentary Better Left Unsaid (http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com). Visit that site if you'd like to contribute to getting the film made. Every dollar helps tremendously. The conversation is bet... by Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal