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BEST BOOK EVER: THE SCIENCE OF BELIEF with Mayim Bialik

BEST BOOK EVER: THE SCIENCE OF BELIEF with Mayim Bialik

FromIKAR Podcasts


BEST BOOK EVER: THE SCIENCE OF BELIEF with Mayim Bialik

FromIKAR Podcasts

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Length:
78 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The word for brain isn't even in the Torah. But a lot of what is in the Torah presumes a functioning brain and even asks us to use it in certain specific ways. In particular, the brain is directly implicated by the whole realm that we call belief or faith. Judaism, like many religions, asks us to believe in certain things. Actually, in Judaism case, it doesn't just ask. It commands. We're commanded to believe in God, to believe there is only one God and to believe that that God is the one who delivered us from Egypt and then gave us the Torah at Mount Sinai. So how are we supposed to force ourselves to force our brains to believe in that stuff? Or you could ask a different question What is going on in our brains when and if we do believe in that stuff? That's what I wanted to know. Today, Rabbi David Kasher talks to neuroscientist and devout Jew, Mayim Bialik about the science of belief and holding both science and belief at once.
Released:
May 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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