#169: Ryan York x Justin Daashuur Hopkins - “The Intersection Between Art, Science, and Spirituality"
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About Ryan: Ryan York is a Doctor of Philosophy, postdoctoral scholar within the department of neurobiology at Stanford University, and an author of over a dozen publications.
His research is focused on the evolutionary genomic basis of brain and behavior with a specific interest in the courtship behaviors of Lake Malawi cichlid fish.
Having a passion for music and working in constant collaboration with individuals such as Justin Daashuur Hopkins, Ryan borders the line between highly intellectual compositions and spontaneous, free-flowing, and seemingly primal soundscapes
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- Ryan’s work as an evolutionary biologist, and his specific project working within computational methods in understanding behaviors
- Applying concepts used within artificial intelligence and using them for work in other areas of science
- The overlap of art and science
- The idea of repeatability
- Collective consciousness and collaboration
- Provisional answers and the unknown
- Continually shifting based upon your ever-changing context
- Scientific having ties to elements of spirituality
- Free will
- Humility
- The power of the mind
- Philosophy of science
- Different levels of understanding
- Dogmatism
- Placebo’s having a similarity to art
- The subconscious vs analytical instinct
- Slow vs fast understanding and experience
- Creativity being an exploration of what the world is