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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:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(08:28) - What is real?
\n(13:56) - Can beliefs become reality?
\n(18:59) - Donald Hoffman
\n(22:57) - Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
\n(26:27) - Ayn Rand
\n(33:25) - How do religions start?
\n(48:38) - Religion is an evolutionary advantage
\n(53:59) - Religion used in propaganda
\n(58:32) - What did Nietzsche mean by "God is Dead"?
\n(1:03:59) - American Cosmic
\n(1:07:45) - What do aliens look like?
\n(1:16:28) - History of space programs
\n(1:19:30) - Jacques Vallee
\n(1:28:55) - Artificial intelligence
\n(1:34:25) - Ufology community
\n(1:45:38) - Psychedelics
\n(1:49:35) - Tic Tac UFO
\n(1:58:09) - Roswell UFO incident
\n(2:09:14) - Bob Lazar
\n(2:12:50) - Monoliths in the desert
\n(2:23:39) - Humans will co-evolve with AI
\n(2:26:58) - Neuralink
\n(2:31:48) - Singularity
\n(2:41:39) - Books: Nietzsche
\n(2:46:44) - Books: Hannah Arendt
\n(2:51:43) - Fear of death
\n(2:56:11) - Meaning of life