John Vervaeke is a psychologist and cognitive scientist at University of Toronto. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nOUTLINE:
\nHere's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(07:03) - Meaning
\n(27:17) - Consciousness
\n(36:17) - Relevance realization
\n(47:40) - Wisdom
\n(54:54) - Truth
\n(59:38) - Reality
\n(1:11:59) - Meaning crisis
\n(1:35:27) - Religion
\n(1:43:17) - Nontheism
\n(1:58:26) - Distributed cognition
\n(2:16:37) - Flow
\n(2:36:35) - Psychedelics
\n(2:45:03) - Marxism and Nazism
\n(2:57:08) - Evil
\n(3:01:19) - Powerful ideas
\n(3:08:10) - Advice for young people