Intro: Alex: "I naively thought everyone had these questions." Amen Brother! and 400 shows... Well done!
Gayle: "What is your % women interviews"...??? That lit off Alex. I do not get that she foisted authority on the idea that we are to peel off Buddhist layers, and then the very next question and it comes directly from THE largest layer one can possess - anger/hatred over their sexual organ (this is not fighting for the underdog, btw). The question itself is a rhetorical attack on the person being asked. There is no right answer and the question is never posed in sincerity. Then after we all collectively explain why this question begets ill - she ASKS IT AGAIN!!!
This really raised a warning flag regarding depth. Alex cannot fix past gender bias inertia with his interview quotient, and if he did manipulate this he would sacrifice his personal and the show's integrity in doing so - and she should have borne the human maturity to know this.
The Critique of Materialism: Barriers to overcoming materialism as a religious doctrine of beliefs
1. "Shut Up and Calculate" mindset is a problem.
2. Myth of Linear Progress - people fear that if we admit this (consciousness underpins reality) - then we have to shift the entire momentum of science overnight - so, it is better to NOT admit it so that science continues as normal. Sort of like the alien argument - it is a straw man construct and artificially binds us to NOT doing science.
Materialism is a method of discipline, not a set of beliefs... Beware of those who do not get this. I study rocks, that does not mean I have ruled out the spiritual. Nihilist Agency sells the idea that everyone who studies rocks, believes like they do.
Social Engineering Game
1. Been going on from the beginning...
2. The agenda:
"Alone, afraid, isolated, feeling like we don't have any power" this would be what I wanted those I control to be under....
"Drink your beer and keep quiet, check your iPhone, and don't think or ask"
Who Was Brilliant and Insightful?
1. Dr. Jeffrey Long - NDE's
2. A guest which helps me in the goal of 'Questioning himself and his assumptions.... Inquiry to perpetuate doubt...'
Have you had any Psi experiences yourself? Not of substance...
In the face of climate change.... (LOL!! ...I was chuckling when she mentioned that...) - 'Are humans contributing to climate change?' <-- this is not the question... the question is "What policies should we enact, based upon what we currently know?" - that is the real question.
Great show Alex and Gayle!