Why are important conversations so difficult and why is curiosity the greatest virtue? Dov Baron from British Columbia describes the emotional source code rules that govern our conversations about politics, religion, evolution, cancer and relationships. His website is dovbaron.com.
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Podcast: https://evo2.org/podcasts/courage-fueled-by-curiosity-love/
When most of us set out to do anything, there’s what we think is going to work in theory… and then there’s what turns out to actually work in practice.
We are sometimes slow to realize they are not the same!
I just had one of these moments myself a couple months ago. Jon Correll, the CEO of Reversing Cancer, said, “Perry, I don’t think the thing we say we’re doing is the thing we’re best at doing. Read more »
Edward Kelly is a neuroscientist whose research overturns the current popular definition of the mind. We had a fantastic conversation about his non-traditional path in scientific research. He is a scientist at the University of Virginia.
The creation-evolution scene perfected polarization and cancel culture long before social media was even a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg’s eye.
Extreme views reduce grand vistas to bumper sticker slogans. Shallow and 1-dimensional. The real discoveries hide in the space in the middle: Read more »
Why are we losing the war on cancer? This mind-blowing 8-minute video will change how you think about it.
From rogue kidney cells to a $25 test that could save millions, we’re exposing the evolutionary dance of cancer.
Watch this – it might just save your life. Read more »
How to Save the Earth AND the Humans at the Same Time
20 years ago, I went to China and witnessed the pollution. The sun was a murky yellow haze. Six hours west of Shanghai, the countryside air was still drenched with smog.
I said to myself “If I wasn’t an environmentalist before, I sure am now.”
That said, the word “environmentalist” has become a shrill, self-righteous, strident hypocrisy where people obsessed with carbon credits appear to be more concerned about dogmas than people… Read more »
Did you know 67% of Americans think ChatGPT might be conscious? University of Waterloo survey.
What IS intelligence, anyway?
In 2024 it’s THE front-burner question.
Dr. Michael Levin at Tufts university is demolishing conventional notions of intelligence.
Re-framing AI, genetics, robotics, cancer, longevity. Identity and memory. I’ve interviewed him several times. He’s 20 years ahead of everyone.
Now the Institute of Art and Ideas (iai.tv) has thrown the two of us into the intellectual thunderdome.
Dr. Levin says our notions of intelligence are waaaay too narrow:
https://iai.tv/articles/patterns-are-alive-and-we-are-living-patterns-auid-2919?_auid=2020
I argued…
Yes, our ideas ARE too narrow…. but before we start looking for E.T. & other exotic life forms… first let’s notice the intelligences literally right under our nose:
https://iai.tv/articles/patterns-cant-explain-lifes-complexity-auid-2922?_auid=2020
Hold onto your neurons!
“Where did life come from” is a vast mystery. We have only a smattering of clues. Attempts to reconstruct its beginnings have enjoyed scant success. To many, the sophistication and majesty of life itself leaves us awestruck and speaks to a divinely ordered cosmos. Yet the spirit of science is to understand the systems that drive it… not ascribe what we don’t yet understand to miracles.
How do we honor science and respect the mystery at the same time?
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I interviewed Azra Raza four years ago, and we hit it off instantly. My number one question was,
“I read your book; it’s a scathing indictment of the cancer industry. How is it that your head isn’t on a stick somewhere?”
She replied, “It’s because they all know it’s true and they know if they try to challenge me, I’ll punch right back.”
So when Kevin Ham and I organized a fund-raising bike ride in Vancouver last September, we thought “Let’s have Azra share her unfiltered thoughts in a way she can’t on a podcast or social media.” I told everyone it would be like meeting Nelson Mandela or Mother Teresa 40 years ago.
A fortunate group of people joined us. Over the next few newsletters, I want to share Azra’s “Fireside Chat” from that fundraising event.
