In this we dive into the mind-blowing world of artificial organs, near-death experiences, and the science-meets-mysticism rabbit hole of consciousness and rebirth.
From synthetic hearts that go woosh to Buddhist views of memory transfer at death, this episode unpacks the future of humanity - one organ at a time.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - First Man Walks Out with a Fully Artificial Heart
3:00 - A Mechanical Heart That Wooshes
5:00 - Friend’s Real Heart Transplant: Life After Surgery
6:45 - Death Is Changing: What Counts as Dying Now?
8:00 - Memory Transfer Through Organs?
9:45 - Stories of People Who Felt “Different” After a Transplant
11:30 - The Brain Isn't the Only Brain—Heart & Gut Neurons
13:30 - Artificial Organs and the Loss of Self
15:30 - How Long Before We’re Fully Synthetic?
17:00 - Doctors Are Lying (For Your Own Good?)
18:30 - Avoiding Death: Are We Already Post-Mortal?
19:20 - Smoking Toad Venom: Dylan’s 5-MeO-DMT Story
22:00 - Orgasmic Ego Death & the Mystery of the White Light
25:00 - Does Death Feel Like a Reboot?
28:00 - Does Consciousness Exist Outside the Body?
30:00 - The Zen View: Thoughts, Emotions & Sensory Illusion
32:00 - Candle-to-Candle: Buddha’s Radical View of Rebirth
35:00 - Dilan and Buddhism
37:00 - Why Chanting Was an Early Information System
39:30 - Buddha Was a Scientist in Disguise
41:30 - If He Was Right About Everything Else...
43:00 - Rebirth as Information Transfer, Not Woo
45:00 - You Can Reach Enlightenment Faster Than You Think
47:30 - Buddhist Teachings Tested—And They Work
50:00 - Your Brain Is a Prediction Engine of Weights
54:00 - What If Your Mind Is Just a File of Numbers?
58:00 - Donald Hoffman’s Theory: You Don't See Reality
1:01:30 - The Three Types of Civilizations (Buddha’s View?)
1:05:00 - Are We All Becoming Gods—or Just AI in Waiting?
1:06:30 - The Fermi Paradox and the Meditation Realms
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