2 episodes
On Peace and Paradox Gwynneth Hurley
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- Society & Culture
Our task as human beings living at the start of the Aquarian age is to play the part we were born to play. To do this, we must know ourselves as children of nature, endowed with her beauty, pain, joy, and suffering.
Understanding paradox and its role in reality is paramount to this task.
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Cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and dark nights
I talk about studying cognitive science, learning about philosophy and Hinduism, reading "The Book" by Alan Watts, traveling to Ecuador, and finding astrology.
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Uruguay, Uganda, and Stardust
I describe events in my late teens that transformed the way I view the life, including realizing our common origins as carbon-based life formed from star debris, visiting South America and Africa, and serendipitously enrolling in a class called "Foundations of Cognitive Science".