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Synthetic Biology, memetics, psychedelics, expanding noosphere nodes, were gonna reach stars, ask me about biotech startups and nootropics. Very Gemini energy. A genetic engineer nerd interviewing the internet, one friend at a time. It's gonna get weird, but very fun.

White Noise Nicholas White

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    • 2.6 • 5 Ratings

Synthetic Biology, memetics, psychedelics, expanding noosphere nodes, were gonna reach stars, ask me about biotech startups and nootropics. Very Gemini energy. A genetic engineer nerd interviewing the internet, one friend at a time. It's gonna get weird, but very fun.

    8: Synthetic Biology with Adam Strandberg part 1

    8: Synthetic Biology with Adam Strandberg part 1

    Oh Imma edit this just you wait. One day. Such description, very imagery. 

    • 1 hr 20 min
    7. Ballistic Missile Defense with James Simpkin

    7. Ballistic Missile Defense with James Simpkin

    Ballistic Missile Defense, moving from MAD lose-lose to win-win, non zero-sum games, other shenanigans.

    James Simpkin is a college teacher and PhD student at the University of Leeds. His thesis is entitled, "Explaining the Labour's Ballistic Missile Defense Policy 1997-2010: A Strategic-Relational Approach" 

    • 1 hr 30 min
    6. Nick and the Fox: Treating PTSD with EMDR, and a critique of CBT

    6. Nick and the Fox: Treating PTSD with EMDR, and a critique of CBT

    Critiques of CBT

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/03/why-cbt-is-falling-out-of-favour-oliver-burkeman

    https://www.nacbt.org/when-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-fails-the-five-most-common-reasons/

    https://slate.com/technology/2017/11/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-doesnt-fix-everything-for-everyone.html

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conquer-fear-flying/201402/why-cbt-cant-regulate-anxiety

    Maria Bamford, one of my favorite comedians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHmNrxkuFU

    The Antimemetics Division of the SCP: http://www.scp-wiki.net/antimemetics-division-hub (Lovecraftian, conceptual horror + classic Internet 2.0 culture)

    • 2 hr 37 min
    5: Random Episode with Mike the Kratom Guy

    5: Random Episode with Mike the Kratom Guy

    Lot's of rambling about kratom, supplements, G-coupled protein receptor (GPCR) signaling, and much more. You can check out Mike the Kratom Guy's website MassHerbalMarket here: https://massherbalmarket.com/

    And if you are interested in the adaptogenic supplement Golden Hour I formulated, you can check it out here: https://flux-odyssey.com/

    • 1 hr 14 min
    4: REBUS, Psychedelic Therapy and Predictive Hermeneutics with Suspended Reason

    4: REBUS, Psychedelic Therapy and Predictive Hermeneutics with Suspended Reason

    REBUS paper: http://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/71/3/316



    SR's introduction to the new Sarah Perry Book: http://www.notnothing.ooo/books/perry.html

    Not Nothing: http://www.notnothing.ooo/

    https://carcinisation.com/2020/02/01/hold-on-what-sense-making-sense-breaking-in-modern-art/

    SSC book review "Seeing Like a State" https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/16/book-review-seeing-like-a-state/

    CumTown vs Red Scare Podcast: https://spilledreality.tumblr.com/post/186992629233/spilledreality-cumtown-is-the-beckett-of-bro

    Blog Posts: 

    - https://suspendedreason.com/2019/12/20/wasting-our-time/

    - https://suspendedreason.com/2019/11/24/divided-minds/

    - http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/futarchy.html

    - https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/08/21/introduction-futarchy/

    - SR wrote for RibbonFarm! https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/03/09/another-green-world/

    - https://forum.indiethinkers.org/t/institutional-myth-in-contemporary-art/172

    • 2 hr 22 min
    2: South African Medicine with Camillo Coccia

    2: South African Medicine with Camillo Coccia

    We stuck two sessions together, testing the Anchor app stringing function. I think it worked fairly well. Camillo has a really interesting life story as a doctor in South Africa and I learned more about the horrific AIDS epidemic and how much it's affected every other aspect of health. 

    • 1 hr 57 min

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