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Diana Walsh Pasulka - Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief
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Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology.
Books mentioned
American CosmicDiana Walsh Pasulka
The Gay ScienceFriedrich Nietzsche
Eichmann in JerusalemHannah Arendt
The Life of the MindHannah Arendt
Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the SacredJeffrey J. Kripal
Timestamps
- 2:03 - What is real?
- 7:32 - Can beliefs become reality?
- 12:34 - Donald Hoffman
- 16:33 - Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
- 20:02 - Ayn Rand
- 27:00 - How do religions start?
- 42:13 - Religion is an evolutionary advantage
- 47:34 - Religion used in propaganda
- 52:07 - What did Nietzsche mean by 'God is Dead'?
- 57:34 - American Cosmic
- 1:01:20 - What do aliens look like?
- 1:10:03 - History of space programs
- 1:13:06 - Jacques Vallee
- 1:22:31 - Artificial intelligence
- 1:28:00 - Ufology community
- 1:39:13 - Psychedelics
- 1:43:10 - Tic Tac UFO
- 1:51:44 - Roswell UFO incident
- 2:02:49 - Bob Lazar
- 2:06:25 - Monoliths in the desert
- 2:17:14 - Humans will co-evolve with AI
- 2:20:33 - Neuralink
- 2:25:23 - Singularity
- 2:35:14 - Books: Nietzsche
- 2:40:20 - Books: Hannah Arendt
- 2:45:18 - Fear of death
- 2:49:46 - Meaning of life