The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
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Dr. Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, theorist, and one of the world’s foremost atheists.
In this episode, Dr. Dawkins and I discuss religion, psychedelics, consciousness, symbolism, postmodernism, and the importance of objective truth.
Links:
To follow Dawkins on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins
Website: https://richarddawkins.com/
Read Dawkins’ articles: https://richarddawkins.com/articles
To donate to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science: https://richarddawkins.net/donate/
Show Notes:
[0:00] Intro
[1:30] Jordan’s rise to fame, Bill C-16, and Free Speech
[5:30] Intimidation and fear of speaking out against the far left
[9:10] Micro retreats
[11:40] Dawkins’ paper about the organism as a model
[18:30] Female sexual selection
[21:10] Differences between Jordan and Dr. Dawkins' thinking
[24:00] Jeffrey Gray, his work on modeling, Psychedelics, and Anxiety
[30:00] Psychedelics, Symbolism, and Consciousness
[41:00] Jordan’s experiences with psilocybin and yoga
[45:40] Postmodernism, Lacan, Foucault, and Mikhaila’s Oxford Union debate
[52:30] Jordan addresses Dawkins' assertion that despite being against postmodernist thinking he at times utilizes symbolism to speculate in a way which is similar to them.
[53:50] Finding commonality between myths and symbols across cultures
[55:50] False pattern recognition and revelatory thoughts
[59:20] Objective truth and the scientific process
[1:07:10] Unpleasant or dangerous truths
[1:08:10] The metaphysical vision of the redeeming power of truth
[1:10:10] Jordan and Dawkins discuss the idea that a narrative drives the process of inquiry, even in regards to objective truth
[1:12:50] Humans’ ability to understand difficult concepts on a biological level
[1:16:10] Question: Do you identify the religious impulse or even the religious phenomenon with the totalitarian proclivity for dogmatic certainty and the potential acceleration of aggression and atrocity as a consequence?
[1:20:10] Question: To what degree do you think that consciousness operates as a fundamental mechanism of selection and shaping?
[1:23:00] Artificial intelligence and the metaphysical significance of consciousness
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451. Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife | Alex O'Connor
450. Reagan, Star Wars, Trump, & Power | Dennis Quaid
449. Trauma and the Demolition of Faith | Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
448. Alternative Walk of Fame | Brett Cooper
447. Nuclear Power Is Safer Than Wind and Solar | James Walker
446. War, PTSD, & Psychedelics | Kelsi Sheren
445. An Honest Conversation About Hollywood | Adrian Grenier
444. The Collective Unconscious, Christ, and the Covenant | Russell Brand
443. The Brutal Reality of the Middle East | Mosab Hassan Yousef
442. BILL C-63 - Everything You Need to Know | Bruce Pardy & Konstantin Kisin
441. Dreams, Stories, Psychedelics & Consciousness | Tor Nørretranders
440. Looking Back on the Campaign, and Forward for the Country | Vivek Ramaswamy
439. Microplastics, Global Greening, & the Dangers of Radical Alarmism | Dr. Patrick Moore
438. Aboutness, Secular vs. Religious Ethics, & Plato’s Aviary | Dr. Daniel Dennett
437. The 2024 Presidency, Joe Biden’s Age, Gigantism, & Facing Reality | Dean Phillips
436. What Your Left Brain Won’t Tell Your Right Brain | Dr. Iain McGilchrist
435. This Is One of the Biggest Medical Malpractice Scandals in History | Michael Shellenberger
434. The Darien Gap & Postmodernism | Bret Weinstein
433. Streaming, Politics, & Philosophy | Destiny (Steven Bonnell II)
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