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LINKS MENTIONED:
-Part 1 with Karl Friston (technical): https://youtu.be/2v7LBABwZKA
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Exigent Message / Introduction
00:07:25 The Free Energy Principle's TOE explained
00:15:48 The FEP explained for physicists
00:18:24 The "external world" is dual to "you"
00:24:25 Relationship between senses and actions
00:36:25 Marginal likelihood / Model evidencing
00:54:34 Change your evidence or change your model (Repression vs. CBT)
00:58:51 An exercise to show a difference in consciousness via touching one's eye
01:03:09 Science "works" by definition of "works"!
01:12:45 Advice for those trying to understand reality
01:22:45 Dealing with derealization / spiraling mentally / depersonalization
01:34:34 Don't let the social status of having "ego death" be your lure
01:37:12 Acceptance therapy (ACT from CBT)
01:43:09 Being too much in one's head (thought loops)
01:53:09 How does Karl prevent existential crises when studying these issues?
01:56:34 The benefits of tea and smoking (yes, smoking)
01:59:28 Beta-blockers and fear extinction (Merel Kindt's groundbreaking work)
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Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it.
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