The chapter delves into various phenomena challenging traditional scientific paradigms, such as spoon bending parties and remote viewing experiments, discussing the difficulties in studying human-centered phenomena. It explores the intersection of quantum physics and consciousness, mainstream scientists' theories on quantum properties in the brain, and the potential for tapping into a field of consciousness through different brain states. The conversation also touches upon philosophical and spiritual concepts, bridging scientific ideas with topics like transcendent states, technology, and personalized meditative experiences.
Mona Sobhani, Ph.D. is a cognitive neuroscientist, researcher, and author. In 2022 she published her first book, Proof of Spiritual Phenomena: A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe, which documents her “transformation from diehard materialist to open-minded spiritual seeker.”
Mona joins the show to discuss blowing open the box of materialism, why anecdotes are scientifically underrated, what she learned from studying decades of research into psi-phenomena, how quantum science is transforming the way we think about consciousness, and MUCH more!
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Show Notes:
- Mona’s Journey Beyond Materialism
- Anecdotes are Scientifically Underrated; Research Into Psi Phenomena
- How Mona Deals With Her Colleagues’ Skepticism
- The Persuasiveness of Personal Experience
- Psychic Phenomena & the Scientific Method
- Blowing Open the Box of Materialism
- How Quantum Science is Transforming How We Think About Consciousness
- Transcendent Technology
- Psychedelics as a Bridge
- What’s Next for Mona
- Bringing Humanity Back Into Science
- Mona as Empress of the World
- MORE!
Books & Articles Mentioned:
- Proof of Spiritual Phenomena: A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe; by Mona Sobhani
- The Radical Ideas of Psychedelic Research 2.0 (Pt.1; Pt.2); by Mona Sobhani
- Many Lives, Many Masters: The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient and the past-life therapy that changed both their lives; by Dr. Brian Weiss
- The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science; by Robert Anton Wilson
- Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy; by Michael Polanyi
- The Two Cultures; by C. P. Snow
- The Fabric of Reality: Towards a Theory of Everything; by David Deutsch
- The work of Dean Radin
- The Common Basis of Memory and Consciousness: Understanding the Brain as a Write-Read Head Interacting With an Omnipresent Background Field’ by Joachim Keppler
- How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence; by Michael Pollan
- What the Tortoise Said to Achilles; by Lewis Carroll