Bart Connolly: I'm wondering if you have any further thoughts on how conscious beings can best pursue spiritual interests in the material world. Should we just regard them as something to outgrow or perhaps should we find ways using disciplines like meditation and technology to pursue this goal, much as we use science and technology to help with physical health? David Maxwell: Sadly, I don't know. But I take what the important point of Alan Leitman's discussion was is that there are experiences that we have, there are feelings that we have,. There are values that we have as human beings that we struggle to put into clear, crisp, naturalistic language.
Welcome to the December 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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