Lex Fridman Podcast

#149 – Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion, and the Nature of Belief

Dec 28, 2020

03:01:49

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Nietzsche's Gay Science

05:05

Is There a God in Technology?

02:36

American Cosmic

04:00

Introduction

2min

Element Electrolyte Drink Mix

3min

The New Wonderies Podcast

3min

The Difference Between Belief and Objective Reality

3min

What Is Real?

3min

Are Your Beliefs Real?

2min

What Is the Essence of the Human Being?

2min

Is There a Real Reality?

2min

Is There a God in Technology?

3min

10.

Kant's Critique of Judgment

3min

11.

Is Ayn Rand a Philosopher?

4min

12.

I Love Ayn Rand, but I Don't Dismiss Her

3min

13.

Ignore Everything Nietzsche Says About Women

3min

14.

How Does Plato's UFO Narrative Work?

2min

15.

Hendrix

3min

16.

What Happened to Christianity?

3min

17.

Contact Experience Experiences

3min

18.

Definitions of Religion

2min

19.

Is Religion Good for Human Civilization?

2min

20.

Is There a New Form of Religion?

2min

21.

Is Religion Always Going to Cover the Space of Things We Can't Understand With Science Yet?

2min

22.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Break?

4min

23.

Derogitorally, Religion Can Be Used

1min

24.

Nietzsche's Basically Saying God Is Dead

3min

25.

American Cosmic

2min

26.

American Cosmic, UFOs, Religion, Technology

3min

27.

American Cosmic

4min

28.

What Forms Can Aliens Communicate With Us?

4min

29.

Is There a Human Intelligence That Communicates With Us?

4min

30.

Is There a Connection Between Aliens and Technology?

5min

31.

Is the Internet a Source of Power and Wisdom?

2min

32.

Psychedelics

3min

33.

Is Artificial Intelligence a Good Idea?

2min

34.

Are We Metahumans? Or Are They Super Humans?

3min

35.

Is It Eulophologists or Eulologists?

2min

36.

The Invisible College

3min

37.

The Use of Alien Technology Could Be Dangerous

2min

38.

Is There a Gray Area Between Technology and Belief?

3min

39.

What Are These Places Where We Access Non Physical Reality?

2min

40.

Can Psychedelics Be Used as Tools?

4min

41.

What Are Your Opinions on Thetiktok UFO Sightings?

3min

42.

Is Money the Silly Creation of Human Beings?

3min

43.

Money Is the Devil, Right?

2min

44.

The Mythology of Roswell, New Mexico

4min

45.

What's the Mythology of Roswell?

3min

46.

Levitation and UFO Abductions

2min

47.

What Happened to Maria Kepler?

2min

48.

Bob Lazar - What's Your Thoughts on This?

3min

49.

Are You a Fan of 2001 Space Odyssey?

5min

50.

Is There a Screen?

2min

51.

Are There Any Intelligence Civilizations Out There?

3min

52.

Is Aggression Necessary?

2min

53.

We Can Use Technology, but That's Not a Correct Way to Put It

4min

54.

Is Neuralink a Synergy With Artificial Intelligence?

6min

55.

The Singularity

2min

56.

What Does Our Physical World Look Like?

5min

57.

Is There a Singularity?

3min

58.

Gay Science

3min

59.

Nietzsche's Gay Science

5min

60.

Arendt's 'Dangerous' Work?

2min

61.

Are You Afraid of Death?

3min

62.

You Wish It Would End?

2min

63.

The Meaning of Life

2min

64.

What Is Love to You?

4min

Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Diana’s Website: https://uncw.edu/par/faculty/faculty-pasulka.html
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:28) – What is real?
(13:56) – Can beliefs become reality?
(18:59) – Donald Hoffman
(22:57) – Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
(26:27) – Ayn Rand
(33:25) – How do religions start?
(48:38) – Religion is an evolutionary advantage
(53:59) – Religion used in propaganda
(58:32) – What did Nietzsche mean by “God is Dead”?
(1:03:59) – American Cosmic
(1:07:45) – What do aliens look like?
(1:16:28) – History of space programs
(1:19:30) – Jacques Vallee
(1:28:55) – Artificial intelligence
(1:34:25) – Ufology community
(1:45:38) – Psychedelics
(1:49:35) – Tic Tac UFO
(1:58:09) – Roswell UFO incident
(2:09:14) – Bob Lazar
(2:12:50) – Monoliths in the desert
(2:23:39) – Humans will co-evolve with AI
(2:26:58) – Neuralink
(2:31:48) – Singularity
(2:41:39) – Books: Nietzsche
(2:46:44) – Books: Hannah Arendt
(2:51:43) – Fear of death
(2:56:11) – Meaning of life