Infinite Loops Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell — Speculations in Post-Materialism (EP.271)
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Jun 5, 2025 
Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, a neuropsychiatrist and author of 'The ESP Enigma,' delves into the mind-bending realms of consciousness and savant abilities. She discusses the scientific community's emotional resistance to new ideas about consciousness, highlighting her work with autistic savants. Powell argues that the brain serves as a tool for consciousness rather than its source, exploring topics like telepathy, intuition enhancement through meditation, and the intriguing dynamics of twins with extraordinary abilities. Prepare for a paradigm shift!
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Savants and Prime Numbers
- Oliver Sacks described autistic savants able to generate and communicate prime numbers far beyond computers of the time.
- Savants accessed complex information as pure perceptual experiences, not via algorithms.
Schizophrenia as Filter Failure
- Schizophrenia can be viewed as failure of brain filtering, causing a blend of external reality and dream imagery.
- Blind people do not get schizophrenia because they experience only one reality, lacking visual sensory input.
Materialism Limits Science
- The rejection of telepathy and consciousness research is tied to protecting neuroscience's foundational materialist assumptions.
- These assumptions are enforced so strongly they prevent open scientific inquiry into phenomena challenging them.
