Complexity, Consciousness, and Integrating Science and Mythology - Brett Andersen (EP 1)

Brett Andersen is a PhD student studying evolutionary psychology. We discuss how different models of cognition are increasingly being bridged together and how they relate to our world today. This is giving us the tools to appreciate the place of science and mythology in our culture, as well as helping to develop scientific accounts of meaning, mythology and God. READING AND EXTRA INFO Brett is a PHD student who is studying evolutionary psychology. His academic work focuses on autistic vs schizotypal spectrum. He has a Substack where is writing on topics such as our left hemisphere dominance as a culture, scientific account of mythology, and how we come to have morals and values. He recently wrote a paper with John Vervaeke bridging the relevance realisation theory of cognition with predictive processing which can be found here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11097-022-09850-6#ref-CR31 He has a Substack where he writes on as host of topics, bridging together complexity theory, cognitive science, philosophy, science and mythology: https://brettandersen.substack.com/