Can Intuition Outperform Reason? - Dr. Michael Hughes, DemystifyPod #254

This is Dr. Hughes second appearance on the podcast. His background is in biochemistry and biophysics of protein folding, and water hydration structures. But today we're digging under the floorboards of science itself. Is it possible to have a science that isn't built on some set of assumed values? To tackle this issue, we dig into esoteric mysticism - particularly the work of Rudolph Steiner, who prophesized many of the features of the world we see today back in the late 19th century. This leads us to a path where we explore the modern scientific approach to understanding nature, grounded in materialism in all its splendor and shortcomings, asking where do we go from here? What does a healthy science of the future actually look like? Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB REFERENCES FROM THIS PODCAST: Remote viewing archeology w/ Stephen Schwartz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwcEyflmaxk Tom Campbell Interview with Curt Jaimungal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kko-hVA-8IU Tom’s home page: https://www.my-big-toe.com/ Dolores Cannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Cannon Gigi Young Esoteric keys to disclosure: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGFUcLNHueY9of3kmOxpjok_aNGx_Z6W Rudolf Steiner Archives: https://rsarchive.org/Volumes.html New thinking aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX4j4qBsqyk Bashar/Darryl Anka https://www.bashar.org/about Interview w/ Danica Patrick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCtvgJG1I5A CIA gateway/interview with remote viewer on Shawn Ryan show? CIA gateway tapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRTon6qgVws Ways of being by James Bridle https://jamesbridle.com/books/ways-of-being 00:00 Go! 00:05:39 Genetics Alchemy vs Structural Biology Mechanism 00:15:44 A natural mechanism that's distinct from science 00:21:07 Scientific literature as esoterica 00:30:10 Is scientific myth-making meaningful? 00:36:14 Science as a way of putting order to pure chaos 00:44:29 A full theory of nature has to contain more than science 00:52:13 Can science pinpoint the source of ideas, inspiration, and instinct? 01:01:00 Rudolph Steiner's spiritual science 01:10:40 preference for sensation as a driver of evolution 01:19:34 Religious allegory as an evolutionary roadmap? 01:29:41 A fracturing of evolutionary paths - technological, spiritual, material 01:41:00 The arc of dematerialization over the course of a lifetime 01:44:41 The immaterial vs the material, the crisis of our time? 01:53:29 Where is the source of misanthropy? 02:05:46 Stay awake 02:14:40 Reconciling a desire for Newtonian outcomes with the chaos of possibility 02:25:30 Closing thoughts Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671