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The Voice Beneath the Noise

In this conversation with Lidia Lins [https://www.lidialins.com/], the discussion begins with movement between places, cultures, and identities. The conversation then moves into Lidia’s unusual path from deep sea biology to music. She reflects on her years as a scientist studying life in extreme ocean environments, and on the parallel presence of music in her life since childhood. This becomes a wider discussion about art, the body, the voice, and the tension between making a living and making something humanly meaningful. The episode explores the economic fragility of artistic work, the traps of visibility, the limits of platforms such as Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SkSyoxByWevXqJNW6FRJP] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF2bRtOrZG7qar59bResSDQ], and the need to rethink support for artists not as donation, but as a form of payment, care, and cultural responsibility. The second half of the conversation moves through voice activation, AI, plant medicine, healing culture, and the search for something more grounded than performance. Lidia explains how voice can become a doorway into the body, memory, fear, and self-expression. The dialogue also questions modern promises of healing, redemption, and salvation, whether they appear in religion, spirituality, self-development, or psychedelic culture. Related Links: * The Blue Planet [https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/blue-planet] * Boom Festival [https://www.boomfestival.org/] * Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/home] * Ko-fi [https://ko-fi.com/] * Substack [https://substack.com/] Key terms in this episode: * Voice activation: A body-based practice in which the voice is used as a way to explore tension, fear, expression, memory, and self-alignment. * Healing culture: A modern field of practices, workshops, ceremonies, and narratives that often promise transformation, relief, or self-discovery, but can also become a form of escape or commercialization. * Plant medicine: A term often used for psychoactive substances used in ritual, therapeutic, or spiritual contexts, especially in relation to ceremonies connected to Indigenous or neo-spiritual practices. * Embodiment: The idea that experience, emotion, memory, and self-expression are not only mental but also deeply rooted in the body. * Coping mechanisms: Coping mechanisms are the conscious and unconscious thoughts or behaviors you use to manage stress, anxiety, and difficult emotions. They fall into two main categories: adaptive strategies (which promote well-being) and maladaptive strategies (which can provide temporary relief but cause long-term harm). * Ready-to-hand and present-at-hand: Heidegger’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger]distinction between things we use without noticing and things that become visible to us when they break, disappear, or stop functioning smoothly. * Following mode: In Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, a “following mode” relates to how humans interact with the world. It typically describes either the passive, thoughtless following of societal norms, or the active following (repetition) of history and possibilities that make authentic living possible. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe [https://wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

From Psychopathy to Fascism

In this conversation with Daniel Lee [https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-lee-62887ba6/], the discussion begins with psychopathy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy] but gradually opens into a wider conversation about morality, empathy, and the fragility of human behavior. The dialogue explores how people can lose sensitivity toward others and how fear, trauma, and social pressure can slowly reshape the way humans think and act. As the conversation develops, the focus shifts toward tribalism, ideology, and the creation of enemies inside collective systems. Rather than reducing cruelty to simple evil, both perspectives examine how violence can become normalized and even morally justified within political, cultural, and historical structures. The discussion eventually moves toward fascism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism], charismatic leadership, punishment, rehabilitation, recidivism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recidivism], and institutional responsibility. Through both historical and contemporary examples, the conversation reflects on why dangerous personalities continue to rise to power and why societies repeatedly follow them. Books mentioned in this episode: * The Wisdom of Psychopaths [https://books.google.pt/books/about/The_Wisdom_of_Psychopaths.html?id=AzHrzEUDlhkC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y] * Political Ponerology [https://books.google.pt/books/about/Political_Ponerology.html?id=OTeaGQAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y] * Without Conscience [https://books.google.pt/books/about/Without_Conscience.html?id=foxYAAAAYAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y]‌ * Determined [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determined:_A_Science_of_Life_Without_Free_Will] Documentaries mentioned in this episode: * Scandinavian Rehabilitation Prisons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVEXRth-hJs] Episodes related to the two-volume Neurophilosophy [https://delshad.me/en/podcasts/zharfa/two-volume-neurophilosophy/]: * Morality Ladder [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d9%86%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82/] * Responsibility Without Freewill [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a6%d9%88%d9%84%db%8c%d8%aa-%d9%be%d8%b0%db%8c%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ba%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c/] * Responsibility at the institutional level [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a6%d9%88%d9%84%db%8c%d8%aa-%d9%be%d8%b0%db%8c%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ba%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c/] * On Why We Fight [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%85/%da%86%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d9%85%db%8c-%d8%ac%d9%86%da%af%db%8c%d9%85/] * Metaphysical Fascism [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%85/%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b4%db%8c%d8%b3%d9%85-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%81%db%8c%d8%b2%db%8c%da%a9%db%8c/] Figures mentioned in this episode: * Immanuel Kant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant] * Martin Heidegger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger] * Robert Sapolsky [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sapolsky] * Kevin Dutton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Dutton] * baczewski [https://lubimyczytac.pl/autor/102013/andrzej-lobaczewski#:~:text=Pisze%20ksi%C4%85%C5%BCki%3A%20nauki%20spo%C5%82eczne%20(psychologia%2C%20socjologia%2C%20itd.)&text=Urodzi%C5%82%20si%C4%99%20w%201921%20roku,cz%C5%82onkiem%20podziemnej%20polskiej%20organizacji%20oporu.] * Anders Breivik [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik] Key terms in this episode: * Trolley problem [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem] * Dehumanization [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehumanization] * Authoritarianism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism] * Pathocracy [https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patocracia] * 2026 Iran Massacres [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres] * Umma [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ummah] * Neurodiversity [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity] * Critical Theory [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory] * Frankfurt School [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_School] References: * Prison Policy Initiative. (2022). [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/06/08/norway/]What we can learn from Norway’s prison system: Rehabilitation and recidivism [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/06/08/norway/]. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/06/08/norway/ [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/06/08/norway/] * Delshad Tehrani, A. (2026). [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19452651]Morality Ladder: A graded moral regulation model of moral agency under uncertainty [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19452651]. Zenodo.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19452651 [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19452651] * Delshad Tehrani, A. (2026). [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19480217]Responsibility without free will [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19480217]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19480217 [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19480217] Clarification: In several Wisdorise episodes, I have used the term “metaphysics [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics]” not in the academic philosophical sense concerned with questions of mind, causality, time, identity, or the structure of reality, but rather in reference to transcendent and non-empirical systems of meaning and existence, including religious cosmologies, sacred narratives, divine moral authority, and models of consciousness assumed to exist beyond biological and neural processes. A more accurate description of my approach would perhaps be “post-metaphysical,” meaning that while recognizing the historical and cultural role of metaphysical systems, I suggest moving toward frameworks grounded more directly in neuroscience, cognitive science, and human experience. This is a public episode. 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Colorful Views

In this conversation with Irina Karpetskaya [https://www.instagram.com/ira.karpetskaya?igsh=OGpwcnJtZGVrM2t1] the discussion begins from an existential place: how to remain emotionally alive and sensitive in a world shaped by suffering, violence, disappointment, depression, and meaninglessness. The conversation explores revolt, emotional endurance, vulnerability, and the tension between protecting oneself and remaining open to human connection. From there the dialogue moves through love, empathy, childhood emotional development, trauma, healing, meditation, close relationships, and emotional regulation. Questions surrounding trust after suffering, psychological fragmentation, and inherited emotional patterns are explored through philosophical and neuroscientific perspectives. The discussion then expands toward hatred, war, ideology, domestic violence, punishment, institutional failure, rehabilitation, dehumanization, and the construction of “the other.” Rather than reducing human behavior to rigid categories such as good and evil, both perspectives attempt to move beyond black and white thinking toward a more pluralistic understanding of human nature and contemporary life.Books mentioned in this episode: * Playing With Death [https://delshad.me/en/books/playing-with-death/] * The Secret Of Unity [https://delshad.me/en/books/the-secret-of-unity/] * The Myth of Sisyphus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus] * Beyond Good and Evil [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Good_and_Evil] Episodes related to the two-volume Neurophilosophy [https://delshad.me/en/podcasts/zharfa/two-volume-neurophilosophy/]: * Embracing nihilism [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d9%87%d9%85-%d8%a2%d8%ba%d9%88%d8%b4%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%86%db%8c%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84%db%8c%d8%b3%d9%85/] * Earthy Provisions [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b4%d9%87-%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%b2%d9%85%db%8c%d9%86%db%8c/] * On Why We Fight [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c/%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a6%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%85/%da%86%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d9%85%db%8c-%d8%ac%d9%86%da%af%db%8c%d9%85/] * Responsibility Without Freewill [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a6%d9%88%d9%84%db%8c%d8%aa-%d9%be%d8%b0%db%8c%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ba%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c/] * Responsibility at the institutional level [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a6%d9%88%d9%84%db%8c%d8%aa-%d9%be%d8%b0%db%8c%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ba%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c/] Figures mentioned in this episode: * Sam Harris [https://www.samharris.org/] * Friedrich Nietzsche [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche] * Albert Camus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus] * Slavoj Žižek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek] * Michel Foucault [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault] * Jeffrey Epstein [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein] Key terms in this episode: * Pluralism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralism_(political_philosophy)] * Absurdism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism] * Dichotomy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotomy] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe [https://wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

After Psychedelics

In this conversation with Shauheen Etminan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shauheen-etminan/], the discussion begins with war, displacement, and the psychological weight of watching events from a distance, then moves into psychedelics [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug] as one response to suffering, curiosity, and the search for meaning. The episode explores compounds, therapies, and the growing psychedelic landscape, while questioning the assumption that altered states necessarily lead to lasting change. As the dialogue unfolds, psychedelics are reframed not as solutions but as tools, raising questions about trauma, misuse, integration, and the gap between intense experiences and actual transformation. The conversation then shifts toward dreaming, lucid dreaming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream], meditation, and oneirogens [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneirogen] as more sustained forms of engaging with the mind, alongside references to older traditions, including ancient Iranian practices and Haoma [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haoma], and a brief turn toward nonduality [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism] as a direction that remains open for further exploration. Related Research: * Judith Herman – trauma and PTSD [https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1n35d6w] * Gabor Maté – addiction and trauma [https://doi.org/10.1515/9781556438800] * Bruce Alexander – environment and addiction [https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00426988] My Related Books: * Psychonstructor [https://delshad.me/en/books/psychonstructor/] * Nondual Wisdom [https://delshad.me/en/books/nondual-wisdom/https://delshad.me/en/books/nondual-wisdom/] My Related Podcasts: * Bicycle Day - Zharfa Podcast [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-%d8%af%d9%88%da%86%d8%b1%d8%ae%d9%87/] * Nondual Meditation - Dharma Podcast [https://dharmapodcast.com/meditation/season/non-dual-meditation/] * Introspection - Dharma Podcast [https://dharmapodcast.com/meditation/season/interpolation/] People mentioned in this episode: * Avicenna (Ibn Sina) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna] * Michael Pollan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan] * Sam Harris [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris] * James Fadiman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fadiman] * Ram Dass [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Dass] * Albert Hofmann [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann] * Timothy Leary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary] * Terence McKenna [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna] * Dennis McKenna [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_McKenna] * Maria Sabina [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Sabina] * Matthew Perry [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Perry] * R. Gordon Wasson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Gordon_Wasson] * Zoroastrianism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism] * Sufism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism] * Magi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi] Key terms in this episode: * Ketamine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine] * Psilocybin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin] * MDMA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA] * DMT [https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimetiltriptamin] * 5-MeO-DMT [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MeO-DMT] * Ayahuasca [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca] * MAPS [https://maps.org/] * Microdosing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdosing] * Tryptophan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryptophan] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe [https://wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Responsibility Without Free Will

In this conversation with Karoline Klerk [https://www.linkedin.com/in/karoline-klerk-3084364b/en?originalSubdomain=se] the discussion begins from the definition of responsibility itself, moving beyond blame and punishment toward a layered understanding. Responsibility is explored as a capacity in relation to oneself, to others and the environment, and to future generations, forming an interconnected structure rather than a single moral claim. The dialogue then contrasts different interpretations of responsibility, from a care-based and relational view to a more secular and institutional framing grounded in social function. From here the conversation moves into conditioning, where behavior is shaped by genetics, learning, culture, and language, challenging the idea of free will as a necessary foundation. This leads to a central tension: if human actions emerge from prior causes, what remains of responsibility. Instead of resolving this tension, the conversation reframes responsibility as something that persists without relying on metaphysical assumptions or true agency. The discussion also extends into a critique of ideologies, including religion, nationalism, and political systems, which are described as lacking responsibility toward others, the environment, and future consequences. In contrast, responsibility is linked to the capacity to question, to remain open, and to resist fixed frameworks. By the end the conversation converges on three layers of responsibility: responsibility toward oneself, toward others and the environment, and toward systems and future outcomes. Within this structure, responsibility is not grounded in free will but remains as a functional and unavoidable dimension of human life.References: * Libet (1983) – Unconscious cerebral initiative and voluntary action [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6640273/] * Delshad Tehrani (2026) – Responsibility Without Free Will [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19480217] Episodes related to the two-volume Neurophilosophy [https://delshad.me/en/podcasts/zharfa/two-volume-neurophilosophy/]: * The Dance of Will on the Stage of Illusion [https://delshad.me/fa/%da%98%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c/%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b0%d9%87%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84/%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%87%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%87-%db%8c-%d8%a2%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af/] * Responsibility at the Institutional Level [https://delshad.me/fa/%DA%98%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%AD-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF/] Figures mentioned in this episode: * Karl Popper [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper] * Alan Watts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts] * Benjamin Libet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet] Key terms in this episode: * Prefrontal cortex [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_cortex] * Bottom-Up/Top-Down mechanisms [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3072218/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3072218/] Clarification: In several Wisdorise episodes, I have used the term “metaphysics [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics]” not in the academic philosophical sense concerned with questions of mind, causality, time, identity, or the structure of reality, but rather in reference to transcendent and non-empirical systems of meaning and existence, including religious cosmologies, sacred narratives, divine moral authority, and models of consciousness assumed to exist beyond biological and neural processes. A more accurate description of my approach would perhaps be “post-metaphysical,” meaning that while recognizing the historical and cultural role of metaphysical systems, I suggest moving toward frameworks grounded more directly in neuroscience, cognitive science, and human experience. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe [https://wisdorise.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]