Can We Have Infinite Energy? Can the Tao Make Us Immortal? | Tao Te Ching, Ep. 4
Release Date: 01/24/2025
Can a New Scientific Revolution Explain Consciousness? | Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 6
Becoming Human
Three Theses about the Future of Science We are living through the greatest scientific revolution in over two millennia. 2. A new revolution in biology connects to the AI revolution, and a scientific theory of consciousness may finally be on the horizon as a result. 3. Real philosophy should be scientific and thus able to make predictions. I make three predictions about the next 10 years of science. Together, these point towards a new theory of consciousness that is philosophically profound, scientifically productive, and existentially significant. Apocalypse: A Philosophy of...
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Can We Have Infinite Energy? Can the Tao Make Us Immortal? | Tao Te Ching, Ep. 4
Becoming Human
The Tao Te Ching teaches that the Way offers infinite utility, seeming to promise unending energy and life. Is this possible and what, scientifically, might it mean? Exploring Chapter 4 of the Tao Te Ching, I show how the human senses point towards hidden paths of refinement and mysteriously deep sources of energy and insight, all found within the physical body. Tao Te Ching, Ep. 4 Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University
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Do Humans Really Exist? Do We Live in a Simulation? | Explorations
Becoming Human
The simulation theory is all around us, putting somehow the meaning of our very existence into question. Do we really exist? What does it mean that we question our own existence? A true philosophy of existence must answer these questions, and explain why we ask them, guiding us towards a more conscious, free, and scientific way of life. This is the purpose of the Becoming Human Project: to realize human Existence. Instructor: Dr. Samuel Loncar | Yale University
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Can Philosophy Make You Powerful? A Vision of Human Enhancement, Philosophy of Angels Ep. 5
Becoming Human
If you can get one thing you want, what is the one thing that will give you everything else? Is it power, wealth, or wisdom? Philosophy as a spiritual way of life teaches us how to develop our human potential, leading to a radical vision of human enhancement. The idea of number is the first step to understanding the coded Messengers of spiritual traditions and how they guide us to a more scientific and positive way of life. 🙏This video is dedicated to Namagiri with gratitude. Instructor: Dr. Samuel Loncar | Yale University
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How Do We Know What is Good?, Tao Series Ep. 3
Becoming Human
We all want to do good, but we rarely think about how we can know what the good is. In this video, I discuss Verse 8 of the Tao and its highly logical and practical insights into what is good in any situation and how we can know that we are doing what is good for ourselves and others. SERIES: Tao Te Ching Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University Episode 3, Tao Te Ching
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Why Stories Are Greater Then Ideas: Was JRR Tolkien a Great Philosopher?, Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 4
Becoming Human
Tolkien’s works have sold over 100 Million copies worldwide because they address the deepest questions humans can ask: Why is there evil and death in the world? Would Immorality be a good thing? Where did the world come from, and where is it going? Tolkien reveals a new and deeper way to engage humanity’s search for meaning and hope. SERIES Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 4
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The Philosophy of UAP in Scientific and Historical Context, Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 3
Becoming Human
The topic of UAP (UFOs) is important yet difficult to discuss coherently. Why? Because the topic requires the best tools of science and scholarship but does not agree on what those are or how they should be applied. My philosophy of science and religion provides clues to navigating profound changes in human’s cosmic understanding, including the UAP phenomenon. The rise of the concept of agency in biology and AI connect to Carl Jung’s psychological interpretation of the phenomenon as a manifestation of global psychic unrest and a major alteration of human consciousness. SERIES ...
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The Exile and Return of the Light: Hanukkah, Christmas, and the Super Human, Apocalypse Ep. 2
Becoming Human
Did you know Hanukkah and Christmas encode deep philosophical ideas about Enlightenment, becoming Superhuman, and the Future of Humanity? The stars and the gods once governed the night sky and the dreams humans had of themselves. The Human story was thus told as a mystery of light, the evolution of the universe, and the fate of the stars. Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 2
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Is the Greatest Good Achieved by Struggle or Flow?. Tao Ep. 2
Becoming Human
Can yielding and flowing really be the Way to attain the good? Bruce Lee thought so. “Be Water,” he famously said, channeling a central insight of the Tao Te Ching, one of great works of Chinese Philosophy.
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Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 1: The Messengers
Becoming Human
The idea of Angels, whether we believe in them or not, reveals secrets about human consciousness and how to transform it. In this episode, I use the German poet Rilke to connect deep patterns across Judaism, Islam, and Christianity and other traditions, found in their shared understanding of angels as messengers that lead to revolutionary transformations of human consciousness. Ultimately, we discover that humans across all time, cultures, and traditions all believe in some idea of what angels are, and that idea is connected to accessing inspiration and higher states of consciousness. Series:...
info_outlineThe Tao Te Ching teaches that the Way offers infinite utility, seeming to promise unending energy and life. Is this possible and what, scientifically, might it mean?
Exploring Chapter 4 of the Tao Te Ching, I show how the human senses point towards hidden paths of refinement and mysteriously deep sources of energy and insight, all found within the physical body.
Tao Te Ching, Ep. 4
Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University