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How Some Muslim Countries Navigate Extremism | Mark Siljander | EP 534
Mark Siljander is an ex-Congressman, ambassador, and author of “A Dangerous Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide.
This episode was filmed on March 5th 2025
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(0:00) Coming up
(1:46) Intro
(5:06) “A Deadly Misunderstanding,” and an epiphany
(9:24) The Neo-con worldview, a bill promoting racism
(14:44) You can’t work as a mediator if you speak to only one side, threatened and told not to engage
(18:24) The problem with the Neo-con theory of statehood
(24:25) Reading the Quran as a Christian, what it says about Jesus
(36:10) The fruits of Trump’s dealings with the Middle East
(41:55) Speaking with the Palestinians
(47:50) What everyone is missing: the fifth track of engagement
(50:11) The response from the Islamic world to Jordan’s conversations with Muhammad Hijab
(51:55) Bridging sister languages to clarify theological discussion, “the word religion divides people”
(57:44) Establishing genuine understanding, “humility in search of peace”
(1:13:27) Becoming prayer partners with our “enemies” - and how it led to peace
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Trump Is Not To Be Trifled With | Mark Siljander
This is an early clip from our podcast with Mark Siljander, which releases today at 5PM ET. In it, he and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss how the three major religions are all "people of the book," the miraculous success of the Abraham Accords, and why Trump is not to be trifled with.
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Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal | EP 533
Dr. Jalal is a neuroscientist and author at Harvard and previously a Visiting Researcher at Cambridge University Medical School where he obtained his PhD. Dr. Jalal's work has been featured in the The New York Times, Washington Post, The Today Show, The BBC, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, NBC News, New York Magazine, The Times, The Telegraph, Forbes, Der Spiegel, Reuters, Fox News, Discover Magazine, VICE, and PBS (NOVA). He writes for Time Magazine, Scientific American, Big Think, and Boston Globe. The Telegraph and BBC described him as “one of the world’s leading experts on sleep paralysis,” and he was ranked the "top-rated expert in sleep paralysis in the world" on Expertscape based on scientific impact in the past 10 years.
This episode was filmed on January 17th, 2025.
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Dr. Baland Jalal's course, Intro to Neuroscience, as well as my courses, are available at petersonacademy.com
| Chapters |
(0:00) Coming up
(0:52) Intro
(2:03) Dr. Jalal’s Introduction to Neuroscience - Now on Peterson Academy
(9:43) V. S. Ramachandran’s conception of the brain
(10:24) The rubber hand illusion: how Dr. Jalal extended human embodiment
(19:41) The difference between plasticity and the brain’s dynamic modular functions
(25:25) Investigating neglect in the brain - “you lose the perception of ‘left’ itself”
(30:16) Pouring water in the ears of stroke survivors to shock the system and reset bodily perception
(32:26) Where positive and negative emotion exist in the brain, how the left brain investigates anomalies
(37:39) What your brain is doing while you sleep, “a physiological straitjacket”
(48:31) Most interactions in dreams are negative - is this a safe testing ground for survival?
(51:14) Jordan’s old landlord, “if the cops come after me I’m not stopping”
(53:59) Why your dreams shift through various scenarios
(56:29) Nightmares indicate potential weaknesses
(1:00:16) Dreams are a bridge between the hyper-cosmic and the hyper-personal
(1:03:56) If you ask the monster why it’s chasing you…
(1:07:36) Sleep paralysis and why “demons” appear for 40% of people, “I saw Gaddafi”
(1:12:42) Cultural narratives lurk into your subconscious, abstraction and specificity
(1:16:55) It isn’t enough to know your enemy
(1:19:32) You can transmit your “demon” to other people
(1:24:29) Does sleep paralysis explain alien abduction experiences?
(1:27:08) Dr. Jalal’s 4-step solution to sleep paralysis
(1:30:47) You must reconcile yourself to the monsters
(1:32:02) A psychological understanding of prophetic dreams, the dreams of Moses
(1:38:22) The neurological conception of religion - perceptions are the axioms of thought
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Why The Monster In Your Dreams Is Chasing You | Dr. Baland Jalal
This is an early clip from our podcast with Dr. Baland Jalal. In it, he and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss sleep paralysis, the "demons" that appear for 40 percent of people, and why.
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The Key to Overcoming Addiction
A Dialogue So Dangerous, It Just Might Bring You Wisdom | John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall | EP 532
Dr. John Vervaeke is an associate professor of psychology and cognitive science at the University of Toronto. Vervaeke publishes and conducts research on the nature of intelligence, rationality, wisdom, and meaning in life, emphasizing relevance realization, non-propositional kinds of knowing, and 4E cognitive science.
Jordan Hall, previously known as Jordan Greenhall, is an entrepreneur and systems thinker with a focus on the intersection of technology, culture, and governance. Hall co-founded DivX, Inc., a pioneer in digital video technology, where he served as CEO and executive chairman through its early growth and IPO. Prior to that, he was a key figure at MP3.com, helping to revolutionize the digital music space. His early career also includes a brief stint as a lawyer, having earned his law degree from Harvard before transitioning into technology leadership and investment.
This episode was filmed on December 27th, 2024.
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| Chapters |
(0:00) Coming up
(0:54) Intro
(4:30) The vertical dimension
(9:35) Defining what is “worthwhile” in a hierarchy of values
(13:10) Origin, orientation, and ostension
(21:50) The superordinate figure and his antithesis
(24:58) Conscience is knowing yourself through a normative lens
(31:58) A parallel notion of Hall’s constructural framework: wolf packs
(33:02) Macro rules and micro rules: the normative versus the ethical
(35:30) How to lead an ethical but pointless life — and how to live better
(39:56) A marker for deeper “realness” is inexhaustible intelligibility
(43:36) Play as a motivational state or voluntary necessity, Tolstoy’s existential dread
(48:30) Plato’s central argument: finite transcendence
(52:20) The central evil is self-destruction
(1:00:20) Is the gap between religion and science the concept of play?
(1:03:35) The superego, Atheism, and the paradox of pointlessness
(1:09:48) The truly fundamental as immediately self-evident
(1:11:42) Do you believe your suffering is wrong?
(1:12:55) Self deception leads to self destruction
(1:15:16) Vervaeke’s theory of omission
(1:19:26) The sin that cannot be forgiven
(1:24:39) Argument, despair, and calling to the spirits that orient you upwards
(1:28:26) When Hall realized our culture lies
(1:33:50) One of largest unsolved problems in human organization
(1:39:33) Is there a uniting ethos that can bring permanent stability?
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The Depths of Dante's Inferno | John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall
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The painting in our thumbnail is from Joseph Anton Koch's fresco cycle depicting scenes from Dante's Inferno (1825-28). The image is listed on wiki commons with attribution to the photographer Saiko. We cropped in on the image, here is a link to the license page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Anton_Koch,_inferno,_1825-28,_11.jpg
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