Episode 02: The Scientific and the Fluffy

Two Bit Geeks

• Episode: Episode 02: The Scientific and the Fluffy
• Website: Two Bit Geeks
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• Duration: 00:49:16
• Published: 2016-12-11 13:04

The pure joy of puttering and sneaky morning naps, attempting to drop the philosophy bomb with Carlos Santana and the nature of inspiration, google:defining the divine and the inexpressible experience of feeling and consciousness.

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Achieving a consistent, regular sleep-cycle [01:45]

• The pure joy of puttering (Sharon Kanner)
• Recreational sleeping

What’s the source of inspiration? [10:37]

• Top Shower Thoughts of all time
• Carlos Santana doing his doodle-oodle-ooo
• The “Flow” state of effortless, immersive creativity
• Where do thoughts come from? A Scientific answer (Dr. John Yohan)
• Where do thoughts come from? A Fluffy answer (Eckhart Tolle)

What defines the “divine?” [32:37]

• Google:define: the supernatural, the divine and God
• Taiji: one take on the “undifferentiated absolute”

What explains feeling and consciousness? [39:20]

• The “hard problem” of consciousness
• Or, the not-so-hard problem

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)