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#149 – Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion, and the Nature of Belief
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Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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() – Introduction
() – What is real?
() – Can beliefs become reality?
() – Donald Hoffman
() – Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
() – Ayn Rand
() – How do religions start?
() – Religion is an evolutionary advantage
() – Religion used in propaganda
() – What did Nietzsche mean by “God is Dead”?
() – American Cosmic
() – What do aliens look like?
() – History of space programs
() – Jacques Vallee
() – Artificial intelligence
() – Ufology community
() – Psychedelics
() – Tic Tac UFO
() – Roswell UFO incident
() – Bob Lazar
() – Monoliths in the desert
() – Humans will co-evolve with AI
() – Neuralink
() – Singularity
() – Books: Nietzsche
() – Books: Hannah Arendt
() – Fear of death
() – Meaning of life
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