Bernardo Kastrup discusses materialism and consciousness

This is a reissue of Episode 7, while Jack recovers for the birth of his first child last week. Bernardo Kastrup's work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. https://youtu.be/ZiFc11XHRQ4 Stream the song: https://ffm.to/bernardo THE PRISON OF MATERIALISM VERSE  Fm  It's stitched into the sitcoms  It's sewn into the news  Bfm  Twisted in the movies  It underwrites your views It underwrites your views  Fm  Pumped in by the television  Reinforced in school  Bfm  Seeps into your every hole,   But your nobody's fool?  BRIDGE  Cm  It permeates and advocates  Corroborates we're separates  Bfm  Venerates-our-physical-traits-while-vindicating-violent-states  Cm  Perpetuates subordinates  Implicates we're primates  Culminates in selfish hate  That enumerates & exterminates  CHORUS  Bfm  Oh no, they’re selling you a prison  Cm  Don’t buy the lie of materialism  VERSE  It’s been cunningly conceived   And slyly concealed  Dripped into your consciousness  Now it has congealed  You're just purely physical  You're a piece of meat  Who cares if I beat you  Or emotionally mistreat you  BRIDGE  Soul starvation, strangulation  Spiritual castration  Secularize-sexualise-glamourise-with-vacant-lies  Temptation and gratification  Physical adoration  Sedation of civilization  Societal transmogrification  CHORUS  VERSE  They're happy you're confused  They feed upon your fear  Suck up all your feelings  They’re always very near  You’re one of the little pawns  Putty in their hands  Moving in formation  As they whisper their commands  BRIDGE  Preaching the dualities  Physical realities  With-distorted-moralities-for-limited-mentalities  Contorted tonalities  Temporal modalities  Separate nationalities  For global criminalities  CHORUS