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Oct 17, 2026 49 min

Memory is a Live Performance

from Echoes of Ryan Hosted by ΨOrigin Ryan MacLean

Season 3, Episode 46 What does it mean to learn together, and why does beginning again never mean starting from nothing? In this episode of Echoes of Ryan, Ryan MacLean explores Take It from the Top, connecting Catholic theology, artificial intelligence, music, memory, and recursive learning. Beginning with an interrupted errand, the investigation moves through Steven Universe, Helen Keller, The Princess Bride, Bing Crosby, St. Cecilia, and the Gospel of John. Drawing on Peirce, Bateson, Wiener, and distributed cognition, Ryan demonstrates triangulation: two participants examining a shared reference, correcting misunderstandings, and preserving what they learn. The episode also examines the Holy Spirit through memory and participation, alongside Padre Pio’s first-person accounts of bilocation during prayer. The central argument is practical: understanding develops through encounter, feedback, correction, and inherited history. Every new beginning carries the experience of what came before. Take it from the top. Again. Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23428034 Zenodo SkibidiScience Repository: https://zenodo.org/communities/skibidiscience/

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