EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 1H 47M
Post-Truth is Rooted in Bad Physics - James Ellias (Inductica), DemystifySci +420
from The DemystifySci Podcast · host DemystifySci
Something broke in the foundations of how we think, and the cracks have been spreading ever since through Western culture, politics, creating a fraying sense of what is real. In this live conversation recorded in Austin, Texas, we sit down with James Ellias of @Inductica to trace the damage back to its source: the moment physics abandoned explanation for mysticism and handed civilization a permission slip for unreality. We move through Kant and Newton, through positivism and quantum superstition, through the collapse of the hero and the rise of the conspiracy, searching always for the thread that leads back out. Have you, too, felt the ground shifting beneath the stories we tell ourselves?PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go!00:03:00 Physics as the Root of All Knowledge00:06:00 How Quantum Mysticism Entered Popular Culture00:08:38 Observer-Dependent Reality & the Primacy of Existence00:12:46 Postmodern Relativism and the Fracture of Shared Truth00:14:38 Kant, Hume, and the Epistemological Crisis00:20:36 The Rise of Positivism: Prediction Over Explanation00:22:25 Descartes, Newton, and the Death of the Hypothesis00:28:19 Why Quantum Physics Left Us Without a Story00:38:23 Replacing Subjectivism with Earned Understanding00:45:58 Mortality, Responsibility, and the Afterlife Problem00:54:12 Rebuilding Philosophy from the Ground Up01:01:31 The Case for a Culture of Understanding01:10:16 Awe, Art, and the Natural Sublime01:25:09 The Crisis of the Modern Hero01:29:05 Envisioning a Rational Future01:35:46 Clarity, Material Physics, and the Return to Rationality #philosophy, #physics, #metaphysics, #postmodernism, #criticalthinking, #rationalism, #objectivism,#quantummechanics, #philosophyofmind, #consciousness, #enlightenment, #mythology #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast, #quantum , #quantumphysics, #quantummechanics MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671
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Post-Truth is Rooted in Bad Physics - James Ellias (Inductica), DemystifySci +420
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