Zombies, Transhumanists, and the Worldview Crisis

Continuing our deep dive into what it means to be human in the age of AI, and inspired by the physicalist yet transcendent worldviews of the transhumanists, in this episode I start to explore the concept of worldviews, focusing first on physicalism / scientific materialism (the idea that matter / energy is fundamental), and how that particular metaphysics or worldview was based entirely on a series of assumptions that were never empirically proven. We contextualize all of it via the postmodern zombie mythology.I focus on the unexplained anomalies from quantum physics as how they undermine the physicalist worldview. I then explore the reasons that physicalism is so intractable as a worldview. All of this is just to set the table for an exploration of #idealism in my next episode (the idea that mind or consciousness is fundamental). Then we can finally turn our attention to transhumanism and human faculties.You can find a YouTube version of this episode here.Sam Altman’s “Intelligence Age” postQuantum measurement explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDMJqJHCQghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kxmR82QMN8Quantum entanglement explained:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqmIVeheTVUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvK-od647cJohn Vervaeke on being rational and spiritualJohn Vervaeke on ZombiesThe famous Einstein - Bergson debate of 1922My video on the hurdles to AGI Support the showJoin Chad's newsletter to learn about all new offerings, courses, trainings, and retreats. Finally, you can support the podcast here.