mindbodyevolution

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the dangers and beauties that can arise from our hubris. 00:00 Dire Wolves and Beautiful Hubris 00:56 The Dire Wolf is Back from the Dead 01:49 Hubris as a Driver of Change, Art and Great Works 03:27 Hubris in the Natural World - The White Throated Sparrow Song 06:08 Hubris, Ego, Genius and Transcendent Beauty 06:43 The Hubris of the Greeks, The Trojan War and the End of Civilisation 09:12 Hunris: a two sided coin 09:48 What is a Dire Wolf 10:40 Colossal Bioscience is recreating the Dire Wolf 12:49 The Answer to "Why?": Hubris. Maybe not right, but still very beautiful. 17:01 How the Dire Wold was Re-Created 19:53 Dr. Stout reads from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein 21:43 Wooly Mice, Wooly Mammoth and Dodos 24:53 Wolves and Dogs - Our Oldest Mammal Companion by Far 29:06 There is some evidence that we hunted with ancient dogs/wolves - or were we hunted? 32:39 Rome is beautiful and, you know, you blood stained streets everywhere, but. Oh, my God, it's so gorgeous.   #drjoshstout

Calming ADHD with dopamine gardening of the microbiome. 00:00 Treating ADHD With Diet and Lifestyle 01:23 ADHD is a low dopamine condition 02:05 The Gut, The Vagus Nerve and The Brain, a Deep Relationship 03:19 As Individuals, We Are Communities 03:32 Where the Dopamine Happens: The Limbic System and Basal Ganglia 04:31 What Makes You A Working Animal: Dopamine 05:51 The Special Badness of the Combination of Sugar and Fat - Especially for ADHD Sufferers 07:32 Context is of the Utmost Importance 09:58 Modulate the Height of Insulin Spikes to Reduce Triggers of Addictive Behaviors 12:34 Complex Carbohydrates Spread Out the Dopamine Reward and Allow You to Stay On Target 13:16 Soluble or Non Soluble Fiber? 14:18 The Bacteria In You: The Fiber-Based Metabolism, and Dopamine 15:58 Complexity and Variety in One's Diet is Healthy and a Reward 18:00 Easy Things Can Be Healthy and Provide Reward 21:43 Probiotics and ADHD   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses how our psychological evolution is necessitated by our physiological evolution; big brains = big emotions   #drjoshstout

Through family stories and historical records, Dr. Josh Stout discusses how abolitionists orchestrated the daring rescue of Jane Johnson and others, as confrontations between state and federal authorities eerily mirror today's developing constitutional battles.   #drjoshstout

Low dopamine causes ADHD which is a disability but also a super power.  Constantly seeking new stimulation can drive research and innovation, but what happens when a whole society is addicted to dopamine stimulation and we have no attention left to give?   #drjoshstout

Dopamine mediated desire and reward explains why when dopamine is reduced we increasingly show ADHD symptoms. We combine low motivation with frantic reward seeking due to low dopamine.   #drjoshstout

The Sumerians were ancient when the pyramids were built. Their religion and culture shaped ours, yet they were forgotten for 3,000 years.   #drjoshstout

There is a hill around the Tigris or Euphrates that has bulldozers digging into a lost civilization from the period of Sumer. From the very earliest civilizations on Earth, they are destroying their own heritage right now and selling it to me.    #drjoshstout

Ibn Khaldun wrote in the 14th century and spoke about the spiral nature of history. He saw the Mongol invasion do the exact same thing the contemporary rebels just did - move through the same cities in the same order because that's the only way to get to Damascus. And it happened very quickly.   #drjoshstout

How Balancing Selection keeps our two party system in unstable equilibrium to the benefit of the ultra wealthy 1 percent.   #drjoshstout

In this episode Dr. Josh Stout discusses theories on why we are experiencing a decline in concentration and memory,  and why daily life feels so disconnected from reality. Truth vs “truth” is destroying our minds.   #drjoshstout

Did that person intend to bump into me? Or were they just daydreaming? Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the difference between narcissistic and non neurotypical behavior and how media, society and our very culture misses the point.   #drjoshstout

Students might not be doomed by AI. I see them becoming “prompt engineers”, structuring their writing with detailed instructions for the AI. Students are now using a multi-step writing process that produces well thought through essays even when fluency is difficult.   #drjoshstout

How climate change, genetic bottlenecks, and migration work together to make the Nile the tree of life for our African species.   #drjoshstout

The Hand Axe was humanity's technology for more than two million years. Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses what these objects were and why they were so important to our survival and evolution.   #drjoshstout

Science can only look at groups - but only individuals exist.  Today Dr. Josh stout discusses how we can see the individuals, and why this is vitally important for climate, ecology, biodiversity, medicine, and in our own daily life.   #drjoshstout

For the majority of us, the American lifestyle causes physical problems that need medical treatment. Dr. Josh Stout explains how statins and Metformin are used and how to minimize side effects.

Dr. Josh Stout's personal research on meditation, what science knows and what it doesn't, the mind-body connection and how we can manipulate it, and how and why a meditation practice can reduce stress and improve imagination.   #drjoshstout

In today's episode of the mindbodyevolution podcast, Dr. Josh Stout discusses how to maximize bone density early and maintain it throughout life.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the difference between perception and seeing.  What begins as a mechanical process turns philosophical as our brain constantly interprets everything we see.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout Discusses God, The Devil, Atheist Faith, the Universe, cosmology, spirituality, Truth, lies, race, religion, genetic similarity, music, math, spiritual experience, daimons, faith, and the eclipse.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Stout provides an evolutionary explanation of why we want what is bad for us - and avoid what is good for us. Today's episode explores the co-evolution of our microbiome and our hunter-gatherer heritage.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout invites Jed Zion to speak with us about the implications of understanding writing as a technology and AI as in coevolution with humanity.   #drjoshstout

In this episode Dr. Josh Stout discusses how human sex is unique in the animal kingdom.   #drjoshstout

Observable distances (OD) in the universe are bounded by the age of the universe cubed.   Distance (D) = OD+(1/13.8bly-OD)^3   #drjoshstout

Coevolution of humans and our technology defines our species. Dr. Josh Stout discusses how the development of AI as a new tool could shape our cultural evolution.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout discusses how AI is changing student's work, but not in the way we expected.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout believes Google is wrong. The universe is 13.7 billion light-years in all directions. Every point is the center, AND every point is the edge. Any direction you look is back in time.    #drjoshstout

Evolution wants us to do nothing more than eat potato chips and make babies. Our evolutionary history has encouraged us to convert starch into sugar, and sugar into fat, as fast as possible, to feed our giant brains.   #drjoshstout

Going beyond increased immigration and public daycare to solve the coming demographic collapse. Dr. Josh Stout discusses how new data from the IMF show how classist demographic models are no longer true. Rich and poor alike are having fewer babies.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses his theories on Spiritual Binaries and the Cultural Evolution of Gender Roles.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout talks about male and female stereotypes without biological sex in the Barbie Movie and resource based mating patterns in the Great Apes.   #drjoshstout

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In primates, being the bottom of the hierarchy is stressful.  All the dominants bite you, and you have no one to bite.  Unfortunately this is true of Capitalist Society as well.  This episode explores the relationship between hierarchy and stress and offers solutions for the individual and the greater society.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout briefly discusses the use of gendered speech in the classroom.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the evolutionary reason parenting styles are so different today than they were in the last century.  Investing in our children is necessary in the modern cubical meritocracy, and keeping them in school is saving the world.   #drjoshstout

From the modern no-sex revolution to the agricultural revolution of the neolithic, in this episode Dr. Josh Stout looks at how we evolved and are still evolving in coevolution with our culture.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout describes how interval training is able to provide the benefits of exercise in a very short time by briefly exceeding the body's maximum output.   #drjoshstout

Today we discuss with Dr. Josh Stout how the Goddess represents feminine power and spirituality, but how society has repressed Her image and the fundamental aspect of Her femininity in the world.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout is discussing intermittent fasting to promote health and reduce metabolic disease including hypoglycemia, type 2 diabetes, high triglycerides and high blood pressure.   #drjoshstout

What is art? Today with Dr. Josh Stout we discuss cave art, and the development of art as a social and individual practice through the present moment where we see art uncoupled from time and medium.   #drjoshstout

Serpentinization Makes Jade - Dr. Josh Stout's theory on How it will Save the World and May be the Origin of Life   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout believes it's time for compassion for ourselves and others, and that our evolutionary heritage demands it for our survival.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout on 'The Farming Trap' - how farming led to disease, famine, war and slavery.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Stout's thoughts on dopamine and his research into dopamine: the reason we do things.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the growth of the brain and how that related to our change in diet from mostly carbohydrate based high fiber roots to a more meat rich diet.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout's theories on how we got such large brains and what might this mean.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout takes a look at the coevolution of our diet, our exercise and our consciousness.   #drjoshstout