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Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
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  (00:00) - Introduction
  (08:28) - What is real?
  (13:56) - Can beliefs become reality?
  (18:59) - Donald Hoffman
  (22:57) - Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
  (26:27) - Ayn Rand
  (33:25) - How do religions start?
  (48:38) - Religion is an evolutionary advantage
  (53:59) - Religion used in propaganda
  (58:32) - What did Nietzsche mean by “God is Dead”?
  (1:03:59) - American Cosmic
  (1:07:45) - What do aliens look like?
  (1:16:28) - History of space programs
  (1:19:30) - Jacques Vallee
  (1:28:55) - Artificial intelligence
  (1:34:25) - Ufology community
  (1:45:38) - Psychedelics
  (1:49:35) - Tic Tac UFO
  (1:58:09) - Roswell UFO incident
  (2:09:14) - Bob Lazar
  (2:12:50) - Monoliths in the desert
  (2:23:39) - Humans will co-evolve with AI
  (2:26:58) - Neuralink
  (2:31:48) - Singularity
  (2:41:39) - Books: Nietzsche
  (2:46:44) - Books: Hannah Arendt
  (2:51:43) - Fear of death
  (2:56:11) - Meaning of life

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