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hello and welcome to episode number 71

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of the point of convergence podcast as

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always I am your host EXO academian

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ever since human beings have had some

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sense of the immensity of the cosmos

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when we look up to the starry array

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above our heads in the dark of night an

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enduring question emerges how many other

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planets with sophisticated civilizations

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like ours are out there

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with a thousand pinpricks of light

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coming through that black tapestry of

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the night sky

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many of us logically assume the cosmos

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is likely teeming with life

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of course that initial impression based

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more on a hunch perhaps than solid data

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has only grown stronger and stronger as

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our understanding of the immense scope

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of the universe has come more fully into

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view

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dazzling as the Earth our home planet is

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it is but one rock circling one star in

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one star system amongst hundreds of

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billions in our Milky Way galaxy alone

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and likewise that Galaxy is merely one

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of trillions scattered across the vast

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expanse of the cosmos

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the so-called Fermi Paradox arises from

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the apparent conflict between the lack

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of clear obvious signs of

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extraterrestrial life despite

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consistently High estimates for their

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probable existence

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this Paradox is named after

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Italian-American physicist and Enrico

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Fermi who as the story goes in the midst

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of a casual conversation with fellow

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physicists in almost a precise middle of

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the 20th century exclaimed when thinking

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on these matters but where is everybody

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or something to that effect

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it is indeed a perplexing matter as time

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has gone on we've gathered more and more

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evidence not just about how gargantuan

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the cosmos actually is but how as Dr Ian

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Malcolm a character in the original

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Jurassic Park movie played by Jeff

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Goldblum famously says life finds a way

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in other words life seems to spring up

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in even the most inhospitable of

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environments that being the case and

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considering how many goldilocks-like

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planets must exist even amongst the many

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planets that are perhaps not suited for

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life where are all these civilizations

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why are we not finding clear evidence of

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their existence

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of course the Fermi Paradox makes

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certain assumptions firstly about the

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nature and Ultimate Reality of the

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space-time construct we find ourselves

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seemingly firmly embedded Within

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but also about the notion that

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civilizations that are perhaps out there

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and perhaps are much more advanced than

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we earthlings would not choose to

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interfere with our ability to perceive

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their existence

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when you really think about it this is a

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rather strange assumption to make after

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all we manipulate our environment almost

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the moment we gain the ability to why

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would this not occur with Interstellar

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civilizations that have mastered

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Interstellar and perhaps even

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Intergalactic travel in the same way

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we've mastered InterContinental travel

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and of course last but certainly not

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least there is the clear evidence

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gathered not just over the course of

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what you might call the modern UFO era

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reaching back to the early to mid 20th

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century but even to our distant

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religious lore and early creation myths

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suggesting these others have been here

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for a very long time perhaps even

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predating us as beings walking this blue

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pearl of a planet

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so all this being the case what does

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this mean

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why are we simultaneously being visited

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and interactive with by these

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non-conventionally human others while

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also being presented with a visible

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universe that appears starkly devoid of

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these are the compelling and head

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scratching matters that will endeavor to

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make sense of in this the 71st episode

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as we begin this week's episode I would

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all right on to this episode's topic the

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Fermi Paradox what is up with that well

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I would suggest that the apparent

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reality itself hints at the answer

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because the apparent reality is a

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contradiction our models of the universe

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are such that we believe sophisticated

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life should Exist Elsewhere probably in

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abundance and yet we're not finding any

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apparent evidence of this when we look

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out at the immensity of the cosmos which

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we have the power to do more than we

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ever have before what does this mean

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now for those of us who are familiar

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with the UFO phenomenon topic and who

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take experience or accounts seriously

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which I will make the initial point of

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saying we should this is a data set

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every time someone has an experience

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with an apparent non-human intelligence

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that is a data point when we take that

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across the entirety of these reports

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that is a data set this is legitimate

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evidence that we need to pay attention

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to especially when we find commonalities

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across the broad swath of those reports

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this is probably the most important

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evidence we need to pay attention to Yes

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it matters when we spot things in the

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sky and we capture videos and photos of

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them but the interactions with the

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intelligences is what really matters in

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fact I would argue that the public face

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of this entire Endeavor is a bit of a

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farce because we don't even address

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really publicly in the conventional

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mainstream media what this means about

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who these are what are these occupants

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what is the nature of this intelligence

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what does it mean that these are

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non-human even when we write this into

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the Congressional Record with language

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talking about only paying attention to

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vehicles that are supposedly of a

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non-human origin

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or saying bluntly what we're getting at

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here non-human intelligence aliens in

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our midst it's in the language that has

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been drafted by congress

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this is what we really should be paying

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attention to again I would argue that

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the broad swath of experience through

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data is very valuable perhaps the most

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valuable data we have to pay attention

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now not only do we find evidence of

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these others having been here and that

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they're still here but we also when we

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look with unprejudiced and humble eyes

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see evidence suggesting they some of

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them anyway are likely responsible for

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our very existence that we are indeed

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the fruit of their seating program

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now again the reason why this is not

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taken seriously in the mainstream is

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because we do not look with unprejudiced

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and humble eyes for the most part most

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people do not they like to believe that

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we have been unenhanced that we haven't

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been played with that we haven't been

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the experiment of some more

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sophisticated intelligence that predates

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us all of that is bias all that is

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evidence at hand

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now furthermore as I've touched on in

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other podcasts the consistently bipedal

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humanoid and often fully human looking

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others makes it clear that we are but

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one batch or one iteration of a vast

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now when you think about this it

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actually makes sense

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if civilization sprung up at very

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different points in the history of our

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Cosmos then some would advance to the

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point where they could start ceding

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other civilizations long before those

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civilizations would have sprung up on

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their own if indeed they ever would have

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sprung up on their own based on the

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local conditions of any particular

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simulation hypothesis have suggested

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based purely on mathematical

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probabilities that we're more likely the

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holographic simulation of some physical

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civilization living in base reality then

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we are actually beings living in a base

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reality ourselves

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now I understand this thinking but I

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think it goes awry in assuming slash

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believing that the quote unquote

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physical universe is ultimately base

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reality I don't think it is but what we

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can draw from this is the notion that

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it's more likely probably by far that we

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are the experiment of some much more

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sophisticated civilization then we are a

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species that just so happened to spring

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up on their own via the process of

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evolution by natural selection

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and of course for all the theory of

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natural selection has been able to

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explain there are elements of our

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of course as with archeology there is a

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bias towards non-intervention when it

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comes to these models scientists in

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these fields will do their darndest to

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explain our development according to

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purely naturalistic models mainly as a

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pushback against the church's notion

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that we are the Clockwork construction

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of an ever-present God who exists

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outside of space-time in other words

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that was the historical context in which

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science sprung up and it was pushing

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back against its previous power

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structure which was the church but in

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doing that it has overreached this

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overreach by the scientific mainstream

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misses the writing on the wall

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suggesting that we have not only been

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tweaked at various points in our species

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history but that our very initial

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Genesis is likely tied to the

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intervention of some extraterrestrial

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slash interdimensional intelligence

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Again part of the problem with the

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mainstream view is that it takes us a

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given that what we observe is actually

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base reality

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there are numerous diverse but

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converging lines of evidence suggesting

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this is simply not likely to be the case

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first we have Donald Hoffman's work

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which I've discussed numerous times on

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this podcast suggesting that what we see

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feel hear taste I.E experience is not

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reality but rather an interface which

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offers to us icons of experience which

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only very Loosely and non-literally

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associate with some deeper structure of

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reality that exists outside of

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space-time altogether

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space-time being itself merely an aspect

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of our interface

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then we have the work of cutting-edge

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physicists such as Ed Whitton and Nema

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arkani Hamed telling us that physics

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itself is telling us that space-time

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cannot be fundamental the math tells us

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this

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and they were already indeed seeing

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evidence for structures that exist

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outside space-time altogether structures

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such as the amplitohedron

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finally we have the experience of human

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beings intersecting with various others

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that are part and parcel of what we

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colloquially refer to as the UFO

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phenomenon who can at a moment's notice

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at the very apparent whim of these

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non-human others experience an entire

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perceptual set that is different than it

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was and that is different than everyone

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else around

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simply put they can boot up an

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experience of reality that is custom

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crafted for each and every one of us

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whenever they want to

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that's exactly why there are numerous

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reports of for instance two or three

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people seeing vast spacecraft floating

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over a busy Interstate while everyone

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else remains completely oblivious

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all that is to say the Fermi Paradox

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exists not because of some underlying

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truth of reality but as an artifact of

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the interface these others serve up for

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us

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we only see experience and are able to

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measure what they deem appropriate full

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stop

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and as long as we continue to believe

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that we are in an unimpeded way

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interacting with base reality we will be

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fooled by the illusion of our

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holographic surroundings

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many are familiar with the notion of a

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prime directive in Star Trek

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now it should not be surprising to us

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that many have wondered what the

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originator of Star Trek a man named Gene

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Roddenberry had come into contact with

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or awareness of because many of the

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Notions shared in that Series so closely

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resemble

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the Notions we have communicated To Us

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by experiencers not the least of which

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of course is the consistently bipedal

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humanoid shape of these various alien

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species as is the case on the show

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with the prime directive the notion is

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that a local species civilization should

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not be interacted with prematurely

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because this will impact their normal

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course of development

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there is a sense that like children

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without so-called helicopter parents a

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civilization must learn the Deep truths

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of life through trial and error without

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the obvious interference or overbearing

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intervention of some higher more

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civilized race or civilization

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there certainly seems to be a parent in

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the ways these various others have

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interacted with us and the fact that

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they all seem to adhere to this

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principle for the most part suggest that

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this really is a cosmic Norm that is

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followed

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but what I'm saying here is that this

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principle of non-interference goes

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beyond this I'm saying that the very

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reality quote unquote we are permitted

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to know exists is controlled as a part

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of this maturation process

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and as I've already stated that means

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what we're actually able to see an

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experience of the physical Universe in

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air quotes is determined in large part

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by our current level of development

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so let's pause here for a moment to make

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this point really clear

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think back to the movie The Matrix

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The Matrix depicts a dystopian future in

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which humanity is unknowingly trapped

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inside a simulated reality The Matrix

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which intelligent machines have created

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to distract humans while using their

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bodies as an energy source

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now what I'm saying here is that we also

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are in a kind of Matrix that is not

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controlled by robots intelligent

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machines but by more sophisticated

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intelligences perhaps the very

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intelligences who seated us on this

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planet along with other iterations they

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seated elsewhere

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and that it's not that we just don't

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interact with them that they keep their

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distance like as with the prime

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directive in Star Trek so as to not bias

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our development but that the very way we

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see reality the way we see the universe

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what we see of the universe is

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controlled by them by what they allow us

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to see as part of our interface

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and this is precisely why it's so simple

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for them many of them to just show up in

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our reality they pop in and they pop out

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whether that's in the sky above our

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heads or in our bedrooms in the middle

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of the night they can do this because

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the reality we think we live in is an

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interface as I keep saying as Donald

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Hoffman and others have postulated again

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as physicists like Nima arkani Hamad

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have suggested space-time and quantum

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theory being a projection of a deeper

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structure that these others know of this

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deeper structure they work in those

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Realms and therefore they can manipulate

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the projection itself which ends up

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looking to us like the violation of our

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understanding of physics but the issue

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is that physics is really just rules

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that are part of the interface part of

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the virtual reality these others of

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course are working in the source code

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behind that and so it's Child's Play for

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them so this is the key point in Star

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Trek you have the prime directive which

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says that more sophisticated

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civilizations shouldn't interfere

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prematurely with less sophisticated ones

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that is true for the most part that's

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why they don't land on the White House

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lawn but furthermore the very nature of

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what we experience as reality is also

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controlled by them

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this is the part that is often missed

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and this is the very reality I'm

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suggesting is being strongly hinted at

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in the Fermi Paradox where on the one

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hand we know there should be life out

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there plentiful life and yet we're not

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finding it and I'm saying it's because

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of this ability of them to control what

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we observe

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that if you think about our virtual

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reality and having a headset on the

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reality you see within the headset all

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of our science all of our tools all of

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our physics everything is measuring what

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we observe inside the headset of the

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virtual reality it's not base reality

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itself and that's why we're looking at

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precisely the wrong place to find them

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and that's indeed exactly what Donald

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Hoffman suggests he also believes that

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reality itself is likely teaming with

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what he calls conscious agents but we

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only interact with the ones which are

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interface serves up an icon of that's

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the really key distinction and I think

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that's key to understanding General

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paranormality and certainly The Mystery

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of the UFO phenomenon

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I would also like to stop and make

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another key distinction here because

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when people think about these others

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some of them perhaps being the very

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civilizations that seated our

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civilization that they perhaps wanted to

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mirror themselves by planting another

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seed like themselves here to see how it

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would go and that might even involve

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genetic manipulation The genome itself

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being supplanted by them

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now a key here is that some will look at

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them therefore and say well these are

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the gods of old on the one hand you

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could see them that way and when we

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think back to phenomena such as cargo

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Cults you see how that often happens

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when a less sophisticated civilization

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comes into contact with the technology

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of a more sophisticated civilization

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they tend to see them as gods they try

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to worship them they try to appeal to

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them to change their reality

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But ultimately these higher beings are

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merely just more sophisticated forms of

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other kinds of biological life

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that's what's going on here as well just

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because they seated us doesn't mean that

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they are gods in the pure sense of that

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term meaning outside of what you might

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call the circle of life altogether no

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what I'm suggesting is that the very way

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that the circle of life eventually comes

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around is that more sophisticated

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intelligences learn how to plant new

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civilizations and that this happens time

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and time again and that they themselves

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may be the planting of another

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civilization that predated them and this

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goes on and on and on in layers and

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waves and that's why you even have

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different dimensions of reality that

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represent different levels of the

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overarching Spiral where this kind of

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process perhaps has been taking place

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for eons

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now dialing back to this notion that I

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mentioned before about the experience we

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have of a physical Universe quote

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unquote is determined in large part by

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our current level of development

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regarding this last Point what I want to

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say is that humanity is still painfully

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naive

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not surprisingly any individual can only

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find itself in reality based on bearings

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in the same way we can only determine

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our level of Consciousness development

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based on what we perceive the parameters

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of possibility to be

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said differently as I've mentioned on

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previous podcast episodes one cannot see

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beyond the ceiling of One's Own

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Consciousness level anything above that

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is literally invisible non-discernible

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and thus effectively non-existent

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and when a lesser developed intelligence

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encounters a more advanced intelligence

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what it tends to perceive is either

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Godly goop incoherence

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or they commit what is known in integral

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Theory circles as the pre-trans fallacy

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which means that they mistake a more

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advanced stage of Consciousness for an

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earlier lesser one because that is the

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only map that applies for that person in

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that instance this is partly because of

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the spiraling nature of Consciousness

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development Allah spiral Dynamics so for

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instance Advanced non-dual spirituality

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May in an earlier form manifest as

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fundamentalist religion lower on the

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spiral so when for instance a modernist

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atheist encounters Advanced spirituality

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they may mistake it for a naive

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fundamentalist pre-modern primitive

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religion rather than for what it

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actually is which is metamodern

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trans-rational non-duality a stage

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literally invisible to this person at

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the Modern stage of Consciousness

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development

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by the way if you'd like to learn more

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about these various stages of

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Consciousness which are very well

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attested to both in the development of

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individuals and entire societies and

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that these arise as emergent properties

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over time I cover this in some depth in

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episode number nine

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now first off I want to point out that

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part of the reason why the question of

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how human civilization will respond to

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something like disclosure of the

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existence and interpenetrating presence

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of these many others is complex is that

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there are numerous different levels of

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consciousness coexisting on the planet

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as we speak

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not surprisingly how an isolated

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pre-modern tribe living in the Amazon

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will respond to these Revelations is

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different from how a modern Western

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Civilization will likely respond

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although interestingly enough based on

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the Norms of shamanic cultures the

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former may actually have an easier time

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of it than the latter because this

563
00:23:09,350 --> 00:23:06,840
notion of many others existing in

564
00:23:11,870 --> 00:23:09,360
overlapping domains of existence is

565
00:23:14,210 --> 00:23:11,880
already well understood it is their

566
00:23:16,130 --> 00:23:14,220
conventional understanding

567
00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:16,140
but when you take the middle ground of

568
00:23:19,909 --> 00:23:17,640
Humanity's present stage of

569
00:23:22,010 --> 00:23:19,919
Consciousness meaning you exclude those

570
00:23:23,810 --> 00:23:22,020
at the very early stage as well as those

571
00:23:26,390 --> 00:23:23,820
at varied Advanced stages of

572
00:23:28,549 --> 00:23:26,400
transpersonal understanding what we find

573
00:23:31,370 --> 00:23:28,559
is a vast majority who are still

574
00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:31,380
dominated by an overarchingly tribal

575
00:23:36,590 --> 00:23:34,080
perspective tribal at different levels

576
00:23:39,110 --> 00:23:36,600
some it's just a family some it's just a

577
00:23:41,630 --> 00:23:39,120
culture so much the entire nation-state

578
00:23:43,970 --> 00:23:41,640
and thus other members of the very same

579
00:23:46,430 --> 00:23:43,980
species let alone all the other species

580
00:23:48,950 --> 00:23:46,440
on the planet are seen as competitors

581
00:23:52,669 --> 00:23:48,960
for what are perceived as a cache of

582
00:23:55,549 --> 00:23:52,679
limited scarce resources and one sees

583
00:23:57,529 --> 00:23:55,559
getting ahead quote unquote as being a

584
00:24:00,649 --> 00:23:57,539
zero-sum game between these various

585
00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:00,659
competitors now undoubtedly some people

586
00:24:05,270 --> 00:24:02,880
are further along than others in terms

587
00:24:07,850 --> 00:24:05,280
of how this plays out and yet for the

588
00:24:10,789 --> 00:24:07,860
most part various degrees of tribalism

589
00:24:13,549 --> 00:24:10,799
still dominate this is the overwhelming

590
00:24:16,310 --> 00:24:13,559
center of gravity for our civilization

591
00:24:19,430 --> 00:24:16,320
at this point in time

592
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:19,440
lest we forget or take this as normal

593
00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:22,320
because we lack the requisite context to

594
00:24:27,710 --> 00:24:24,840
see how primitive this actually is

595
00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:27,720
let's make this clear we still presently

596
00:24:33,529 --> 00:24:30,780
exist within nation-state borders where

597
00:24:35,930 --> 00:24:33,539
the most advanced so to speak Nations

598
00:24:38,870 --> 00:24:35,940
Still Point weapons of mass destruction

599
00:24:40,909 --> 00:24:38,880
towards each other which could at a

600
00:24:44,090 --> 00:24:40,919
moment's notice Wipe Out the entire

601
00:24:46,909 --> 00:24:44,100
civilization not to mention vast aspects

602
00:24:48,890 --> 00:24:46,919
of the biosphere right along with it

603
00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:48,900
and while waiting to see if we destroy

604
00:24:53,330 --> 00:24:51,360
ourselves with these nuclear weapons we

605
00:24:55,010 --> 00:24:53,340
work on bioweapons which are more

606
00:24:58,310 --> 00:24:55,020
Insidious but just as potentially

607
00:25:00,230 --> 00:24:58,320
dangerous at least for human beings

608
00:25:03,649 --> 00:25:00,240
of course in addition to this

609
00:25:06,010 --> 00:25:03,659
adversarial Us Versus Them Behavior we

610
00:25:08,810 --> 00:25:06,020
operate largely under a commodity slash

611
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:08,820
resource-centric attitude towards the

612
00:25:12,770 --> 00:25:11,520
planet which is of course our one and

613
00:25:15,529 --> 00:25:12,780
only home

614
00:25:17,570 --> 00:25:15,539
almost daily now we hear about records

615
00:25:19,970 --> 00:25:17,580
falling related to climate change around

616
00:25:21,110 --> 00:25:19,980
the world it's one emergency after

617
00:25:23,510 --> 00:25:21,120
another

618
00:25:25,850 --> 00:25:23,520
And yet when people are challenged with

619
00:25:28,909 --> 00:25:25,860
making systemic changes that allow for

620
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:28,919
some degree of a course correction they

621
00:25:33,830 --> 00:25:31,679
Bach opting instead for rather minuscule

622
00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:33,840
superficial changes that don't really

623
00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:35,760
even begin to Grapple with the extent

624
00:25:41,269 --> 00:25:38,880
and pressing nature of the problem

625
00:25:43,570 --> 00:25:41,279
and we exist within a system where

626
00:25:46,250 --> 00:25:43,580
billionaires spend Untold Millions

627
00:25:48,169 --> 00:25:46,260
constructing Doomsday Bunkers rather

628
00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:48,179
than using those funds to help those

629
00:25:54,169 --> 00:25:50,760
that still suffer under abject poverty

630
00:25:55,909 --> 00:25:54,179
and malnourishment on a daily basis

631
00:25:58,490 --> 00:25:55,919
and in the midst of this present

632
00:26:01,310 --> 00:25:58,500
predicament we consider it normal or

633
00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:01,320
legitimate to start expanding out into

634
00:26:06,350 --> 00:26:03,840
space when we have yet to address some

635
00:26:08,330 --> 00:26:06,360
of the most basic inequalities and

636
00:26:09,590 --> 00:26:08,340
emergencies that exist on our home

637
00:26:11,750 --> 00:26:09,600
planet

638
00:26:13,909 --> 00:26:11,760
now if we think these various others

639
00:26:16,730 --> 00:26:13,919
especially the more sophisticated ones

640
00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:16,740
the more morally Advanced ones are

641
00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:19,320
simply going to let this happen this

642
00:26:24,289 --> 00:26:21,299
exporting of a kind of collective

643
00:26:26,570 --> 00:26:24,299
Insanity we are fooling ourselves and

644
00:26:28,490 --> 00:26:26,580
are more importantly losing sight of

645
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:28,500
exactly where we are presently located

646
00:26:34,190 --> 00:26:31,200
along the spectrum of Consciousness

647
00:26:38,570 --> 00:26:36,590
this leads me to a tweet that I made

648
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:38,580
last night that seemed to gather a lot

649
00:26:41,570 --> 00:26:40,559
of attention and people asked for

650
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:41,580
follow-up

651
00:26:46,490 --> 00:26:43,679
let me quote it again here this is what

652
00:26:49,549 --> 00:26:46,500
I wrote on Twitter last night

653
00:26:51,409 --> 00:26:49,559
for those with ears to hear many look to

654
00:26:54,590 --> 00:26:51,419
the skies and lament our supposed

655
00:26:57,710 --> 00:26:54,600
oppressive alien overlords but let me

656
00:26:59,870 --> 00:26:57,720
say this humanity is an experiment and

657
00:27:02,990 --> 00:26:59,880
truth be told the experiments

658
00:27:06,350 --> 00:27:03,000
incessantly divisive default mode is

659
00:27:08,990 --> 00:27:06,360
approaching an event horizon

660
00:27:11,090 --> 00:27:09,000
now what did I mean by this in a way I

661
00:27:14,029 --> 00:27:11,100
meant this twofold

662
00:27:16,669 --> 00:27:14,039
number one whether you believe that our

663
00:27:19,549 --> 00:27:16,679
alien overlords or those who seated our

664
00:27:21,710 --> 00:27:19,559
civilization will put up with the nature

665
00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:21,720
of the way the experiment has gone for

666
00:27:25,870 --> 00:27:24,000
very much longer is one question

667
00:27:28,789 --> 00:27:25,880
but even putting that aside for a second

668
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:28,799
just the nature of how we are caring

669
00:27:33,950 --> 00:27:31,260
about our business brings our own future

670
00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:33,960
very much into question so that event

671
00:27:38,210 --> 00:27:36,000
horizon which those of you not familiar

672
00:27:40,850 --> 00:27:38,220
with that term means a point of no

673
00:27:44,450 --> 00:27:40,860
return in other words we are facing the

674
00:27:46,610 --> 00:27:44,460
precipice of self-destruction now I

675
00:27:48,169 --> 00:27:46,620
would argue that evidence suggests that

676
00:27:50,269 --> 00:27:48,179
there actually have been numerous

677
00:27:53,210 --> 00:27:50,279
civilizations numerous human

678
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,220
civilizations even right here on the

679
00:27:58,430 --> 00:27:55,440
earth and that there apparently are

680
00:28:01,610 --> 00:27:58,440
these cyclical cataclysms that happen

681
00:28:03,710 --> 00:28:01,620
about every 11 and a half to 12 000

682
00:28:06,350 --> 00:28:03,720
years there seems to be a fair amount of

683
00:28:09,350 --> 00:28:06,360
evidence pointing in this direction in

684
00:28:10,970 --> 00:28:09,360
the historical record although again the

685
00:28:12,950 --> 00:28:10,980
archaeological mainstream the

686
00:28:14,390 --> 00:28:12,960
anthropological mainstream doesn't like

687
00:28:17,149 --> 00:28:14,400
to acknowledge that because again

688
00:28:20,330 --> 00:28:17,159
there's this bias towards naturalistic

689
00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:20,340
and non-interventionist histories

690
00:28:24,710 --> 00:28:22,320
we make ridiculous assumptions for

691
00:28:26,450 --> 00:28:24,720
instance about pre-history which is so

692
00:28:29,149 --> 00:28:26,460
old that we really have no idea what

693
00:28:31,370 --> 00:28:29,159
happened so to make strong conclusions

694
00:28:33,529 --> 00:28:31,380
about what it was like is at the very

695
00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:33,539
least begging the question

696
00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:36,240
but the point is if we are a seating

697
00:28:40,970 --> 00:28:39,360
experiment one amongst many then what

698
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:40,980
you have to realize is there's a certain

699
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:43,679
beginning stage and then there's some

700
00:28:48,529 --> 00:28:45,600
Randomness that comes into the process

701
00:28:50,450 --> 00:28:48,539
by way of our decisions that we have

702
00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:50,460
habits that we form and then these

703
00:28:55,190 --> 00:28:52,140
habits form us

704
00:28:57,289 --> 00:28:55,200
over time this repeats and repeats and

705
00:28:59,450 --> 00:28:57,299
repeats until you end up with Norms of

706
00:29:04,310 --> 00:28:59,460
civilization

707
00:29:06,409 --> 00:29:04,320
developed sticks and stones and Spears

708
00:29:09,769 --> 00:29:06,419
and cannons maybe there's only so much

709
00:29:11,570 --> 00:29:09,779
damage they can do while our Overlord so

710
00:29:12,830 --> 00:29:11,580
to speak wait for our Consciousness

711
00:29:14,269 --> 00:29:12,840
development

712
00:29:17,090 --> 00:29:14,279
but eventually it gets to the point

713
00:29:18,350 --> 00:29:17,100
where we develop nuclear weapons and

714
00:29:21,049 --> 00:29:18,360
that we develop the technology

715
00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:21,059
capacities to move out into space to

716
00:29:27,590 --> 00:29:24,840
other planets and then if we have a vast

717
00:29:29,990 --> 00:29:27,600
discrepancy between our level of

718
00:29:33,230 --> 00:29:30,000
Consciousness and our technological

719
00:29:36,110 --> 00:29:33,240
capacity that becomes a problem because

720
00:29:38,269 --> 00:29:36,120
now we are no longer localized to a

721
00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:38,279
certain Planet but we are now like a

722
00:29:43,789 --> 00:29:40,880
virus that could extend into the cosmos

723
00:29:46,010 --> 00:29:43,799
this is an issue we have been told

724
00:29:48,529 --> 00:29:46,020
experiences have been told over and over

725
00:29:50,990 --> 00:29:48,539
again that this has happened many times

726
00:29:53,389 --> 00:29:51,000
not just on the Earth but on other

727
00:29:55,370 --> 00:29:53,399
planets as well that it's actually more

728
00:29:58,549 --> 00:29:55,380
the norm that when civilizations get to

729
00:30:01,250 --> 00:29:58,559
our point they do tend to self-destruct

730
00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:01,260
under the weight of that discrepancy

731
00:30:06,590 --> 00:30:04,080
between their technological capacity and

732
00:30:09,590 --> 00:30:06,600
their Consciousness development we are

733
00:30:12,529 --> 00:30:09,600
very much at that same Event Horizon now

734
00:30:15,110 --> 00:30:12,539
we are quickly approaching it anyway

735
00:30:18,049 --> 00:30:15,120
now speaking of our civilization and

736
00:30:20,029 --> 00:30:18,059
specifically Western Civilization we

737
00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:20,039
have a high degree of emphasis on

738
00:30:24,590 --> 00:30:22,260
freedom of the individual which makes

739
00:30:27,649 --> 00:30:24,600
some sense but right now seems

740
00:30:31,070 --> 00:30:27,659
completely out of step with how that

741
00:30:33,169 --> 00:30:31,080
benefits or costs the collective and

742
00:30:35,870 --> 00:30:33,179
Beyond this for those of us who've had a

743
00:30:38,269 --> 00:30:35,880
non-dual realization we recognize that

744
00:30:39,830 --> 00:30:38,279
any of that individuality is ultimately

745
00:30:41,930 --> 00:30:39,840
an illusion

746
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:41,940
that you can play with the illusion you

747
00:30:46,850 --> 00:30:43,919
can live into it but to be completely

748
00:30:49,610 --> 00:30:46,860
convinced of it to forget the unity that

749
00:30:52,130 --> 00:30:49,620
we are a part of is not only foolhardy

750
00:30:55,370 --> 00:30:52,140
does not only lead you astray but is

751
00:30:58,010 --> 00:30:55,380
ultimately utterly destructive it's like

752
00:31:00,710 --> 00:30:58,020
a cell that becomes a cancer cell in a

753
00:31:03,590 --> 00:31:00,720
body when it forgets that which it is a

754
00:31:06,950 --> 00:31:03,600
part of what it serves indeed in the big

755
00:31:08,690 --> 00:31:06,960
picture then it becomes problematic it

756
00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:08,700
takes on a life of its own that actually

757
00:31:13,250 --> 00:31:11,460
can destroy the very organism of which

758
00:31:15,289 --> 00:31:13,260
it is apart

759
00:31:16,970 --> 00:31:15,299
this is what happens when individualism

760
00:31:18,950 --> 00:31:16,980
is run amok

761
00:31:20,450 --> 00:31:18,960
now here I'm reminded of various

762
00:31:22,130 --> 00:31:20,460
experience or stories various

763
00:31:24,590 --> 00:31:22,140
experiences that I've talked to that

764
00:31:27,409 --> 00:31:24,600
I've gotten to know who have encountered

765
00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:27,419
this Oneness this sense of Oneness in

766
00:31:32,990 --> 00:31:29,940
these others I myself have experienced

767
00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:33,000
this now at first this can be very very

768
00:31:37,970 --> 00:31:35,760
overwhelming to a human being who's used

769
00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:37,980
to solid walls separating themselves

770
00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:40,320
from others not just in terms of our

771
00:31:43,909 --> 00:31:42,120
bodies but also our thoughts our

772
00:31:46,370 --> 00:31:43,919
emotions Etc

773
00:31:48,470 --> 00:31:46,380
but if you think back to the episode 39

774
00:31:50,389 --> 00:31:48,480
where I discussed yossi ronan's

775
00:31:52,370 --> 00:31:50,399
encounter with beings that he first

776
00:31:54,130 --> 00:31:52,380
encountered in a dream and then later

777
00:31:57,230 --> 00:31:54,140
woke up to find them in his apartment

778
00:31:59,810 --> 00:31:57,240
what he was struck by was how much there

779
00:32:01,970 --> 00:31:59,820
was so much vulnerability their entire

780
00:32:05,029 --> 00:32:01,980
presence which I call Total presence

781
00:32:06,590 --> 00:32:05,039
telepathy was available to him he knew

782
00:32:09,350 --> 00:32:06,600
everything about them

783
00:32:12,049 --> 00:32:09,360
likewise everything about him the most

784
00:32:14,930 --> 00:32:12,059
intimate interiority to do with him was

785
00:32:17,389 --> 00:32:14,940
exposed to them now to them this was

786
00:32:19,909 --> 00:32:17,399
normal this is just a state of affairs

787
00:32:22,010 --> 00:32:19,919
but for Ronan and for many human beings

788
00:32:25,850 --> 00:32:22,020
of course it's completely overwhelming

789
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:25,860
and yet that ultimate unity is key not

790
00:32:31,430 --> 00:32:28,559
only to understanding these others but

791
00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:31,440
is key for a civilization to really come

792
00:32:35,690 --> 00:32:34,320
together and move forward and reckon

793
00:32:37,970 --> 00:32:35,700
with these challenges between

794
00:32:39,830 --> 00:32:37,980
technological development and

795
00:32:42,590 --> 00:32:39,840
Consciousness development

796
00:32:45,409 --> 00:32:42,600
and here I'm reminded of what Dr Edgar

797
00:32:48,289 --> 00:32:45,419
Mitchell a man to walk on the moon said

798
00:32:50,810 --> 00:32:48,299
about his Revelation about that Oneness

799
00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:50,820
when he looked back on planet Earth from

800
00:32:54,889 --> 00:32:51,779
space

801
00:32:57,889 --> 00:32:54,899
he said I quote I experienced an ecstasy

802
00:33:01,430 --> 00:32:57,899
of unity connectedness is The Benchmark

803
00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:01,440
reality and separateness is the illusion

804
00:33:07,310 --> 00:33:04,860
again that's from Dr Edgar Mitchell now

805
00:33:09,710 --> 00:33:07,320
his transformative experience led him to

806
00:33:14,090 --> 00:33:09,720
go on to establish the Institute of

807
00:33:17,210 --> 00:33:14,100
noetic Sciences ions in 1973 and this is

808
00:33:19,190 --> 00:33:17,220
what ion says about its founding by Dr

809
00:33:21,230 --> 00:33:19,200
Edgar Mitchell and I'm repeating this

810
00:33:23,990 --> 00:33:21,240
now because I think this is telling for

811
00:33:27,230 --> 00:33:24,000
how we should proceed from here on out

812
00:33:28,970 --> 00:33:27,240
quoting from their about us page he

813
00:33:30,590 --> 00:33:28,980
understood that by applying the

814
00:33:32,870 --> 00:33:30,600
scientific rigor used in his

815
00:33:35,090 --> 00:33:32,880
explorations of outer space we could

816
00:33:37,730 --> 00:33:35,100
better understand the mysteries of Inner

817
00:33:40,370 --> 00:33:37,740
Space the space in which he felt an

818
00:33:43,250 --> 00:33:40,380
undeniable sense of interconnection and

819
00:33:45,669 --> 00:33:43,260
Oneness our dear friend and founder Dr

820
00:33:49,070 --> 00:33:45,679
Edgar Mitchell passed away in February

821
00:33:51,649 --> 00:33:49,080
2016. at ions we continue this work

822
00:33:53,870 --> 00:33:51,659
today we use the power of science to

823
00:33:56,330 --> 00:33:53,880
explore our Inner Space understanding

824
00:33:58,730 --> 00:33:56,340
that both objective knowledge and

825
00:34:01,310 --> 00:33:58,740
subjective knowing are necessary for a

826
00:34:03,590 --> 00:34:01,320
more complete understanding the mission

827
00:34:05,750 --> 00:34:03,600
of The Institute of noetic Sciences is

828
00:34:08,210 --> 00:34:05,760
to reveal the interconnected nature of

829
00:34:10,490 --> 00:34:08,220
reality through scientific exploration

830
00:34:12,589 --> 00:34:10,500
and personal discovery

831
00:34:14,450 --> 00:34:12,599
we trust that individuals who have had

832
00:34:17,210 --> 00:34:14,460
their own transformative experiences

833
00:34:19,010 --> 00:34:17,220
will learn from our research both our

834
00:34:22,070 --> 00:34:19,020
scientific experiments and our

835
00:34:24,409 --> 00:34:22,080
opportunities for personal Discovery and

836
00:34:27,530 --> 00:34:24,419
gain a deeper sense of their own purpose

837
00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:27,540
we believe that by accessing that same

838
00:34:32,930 --> 00:34:30,300
sense of interconnectedness Dr Mitchell

839
00:34:35,089 --> 00:34:32,940
felt on his return from the Moon we can

840
00:34:38,930 --> 00:34:35,099
all contribute to enhancing the quality

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of life on Earth unquote

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now I'm very aware of the notion as I've

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stated in other contexts that to a large

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degree we form our habits and then our

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habits form us

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this is true both of individuals and

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Collective societies

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our Western society's tendency to

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justify certain long-term trends and

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behavior patterns based merely on the

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fact that that's just how things are

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done quote unquote or by superficially

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only making comparisons with other

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models which were or are even less

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tenable than the current one again

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highlights our nearsightedness and our

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tendency to deflect from taking

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responsibility

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our leaders of late at least on the

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socio-political level have been woefully

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lacking but we are responsible for a

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system which makes them the choices to

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draw from to begin with

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and I recognize that depending on where

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you live your standard of living Etc

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your ability to impact change varies

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but that said to be clear we need not

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simply fine-tuning but systemic changes

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of course these systemic changes begin

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with each and every one of us taking

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responsibility for the greatest fear of

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our own personal influence namely

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ourselves

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but a key aspect of the needed change

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involves the shifting of what we value

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what we invest in what we protect and

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what we nurture

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we cannot grow a sustainable system from

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a model of the world that sees people as

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separate individual selves disconnected

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from the larger whole and that sees the

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world we live in as a frontier to be

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dominated

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put succinctly we need to invest in and

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cultivate inner awareness inner

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Technologies rather than merely exterior

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ones that daily increase our sheer

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computational power

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because ultimately we can only grow our

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civilization's tree as high and far as

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its roots are deep

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this really comes down to not only

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making superficial changes that are the

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equivalent of a shuffling of the chairs

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on the deck of the Titanic but to a

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complete reordering of our priorities

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and on that note I'll leave you with

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another quote from Dr Edgar Mitchell who

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said quote

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we need to make the world safe for

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creativity and intuition for its

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creativity and intuition that will make

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the world safe for us unquote

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and on that note we've come to the close

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of another edition of the point of

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convergence podcast if you'd like to

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but until next time friends from deep

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within the Blue Ridge Mountains of North

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Carolina this is exo-academian signing