Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149

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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"How many alien civilizations are out there?" video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTmxA2MvEqk

EPISODE LINKS:
Diana's Website: https://uncw.edu/par/faculty/faculty-pasulka.html
American Cosmic (book): https://amzn.to/3aK2kaj

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:03 - What is real?
7:32 - Can beliefs become reality?
12:34 - Donald Hoffman
16:33 - Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
20:02 - Ayn Rand
27:00 - How do religions start?
42:13 - Religion is an evolutionary advantage
47:34 - Religion used in propaganda
52:07 - What did Nietzsche mean by "God is Dead"?
57:34 - American Cosmic
1:01:20 - What do aliens look like?
1:10:03 - History of space programs
1:13:06 - Jacques Vallee
1:22:31 - Artificial intelligence
1:28:00 - Ufology community
1:39:13 - Psychedelics
1:43:10 - Tic Tac UFO
1:51:44 - Roswell UFO incident
2:02:49 - Bob Lazar
2:06:25 - Monoliths in the desert
2:17:14 - Humans will co-evolve with AI
2:20:33 - Neuralink
2:25:23 - Singularity
2:35:14 - Books: Nietzsche
2:40:20 - Books: Hannah Arendt
2:45:18 - Fear of death
2:49:46 - Meaning of life

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