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“Buddhism Can’t Explain This” and other musings with Zizek
The best NON-political conversation with Slavoj, ever. ;)
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My lecture at the Mind at Large conference
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A rare interview with the legendary George Ellis
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1:26:28
“Buddhism Can’t Explain This” and other musings with Zizek
The best NON-political conversation with Slavoj, ever. ;)
Apr 23
•
Curt Jaimungal
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13
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56:14
My lecture at the Mind at Large conference
The Reverse Elephant
Apr 21
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Curt Jaimungal
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22
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A rare interview with the legendary George Ellis
On free will, causation, Penrose, Hawking, and wave functions...
Apr 16
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Curt Jaimungal
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He also measured where photons go during a double slit...
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