Great scientific discoveries hide in boring places | Michelle Thaller

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Humans take psychedelics. Should robots? | Ben Goertzel

Psychedelics are crude drugs. Could neuroscience and super-intelligent AI help us design something better? - The illegal status of psychedelic substances is a terrible thing, says Ben Goertzel. With everything happening behind closed doors, our societies are not developing the right set of cultural institutions to guide people in the productive use of psychedelics. - Once scientists have mastered artificial general intelligence (AGI), the psychedelic experience could be engineered for the modern world – it would be safer, less haphazard, and more meaningful. We would "trip" by jacking our brains into the superhuman AGI mind cloud. - "We're going to be exploring states of consciousness that go way beyond anything we can imagine now and way beyond anything that the very crude psychedelic drugs that exist allow us access to," Goertzel says. Ben Goertzel is CEO and chief scientist at SingularityNET, a project dedicated to creating benevolent decentralized artificial general intelligence. He is also chief scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings and robotics firm Hanson Robotics; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC; Chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society and the OpenCog Foundation.His latest book is AGI Revolution: An Inside View of the Rise of Artificial General Intelligence (https://goo.gl/fuUXen) Read more at BigThink.com: http://bit.ly/2SA8U7w Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: http://bit.ly/1qJMX5g Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink

Allah Ka Karam, Kin Per Hota Hai? | Qasim Ali Shah

Es video main Qasim Ali Shah baat ker rahay hain Allah kay karam per. kay Allah ka karam kin per hota hai, ya Allah kin logon per apna karam kerta hai. Qasim Ali Shah ne apni zindagi main karam walay bandon ko bilkul seedha dekha hai. mukhlis dekha hai. her karam wala banda dosaron kay liye faidamand hota hai. karam wala ahsaan kerta hai. karam wala banda seedha insan hota hai puri aqal kay bad sada sa lagta hai .... ===== FOLLOW ME ON THE SOCIALS ===== - Qasim Ali Shah: https://goo.gl/6BKcxu - Google+: https://goo.gl/uPyGvT - Twitter: https://goo.gl/78MVoA - Website : https://goo.gl/Tgjy6u ===== Team Member: Waqas Nasir ===== #Karam #Blessing #QasimAliShah

3 proofs that debunk flat-Earth theory | Big Think Top Ten 2018 | Michelle Thaller

We're finally here! We've been counting down the 10 most popular videos of 2018. This is #1... - Hey flat Earthers, it's time to put your theory to bed once and for all! "There are so many proofs that the Earth is round, it's difficult to know where to start. And it's not okay to think that the Earth is flat; this is not a viable argument," says NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller. Thaller explains three observable proofs that instantly debunk flat-Earth theory with irrefutable evidence of the Earth's round, curvaceous, gloriously spherical shape. - The ancient Greeks figured out we were living on a sphere over 2,000 years ago, and there are things you can do to prove that the Earth is indeed round—just go to a body of water and look at ships or boats on the horizon with binoculars. Watch the video for the details! You can follow Michelle Thaller on Twitter at @mlthaller. - Dr. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars. She is Assistant Director of Science Communication at NASA. She went to college at Harvard University, completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, Calif. then started working for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Spitzer Space Telescope. After a hugely successful mission, she moved on to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in the Washington D.C. area. In her off-hours often puts on about 30lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances. For more information, visit NASA. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bit.ly/2s6uCEq Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: http://bit.ly/1qJMX5g Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink

Jordan Peterson: The fatal flaw lurking in American leftist politics | Big Think Top Ten 2018

The countdown continues! This is the #2 most popular video of 2018. Can the left wing grow from this critique? - What is political extremism? Professor of psychology Jordan Peterson points out that America knows what right-wing radicalism looks like: white nationalism. "What's interesting is that on the conservative side of the spectrum, we've figured out how to box-in the radicals and say, 'No, you're outside the domain of acceptable opinion,'" says Peterson. But where's that line for the Left? There is no universal marker of what extreme liberalism looks like, which is devastating to the ideology itself but also to political discourse as a whole. - Peterson is happy to suggest such a marker: "The doctrine of equality of outcome. It seems to me that that's where people who are thoughtful on the Left should draw the line, and say no. Equality of opportunity? [That's] not only fair enough, but laudable. But equality of outcome…? It's like: 'No, you've crossed the line. We're not going there with you.'" - Peterson argues that it's the ethical responsibility of left-leaning people to identify liberal extremism and distinguish themselves from it the same way conservatives distance themselves from the doctrine of racial superiority. Failing to recognize such extremism may be liberalism's fatal flaw. Jordan B. Peterson, raised and toughened in the frigid wastelands of Northern Alberta, has flown a hammer-head roll in a carbon-fiber stunt-plane, explored an Arizona meteorite crater with astronauts, and built a Kwagu'l ceremonial bighouse on the upper floor of his Toronto home after being invited into and named by that Canadian First Nation. He's taught mythology to lawyers, doctors and business people, consulted for the UN Secretary General, helped his clinical clients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia, served as an adviser to senior partners of major Canadian law firms, and lectured extensively in North America and Europe. With his students and colleagues at Harvard and the University of Toronto, Dr. Peterson has published over a hundred scientific papers, transforming the modern understanding of personality, while his book Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief revolutionized the psychology of religion. His latest book is 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (https://goo.gl/J7CLCe) Read more at BigThink.com: http://bit.ly/2R3H4Ui Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: http://bit.ly/1qJMX5g Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink

My 2018 Year In Review: Successes, Failures & Lessons Learned

BLOG POST: http://bit.ly/2GN0uIx At the end of each year, I always make sure to take some time to reflect back on the previous year. I do this for two reasons: 1. To acknowledge all of the successes and accomplishments of the year.  By celebrating all of your “wins”, it gives you more certainty towards achieving your future goals.  Not only that, but it feels damn good and you get to feel proud of yourself! 2. To carefully review all of the failures, challenges, and goals that I came up short on.  What can I learn from these experiences?  What good can come from it?  By finding the positive and the lessons learned, those challenges then become your asset.  This will ensure you don't make the same mistakes or experience the same challenges/failures for your upcoming year. What gets rewarded, gets repeated.  Success breeds more success. In this post, you will see me reflect back and list all of the successes, celebrations, and lessons learned from 2018. There is A LOT more that has happened for me in 2018, but this list is what I came up with during an hour of reflecting back through journals and thinking about my year.  I'm probably missing a lot, but these are the highlights. This “Year In Review” video blog will also include my Monthly Goals Report for December 2018, as I give an update on my goals and progress made during December.  There was just no need to make another video blog for that. ★☆★ VIEW THE BLOG POST: ★☆★ http://bit.ly/2GN0uIx ★☆★ SUBSCRIBE TO ME ON YOUTUBE: ★☆★ Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/2bO65dq ★☆★ FOLLOW ME BELOW: ★☆★ Blog ► http://bit.ly/1dffKI5 Twitter ► http://bit.ly/1dqLWDZ Twitter ► http://www.twitter.com/stefanjames23 Facebook ► http://bit.ly/1fz9bjo Facebook ► http://bit.ly/2cF3pE1 Instagram ► http://bit.ly/1Rm9ph0 Instagram ► http://bit.ly/2hxFAeT Snapchat ► http://bit.ly/1TshMIR Periscope ► http://bit.ly/2bO3EYo iTunes Podcast ► http://bit.ly/1dqLWUg ★☆★ ABOUT PROJECT LIFE MASTERY: ★☆★ The Project Life Mastery YouTube channel is the place to be for motivational, inspiring, educational, and uplifting self improvement videos. You can also follow for videos about online business, Amazon, and making money online! ★☆★ MY PRODUCTS & COURSES: ★☆★ Life Mastery Accelerator ► http://bit.ly/2o41BJp Online Business Mastery Accelerator ► http://bit.ly/2nT1z6p Morning Ritual Mastery ► http://bit.ly/1kochwV Affiliate Marketing Mastery ► http://bit.ly/1VtqUis Kindle Money Mastery ► http://bit.ly/1pfGXhJ 24 Hour Book Program ► http://bit.ly/1s85K9g Kindle Optimizer ► http://bit.ly/1QI3p3i ★☆★ MERCHANDISE: ★☆★ Mastery Apparel ► http://bit.ly/2p8CFSc ★☆★ RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: ★☆★ http://bit.ly/1qtEz5E If you found this video valuable, give it a like. If you know someone who needs to see it, share it. Leave a comment below with your thoughts. Add it to a playlist if you want to watch it later.

Superhumans: The remarkable brain waves of high-level meditators | Top Ten 2018 | Dan Goleman

The countdown continues! This is the #3 most popular video of 2018. - People who have meditated for thousands of hours exhibit a remarkable difference in their gamma brainwaves. - "All of us get gamma for a very short period when we solve a problem we've been grappling with, even if it's something that's vexed us for months. We get about half second of gamma; it's the strongest wave in the EEG spectrum," explains Goleman. - In high-level mediators, gamma is a lasting state they experience constantly. Science has never seen it before. - Psychologist and author Daniel Goleman says we can actually see what happens in the heads of those who have achieved "enlightenment" and the results are unprecedented in science. Daniel Goleman is a psychologist, lecturer, and science journalist who has reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year and a half. Goleman is also the author of Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything. The book argues that new information technologies will create “radical transparency,” allowing us to know the environmental, health, and social consequences of what we buy. As shoppers use point-of-purchase ecological comparisons to guide their purchases, market share will shift to support steady, incremental upgrades in how products are made – changing every thing for the better. His latest book is Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, which he has co-authored with Richard Davidson reveals the science of what meditation can really do for us, as well as exactly how to get the most out of it. Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: http://bit.ly/1qJMX5g Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink