#2 Chris Williamson - Evolutionary Psychology, Be Curious, Weird and Rediscover Yourself

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Brain We Are

Brain We Are Podcast

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2 Biologists focused on neuroscience making their experience in life just a 1% better every day inviting you along the journey! We combine Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology, and Philosophy. We dive deep into studies and transform them into palatable and useful content that transformed our own lives, so maybe it will transform yours too. Hosts and producers of the #1 Czech Educational podcast going international! An evidence-based approach to improving your life. We walk first, then talk. We talk about all things biological optimization, and the optimization of our brains and minds.

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#2 Chris Williamson - Evolutionary Psychology, Be Curious, Weird and Rediscover Yourself

Brain We Are

1 hour 27 minutes 5 seconds

2 years ago

#2 Chris Williamson - Evolutionary Psychology, Be Curious, Weird and Rediscover Yourself

In an ever-changing world knowing who you are is becoming a super-power. We are infinitely affected and connected to the environment around us. We are biased to fit in, there's always this pressure not to peak out of the ordinary. It has been beneficial at some point in the evolution, perhaps, when we were in a smaller group of people and those were the only people we knew. Any embarrassment there would mean, that we wouldn't spread our genes into future generations, therefore standing out was not selected for. That's the root of social status bias.

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TimeStamps:

00:00 Who is Chris Williamson and what does he do?

02:00 What did Chris love to do as a Child?

06:40 What questions did Chris ask before starting Modern Wisdom?

10:00 How to rediscover yourself?

15:30 Embracing weirdness

21:55 How do you integrate information into our own life

27:45 The Good sh*t sticks

41:15 Non-religious spirituality and evolutionary psychology

42:15 Have a Red Pill: Free Will - So What?

45:00 Sam Harrises' experience of no free will

49:00 "Just enjoy the fu*king ride man"

50:00 Meaning and transcendence

53:00 Humans as an Inherently transcending creatures

56:00 Richness of our subjective experience "Just how insane it is to exist"

1:00:00 Evolutionary Psychology, insight, and mindfulness

1:04:00 Mindfulness gap

1:05:30 Favourite mental model: Never Multiply by zero

1:11:45 What's the most essential thing with mental models - Go into dirt

1:14:00 Red Pill

1:18:30 Dating Pareto Rule

1:22:20 Chris´s daily routines