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Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

Christofer Lövgren

64 episodes

3 months ago

Christofer speak with physicist David Deutsch and Jake Orthwein about the logical concept of truth. They discuss the reality of abstractions, how representations get their meaning, the difference between biological evolution and the evolution of ideas, how emotions aren't theories, and more. Note: This is only the first half of the conversation, the full episode can be found on Patreon (patreon.com/doexplain). David Deutsch is a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Centre for Quantum Comput...

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Self-Improvement

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Christofer speak with physicist David Deutsch and Jake Orthwein about the logical concept of truth. They discuss the reality of abstractions, how representations get their meaning, the difference between biological evolution and the evolution of ideas, how emotions aren't theories, and more. Note: This is only the first half of the conversation, the full episode can be found on Patreon (patreon.com/doexplain). David Deutsch is a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Centre for Quantum Comput...

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Religion & Spirituality,

Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/64)

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#57 - [Half Episode] Truth and Abstractions, with David Deutsch and Jake Orthwein

Christofer speak with physicist David Deutsch and Jake Orthwein about the logical concept of truth. They discuss the reality of abstractions, how representations get their meaning, the difference between biological evolution and the evolution of ideas, how emotions aren't theories, and more.Note: This is only the first half of the conversation, the full episode can be found on Patreon (patreon.com/doexplain).David Deutsch is a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computatio...

1 year ago

42 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#56 - Relationship in Dzogchen, with Charlie Awbery

Christofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about their article 'Relating as beneficent space' in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss fixed patterns in interaction, psychological vs. Vajrayana perspective, Rigpa, accurate response, extraception, basic okayness, and other related topics.Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach, living in the US. They have a ton of experience in traditional Vajrayana - decades of practice, retreats, and application in ordinary l...

2 years ago

1 hour 37 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#55 - Pointing Out Instructions in Dzogchen, with Charlie Awbery

Christofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about Dzogchen in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss different types of non-duality, spontaneity, spacious presence, Rigpa, emptiness and form, pointing out instructions, Evolving Ground, and other related topics.Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach, living in the US. They have a ton of experience in traditional Vajrayana - decades of practice, retreats, and application in ordinary life - that they bring to thei...

2 years ago

1 hour 10 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#54 - Critical Rationalism 2.0, with Lucas Smalldon

Christofer and science writer Lucas Smalldon speak about epistemology in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss how Lucas found Critical Rationalism, his evolved version as different from David Deutsch's, knowledge as adapted information, universal epistemology vs. 'knowing different things are different', Seinfeld and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the importance of feeling ones feelings, and other related topics.Lucas Smalldon is a student of critical rationalism. His blog, barelymore...

2 years ago

1 hour 36 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#53 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.6] Hot Tub Time Machine

This is part 6 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the sixth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation again to dive deeper into meta-rationality. They talk about truth and correspondence, evolution, brains in vats, abstract propositions fairy land, the frame problem in AI, what ma...

2 years ago

1 hour 49 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#52 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.5] POPPER WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME

This is part 5 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the fifth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation to compare her current (critical) rationalist position with the meta-rational one. They talk about the historical lineage that CR grew out of, why Descarted fucked up philosophy f...

2 years ago

2 hours 26 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#51 - Everything Everywhere All at Once, with Jonny Miller

Christofer and nervous system specialist Jonny Miller speak about the path to authenticity in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss a recent Sacred Sons-retreat, the role of emotions in decision making, being vulnerable, circling, working with inner 'darkness', effective altruism, ethics, how emotional fluidity is a superpower, meaning, Christopher Bache's LSD-insights, reason, whether healing requires other people, and other related topics.Jonny Miller is an emotional resilience researche...

2 years ago

2 hours 1 minute

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#50 - Alexander Technique and Embodiment, with Lulie Tanett (feat. Hugo Holke)

Christofer and writer Lulie Tanett speak about the unity of body and mind in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss their journeys toward emotional fluidity, Alexander Technique, psychology and awareness, non-duality, Christofer's critiques of AT, Lulie's experiences of oneness, CR and meta-rationality, and answer some Twitter-questions. Lulie Tanett is a writer from Oxford, England, specialising in applied critical rationalism. She is currently in teacher training for the Alexander Techniq...

2 years ago

1 hour 44 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#49 - Nervous System Mastery, with Jonny Miller

Christofer and nervous system specialist Jonny Miller speak about breath and bodywork in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Jonny's journey through grief and loss, emotional fluidity, why feeling deeply isn’t irrational, embracing anger, holotropic breathwork, polyvagal theory, breath repatterning, trauma as incomplete reflexes, somatic experiencing, TRE, IFS, and other related topics.Jonny Miller is an emotional resilience researcher, host of the Curious Humans podcast and founder of N...

2 years ago

1 hour 52 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

Guest Appearance on the Art of Accomplishment, with My Wife

Christofer and his wife Sadie joins Joe Hudson and Brett Kitsler on the Art of Accomplishment podcast (their episode description below): "Our guest Christofer returns with his wife Sadie for a powerful couples coaching session with Joe. They uncover how a pattern of self-reliance and appearing strong for each other has created stress in their relationship. What happens when they try a different approach?"Support the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/...

2 years ago

47 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#48 - $20M Start-Up, Jhanas and Dzogchen, with Oliver Edholm

Christofer and entrepreneur Oliver Edholm speak about his road to becoming CEO of a major AI start-up (Depict) and meditation in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Minecraft and programming, dropping out of high school, joining Y-combinator, AI-recommendation engines, why Depict is different from larger competitors, the role of emotions in decision-making, the four jhanas, Dzogchen, pointing-out instructions, and other related topics.Oliver Edholm is a 20-year old high school dropout, a...

2 years ago

1 hour 31 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#47 - Emptiness, with Jake Orthwein

Christofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the buddhist concept of Emptiness in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss dependent co-arising, lack of inherent existence and no-self, Rob Burbea's 'ways of looking', the baysian brain and meditation, why emptiness is liberative, 'fear of emptiness' and DPDR, and other related topics.Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern Califo...

2 years ago

1 hour 39 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

Guest Appearance on the Art of Accomplishment

Christofer joins Joe Hudson and Brett Kitsler on the Art of Accomplishment podcast (their episode description below): "Today’s episode is a coaching session with a guest who wants to stop postponing his enjoyment into an abstract future that never arrives. This session opens up an exploration of what can happen when we bring enjoyment into any moment: even the experience of chronic pain."Support the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-ti...

2 years ago

33 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#46 - Embodied Awareness, with Charlie Awbery

Christofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about Vajrayana in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Charlie's early awakening experience, the importance of view in meditation, Tantra and Dzogchen, experiential sameness, renunciation vs. engagement, self-love, no self, the "should" of being more mindful, the possibility of stabilizing Rigpa, Evolving Ground, Ultraspeaking, silence as a superpower, and other related topics.Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach...

3 years ago

2 hours 33 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#45 - Be Your Own Authority, with Joe Hudson

Christofer and executive coach Joe Hudson speak about following your own wisdom in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the idea of love languages, the trap of trying to make other people happy, loving vs. liking people, empathizing without getting lost in a story, limiting belief cycles, if Joe still suffers, embracing physical pain, and other related topics.Joe Hudson is a sought after executive coach and creator of The Art of Accomplishment, an online learning platform for personal dev...

3 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#44 - Why You Can't Meditate While Running From a Tiger, with Marek Doyle

Christofer and metabolic nutritionist Marek Doyle speak about the role of physiology in meditative success in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Marek's own path to introspection, the energetic cost of emotional suppression, neural rewiring of maladaptive associations, technical debt, body tension, the misunderstood role of cortisol in the stress response, physical hurdles to psychological progress, Marek's approach to solving these, why everybody should supplement with magnesium, MDMA ...

3 years ago

2 hours 18 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#43 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.4] Stages of Adult Development

This is part 4 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the fourth episode they focus on Chapman's discussion of Robert Kegan's stages of adult development. They talk about Piaget's constructivist lineage, how one relates to meaning in the different stages, and give an overview of Chapman...

3 years ago

1 hour 38 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#42 - Knowing Less, with Aella

Christofer and micro-celebrity Aella speak about exploring one's mind in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Aella's ten months of doing acid, deconstructing identity, inner vastness, exploring pain, embodiment, four categories of enlightenment, fallibilism, spiritual authority, belief construction, holding on to ideas, twitter-questions, and other related topics.Aella is a sex worker, blogger, and controversial twitter-celebrity who loves collecting data from her audience. She was homes...

3 years ago

1 hour 14 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#41 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.3] Deconstructing Dzogchen

This is part 3 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the third episode they focus on the different ways Chapman and Sam Harris speak about the central insight of Dzogchen. They talk about the self as an illusion, rigpa, the four naljors within Dzogchen, emptiness, sutric renunciation a...

3 years ago

2 hours 10 minutes

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#40 - Turbulent Tripping, with Aaron Nesmith-Beck

Christofer and entrepreneur Aaron Nesmith-Beck speak about practical tips for having a useful psychedelic experience in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss if using drugs is cheating, dealing with bad/challenging trips, ceremonial containers for a trip, nested arcs, fractal insights, tripping in a group, psilocybin retreats in Holland, DMT, QRI and neural annealing, meeting extra dimensional beings, and other related topics.Aaron Nesmith-Beck is a writer and entrepreneur most interested ...

3 years ago

1 hour 8 minutes