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The Dissenter#1116 Adam Safron: Consciousness, AI, Psychedelics, and The Self******Support the channel******Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenterPayPal: paypal.me/thedissenterPayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuyPayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9lPayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpzPayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9mPayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on******Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoBFacebook: https://www.f...2025-06-271h 00
Thoughtforms LifeDiscussion between Adam Safron, Max Shen, and Michael LevinThis is a ~1 hour discussion with Adam Safron (https://www.adamsafron.com/) and Max Shen (https://www.maxkshen.com/home), and Michael Levinabout diverse intelligence and its relevance for pain.
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2025-06-2659 min
Mahon McCann#87 - Colin Deyoung & Adam Safron - Integrating CB5T and The Free Energy PrincipleNew podcast with Colin Deyoung & Adam Safron on their integration of Cybernetic Big five Personality theory and the Active Inference Framework to model persons for therapeutic purposes and possibly the creation of better AI.Colin Deyoung is a personality psychologist, personality neuroscientist, the creator of the Cybernetic Big Five Personality theory and the associate professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, and a former student of Jordan Peterson.Adam Safron, Ph. D., is a Cognitive Scientist and psychologist who studies the nature of preferences and motivation from mechanistic, developmental, and evolutionary perspectives. Recently, he...2024-08-291h 27
The Dov Barron ShowThe Dov Barron Show - Dr. Adam Safron: A Unified Theory of PsychedelicsA Unified Theory of PsychedelicsAre you a "Huberman" Fan? Are You Curious about Psychedelics?Well hold on to you hat this series of The Dov Baron Show is Going to Blow Your Mind!!!Our guest for this series of 3 episodes is Dr. Adam Safron. He is a cognitive scientist and a research fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Research.Adam is developing a unified theory of psychedelics and exploring the intersection of psychedelics with psychiatry, psychology, and AI machine learning.Dr. Safron is an expert...2024-08-141h 00
The Dov Baron ShowPart 3 of 3: Part 3] Dr Adam Safron: The Age of Spiritual MachinesThe Age of Spiritual Machines This is part 3 of a 3 part series with Dr. Adam Safron . If you are a "Huberman" Fan? Are You Curious about Psychedelics? You are Going to LOVE This!!! This enlightening conversation with Dr. Adam Safron, a cognitive scientist and research fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Research. . With expertise in neuroscience, Dr. Safron is pioneering groundbreaking work in developing a unified theory of psychedelics and their intersection with psychiatry, psychology, and AI machine learning. 2024-08-1144 min
The Dov Baron ShowPart 2 of 3: Dr Adam Safron: Neuropathways and Neuro-Prisons:We are excited to announce our guest for Part 2 of our 3-episode series: Dr. Adam Safron, a cognitive scientist and research fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Research. If you are a "Huberman" Fan? Are You Curious about Psychedelics? . Well hold on to you hat this series of The Dov Baron Show is Going to Blow Your Mind!!! . Adam is leading groundbreaking work in developing a unified theory of psychedelics and exploring their intersection with psychiatry, psychology, and AI machine learning.2024-08-0729 min
The Dov Baron ShowPart 1 of 3: Dr. Adam Safron: A Unified Theory of PsychedelicsA Unified Theory of Psychedelics Are you a "Huberman" Fan? Are You Curious about Psychedelics? Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-dov-baron-show-previously-known-as-leadership/id272512829?i=1000664274815 Part 2 here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-dov-baron-show-previously-known-as-leadership/id272512829?i=1000664592113 Part 3 here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-dov-baron-show-previously-known-as-leadership/id272512829?i=1000664944426 Well hold on to you hat this series of The Dov Baron Show is Going to Blow Your Mind!!! Our guest for this series of 3 episodes is Dr. Adam Safron. He is a cognitive scientist and a research fellow at the Johns H...2024-08-0425 min
Mahon McCann#81 - Adam Safron - The Cognitive Science of Free-willAdam Safron, Ph. D., is a Cognitive Scientist and psychologist who studies the nature of preferences and motivation from mechanistic, developmental, and evolutionary perspectives. Recently, he has proposed a model of embodied agency and free will and is working on a unified mechanistic account of psychedelics.This podcast discusses free will and embodied agency, the key role of attention and imagination, and the consequences of an individual's pursuit of meaning in life.Check out Adam's website 👇https://www.adamsafron.com/Google Scholar 👇https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dZOoilgAAAAJ&hl=en2024-03-1455 min
The Rose WomanSex and Rhythm: Transcendent Experiences in IntimacyWelcome to our special Valentine's Day episode, let’s discover the profound connection between sexual experiences and transcendent states of consciousness, exploring the sexual trance theory and various practices. So grab your partner, cozy up, and let’s explore the wild and wonderful world of love and consciousness.In this episode, we cover:The idea of finding pathways to complete ecstatic blissRelational flow and sensory exploration practicesSexual healing: the significance of relaxation and patience in sexual interactionsThe connection between sexual experiences and transcendent states of consciousnessThe sexual trance theory and exploration of the...2024-02-1535 min
Science VsOrgasms: Your Favorite Sex Episode!Here’s the episode you picked as our best sex and sexual health episode: Orgasms! There’s this idea that the female orgasm is a complicated riddle, but for a man with a penis, getting off is easy peasy. Is there really an orgasm gap? And if so — can science explain it? To learn more, we talk to neuroscientist Dr. Nan Wise, neuroscientist Dr. Nicole Prause and psychologist Dr. Candice Hargons. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/SVFavSexEpThis episode was produced by Hannah Harris Green, with help from, W...2023-08-1738 min
The ArniesDC News Roundup: James Gunn, Henry Cavill, Wonder Woman 3, and More!Topics Discussed:James Gunn and Peter Safron hired to run DC StudiosHenry Cavill is out as SupermanHow does this all revolve around Black Adam?Who is DC going to recast?The status of Elseworlds projectsThe status of HBO Max showsLinksInstagramTwitterFacebookOur WebsiteJames Gunn/Peter Safran AnnouncementJames Gunn DCEU Bible on the wayWW3 Not Moving ForwardBlack Adam FlopsThe Rock accused of misleading profitsDC to Recast2022-12-271h 02
The Angry Blerd PodcastEpisode 112: We Don’t Need the Latin Root*SORRY ABOUT THE AUDIO ISSUES, WE HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THIS WEEK*
Welcome to the Angry Blerds podcast, Where we talk about all things nerdy that we like!
On this episode we talk about Harbin hotel being picked by A24, R.I.P. to Leslie Jordan and Rieko Kodama, HBOMAX’s Green Lantern gets shuffled, Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker leave Rocksteady Studios, This years Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror, Projekt CD Red remaking the first Witcher game, James Cameron just needs to shut up, Samir reviews Terrifier 2, Hugh Jackman Wanted to be Wolverine again for Deadpool 3, Sony making a new stud...2022-11-032h 00
Metalcore NerdsBlack Adam, DC Studios, Ant-Man 3 & Andor w/ Keith & Steve of MoriaThis week Sean is joined by Keith & Steve of Moria to talk about Andor, Black Adam, the new heads of DC Studios, Kang in Quantumania, Halloween Ends & more!Support Moria!https://moria831.bandcamp.com/Buy Metalcore Nerds Merch: https://www.metalcorenerds.comSong of the Week: Dreaded Dale "Wormwood"Album Reviews: Dayseeker "Dark Sun"Ingested "Ashes Lie Still"Check out the Metalcore Nerds Pull List Spotify Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3zjYw8pNerd News📰:Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania TrailerGOTG Holiday Special TrailerJames Gunn & Pet...2022-11-011h 11
The Contemplative Science PodcastWell Being and Psychedelics: caution, potential and meditationCan we use psychedelics to help wellbeing?
Taking us through this hotly contested topic, subject of both ‘warranted enthusiasm and caution’, is Adam Safron.
Currently at The Centre for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Adam is also a dedicated meditation practitioner.
In today’s discussion, we explore the roles of psychedelics in medical treatment, meditation, creativity and freewill.
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This podcast has a single purpose: to help its listeners integrate the practical lessons of contemplative life. If you enjoyed the episode and you’re interested in finding out more, check out ‘Training For Humanity’...2022-06-0730 min
Health Hats, the PodcastPatient Advocates on National Boards: Mind the SausageEngaging patients differs depending on the role. Those on national Boards lead, strategize, advocate, communicate. Adam Thompson is on the Board of NQF. Listen in.
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OrthogonalFlavors of Indistractibility, the Deep Seamless Whole, and Experiencing the Fullness of EmptinessEpisode 12: Leigh Brasington, Michael Hewett, and Dr. Adam Safron. In this episode, we talk with Leigh Brasington, a renowned teacher of Buddhist states of concentration called the jhanas. We take a deep dive into the inner experience of these highly concentrated states, and hear about Leigh’s life-changing moment of insight into the true nature of reality.2022-02-201h 32
OrthogonalThe Evolutionary Neuroscience of Psychedelics and Pleasure, Annealing, and Seeing Beyond Our ConceptionsEpisode 10: Dr. Adam Safron, Kenneth Shinozuka, and Owen Muir, M.D. In this episode, we examine how the pleasures of sex and the pleasures of psychedelics may share a common evolutionary origin. We think about how evolution created diversity in brains and personalities, and discuss what possibilities the psychedelic renaissance might hold for humanity.2022-01-141h 26
Neural basis of consciousnessEp 20: Let's discuss a paper soon after reading it! Bodily roots of consciousness in early life0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:46 Paper summary 0:06:27 Discussion Date: 2021/11/27 Speakers： Anikó Kusztor (Monash University) twitter (https://twitter.com/kuszti) Ryoichi Watanabe (Kyoto University) twitter (https://twitter.com/watanaberkyoto) Yota Kawashima (Monash University) twitter (https://twitter.com/YotaKawashima), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yota-kawa...) Paper Info: Anna Ciaunica, Adam Safron, Jonathan Delafield-Butt, Back to square one: the bodily roots of conscious experiences in early life, Neuroscience of Consciousness, Volume 2021, Issue 2, 2021, niab037, https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niab0372021-11-2841 min
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 8: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the 8th of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
We discussed the nature(s) of informational and physical flows in mind and life, the potentially synesthetic affective nature of all perception, and ways in which core body processes may provide scaffolding for all other aspects of the evolution and development of minds.
Next week: Thinking about ways in which ontogeny does and does not recapitulate phylogeny; considering the mind as music.
Last week's discussion (with previous discussions linked in the video description).2021-10-2345 min
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 7: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the 7th of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
This conversation continued our exploration on the nature(s) of body maps in brain and mind, going more deeply into how these may inform our understanding of the physical and computational substrates of consciousness.
Last week's discussion (with previous discussions linked in the video description).
Some links of potential relevance for today's discussion:
On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
The Radically Embodied Conscious Cybernetic...2021-10-2359 min
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 6: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the 6th of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
This conversation focused on the nature(s) of body maps in brain and mind, including some initial discussions of how these may inform our understanding of the physical and computational substrates of consciousness.
Last week's discussion (with previous discussions linked in the video description):
Some links of potential relevance for today's discussion:
Body-perception as inference:
Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran
Flexible fundamental body maps:
The Body Has a Mind of Its...2021-10-231h 00
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 5: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the fifth of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
In this conversation we discussed a broad range of topics, ranging from similarities and differences in the principles of organization of insect and vertebrate nervous systems, to language and the meaning of meaning as wholistic resonance, to spatiotemporal binding/alignment via traveling waves in the hippocampus, and more.
Last week's discussion (with previous discussions linked in the video description).
Some links of potential relevance for today's discussion:
Facebook note on brains as shared spider’s web
Ho...2021-10-231h 02
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 4: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the fourth of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
Last week's discussion (with previous discussions linked in the video description).
Some links of potential relevance for today's discussion:
Entwinement - I Am a Strange Loop - Douglas R. Hofstadter (publicism.info)
Wedding Haka - Subtitled & translated - YouTube
See - Jason Momoa - Performs Haka - YouTube
Rapid Anxiety Reduction (RAR): A unified theory of humor (arxiv.org)
The Radically Embodied Conscious Cybernetic Bayesian Brain: From Free Energy to Free...2021-10-2356 min
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 3: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the third of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
Last week's discussion (with previous discussions linked in the video description):
Some links of potential relevance for today's discussion:
When frequencies never synchronize: The golden mean and the resting EEG - ScienceDirect
Breathing is coupled with voluntary action and the cortical readiness potential | Nature Communications
Creativity and the default network: A functional connectivity analysis of the creative brain at rest - ScienceDirect
The structure of intuitive abilities and their relationships with intelligence and Openness...2021-10-2352 min
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 2: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the second of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
Today we went into greater detail on the mechanisms and significance(s) of different forms of neural synchrony. This one "gets into the weeds," which will provide an increasingly stable foundation for what's to come.
What's to come?
We are gradually working our way to describing a mechanistic neurophenomenological understanding of nearly every aspect of mind, including consciousness, agency, and spirituality (including sexuality).
Last week's discussion (with previous discussions linked in the video description).
Some links...2021-10-2342 min
Exploring the Hard Problems of Mind and LifeEpisode 1: Conversation with Barry KomisarukThis is the first of a series of conversations with Barry Komisaruk.
We are following up on previous discussions of the nature of biological rhythms, excitation-inhibition balances, self-organized criticality, the nature(s) of pleasure and pain, consciousness, agency, and more.
In the coming weeks and months we will explore all of these topics (and more), with the ultimate goal of understanding what it means to be alive, conscious, and free (to choose life).
Previous conversations:
Neuroscience of Sexuality and Consciousness Symposium for ICP 2021
Extended panel discussion on Neuroscience...2021-10-2338 min
OrthogonalSex, Empathy, and Communion as Rhythmic SynchronyEpisode 6: Dr. Adam Safron and Owen Muir, M.D. In this episode, we hear about Dr. Safron’s groundbreaking model of sex and orgasm as a trance state and take a look at how rhythm, harmony, and synchrony in brains and bodies facilitate pleasure and connection.2021-10-1640 min
Talk of TodayThe Free Energy Principle, Consciousness & Psychedelics with Dr. Adam SafronThis episode is a bit of a wild one. It's a three hour discussion bringing together a unifying principle for life, the free energy principle (a topic I explored in greater detail in my conversation with Maxwell Ramstead), with several pernicious problems that have plagued us for years, like consciousness, free will, intelligence, and what the hell is going on when we take psychdelic substances. Leading us on a tour of these awe-inspiring, interconnected, mind-bending topics is the scientist Dr. Adam Safron. Adam is has recently finished a postdoc the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and has m...2021-05-243h 23
Coldwired Podcast. Trance and Progressive.May 2021 Selection (featuring Richie Blacker, Yotto, Solarstone, Hybrid, Lana Del Rey, Facade, Audioglider, Moshic, Matter, Framewerk, Artbat, Greg Downey, Daniel Lesden, Enlusion, Mir Omar, Power Circle, Freq, The Advent, CJ Bolland, Corin Bayley, R3BORN3, Adam Beyer, Layton Giordani, Archie Ward, The Pressure, Safron, Whisper Mode, Sean and Xander)Coldwired Podcast (Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/ColdwiredMusic). May 2021 Selection. Tracklisting:
[00:00] 01. Audioglider - A Human Construct (Richie Blacker Extended Remix) [Melodic Beats Recordings]
[05:25] 02. Power Circle - Garden Of Peace (Yotto Renaissance Remix) [Renaissance Records]
[10:34] 03. Moshic - Its Alright (Matter Remix) [Contrast Records]
[16:15] 04. Lana Del Rey - Doin' Time (Sean and Xander Remix) [Bootleg]
[20:52] 05. Framewerk - Solar Plexus (Framewerk Rewerk) [Bandcamp]
[26:27] 06. Protoculture - Red Point (Extended Mix) [A State Of Trance]
[32:16] 07. Whisper Mode - Sweetest Dreams [White Label]
[36:29] 08. Safron - The Way (7.40 Remix) [Addictive Sounds]
[40:48] 09. Richie Blacker - 2 Late 4 Love (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] ***Gold Star Track***
[45:38] 10. Archie Ward, The Pressure...2021-05-041h 36
Soft Robotics PodcastOffline Interview "Embodied Intelligence With Adam Safron"Thanks to Hadi Sadati for the Offline Interviews as a part of International Embodied Intelligence Workshop.2021-03-2503 min
Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast: Exploring Foresight and Leadership for an AI-Augmented WorldEpisode 29: Balancing Chaos and Order For More Future Intelligence with Adam Safron and Thomas SchindlerEpisode 29 of the Future Intelligent Leadership Podcast with guests Adam Safron and Thomas SchindlerAbout Thomas SchindlerCEO/ Founder of Delodi a company dedicated to developing custom software for clients and supporting clients in the product development and business model innovation process. Through his diverse work of projects, initiatives, non-profits and for-profits business, Thomas directs his focus and energy towards using technology to contribute towards making the planet a good place. LinkedinAbout Adam Safron Adam is a systems neuroscientist with diverse research experience that focuses on mu...2021-03-1645 minScience VsOrgasms: Come for the ScienceThere’s this idea that the female orgasm is a complicated riddle, but for a man with a penis, getting off is easy peasy. Is there really an orgasm gap? And if so — can science explain it? To learn more, we talk to neuroscientist Dr. Nan Wise, neuroscientist Dr. Nicole Prause and psychologist Dr. Candice Hargons. Here’s a link to our transcript: https://bit.ly/340vQDV
Learn more about Dr. Nicole Prause’s’s lab, the Liberos Center: https://www.liberoscenter.com/
Check out Dr. Nan Wise’s website and her book...2020-09-2542 min
maddoxrules#28 - Jessica Safron, Adam Dravian, 80s, Satan Ninja, 2-headed Shark, Priest Massage, PizzaGateJessica Safron, Adam Dravian, 80s, Satan Ninja, 2-headed Shark, Priest Massage, PizzaGate, Jason Segal, The Best Debate in the Universe2016-12-131h 17