Bernardo Kastrup discusses materialism and consciousness

This is a reissue of Episode 7, while Jack recovers for the birth of his first child last week. Bernardo Kastrup's work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. 

https://youtu.be/ZiFc11XHRQ4 

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THE PRISON OF MATERIALISM 

VERSE  
Fm  
It's stitched into the sitcoms  
It's sewn into the news  
Bfm  
Twisted in the movies  
It underwrites your views 

It underwrites your views  
Fm  
Pumped in by the television  
Reinforced in school  
Bfm  
Seeps into your every hole,   
But your nobody's fool?  

BRIDGE  
Cm  
It permeates and advocates  
Corroborates we're separates  

Bfm  
Venerates-our-physical-traits-while-vindicating-violent-states  

Cm  
Perpetuates subordinates  
Implicates we're primates  

Culminates in selfish hate  
That enumerates & exterminates  

CHORUS  
Bfm  
Oh no, they’re selling you a prison  
Cm  
Don’t buy the lie of materialism  

VERSE  
It’s been cunningly conceived   
And slyly concealed  
Dripped into your consciousness  
Now it has congealed  

You're just purely physical  
You're a piece of meat  
Who cares if I beat you  
Or emotionally mistreat you  

BRIDGE  
Soul starvation, strangulation  
Spiritual castration  

Secularize-sexualise-glamourise-with-vacant-lies  
Temptation and gratification  
Physical adoration  

Sedation of civilization  
Societal transmogrification  

CHORUS  

VERSE  
They're happy you're confused  
They feed upon your fear  
Suck up all your feelings  
They’re always very near  

You’re one of the little pawns  
Putty in their hands  
Moving in formation  
As they whisper their commands  

BRIDGE  
Preaching the dualities  
Physical realities  

With-distorted-moralities-for-limited-mentalities  

Contorted tonalities  
Temporal modalities  
Separate nationalities  
For global criminalities  
CHORUS 

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