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Myths about Religion and their Relation to Relevance Realization
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1:56:16 - 2:00:41 (04:24)

The podcast discusses how religion not only provides patterns of relevance realization but also contains myths about religio itself, which sometimes need some counterbalance. The conversation focuses on the myths of hubris and their relation with the heroic myth in Greek culture.

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Some myths go beyond identifying important patterns and serve to connect us through relevance realization.
1:56:16 - 1:58:10 (01:53)
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Myths, Religions
Summary

Some myths go beyond identifying important patterns and serve to connect us through relevance realization. Greek myths of hubris balance out heroic myths, and the power of myths lies in the dialogues they create.

Chapter
Myths about Religion and their Relation to Relevance Realization
Episode
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The role of distributed cognition and dialogue in human observation is discussed in relation to a potential scenario in which aliens would come to Earth to study humans.
1:58:10 - 2:00:41 (02:31)
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Distributed Cognition
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The role of distributed cognition and dialogue in human observation is discussed in relation to a potential scenario in which aliens would come to Earth to study humans. The use of similar experiments in educational settings is also mentioned.

Chapter
Myths about Religion and their Relation to Relevance Realization
Episode
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast