Mind & Matter
En podcast af Nick Jikomes
236 Episoder
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Diet, Eating Habits, Obesity, Food Addiction, Psychedelics, Nutrition & the Brain | Amy Reichelt | 55
Udgivet: 27.1.2022 -
Dinosaurs, Paleontology, Mass Extinctions, Evolution, Past & Future of Life on Earth | Paul Barrett | 54
Udgivet: 20.1.2022 -
Phytochemistry, Biochemistry, Genomics & Breeding of Commercial Cannabis | Reggie Gaudino | 53
Udgivet: 13.1.2022 -
Painkillers, Opioids, Heroin, Fentanyl, Oxycodone, NSAIDs, & Neuroscience of Pain | David Roberson | 52
Udgivet: 6.1.2022 -
Systems Thinking, Organizational Structures, Building Startups, Remote Work & Control vs. Enablement | Alexandros Marinos | 51
Udgivet: 30.12.2021 -
Medical Glass, Materials Science & the COVID Vaccine Supply Chain | Chris Weikart | 50
Udgivet: 23.12.2021 -
Does Adolescent Marijuana (Cannabis) Use Cause Psychosis? | Jonathan Schaefer | 49
Udgivet: 16.12.2021 -
Autism, the Cerebellum, Learning, Brain Development, Gerrymandering & Using Data Science to Repair Democracy | Sam Wang | 48
Udgivet: 9.12.2021 -
Metabolism, Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Microbiome, Diet, Aging, Digital Phenotyping & Personalized Medicine | Nathan Price | 47
Udgivet: 2.12.2021 -
Psychedelics, Psychoplastogens, Microdosing, Brain Chemistry, Mental Health, Novel Drugs | David Olson | 46
Udgivet: 24.11.2021 -
The Mystery of SARS-CoV-2 & Origins of COVID-19 | Alina Chan | 45
Udgivet: 16.11.2021 -
Consciousness, Perception, Hallucinations, Selfhood, Neuroscience, Psychedelics & "Being You" | Anil Seth | 44
Udgivet: 11.11.2021 -
Sleep, Dreaming, Deep Neural Networks, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Overfitted Brain Hypothesis, Evolution of Fiction & Art | Erik Hoel | 43
Udgivet: 4.11.2021 -
THC, CBD, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, L-Theanine, Opioids, Pregnancy, Brain Development, Addiction, Anxiety & Schizophrenia | Steve Laviolette | 42
Udgivet: 27.10.2021 -
Cannabinoids, CBD, THCV, CBG, Inflammation, Brain Injury, Diabetes, Gut Health & Academia vs. Industry | Saoirse O'Sullivan | 41
Udgivet: 21.10.2021 -
Drug Addiction, Cocaine, Nicotine, Caffeine, Amphetamines, Opioids, THC & Neuroscience | Christian Luscher | 40
Udgivet: 14.10.2021 -
Origins of COVID-19 & SARS-CoV-2 Virus: Lab Leak or Wildlife Spillover? | Nicholas Wade | 39
Udgivet: 30.9.2021 -
Human Evolution, Ancient Drug Use, Ritual Burials, Homo Naledi, Origins of Human Mind, Paleoanthropology | Lee Berger | 38
Udgivet: 24.9.2021 -
Brain Development, Neuroplasticity, Learning, Sensory Maps & Simulations | Michael Crair | 37
Udgivet: 17.9.2021 -
Culture, Consciousness, Diet, Medicine, Sleep, Mating & Dating Behavior, Civilization, Evolution | Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying | 36
Udgivet: 9.9.2021
Whether food, drugs or ideas, what you consume influences who you become. Learn directly from the best scientists & thinkers alive today about how your mind-body reacts to what you feed it.
The weekly M&M podcast features conversations with the most interesting scientists, thinkers, and technology entrepreneurs alive today.
Not medical advice.
At M&M, we are interested in trying to figure out how things work, not affirming our existing beliefs. We prefer consulting primary rather than secondary sources and independent rather than institutional voices. If we encounter uncomfortable truths or the evidence suggests unfashionable ideas may be valid, so be it.
As the host, my aim is to help you better understand how the body & mind work by curating & synthesizing information in a way that yields science-based insights that you can choose to use or disregard in your own life. Taking ownership of your health starts with taking ownership of your information diet.
I am motivated to connect the dots and distill general principles from what I learn, preferring to ask questions and play devil’s advocate to debating or incessantly pushing my own viewpoint.
My beliefs:
- Taking ownership of your health starts with taking ownership of your information diet.
- All knowledge is provisional and we must work hard to prevent ourselves from becoming attached to our favorite ideas & preferred conclusions.
- Wisdom comes from an iterative, trial-and-error process of learning and unlearning. Letting go of pre-conceived notions can be painful, but pain is information.
Sometimes modern discoveries teach us we must unlearn received wisdom. Other times, modern information overload & historical chauvinism cause us to forget ancient wisdom which stills applies. The framework for learning that I embody is inspired by three Ancient Greek maxims inscribed in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi:
- “Γνῶθι σεαυτόν” (Know thyself)
- “Μηδὲν ἄγαν” (Nothing in excess)
- “Ἐγγύα πάρα δ Ἄτα” (Certainty brings insanity)
