WATCH: https://youtu.be/DU0M8D2bnSI
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Tevin Naidu is a medical doctor, philosopher and ethicist. He attained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB,ChB) degree from Stellenbosch University and his Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree Cum Laude from the University of Pretoria. His academic work focuses on theories of consciousness, computational psychiatry, phenomenological psychopathology, values-based practice, moral luck, addiction, and the philosophy and ethics of science, mind and mental health. He is the former host of South Africa’s most popular Asian lifestyle television shows – Eastern Mosaic and Mela. He is also well-known as a two-time castaway on the hit reality television show – Survivor South Africa, and as the host of Mind-Body Solution.
EPISODE LINKS: - Carlos's Sigma Series: https://www.youtube.com/@SigmaCarlos - Original Interview: https://youtu.be/kMVrO-OpNFQ - @DrTonyNader 's Interview: https://youtu.be/T2_GAcVb8yE - Curt Jaimungal's @TheoriesofEverything recommendation of @MindBodySolution : https://youtu.be/eouxDJMlPuM
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TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Highlights (1:18) - Tevin's background (2:38) - Tevin's spiritual separation at age 9 (8:51) - Carlos's agency realization at age 9 (9:58) - The "pure ecstasy" of freedom (12:03) - Why did Tevin decide to become a doctor? (13:30) - Tevin describes the trials of medical school (16:40) - Crossing the threshold into television hosting (18:11) - Living a "double life" (20:00) - How did Tevin ultimately choose between medicine and TV media? (21:30) - The importance of context in media (24:44) - Tevin's castaway experiences on Survivor: South Africa (29:55) - What surprised Tevin most while playing Survivor? (32:18) - The pre-filming isolation chamber they don't tell you about (34:42) - Carlos's near brush with Survivor & 20 lbs gained (38:30) - Human sacrifices & forgiveness (second heaven) (42:10) - Turning down a job to play Survivor (44:32) - Seed of idea for Tevin's podcast (46:25) - What even is the truth? (47:08) - Tevin is ontologically agnostic, but knows certain things are not true (48:35) - Consider the optical window of earth (50:12) - Illusionism became interesting to Tevin (52:30) - 'Closer to Truth' already taken (54:54) - Carlos's rebrand idea to 'True Enough' (55:48) - Seekers of truth beware of existential nihilism (1:01:48) - Noam Chomsky not that interested in consciousness (1:04:52) - Why are we humans so obsessed with the mind-body problem? (1:07:50) - Perceptions and Bayesian processing (1:09:32) - Donald Hoffman and spacetime as doomed (1:20:54) - Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett and hierarchical Bayesian brains (1:24:17) - Tevin's thoughts on panpsychism (1:25:35) - "It's a weird world we live in..." (1:28:09) - Tevin's most surprising guest so far? (1:31:14) - Tevin's upcoming plans for his podcast? (1:36:16) - What's one piece of advice you'd given yourself while starting out? (1:37:13) - The time Tevin temporarily quit his podcast (1:44:03) - Creators usually fail (1:45:48) - Summary of Tevin's hero's journey