mindbodyevolution

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the dangers and beauties that can arise from our hubris. 00:00 Dire Wolves and Beautiful Hubris 00:56 The Dire Wolf is Back from the Dead 01:49 Hubris as a Driver of Change, Art and Great Works 03:27 Hubris in the Natural World - The White Throated Sparrow Song 06:08 Hubris, Ego, Genius and Transcendent Beauty 06:43 The Hubris of the Greeks, The Trojan War and the En...

Calming ADHD with dopamine gardening of the microbiome. 00:00 Treating ADHD With Diet and Lifestyle 01:23 ADHD is a low dopamine condition 02:05 The Gut, The Vagus Nerve and The Brain, a Deep Relationship 03:19 As Individuals, We Are Communities 03:32 Where the Dopamine Happens: The Limbic System and Basal Ganglia 04:31 What Makes You A Working Animal: Dopamine 05:51 The Special Badness of the Com...

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses how our psychological evolution is necessitated by our physiological evolution; big brains = big emotions   #drjoshstout

Through family stories and historical records, Dr. Josh Stout discusses how abolitionists orchestrated the daring rescue of Jane Johnson and others, as confrontations between state and federal authorities eerily mirror today's developing constitutional battles.   #drjoshstout

Low dopamine causes ADHD which is a disability but also a super power.  Constantly seeking new stimulation can drive research and innovation, but what happens when a whole society is addicted to dopamine stimulation and we have no attention left to give?   #drjoshstout

Dopamine mediated desire and reward explains why when dopamine is reduced we increasingly show ADHD symptoms. We combine low motivation with frantic reward seeking due to low dopamine.   #drjoshstout

The Sumerians were ancient when the pyramids were built. Their religion and culture shaped ours, yet they were forgotten for 3,000 years.   #drjoshstout

There is a hill around the Tigris or Euphrates that has bulldozers digging into a lost civilization from the period of Sumer. From the very earliest civilizations on Earth, they are destroying their own heritage right now and selling it to me.    #drjoshstout

Ibn Khaldun wrote in the 14th century and spoke about the spiral nature of history. He saw the Mongol invasion do the exact same thing the contemporary rebels just did - move through the same cities in the same order because that's the only way to get to Damascus. And it happened very quickly.   #drjoshstout

How Balancing Selection keeps our two party system in unstable equilibrium to the benefit of the ultra wealthy 1 percent.   #drjoshstout

In this episode Dr. Josh Stout discusses theories on why we are experiencing a decline in concentration and memory,  and why daily life feels so disconnected from reality. Truth vs “truth” is destroying our minds.   #drjoshstout

Did that person intend to bump into me? Or were they just daydreaming? Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the difference between narcissistic and non neurotypical behavior and how media, society and our very culture misses the point.   #drjoshstout

Students might not be doomed by AI. I see them becoming “prompt engineers”, structuring their writing with detailed instructions for the AI. Students are now using a multi-step writing process that produces well thought through essays even when fluency is difficult.   #drjoshstout

How climate change, genetic bottlenecks, and migration work together to make the Nile the tree of life for our African species.   #drjoshstout

The Hand Axe was humanity's technology for more than two million years. Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses what these objects were and why they were so important to our survival and evolution.   #drjoshstout

Science can only look at groups - but only individuals exist.  Today Dr. Josh stout discusses how we can see the individuals, and why this is vitally important for climate, ecology, biodiversity, medicine, and in our own daily life.   #drjoshstout

For the majority of us, the American lifestyle causes physical problems that need medical treatment. Dr. Josh Stout explains how statins and Metformin are used and how to minimize side effects.

Dr. Josh Stout's personal research on meditation, what science knows and what it doesn't, the mind-body connection and how we can manipulate it, and how and why a meditation practice can reduce stress and improve imagination.   #drjoshstout

In today's episode of the mindbodyevolution podcast, Dr. Josh Stout discusses how to maximize bone density early and maintain it throughout life.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the difference between perception and seeing.  What begins as a mechanical process turns philosophical as our brain constantly interprets everything we see.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Josh Stout Discusses God, The Devil, Atheist Faith, the Universe, cosmology, spirituality, Truth, lies, race, religion, genetic similarity, music, math, spiritual experience, daimons, faith, and the eclipse.   #drjoshstout

Dr. Stout provides an evolutionary explanation of why we want what is bad for us - and avoid what is good for us. Today's episode explores the co-evolution of our microbiome and our hunter-gatherer heritage.   #drjoshstout

Today Dr. Josh Stout invites Jed Zion to speak with us about the implications of understanding writing as a technology and AI as in coevolution with humanity.   #drjoshstout

In this episode Dr. Josh Stout discusses how human sex is unique in the animal kingdom.   #drjoshstout

Observable distances (OD) in the universe are bounded by the age of the universe cubed.   Distance (D) = OD+(1/13.8bly-OD)^3   #drjoshstout