Channel Title: Samuel Loncar | Becoming Human Project Channel Description: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale) is a philosopher, writer, and editor curating and creating new knowledge at the intersection of science, religion, art, and technology. He is the Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books, the Director of Marginalia's Meanings of Science Project, funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, and the host of Becoming Human: A Show for a Species in Crisis. | Learn more at www.samuelloncar.com <video> Modernity is Not About the Individual Description: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D., Yale University | from How to Become an Individual: The Eternal in Kierkegaard 💫The Existential Enlightenment: An Introduction to Søren Kierkegaard - $100 value https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/The-Existential-Enlightenment-An-Introduction-to-Soren-Kierkegaard-p598916452 💫The Mystery of Existence: A New Interpretation of Heidegger's Sein Und Zeit - $100 value https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/The-Mystery-of-Existence-A-New-Interpretation-of-Martin-Heideggers-Sein-Und-Zeit-p583034692 💫 BUNDLE - $175 - https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses APPLY code EXISTENCE at check out 💫How to Becoming an Individual: The Eternal in Kierkegaard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QgMt159i64 💫Join the Becoming Human Project https://www.samuelloncar.com/join-becoming-human 💫 The Existential Enlightenment: An Introduction to Søren Kierkegaard https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/The-Existential-Enlightenment-An-Introduction-to-Soren-Kierkegaard-p598916452 💲10% off single-course purchase, code: BECOMINGHUMANWITHSK </video> <video> What is a Paradigm? Thomas Kuhn and Normal Science Description: Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University Episode 3, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: An Introduction Thomas Kuhn coined the concept of a paradigm to describe the unique achievement of science. Since Kuhn, the terms “paradigm” and “paradigm shift” have entered into popular culture, but what really is a paradigm? How does it connect to normal science? And can it help us distinguish real science from pseudo-science? All these questions, and more, are explored in this episode of my series on Kuhn. Resources Becoming Human: Origins | How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Becoming-Human-Origins-How-Philosophy-Remade-Science-and-Religion/p/581635521/category=0 Why Listen to Philosophers https://www.academia.edu/17361044/Why_Listen_to_Philosophers_A_Constructive_Critique_of_Disciplinary_Philosophy The Soul, The World, and The Gods: Introduction to Philosophy https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/The-Soul-The-World-and-The-Gods-Introduction-to-Philosophy/p/583038484/category=0 Plato's Allegory of The Cave: The Matrix of Your Mind https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Platos-Allegory-of-The-Cave-The-Matrix-of-Your-Mind/p/583942572/category=0 Instructor Bio Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future. He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> The Philosophy of UAP in Scientific and Historical Context Description: The topic of UAP (UFOs) is important yet difficult to discuss coherently. Why? Because the topic requires the best tools of science and scholarship but does not agree on what those are or how they should be applied. My philosophy of science and religion provides clues to navigating profound changes in human’s cosmic understanding, including the UAP phenomenon. The rise of the concept of agency in biology and AI connect to Carl Jung’s psychological interpretation of the phenomenon as a manifestation of global psychic unrest and a major alteration of human consciousness. SERIES Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 3 The Exile and Return of the Light | Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 2 ➤ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTxpLAwczpo&t=1534s The Messengers: A Philosophy of Angels | Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 1 ➤ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPNHmwU2qlU&t=12s REFERENCES Jung, C.G. Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 10: Civilization in Transition, "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies," Princeton University Press, 1970 ➤https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691097626/collected-works-of-c-g-jung-volume-10?srsltid=AfmBOorw2aDHLKV2ZMgfob7QHZkx_z7PbYSUXYJyb3An-h-aGd9Nj6N0 Pasulka, D. W. American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology, Oxford University Press, 2019. ➤ https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-cosmic-9780190692889 Loncar, Samuel. A Quest for the Holy Grail: On D. W. Pasulka’s “American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology” ➤https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-quest-for-the-holy-grail-on-diana-pasulkas-american-cosmic-ufos-religion-technology/ Graves, Ryan. Americans for Safe Aerospace, a military pilot-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the world's largest UAP advocacy organization ➤https://www.safeaerospace.org Loeb, Avi. Harvard Professor on Extraterrestrials, Astrophysics, and the Future of Science, Marginalia Review of Books ➤https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5aFxRl6EwA Ball, Philip. How Life Works: A User's Guide to the New Biology, University of Chicago Press, 2023 ➤https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo207403562.html Ball, Philip; McGilchrist Iain. Biology, the Brian, and the Meaning of Life, Marginalia Review of Books ➤https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCYDw9-yDQ Silvestris, Bernardus. The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris, trans. Winthrop Wetherbee, Columbia University Press ➤https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cosmographia-of-bernardus-silvestris/9780231036733 Loncar, Samuel. Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion ➤https://www.samuelloncar.com/podcast MORE LINKS & BIO Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale) is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. ➤ MRB https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com ➤ SUPPORT MRB https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PTA8JJNTMWT58 Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. ➤ JOIN https://www.samuelloncar.com/membership The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's scholarly research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion ➤ Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion https://www.samuelloncar.com/podcast </video> <video> A New Human is Being Born Description: In the midst of darkness, I see very clearly the light of a new human being born. Why do I see this? Get the full story ⬇ ✨ Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/Becoming-Human-Origins-How-Philosophy-Remade-Science-and-Religion-p581635521 💰 Use code BECOMINGHUMAN and save $10 at checkout ✨Origins tells the story of how an atheistic revolution in philosophy, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, remade religion and science, and set the stage for our post-human age. It argues that the dominant story of reason, science, and religion is a modern myth, and must be replaced if we are to make real progress. 💫Join the Becoming Human Project TODAY https://www.samuelloncar.com/join-becoming-human 📖 Apocalypse Now: The Revolt Against Auto-Genocide: On Adam Kirsch's "The Revolt Against Humanity" https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/apocalypse-now-the-revolt-against-auto-genocide 🎤Excerpt taken from Becoming Human podcast episode, Explorations Ep.1: Revolution of the Electric Word https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast BIO Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale) is a philosopher, artist, and editor curating and creating new knowledge at the intersection of science, religion, art, and technology. https://www.samuelloncar.com 🎵 Song credits: yanvince - who am I? [NCS Release]. Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/whoami Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/whoamiAT/youtube </video> <video> Can Science Be Complete? Thomas Kuhn, Progress, and the Eschatology of Science Description: Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University Episode 4, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: An Introduction The longing for a complete science is one of the great dreams of modernity. Is such a complete science possible, and can Kuhn’s idea of a paradigm help us realize it? This episode explores the origins and power of the search for completeness and unity in Western science, and reveals the unexpected spiritual origins of this ideal. Becoming Human: Origins | How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Becoming-Human-Origins-How-Philosophy-Remade-Science-and-Religion/p/581635521/category=0 Plato's Allegory of The Cave: The Matrix of Your Mind https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#... This course offers a concise introduction to Plato’s metaphysics and epistemology, and it reveals how our theory of knowledge is an essential spiritual dimension of philosophy as a practice of liberation. Instructor Bio Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future. He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> Eros, Magic, and Immortality: The Myth of Diotima, Plato's Symposium Description: Science, magic, and immortality all lead back to the same ancient god: Eros. The history of revolutionary advances in humanity, the Holy Grail, and Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity can all be traced back to a single myth, the Myth of Diotima, found in Plato’s Symposium—the most literarily intricate of all Plato’s dialogues. Diotima, the mysterious wise woman from Mantinea, reveals to Socrates the secret of immortality. Central to that ancient mystery is Eros (Love). This three episode series on the Symposium and the Myth of Diotima explores Socrates’ integrated vision of Eros that unifies the sensuality of the bedroom, the most rarified delights of mathematical epiphany, and the experience of mystical enlightenment. Eros, Magic, and Immortality: The Myth of Diotima, Plato’s Symposium. https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Eros-Magic-and-Immortality-The-Myth-of-Diotima-Platos-Symposium/p/627012318/category=0 Episodes 1: Magic, Science, and Love 2: Happiness and Erotica: Why Philosophers Make the Best Lovers 3: The Dialectic of Immortality: Beauty and Its Meaning In honor of Valentine’s Day: You can use the code EROS214 for 10% off Eros, Magic, and Immortality: The Myth of Diotima, Plato’s Symposium. https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Eros-Magic-and-Immortality-The-Myth-of-Diotima-Platos-Symposium/p/627012318/category=0 That course is also the second series of my three part Myths of Plato course, taught live on Zoom to a group of Becoming Human Members. Part one of that series, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: The Matrix of Your Mind, is also available for download, and you can use code PLATO210 for 10% your total order for both courses.https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Platos-Allegory-of-The-Cave-The-Matrix-of-Your-Mind/p/583942572/category=0 Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: The Matrix of Your Mind is a pre-requisite for my upcoming course, Psy Ops: Psychological Warfare as a Global Epistemic Regime, and all current Becoming Human members will be welcome to apply for a seat, which be limited. If you’re not already a member supporting the project, you can join right now on my website and gain the ability to apply for courses, receive member only discounts, and an annual newsletter. https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Utilitarian-Pleasures-Annual-Membership/p/610126070/category=0 Finally, if you want more on the history of philosophy, science, magic, and religion, you can bundle my series, Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion with both Plato courses and use code LOVEOFWISDOM for $50 off your total order. https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Becoming-Human-Origins-How-Philosophy-Remade-Science-and-Religion/p/581635521/category=0 Happy Valentine’s Day! Instructor Bio Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future.He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> Are We Eternal? Kierkegaard's Definition of the Human Description: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D., Yale University | selected from Episode 8, Kierkegaard: The Poet of Existence Series 💫 Søren Kierkegaard: The Poet of Existence https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoI7zg2WoAJ4-qcAQvLd5zmm1srZU6Ylh 💫 The Existential Enlightenment: An Introduction to Søren Kierkegaard - $100 value https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/... 💫 The Mystery of Existence: A New Interpretation of Heidegger's Sein Und Zeit - $100 value https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/... 💫 History of Existentialism BUNDLE - $175 💫 https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses APPLY code EXISTENCE at check out 🛒 💫 The Existential Enlightenment: An Introduction to Søren Kierkegaard https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/... 💲10% off single-course purchase, code: BECOMINGHUMANWITHSK Instructor Bio: Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future. He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> Scientific Facts and How They Grow Description: Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University Episode 6, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: An Introduction Let's assume our mission is to make the world more scientific. How do we do that, and what does it mean? Science is the only tradition that actively admits its own errors, gaining deeper knowledge by overcoming its tendency to orthodoxy. This happens when scientific revolutions challenge existing paradigms. The process begins with anomalies, potential facts that do not fit the paradigm. The physicist Sabine Hossenfelder sees many anomalies in current physics, and argues that physics today has lost its way because physics has followed the wrong rules, rules of beauty rather than rules proper to science. Hossenfelder’s intervention in physics illustrates the profound relevance of Thomas Kuhn’s discussion of rules and facts in science. Kuhn explores how scientific facts grow and change, how fact and theory are finally inseparable, and how debates about the rules of science emerge in revolutionary periods, like our own. I use Hossenfelder in conversation with Kuhn’s “The Priority of Paradigms” in Ep. 6 of my series to show facts are far more complex than we realize, and this is why today our partisanship manifests as a world of no shared facts. Science shows the way forward. Resources Becoming Human: Origins | How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#... Becoming Human: Origins tells the story of how an atheistic revolution in philosophy, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, remade religion and science, and set the stage for our post-human age. It argues that the dominant story of reason, science, and religion is a modern myth, and must be replaced if we are to make real progress. Science and Religion: An Origins Story https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/e... Plato's Allegory of The Cave: The Matrix of Your Mind https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Platos-Allegory-of-The-Cave-The-Matrix-of-Your-Mind/p/583942572/category=0 This course offers a concise introduction to Plato’s metaphysics and epistemology, and it reveals how our theory of knowledge is an essential spiritual dimension of philosophy as a practice of liberation. Sabine Hossenfelder What is wrong with current physics? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99hVAu1k6G8 Science Is a Long Story: A Conversation with Tom McLeish https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/science-is-a-long-story-a-conversation-with-tom-mcleish-part-one Cosmic Humility: Harvard’s Avi Loeb on Extraterrestrials and The Future of Science https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/cosmic-humility-harvard-s-avi-loeb-on-extraterrestrials-and-the-future-of-science Ludwig Fleck, Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Development-Scientific-Ludwik-Fleck/dp/0226253252/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1M91BC4JR8QSC&keywords=ludwig+fleck&qid=1706721146&sprefix=ludwig+fleck%2Caps%2C361&sr=8-1 Instructor Bio Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future.He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> The History of Literacy in the West and Why it Matters in an AI World Description: Why does our culture believe all people have the right to read and write when for most of history only the elite class was literate? Get the full story⬇ 🎤Audio from Becoming Human podcast episode, Explorations Ep.1: Revolution of the Electric Word https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast ✨Get more of the story: 📖 The Protestant Reformation as a Metaphysical Revolution https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/the-protestant-reformation-as-a-metaphysical-revolution-1 🎧 Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/Becoming-Human-Origins-How-Philosophy-Remade-Science-and-Religion-p581635521 💰 Use code BECOMINGHUMAN and save $10 at checkout ✨Origins tells the story of how an atheistic revolution in philosophy, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, remade religion and science, and set the stage for our post-human age. It argues that the dominant story of reason, science, and religion is a modern myth, and must be replaced if we are to make real progress. 💫Join the Becoming Human Project TODAY https://www.samuelloncar.com/join-becoming-human Apocalypse Now: The Revolt Against Auto-Genocide: On Adam Kirsch's "The Revolt Against Humanity" https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/apocalypse-now-the-revolt-against-auto-genocide BIO Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale) is a philosopher, artist, and editor curating and creating new knowledge at the intersection of science, religion, art, and technology. https://www.samuelloncar.com 🎵 Aleksey Chistilin | Pixabay </video> <video> Is the Greatest Good Achieved by Struggle or Flow? Description: Can yielding and flowing really be the Way to attain the good? Bruce Lee thought so. “Be Water,” he famously said, channeling a central insight of the Tao Te Ching, one of the great works of Chinese Philosophy. 🎥 When Kennedy's bodyguard challenged Aikido Master, Gozo Shioda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSWTsDYeX7s 🎞️ Return is the Movement of the Way, Ep. 1 of Tao Te Ching Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGsDlKyKP0&t=21s 🪄 Want to learn more about Philosophy as a Way of Life? Start with my audio courses: The Soul, the World, the Gods ($500) and Becoming Human Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion ($1000) ✨ Begin your $100/month Becoming Human Project Annual Membership today and receive an emailed personal download code for BOTH courses ($1500 value) ➤ JOIN https://www.samuelloncar.com/membership BIO Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/podcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. </video> <video> Things Ancient and New: The Logic of Scientific Discovery in Thomas Kuhn Description: Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University Episode 5, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: An Introduction According to Thomas Kuhn, the most mature sciences have only a limited tolerance for novelty. Contrary to the common image of scientific progress as a continuous series of discoveries, Kuhn shows it’s actually the progress of paradigms towards ever greater precision. Progress in normal science thus does not aim at novelty but the enrichment of the depth and concreteness of the theory. Drawing on the the insights of Edward Witten’s defense of string theory, Episode 5 of Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions explores the concept of novelty and discovery in Section IV: “The Nature of Normal Science.” Resources Becoming Human: Origins | How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/Becoming-Human-Origins-How-Philosophy-Remade-Science-and-Religion/p/581635521/category=0 Becoming Human: Origins tells the story of how an atheistic revolution in philosophy, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, remade religion and science, and set the stage for our post-human age. It argues that the dominant story of reason, science, and religion is a modern myth, and must be replaced if we are to make real progress. Science and Religion: An Origins Story https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/zygo.12675 Plato's Allegory of The Cave: The Matrix of Your Mind https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#... This course offers a concise introduction to Plato’s metaphysics and epistemology, and it reveals how our theory of knowledge is an essential spiritual dimension of philosophy as a practice of liberation. The Soul, The World, and The Gods: Introduction to Philosophy https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses#!/The-Soul-The-World-and-The-Gods-Introduction-to-Philosophy/p/583038484/category=0 An exploration of human nature, the cosmos, and our stories of the divine. Instructor Bio Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future. He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> The Messengers: A Philosophy of Angels Description: The idea of Angels, whether we believe in them or not, reveals secrets about human consciousness and how to transform it. In this video, I use the German poet Rilke to connect deep patterns across Judaism, Islam, and Christianity and other traditions, found in their shared understanding of angels as messengers that lead to revolutionary transformations of human consciousness. Ultimately, we discover that humans across all time, cultures, and traditions all believe in some idea of what angels are, and that idea is connected to accessing inspiration and higher states of consciousness. Ep. 1 The Meaning of the Season of Lights: A Philosophy of Angels ✨ Join me at the Becoming Human Project. Start your $100/month Becoming Human Project Annual Membership today and receive an emailed personal download code for: The Soul, the World, the Gods ($500) + Becoming Human Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion ($1000) ➤ JOIN https://www.samuelloncar.com/membership BIO Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/podcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future. He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Red Bull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> The Exile and Return of the Light Description: Did you know Hanukkah and Christmas encode deep philosophical ideas about Enlightenment, becoming Superhuman, and the Future of Humanity? The stars and the gods once governed the night sky and the dreams humans had of themselves. The Human story was thus told as a mystery of light, the evolution of the universe, and the fate of the stars. The Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 2 ✨ Want to learn more about Philosophy as a Way of Life? ➤ JOIN https://www.samuelloncar.com/membership BIO Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/podcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. </video> <video> What is Life and is it Good? Description: Is life a momentary fragment, a meaningless event? Or Is life an eternal and glorious process and event? These two different ideas of life—life as intrinsically meaningless or life as intrinsically meaningful—are connected to our emotional reactions and ultimately our idea of time and our world. 🪐 Want more depth? The Soul, the World, and the Gods ($500): https://www.samuelloncar.com/courses/The-Soul-The-World-and-The-Gods-Introduction-to-Philosophy-p583038484 OR ✨ Start your $100/month Becoming Human Project Annual Membership today and receive a download code for: The Soul, the World, the Gods ($500) + Becoming Human Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion ($1000) ➤ JOIN https://www.samuelloncar.com/membership BIO Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future. He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video> <video> What is the Way and How do I Find it? Description: What is the Way? The Way, or Tao, is the central mystery of life, according to the Tao Te Ching, one of the greatest works of Chinese philosophy. So how do we find the Tao? What does the Way look like? This video answers that question by introducing the Tao Te Ching, and the mystery of Return... Join me at the Becoming Human Project today! ✨ Start your $100/month Becoming Human Project Annual Membership today and receive an emailed personal download code for: The Soul, the World, the Gods ($500) + Becoming Human Origins: How Philosophy Remade Science and Religion ($1000) ➤ JOIN https://www.samuelloncar.com/membership BIO Samuel Loncar is a philosopher, scholar of religion and science, poet, and Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books. https://marginaliareviewofbooks.com He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2019 and specializes in philosophy and its connection to religion, science, and the growth and preservation of knowledge in the digital age. Samuel is the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, a multi-media project to bring philosophy as a way of life to everyone and build a community of creators seeking a more meaningful life. The Project was born from a new story about philosophy, religion, and science, rooted in Samuel's research and made available to the public in Becoming Human, Series 1: Origins: https://www.samuelloncar.com/bhpodcast Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel’s ancestors’ give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe. Samuel’s diverse background motivated his search for a truth that would respect his upbringing but answer his hardest questions, leading him to discover, at age 14, an ancient philosophy text that converted him to philosophy as a way of life. Through years of research and practice, motivated by that moment, Samuel has discovered a path in the buried past that opens onto a better future. He walks that path to bridge the ancient and the modern worlds by recovering philosophy as a way of becoming human in a posthuman age. He has taught at Yale University and gives consultations, workshops, and lectures. His writing has been read at Google, taught in classes and universities across the world, and translated into Chinese and Farsi. As a consultant and speaker, he has had the privilege to partner with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, and Redbull Arts. He is developing a new ecosystem for accessible global education in philosophy, religion, and culture through the Becoming Human Project, and working to integrate science and spirituality for a new age. </video>

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Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale) is a philosopher, writer, and editor curating and creating new knowledge at the intersection of science, religion, art, and technology.

He is the Editor of the Marginalia Review of Books, the Director of Marginalia's Meanings of Science Project, funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the founder and creator of the Becoming Human Project, and the host of Becoming Human: A Show for a Species in Crisis. | Learn more at www.samuelloncar.com

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