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Michael Pollan is an American journalist and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University.

Get A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness.

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(0:00) North America Tour

(0:20) The Solar Eclipse

(2:56) What Is It Like To Be A Plant?

(14:52) Are Neurons Overrated?

(19:15) Is This All Complete Nonsense?

(20:59) The Strange Behaviour of Plants

(26:37) Consciousness by Negation

(37:31) Does Matter Or Consciousness Come First?

(44:09) What Do Humans Have That Plants Don’t?

(54:25) Do Plants Feel Pain?

(56:52) Is Feeling the Basis of Consciousness?

(01:06:45) Is Consciousness Falsifiable?

(01:17:41) Where Does Awareness Come From?

(01:22:15) Are Psychedelic Experiences Real?

(01:24:59) What is Everybody Getting Wrong About Consciousness?

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Dallas Jenkins is an American film and television director, writer and producer. He is best known as the creator, director, co-writer and executive producer of The Chosen, the first multi-season series about the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Watch the trailer for season six of The Chosen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nymMxV88QyY&feature=youtu.be

Season six premieres November 15th on Prime Video, with three episodes at launch and new episodes weekly through December 6th. And the story doesn't end on streaming — the season finale arrives as a feature film, exclusively in theaters, on March 12th, 2027.

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(00:21) What is The Chosen’s Purpose?
(04:01) Is It Appropriate to Embellish the Story of Jesus?
(14:05) Harmonising the Gospel Accounts
(36:40) Do Actors Sometimes Theologically Disagree?
(48:02) Controversial Additions to the Show
(56:14) Why Didn’t Jesus Heal Little James?
(01:14:47) Depicting Judas Iscariot
(01:33:25) The Women of The Chosen
(01:40:37) Stories Left Out of the Show
(01:46:58) Watching The Chosen As an Agnostic

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