Curt Jaimungal

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32,115 appearances 111 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard yesterday

Curt Jaimungal’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Tanya Luhrmann: The Experience Is Real. But Is God? · 7 Sep 2026 podcast

I know you're an anthropologist, but the scientist hears this and then thinks in terms of, is this a placebo effect or not? voice-verified

And there are studies, which I'm just going to make up, but are somehow paraphrasing a slew of studies, I'm sure. voice-verified

Something like, okay, get someone to meditate in this room with a crystal that you tell them is a crystal from... voice-verified

to bet, and then they feel the energy, and then you do the same for another set of people, but then you tell that other set, you realize, oh, half of them were given, this is plastic, it's from Procter & Gamble, it's the people who make Colgate, and they still felt the energy. voice-verified

Yeah, I don't have a question there. voice-verified

But just tell me your thoughts. voice-verified

Tell me your thoughts when you hear voice-verified

Right, so contrary to what people may think where they hear, okay, but if you're just going to pray, and if you're going to believe some crystal heels, if you're going to believe this and that, then that's going to prevent you from efficacious treatments. voice-verified

Yes, and my sister, she did something to it and one of the eyes came out. voice-verified

And then I got so upset. voice-verified

I got so upset that I kept throwing it against the wall when I was four or five years old. voice-verified

And then I took a red marker and I drew red in its eye that was missing to make her feel bad. voice-verified

But yeah, I had a teddy bear when I was a kid. voice-verified

What is it about us modern people that for many of many modern people, I don't want to speak for everyone, but for many modern people, it's not enough for it to be fructuous and powerful. voice-verified

There has to be something else, something like scientific truth somehow took precedent over fructuous and powerful. voice-verified

Even this account that you're giving right now, it's a convincing account. voice-verified

And much like you mentioned, Augustine with voice-verified

please, I would like to become Christian. voice-verified

I imagine it's not exactly the same. voice-verified

The reasons you're giving me may be different than the reasons Augustine had for wanting to believe in Christianity. voice-verified

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