Kai Dickens

Are we living in a deterministic universe, or do we actually have agency over our lives?

Are we living in a deterministic universe, or do we actually have agency over our lives?

So as far as your decision space, if you're a middle-class person and you get kicked out of your house, I might have six decisions spaces, right? Like move in with my parents or go find someone else to live or go live in a van and go across the country, right?

So as far as your decision space, if you're a middle-class person and you get kicked out of your house, I might have six decisions spaces, right? Like move in with my parents or go find someone else to live or go live in a van and go across the country, right?

There might be like six things, but there's infinite opportunities you might not think of, like enroll in an astronaut program and go to Mars. Is that what you mean by that? Yeah, sure.

There might be like six things, but there's infinite opportunities you might not think of, like enroll in an astronaut program and go to Mars. Is that what you mean by that? Yeah, sure.

You know, some of your work really overlaps with these ancient spiritual traditions. And how do you see your theory of everything aligning or diverging from teachings like Buddhism or some of the indigenous ancient wisdoms or any Judeo-Christian faiths or even like Advaita, Vedanta and people like that?

You know, some of your work really overlaps with these ancient spiritual traditions. And how do you see your theory of everything aligning or diverging from teachings like Buddhism or some of the indigenous ancient wisdoms or any Judeo-Christian faiths or even like Advaita, Vedanta and people like that?

And then before we segue into the next set of questions, I think it's important for you to discuss how you became an expert on consciousness. I know you were a physicist and you worked at NASA, but then you started working at a consciousness lab under Bob Monroe, which, you know, was the early stages of the Monroe Institute.

And then before we segue into the next set of questions, I think it's important for you to discuss how you became an expert on consciousness. I know you were a physicist and you worked at NASA, but then you started working at a consciousness lab under Bob Monroe, which, you know, was the early stages of the Monroe Institute.

And in your book, you describe leaving your body and having conversations with others who are meditating in separate rooms. Can you talk more about those experiments?

And in your book, you describe leaving your body and having conversations with others who are meditating in separate rooms. Can you talk more about those experiments?

And Bob got you into that deep meditative state through binaural beats. Is that correct?

And Bob got you into that deep meditative state through binaural beats. Is that correct?

But that does help someone, right? Like, does Hemisync...

But that does help someone, right? Like, does Hemisync...

And so the first, so first it's like meditation. Then if you're lucky with meditation, you can leave your body and astral project. And then it seems like the next state of that might be, I'm just making these orders up, but it seems like the order goes and might be connecting with other beings that aren't even on this plane.

And so the first, so first it's like meditation. Then if you're lucky with meditation, you can leave your body and astral project. And then it seems like the next state of that might be, I'm just making these orders up, but it seems like the order goes and might be connecting with other beings that aren't even on this plane.

Can you expand on that and how your theory of everything accounts for what many people think are paranormal phenomenon, but are they really?

Can you expand on that and how your theory of everything accounts for what many people think are paranormal phenomenon, but are they really?