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Humans have long pondered consciousness, yet even with advanced neuroscience, the mind-brain connection remains elusive.
What if our relatively recent materialist assumption—that consciousness emerges from neural activity—is fundamentally wrong?
When faced with claims of telepathy, I find myself channeling Fox Mulder from The X-Files—fascinated (“I Want to Believe!”) yet skeptical. While my scientific mind resists ideas that challenge materialist thinking, some mysteries defy explanation. Could consciousness be a fundamental field we merely access?
My guest today is Ky Dickens, an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose viral podcast phenomenon, The Telepathy Tapes, has captivated audiences worldwide. After years of meticulously investigating apparent telepathic abilities in non-speaking autistic individuals, Ky has assembled compelling evidence that challenges our most basic assumptions about the nature of reality and consciousness.
“Once you sit next to someone and witness these telepathic gifts at work, you can’t unsee it.”
– KY DICKENS
Today, we discuss:
- The Viral Success of “The Telepathy Tapes”
- Non-Speaking Autistic Individuals’ Hidden Abilities
- “The Hill” – A Shared Telepathic Space
- Challenging Materialist Science
- Consciousness as a Fundamental Field
For those who prefer a visual experience, the conversation is available on YouTube. As always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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