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Here is one of the podcast episodes I found fascinating about some of the possible theories around consciousness and where it comes from

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

It’s from 5 years ago, so maybe the science has changed a bit, but still interesting
Anil Seth - How Our Minds Predict Our Reality
Podcast Episode · Mind & Life · 05/13/2020 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Vietnamese food rocks! This guy is an asshole for writing this article trashing immigrants
January 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I like too how he tries to draw a comparison between $17M and several hundred thousand dollars lol. What’s the argument here? That they relocated all $17M in funds to woke initiatives? The stats don’t even really work in his favor here lol
January 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Couldn’t find links quickly for 2024 so I posted 2023 but I imagine it’s more of the same story
January 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Also the other problem is the lack of accountability for where the money is going and how it’s spent. The DoD keeps failing audits

www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
‘This was not a surprise’: Pentagon again fails annual audit of $3.8 trillion in military assets
www.stripes.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It’s not 2%. In 2023 it was 13.3% of the federal budget.

The problem isn’t funding the military. The problem is the bloat for the military budget. So much money gets spent on government contractors that overbill the federal government.

usafacts.org/articles/how...
How much does the US spend on the military? | USAFacts
Since 1980, defense spending has risen by 62%, climbing from $506 billion to $820 billion by 2023, after adjusting for inflation.
usafacts.org
January 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM