BB22: Seeing Through New Eyes with Mark Changizi

Seeing Through New Eyes with Mark Changizi

Mark Changizi was just a fortunate YouTube suggestion a few months ago. Since then, I’ve devoured all his video content and added his book Harnessed to my ever-expanding Kindle library. I had to get him on the show and get his genius in your earholes. We talk about illusion, evolution, mass hysteria, and even why your fingers get pruney when they’re wet.

Mark Links

Mark’s homepage

Changizi’s Greatest Hits

Follow Mark on Twitter

Mark’s most groundbreaking book, Harnessed: How Language and Music Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man

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Learn With Me

Renegade University

Join me at Thad Russell’s Renegade University. There are some incredibly cool courses coming up in the next month:

Introduction to Cryptocurrency, taught by Blackbird guest Vin Armani

Plato’s Republic, taught by Thad himself. This is part 1 of a series on The Great Books canon. Get in while the gettin’s good.

The Case Against Morality, taught by super controversial philosophy professor Stephen Kershnar

Finally, Thad is partnering with Scott Horton to bring you Scott’s two Renegade University courses and his new book, Enough Already: Time to End The War on Terror, as a super inexpensive package deal. Buy it now!

Liberty Classroom

I’ve renewed my Basic Membership to Tom Woods’s Liberty Classroom so many times that I finally just sprung for the lifetime Master Membership. I recommend you do the same. You’ll get unlimited access to courses on history, economics, political theory, logic, and even literature taught by liberty-loving professors from colleges and universities around the world. It’s the antidote to the cathedral.

Crypto Resources

I started trading crypto, mainly using bots by 3Commas, after interviewing Pavel twice. So far this year, my portfolio has doubled. I’m not giving you advice or anything, but if you’re interested, please click the links below to get in the game!

Use the Ledger Nano X wallet to keep your crypto secure when it’s not on an exchange (which it shouldn’t be unless it’s actively making you money!)

Check out 3Commas for crypto trading bots.

Join BlockFi to earn interest on your crypto.

Join Binance or Binance US to start trading. (Note, if you join Binance, we’ll split a percentage of your initial investment. Binance US gives th