Breaking Consensus
Breaking Consensus
Podcast Description
A podcast that challenges mainstream views through deep conversations on the forces shaping our world. Guests include philosophers, researchers, and curious thinkers who push us to reconsider what we often take for granted.
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Focuses on philosophical inquiries, societal critiques, and the examination of belief systems with episodes covering topics like the nature of reality and moral relativism, encouraging listeners to question their assumptions and explore diverse viewpoints.
A podcast that challenges mainstream views through deep conversations on the forces shaping our world. Guests include philosophers, researchers, and curious thinkers who push us to reconsider what we often take for granted.
Jeanette Andrews is a New York–based artist and magician whose work bridges illusion, installation, and conceptual art. Her performances function as live thought experiments — multisensory investigations into perception, cognition, and belief. Jeanette Andrews is a New York–based artist and magician whose work bridges illusion, installation, and conceptual art. Her performances function as live thought experiments — multisensory investigations into perception, cognition, and belief. She has presented commissioned works with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Québec City Biennial, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, among many others, and has been affiliated with Harvard’s metaLAB and held a fellowship with MIT’s Center for Art, Science and Technology.
More from Jeanette Andrews:
Website: https://www.jeanetteandrews.com/
Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanetteandrewsmagic/
Timestamps:
0:00 – What Is Magic, Really?
5:15 – The Power of Framing: How Context Impacts Perception
11:47 – Consensual Deception: When We Agree to Be Fooled
13:12 – Magic, Manipulation, and the Ethics of Belief
19:04 – The Real Purpose of Illusion
24:58 – What Magic Reveals About the Mind and Perception
26:37 – Where Art Meets Philosophy and Science
35:00 – Deception, Bias, and the Architecture of Belief
40:06 – How Magicians Exploit (and Expose) Our Cognitive Traps
46:40 – A Live Experiment in Cognitive Magic
50:01 – Inside Jeanette Andrews’ MIT Project The Attestation
1:05:20 – [Announcement] What Is Coming Next For Jeanette Andrews
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