{"podcast":{"title":"The Winner Cast","slug":"the-winner-cast-7026633","podcast_index_feed_id":7026633,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3007609.rss","website_url":"https://djmikewinner.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3007609/6e3e6dda74a8e5715de04348e76eb384.jpg","author":"Daily pondering about the nature of reality and how we play into it!","episode_count":148,"summary":"Mike Winner's weekly audio blog about everything from philosophy, metaphysics, technology & health to living on the land.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winner-cast-7026633"},"episode":{"title":"Finding A Middle Path With Henri Bergson's Metaphysics - Part 1","slug":"finding-a-middle-path-with-henri-bergson-s-metaphysics-part-1","published_at":"2025-08-06T19:49:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winner-cast-7026633/finding-a-middle-path-with-henri-bergson-s-metaphysics-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winner-cast-7026633","url":"https://djmikewinner.substack.com/p/finding-a-middle-path-with-henri","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170298397/c6e9a5464db0c83befdadd409c281145.mp3","summary":"As I continue to break down the fallacies of modern science and mainstream philosophy in general as grounds for dispelling any notion that AI could ever be truly sentient, I now dive deep into the metaphysics of philosopher, Henri Bergson. I want to make it clear here that I don’t believe any single philosopher or mystic has all the answers nor do I propose that I do but I do see the value in analyzing specific minds who were able to see into the reality field in exceptional ways and then contextualize them for our current reality in hopes of progressing thought forward. I believe Henri Bergson would agree with this! “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” Henri Bergson - Creative Evolution The Winner Cast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Truth is that life is an unfolding, ever-changing experience and it is incumbent upon the modern philosopher to continue this search forward while valuing the past geniuses who got us to where we are today. My hope is we can process all of this information into a new contextual metaphysic that delivers a qualitative science allowing for a more open and free world to experience itself as it should, outside of the current control systems built on ignorance and fear. In this cast, I start with part 1 of my breakdown of Henri Bergson’s vastly unique take on metaphysics and his critiques of the Cartesian mechanistic approach that dominates much of science. I include a simulated discussion between Bergson and Rene Descartes and then set my sights on Idealism a bit. In part 2, we will fully focus on Idealism and the potential for Bergson to extend past the physical plane with a little help from W…","meta_description":"As I continue to break down the fallacies of modern science and mainstream philosophy in general as grounds for dispelling any notion that AI could ever b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3907,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-winner-cast-7026633/episodes/finding-a-middle-path-with-henri-bergson-s-metaphysics-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winner-cast-7026633/finding-a-middle-path-with-henri-bergson-s-metaphysics-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}