The Year We Question Everything: From Dementia to the Scientific Method

Hello and welcome to another episode of Aphantasia experiments. I'm really excited to have you here. This episode's going to be a prediction episode, and I'm going to do it a little bit differently that I do other episodes because I'm freezing right now. I'm going to jump in the hot tub and start recording. I find that water gives me a special intuitive energy and it's also, I think, a full moon or it was a couple days ago, so that energy is still out there. I always get really great. Ideas intuition, I feel more clear in the hot tub. So I'm going to go in there. I have already have a lot of stuff that I wanted to talk about, but I feel like if I get in there, it'll help. And then if I'm still feeling pulled afterwards, I want to pull a couple tarot cards as well. And I don't want to do that in the pot tub because, well, I don't want to get my tarot cards wet, uh, But I thought about doing that because I'm so cold. But then, really, it's just impossible not to get your tarot cards wet. So somebody invent me a waterproof tarot deck that I can bring in the hot tub or shower because that's the place I'm most wore. Okay, so, but this is my little intro. I am going to now get in the hot tub. So when you hear water, no, I'm not like. in in the bath. I'm in the hot tub. I mean, what does it matter? You're going to hear water. I'm not peeing, if that helps. Okay. There's my intro. Over and out. I'll see you soon. Okay. I am back. I am in the hot tub, and I actually sat here for a few minutes just trying to gather my thoughts, and the thing that came came to me is, I wish I could just telepathically share my thoughts with all of you guys, so you could just download this week's episode into your brain, you know? And the reason I was thinking about that was because I really wanted to talk about the idea of Alzheimer's, like the disconnect with Alzheimer's and consciousness and some stuff there. And it's really hard to explain without letting you just, like, absorb my entire brain, you know? So. How do I explain it and where do I start? So I was so excited when I heard one of the recent episodes of the telepathy Tapes season two, where they start talking about Alzberg. And they talk about how many people have reached out after the podcast to share their stories about their experience with their Alzheimer's loved ones or or patients or what have you. And it just let something up in me. I've talked about Alzheimer's before, and I, and my views on it were very spiritual before, and I don't even remember, I'd have to go back to my podcast. I was about to see what I said. But at the time, I had been working a lot while, I was working at the time doing deliveries of rines, and I I would say probably around 80% of the people I deliver to were a charactersgivers of someone who had to Gerald Alzheimer's. So they were in that, they were ready for the person to go, but they were reflecting on their life and that, you know, all the things and we we would always have really great conversations. And I always left feeling like that disease helped slow that other person down in a way, like helped. It's awful. It's so awful. I watched my mom go through it with my grandmother and I was younger and more selfishly minded at the time. Like I didn't, I can like see see it so much clearer now as I age, how how stressful it was for my mother at the time with everything that she was going through with the places her own kids and grandkids were at and in their lives. But I feel like it happened to people and I don't think. the person with Alzheimer's is particularly suffering. I feel like they're in this cusp of being... in this realm and then like, into the next, like, both sides, and they can see their loved ones, like, they can I talked about, I think I talked about, I hope I talked about it on one of the episodes, how I wished to see my grandmother at the hospital, and she thought my boyfriend at the time was her husband. And I wonder now, like, just knowing all I know about consciousness and all I know about life after life after life, and dying and loved ones me and you and your death experiences of all the things. I wonder if it wasn't her thinking my boyfriend at the time was her husband and like her being cuckoo bananas, but her seeing more than we can see and seeing him right in front of, you know, my husband, maybe he was there to, or not my husband, my boyfriend. Like, maybe he was there to say, hey, like,, like, to try to see us and meet my boyfriend at the time. Like, like, spiritually, maybe he was there and I just couldn't see it. And I just assumed she assumed my boyfriend was her husband, you know? So if you look at things, if you start looking at Alzheimer's in maybe it's not them like turning crazy, maybe it's them, like converting over. And if you look at this in a different, you can look at it differently. And why is this a New Year's like prediction? I think that we're going to start looking at Alzheimer's differently this year. This is my prediction. Like we've been talking about plaque and stuff for so long, and I think the treatment of that, like it's it's more about like connecting to them where they are instead of trying to reverse it. And maybe they're is some sort of reversals, but but I feel like we have the diagnosis kind of wrong at this point. And it's really, medically, I don't know if we'll ever get to it, where it needs to be, but spiritually, I think that there's like this crossover and it helps the people who are caring for them slow down and, and it should anyways, but it doesn't always. And it's so hard. But I think that the, I, I wish I had my medit, my telepathic mind right now where you could download my information because it was going in one direction and I started going in a different direction and I just didn't finish my thought. Sorry, let me just. stop and pause and think. Um We were talking about. Okay, Alzheimer' is how it correlates. So you start you stop losing your ability to do certain cognitive things, right? You lose memories, you start thinking you're in the past, you they do like a clock test Sometimes you can't write in the numbers. Oh, maybe your vision starts, you see more spiritually, so you're seeing more of your loved ones and your past and your experiences, you're seeing more of a 360 view of your life, almost like you're having your near-death experience, but all at once, as you're kind of going through this dying process, which is old age, right? Like we die eventually. So maybe this is just a natural process. It's like a spiritual process that a lot of people go through. And we're trying to reverse it, but it's really like, this is just what's happening, right? And people caring for them if we were to try to meet them, where they are. And I think where they are is they lose the ability to speak too, right? So they're losing these abilities, but gaining other abilities. I think that people who have Alzheimer's often become telepathic. And if we were to slow ourselves down, get into a meditative state, it's the caregivers, if you get to a space of like actually trying to let go of everything else in your life, it's hard because most of the people who caring for Alzimer spients are also caring for other people, and it's not easy or, you know, it's also part, like you're in the a big part of your career in life, you know, like, it's not always easy to drop everything. You just care for someone. But those moments when you're with them, it's like connecting to them in a way that you wouldn't normally connect. And that's, like vocally or whatever, but like sitting there and just being mindful and seeing what comes in because often they could telepathically actually communicate with you. And there were stories that I got wrote through working with the people, you know, a lot of people have moments of clarity too. I'm like, what is that? Why does that happen? How could we explain that? I don't know how to explain it. But I just feel like there's so many stories that have happened. And if you just look at it through just a different lens, you can see it and appreciate it in a different way and then also just work with them in a different way, and I don't know, I just, I feel like there's so much work that can be done there, and I think that this is the year of exploring that. I'm hoping, hoping anyways. I would love to be part of that research. I have no idea how, but I think that there's something about death and dying. I'm not scared of it at all. And I don't know how to get back into that realm of being around that space right now, I marketing. And I love my job, but yeah, being around that, it's like like, it's it's so interesting to me. And I feel like there's so much we can learn from our experiences, being around that during our experiences. Um, I am so upset with myself. Oh, no.. Okay, so that's my little prediction there. It's just about Alzimer's dementia and just looking at it differently and having these, having people start to realize and look at it differently. And those'll start to be more research on just looking at it in with different things theories, I guess, I'd like to say. If you have a story that, you know, you, you, you have a, you've cared for someone who has Alzheimer's or dementia and you have a story about connection or really anything that could help me like prove this or not prove this theory or say, I find a theory offensive. I would love to hear from you. I have two ways you can reach out to me currently. You can just send me an email at Ralcreative at gmail.com or you can follow me on Instagram and send me a message on there at fantage Experiments. Or a friend and I just started a new project called The Voice No Project. And if you go to the voiceotero.com, we have a little thing that you can send us a voice note, which I think is really cool, a cool way of sharing your story instead of just sending an email, which a lot of people send emails. And I store them. I'm not the best at responding to all emails, but I store them because it's all research, right? Like it's all it's all all important stuff. And I'm making connections and connecting dots and all the things, right? And sharing my experience, and I hope that other people also share their experiences too. I am like, crow, get your voice out there. So what was I saying? Yeah, the Alzheimer's, yes, share your stories. So voic notepro.com. You can send a voice note. There's a link in there. It's not sketchy at all, even though it sends you to like a third-party link, because we were trying to figure out how to get voice notes. Anybody has any ideas. You can also just like record a voice note on your phone and then send it to me if you're a tech savvy, which I'm totally for. So, if you have stories, send them to me, isn't to be about? I'll Alzheimer's, and if you don't mind being featured, just let me know, because we were building a podcast there, but I would also share stories on here too. I find every email like it is so fascinating. I don't have the space to interview people right now. but I love hearing from people and I feel like it's just adding to that, to the big picture story, right? So, okay, I'm going to take a minute, minute and just sit here and gather my thoughts again because I don't know the direction I want to go next. Okay. I love that I apologize, even though I pause it, so you don't know that I'm actually taking a break. Okay, next sec, we're going to take the breaks in trust in like huge systems. So we're going to see a huge it's already started, but it's going to keep going. And it's Basically, people are going to stop trusting the media because of somebody who lies and obvious stories that have come out that are just going to break it down and people are going to start deconstructing things more and more. I'm not going to say everybody because there's always going to be people that trust and their, you know, I'm not going to name any places, but like, trust in their places and don't realize that there's bigger pictures, bigger things behind. There's puppeteers, there's things happening behind the scenes. And so to have your own, you know, critical thinking in place is important. I think people are going to realize that more and more through different systems, but like media, for example, I think a huge, a huge thing.. And I think that you could break this down in a bunch of different ways, but.. I've talked about the Justin Baldoni case before. That whole thing, if you break down the power and dynamics there, and then look at it at me, like, through a media conglomerate level, break it down, people are going to start breaking things down more, and the more you break things down, the more you break down systems. And I think that a lot of systems are going to be broken down this year. Media is one of them. A medical is another. I think that because of AI and because of social media, people are sharing their stories more. And I think that storytelling is so important for so many reasons. And, you know, it helps you express yourself. It helps you, work through stuff. It helps you see how you you've grown. You know, instead of having posttumatic stress, you can have post-matic growth. So having sharing your story with good or bad, as long as you can, you know, see the growth in your story, it's so important to tell. And spiritually, it's important to tell your stories and all the things, right? But medically, people are telling their stories about, you know, their experiences medically or there's so symptoms medically and it's helping other people diagnose their own experiences and it's helping people, you know, see themselves and other people. And that's how that's storytelling works that way too, right? You hear someone else's story and you're like, oh, yeah, I recognize that myself. And, oh, I didn't think of that. I should see the doctor about this, and maybe it helps you figure out why. I don't know. You have anxiety every time you see a horse. Maybe it's not the horse. Maybe it's because you're allergic and it comes out in heart politicians. Like, who knows? But that's a really, really random example that I don't even know if it makes sense. But the point is, people are seeing stuff. They're seeing storytellingelling, when they examine themselves. So there's AI that can help track your sentens and stuff. And then they go, people go to the doctor and this is from personal experience that I've had, but I also see other people telling their stories. And I think that once I see it, it's like a, it starts, it's a movement and then I I notice things places and I just feel like there's there's a big movement in changing the way healthcare is. I'm in Canada, but I think all around. It stopped treating doctors like they're heroes and like stop even going to doctors for people's problems because they just prescribe pills that pharmaceutical companies are getting money for and we can start breaking down those systems too. And I'm not saying that all pills are bad or like seeing a doctor is bad at absolutely not. But I think that like labelling your doctor as like this hero who knows everything, when you have accessed information as well, and if you can do your own real research, you can you can come to your doctor's appointment with knowledge and feel like you're part of your own story instead of letting your doctor navigate your your story or be like the person because they have a doctorate or be a PhD or whatever, right? Like, you know your own story and you're able to tell it, you're able to hear it, you're able to problem solve. And I think that this year is a medical uphaval trust in the, like a break in trust, a break in you know, believing your doctors, the person who knows everything. It's like, maybe it's like, hey, maybe your doctor's actually the one that fucked you up. You know? I don't know. Maybe. Not all the time time, but maybe if you break it down, think about it. Breaking down those systems anyways. And also like looking at Nipper, there's a tragedy in Holiday, Hollywood, with Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Reiner. Michelle Reiner, I think that's her name. I'm terrible I should have that in front of me, but I'm going to.. I think that that whole story, I actually had a whole article downloaded into my brain that I wrote. One night, I submitted it to time, but I haven't heard back, so I'll just put it somewhere else. About how when you go through medical change, like field changes, doctors should be checking in on you, like, maybe not hourly, but like very regularly, the case caregiver and the person, it should be a thing. And with AI, like, why is it not, why is that not implemented yet? And I think that we're going to make a lot of shifts and changes because the medical system is actually going to be really, like, scrutinized now because of this case. It's always takes like one big crisis in the media that helps make change. Uh, So I think that there's a lot of changes going to happen with mental health support and hopefully, and, uh, and, yeah, break breaking down systems of trust. What was the other, what was the other trust system that I wanted to break down? I don't remember. I don't remember. I don't recall. Hmm. Okay, let me sit. sit for a minute. My fingers are getting relay, so I'm gonna have to go inside. I might have to switch to taro. Let's see.. Okay, as I was getting out of the hot tub, I was like, oh, I remember the other system that's going to be broken down more, and it's that the scientific method. People who are very scientific minded are going to start realizing that there has to be a different method. Can't just be the scientific method. There has to be this kind of like collaborationation of sorts. And I was thinking, does that exist? Is that a thing? Like, I don't know. I don't know. So I um, sorry, I was trying to open my CPT, so I could read what it it says, because I need to read it off the screen so I don't get any of this wrong. I wanted to ask, like, is this something that exists this like a different scientific method, you know? Because my question was the limits of the scientific method. Scientific method is a powerful tool, but it's built on specific rules, repeatability, measurability, or objectivity. It's askeds for evidence that can be independently verified in a controlled setting, but the afterlife, near-death experiences, either deeply subjective, personal off like, often, ineffable experiences. They don't always be play by sciences rules. Obviously, this is the problem here. We can never prove it with the scientific method. It's impossible. That doesn't mean it's not real. It's just means they don't fit neatly into a lab coat. So then, it's talks about nerith experiences, how there is a lot of scientific research on that, which is interesting, and I knew all about an anecdotal evidence is often in qualitative research, which is in anthropology, psychology, medical humanity, sometimes. so these experiences are important and what have you, but is there room for a new method? Yes, there is. That is the question. that my whole being is feeling with everything in me is like, there, we need to break down the scientific method. It sucks. It's not helping anyone. It's fucking up entire societies. Is there room for a new method? Absolutely. We're standing on the edge of a new way of knowing one that blends science with spirituality, data, with story, and evidence with meaning. Some people call it postm material science. Cool. It invites empirical observation for possible where possible, like brain scans during meditation or NDE. Come on, people! wouldn't that be incredible?? Like, let's go! Phenomenology, sorry, I'm not good at reading long words. The study of lived experience? Yes, please. Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. Smbolic analysis, such as reoccurring themes in NDEs across cultures. That is fascinating. Interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing neuroscientist philosophers, mystics, and quantum physics together. Physicists together, sorry. Like, all of these things. Like, why are we not all collaborating? We should have our stories heard and used for research and, yeah, all the things, all the things. So, yeah, that is the other system I want to break down. And by breaking it down, we' build a new new one, you can't just break something down without building something new. But we have to look at the scientific method and be like, this is not actually working, people. Like, how many things are flawed because of it? And we're just like, la d- da, I think that we have to kind of grandfather maybe it out, but this isn't going to be a big year at like looking at it and maybe it starts small. Hey, maybe maybe it starts here. Maybe it starts over there. I don't know, but it starts small and it starts building and people are like, okay, this is a new method. This is my new method. Scientific. We'll start teaching in school, you know? Well, teaching in schools. Combining the two. Why is this not an actual thing that is like, you know? it's going to be a thing. So, Aantasia, let's talk about that, because we're not talking about Aphantasia at all. You know, I started this podcast trying to cure my own appendasia. And through that, I like started really thinking about how we think and where do our thoughts come from? And why do I have crazy ideas that come just in my head, like big flashes or articles that are right off the top of my head, like randomly? Or like, why, why does this happen? Why do why do I get these downloads, these feelings? And it became this exploration and this discovery and, oh my gosh, so many things have happened