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In this episode, we delve into the concept of being "qualified" in the workplace, examining who gets labeled as such, who doesn't, and the underlying reasons. We explore "competency checking"—the practice of scrutinizing individuals' abilities—and how it disproportionately affects underrepresented groups, often going unnoticed or unchallenged. Our discussion aims to redefine qualifications in a fair, equitable, and actionable manner. Our guest, Shari Dunn , is an accomplished journalist, former attorney, news anchor, CEO, university professor, and sought-after speaker. She has been recognized as Executive of the Year and a Woman of Influence, with her work appearing in Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, and more. Her new book, Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work , unpacks what it truly means to be deserving and capable—and why systemic barriers, not personal deficits, are often the real problem. Her insights challenge the narratives that hold so many of us back and offer practical solutions for building a more equitable future. Together, we can build workplaces and communities that don’t just reflect the world we live in, but the one we want to create. A world where being qualified is about recognizing the talent and potential that’s been overlooked for far too long. It’s not just about getting a seat at the table—it’s about building an entirely new table, one designed with space for all of us. Connect with Our Guest Shari Dunn Website& Book - Qualified: https://thesharidunn.com LI: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/sharidunn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesharidunn Related Podcast Episodes: How To Build Emotionally Mature Leaders with Dr. Christie Smith | 272 Holding It Together: Women As America's Safety Net with Jessica Calarco | 215 How To Defy Expectations with Dr. Sunita Sah | 271 Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! 🔗 Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music…

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Join quantum physicist Dr. Shannon Ray as he reimagines reality using only the concept of information. Each episode is a small part of the larger whole as the hosts build their metaphorical structure for conceptualizing reality. So join us if you're interested in seeing things from a new perspective that you won't find anywhere other than The Bottom Turtle Podcast.

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Feminine is Masculine, Objectivity is Subjectivity | The Righteous Feminine and Masculine Spirit 19:08

il y a environ 22 jours19:08

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Hey guys, welcome back. Ima let the AI write these show notes. Peace. Keywords: masculinity, femininity, Buddhism, Christianity, subjective, objective, corruption, relationships, politics, ideology Summary: In this conversation, Shannon Ray delves into the complexities of masculinity and femininity, exploring how these concepts can become corrupted and the implications of their interplay. He contrasts the approaches of Buddhism and Christianity in guiding individuals towards enlightenment and understanding, emphasizing the relationship dynamics between the masculine and feminine. Additionally, he examines the political landscape, particularly how ideologies can embody both masculine and feminine traits, leading to a nuanced discussion on the nature of freedom and control. If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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The Unconscious and the Conscious | Defining the Feminine and Masculine Spirits pt.2 1:13:44

il y a 6 weeks1:13:44

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In this episode, we continue to define the feminine and masculine spirits in terms of the unconscious and the conscious, respectively. We begin with a discussion on the nature of the psyche in terms of the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious. To do this, we invoke Kant's concept of the scheme and schemata, completion of the identity in quantum mechanics, general covariance and conserved quantities under symmetry transformations. We also discuss how conscious awareness develops from affective data transferred from the unconscious to the conscious and reflective data transferred from the conscious to the unconscious. After this, we enter into a conversation on why the unconscious should be associated with the feminine and conscious should be associated with the masculine. It is argued that this is justified based off the symbolic work of Karl Jung, the study of comparative religions, and the observed difference on average between men and women of preferences and behavior. The conversation really starts to get interesting when we discuss how the feminine and the masculine become corrupted. In both cases, corruption is defined by the attempt to dominate the other. We discuss how this manifests in the feminine when it becomes animus possessed and in the masculine when it becomes anima possessed. Again, in both cases, these possessions occur due to suppression of masculine data by the feminine and feminine data by the masculine. We also discuss how this unhealthy unbalanced relationship between the feminine and masculine lead to delusions and a fractured psyche. We also critique and discuss how these distortions manifest in post-modernist thought and how the endeavor attempts to give voice to the feminine but does it in a corrupt way by denying the masculine while still trying to invoke the masculine. Finally, we end on a positive note by discussing when the feminine and masculine are in harmony. We argue that they come into harmony when both act as servants to each other. That is, the feminine/unconscious gives loving sincere unfractured data to the conscious, and the conscious acknowledges the data, as opposed to suppressing it, and takes actions to feed good data back to the unconscious. That is, it adjust the structure that makes up the conscious to loving reflect and address the data coming from the unconscious. The conversation culminates in a discussion on how the practice of Buddhism is indicative of the righteous feminine or mother and Christianity is a reflection of the righteous conscious or masculine. So join us if you're remotely interested in these topics. If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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Love is Freedom, Love is Worship | Defining the Feminine and Masculine Spirits, pt.1 48:04

il y a 8 weeks48:04

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Welcome back everyone. In this episode, Dr. Ray goes on another ramble where he defines the feminine and masculine spirits in the Bottom Turtle language. He essentially equates the feminine to subjectivity, entropy, freedom, chaos, lack of constraints, and the liberal spirit, and he equates the masculine with objectivity, information, constraints, order, and the conservative spirit. He makes his arguments both using meta-level zero data that can be seen in the average differences between women and men's preferences and behaviors, and an appeal to our subjective understanding of the feminine and masculine. He also ties these ideas into the general theme of this season and how they apply wokeness and gender ideology, incompleteness as discussed in the episode "Grappling with Incompleteness and the Nature of Subjectivity", love, and ethics. Gender differences in personality across the ten aspects of the Big Five: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00178/full Quilette - The Feminization of Academia, Explained by Behavioral Scientists Bo Windward and Cory Clark: https://youtu.be/4auHntuf65k?si=zV3cIKmAmrG-_PHz If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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Revelations of Miracles | Introducing the Feminine and Masculine Spirits 19:41

il y a 11 weeks19:41

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Welcome back!! In this episode, Dr. Ray recites his poem Revelations of Miracles! He chose this poem because in his next discussion with Ryan, they will discuss the feminine and masculine spirits. This poem is a great place to start. So if you're interested in understanding why that is, check out this episode! If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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The Nature of Evil 1:09:06

il y a 12 weeks1:09:06

1:09:06

In this episode, Dr. Ray and Ryan break down the spirit of evil. To do this, they use several examples of behavior exhibited by the computer science professor known as Ray in previous episodes. Specifically, they point out how Ray must be functioning out of a space that subordinates his sense making or rational faculty to an emotional faculty based on his claims in the conversation. This includes 1. accusing the hosts of asserting that a person is immoral for not agreeing with their definition of words. This is evidence of functioning out of something other than the logical since that is literally the exact opposite thing that was said. 2. Actually accusing the hosts of being bad for not agreeing to his definition of words which is amazingly ironic. And 3. trying to use a totally subjective structure to function as an objective structure that manifests objectivity. The hosts discuss how the spirit of evil or delusion must deceive to protect its own existence. How subordinating one's self to such a spirit betrays one's self and separates one's self from themselves. How it leads to an incapability of making valid judgements. And finally, how acting out this mode of being imposes tyranny on others with which one is attempting to form a shared identity and how that threatens the life/continued existence of that being. So join us if you're curious about the nature of evil and sin. If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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The Ancestral Code: The Obvious Answer to the Question What is God? 12:07

il y a 13 weeks12:07

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Welcome back! In this episode, Dr. Ray recites the Poem "The Ancestral Code: The Obvious Answer to the Question What is God?". This is a holdover episode until the next episode with Ryan is edited and ready to post. The poem was inspired by Dr. Ray's experience realizing he was losing awareness. Think of the experience of meditating and suddenly realizing you're lost in a thought. This is that experience explained through poetry. So sit back and enjoy and as always, stay turtlin' my friends. If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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A man can't get pregnant 26:53

il y a 14 weeks26:53

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In this episode, Dr. Ray breaks down why the phrase "a man can get pregnant" has no logical meaning. The crux of his argument is that the word man as it is used in that phrase has no informational content. This is because it's entirely based on self-identification which means that any person regardless of their characteristics and behavior can claim to be a man. This means the word must allow for all characteristics and behavior thus validating everything. And as we pointed out in the episode "It's algebra all the way down", a word that maps to everything equally maps to nothing. This episode is an extension/completion of the argument presented in the previous episode when arguing with Ray the computer science professor. If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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Dr. Ray vs. Ray the computer science professor 50:57

il y a 15 weeks50:57

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In this episode, Dr. Ray argues with a computer science professor named Ray about our recent claims of objective ethics. After posting the episode "Making a case for objective ethics" on YouTube, we had some "constructive" criticism in the comment section. We were accused of many untoward things and Dr. Ray debated those claims with said accuser. This episode is an AI recitation of that conversation. Dr. Ray then critiques a particular portion of the conversation in which Ray the computer science professor states "It is a terrible selfish thing to deny someone their identity". This phrase is discussed in terms of how language works and the fact that to claim an identity while not having the characteristics consistent with the shared understanding of that identity, is to ask for power to change the meaning of words and thus the means of communication. To demand power over language is not a simple ask, and to accuse someone of bad behavior for not doing so seems obviously unethical. So if you're interested in a heated debate between a quantum physicist and a computer scientist over the objective meaning of words, ethics, and gender pronouns, then check out this weeks episode of The Bottom Turtle Podcast! Link to YouTube video where the discussion took place: https://youtu.be/6cV1jqTklwY?si=PiPQXhmBTdIuiN5U If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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Grappling with incompleteness and the nature of subjectivity 1:04:06

il y a 16 weeks1:04:06

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In this episode of The Bottom Turtle Podcast, Dr. Ray recites another poem entitled "Inspiration from reading your thesis". As the name suggests, it was a poem inspired by reading the thesis of Reasonable Fideist; A friend of the podcast from reddit dating back to the episode "What Else is There?!". In the poem, Dr. Ray muses about the nature of the subjective and objective spirits and the relationship between them. The poem attempts to capture the tension between being in the moment, and stopping to take account of what's happening in the moment. The flow associated with the moment is characterized by the subjective, and the labeling of the moment is characterized by the objective. The recitation of this poem is used as an introduction to the main recording of the episode. The main recording is an impromptu conversation between Dr. Ray and Ryan Scott. In it, they discuss the nature of the incompleteness of subjective experience when trying to analyze the objective truth of reality mathematically. They also discuss how a purely materialistic worldview adopted by the likes of Richard Dawkins or Sam Harris is not sufficient to resolve the inherent incompleteness associated with subjective experience. Essentially, it is the recognition that subjectivity doesn't exist without objectivity and vice versa and that they are essentially not separate spirits. They also discuss this problem in the context of C. S. Lewis' treatise on miracles. If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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To be conscious: A self analyzing algorithm loop 4:12

il y a 17 weeks4:12

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If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. -James 3:2 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. -James 3:7-8 To be conscious is to have the capacity to make choices. It is the capacity to assert one's will. To bring into existence that which would not be without the exertion of one's will. It is to be in relationship with the divine, the true sovereign. It is to be a creator. It is to reflect God's image. It is to be a god. TO PROGRAM YOURSELF IS TO BE CONSCIOUS If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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Creating order beyond meta level zero 57:49

il y a 18 weeks57:49

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In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Ray presents another ramble where he discusses creating order at deeper meta levels. In the Bottom Turtle language, meta level zero is the space of the obvious. This is the space where we draw our axiomatic truths to build a model of reality that everyone can verify. The resulting model is the language of the podcast. At meta level zero, obvious truths like throwing a wine bottle glass on the ground as hard as you can will cause it to shatter cannot be denied. To deny such a truth is to completely reject the concept of truth all together. In contrast meta level one is distinguished from meta level zero by an increase in entropy/uncertainty. That is, consider meta level one as the space of social interactions. This is the first level in the conceptual space beyond the obvious mental constructions provided by our sensory faculties. At meta level one/the social level, it's far more difficult to construct consensus. It's impossible to know your own motivation for an action with certainty let alone the motivations of others. Because of this increase in entropy/uncertainty/ignorance, it is much easier to hide untruths and deceit behind fake intentions. It's also easier to deceive oneself about their own intentions and biases. At meta level one, if you don't want to see the truth, you don't have to. Instead, you can just lie to yourself and cling to your bias. So join Dr. Ray as he explains how to create order in meta level one and beyond. He argues that this is the job of a theoretical physicist. It is to take obvious truths/observation from meta level zero and construct conceptual objects that are symmetric to the physical system thus creating a literal conceptualization of reality. He also applies this lens of to meta level one to critique wokeness and its use of spiritual violence to control people's free will through repetitional destruction and claims of harm. Bottom Turtle Podcast YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bottomturtlepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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Making a Case for Objective Ethics 1:21:07

il y a 19 weeks1:21:07

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In this episode, Dr. Ray and Ryan Scott present an argument for the objective truth of ethics. This episode builds on the previous two episodes of the season where the notion of identity is discussed and defined. Foundational to their arguments of identity is the dependent origination principle in Buddhism which is to say that one's identity is essentially determined by their relationships with each others, and their relationship with the eternal spirit whose name they want to claim. To claim the name of a spirit, one must abide in the law of that spirit, which is to say they must obey the rules of that spirit so they can create its art. For example, one cannot become a boxer if one does not practice boxing and live the life, to some extent, of a boxer. Once one makes the vow to come into relationship with a spirit they with to embody, they enter into a social contract with that spirit and all others who claim its name. From here, to act ethically is to obey the law and respect the sovereignty of all others who entered into a relationship with the spirit. After defining their notion of ethics, they apply it to the discussion in episode 1 of this season "Language and Identity". There, they argue against the idea that one must agree with another's self identification, and if they don't, then they are immoral or responsible for causing harm. This is a clear violation of ethics because it attempts to control the sovereignty of others to use words that are consistent with their own spirit/identity. So join us if you want to know the objective truth of ethics and tell us if you agree. If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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You are me, I am you 1:18:08

il y a 20 weeks1:18:08

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Hello everyone and welcome back to the fourth season. In this episode, we continue our argument on the objective truth of ethics by further discussing the concept of identity. More specifically, we discuss the concept of a universal identity shared among individuals. For those familiar with the podcast, you'll be aware of the idea of macro- and micro-identities. A macro-identity is a distinguished by a label that points in the space of spirits like physicist or comedian for example. All those who say I AM A COMEDIAN are claiming they have the spirit of a comedian. Meaning they can program the universe and be programed by the universe in a way consistent with a person who embodies the spirit of the comedian. From here, we discuss how this spirit remains stable when all those who share the spirit behave ethically to those who share the spirit and obey the laws of the spirit. If one does not keep the laws of the spirit who name they wish to claim as their own, they must make decisions that keeps the physical configuration/memory that houses that spirit in their physical system stable. For instance, you can't remain a world champion kick boxer if you stop training and eat poorly. We also discuss the nature of trust that is given to those who have entered the inner sanctum of the spirit, ie have built a deep relationship with it such that they can effectively create in its name and enact its will and have obtained clout within the community that houses the spirit, and the nature of defilement by betraying that trust. With the proper elements of identity in place, we come closer to revealing the objective truth of ethics. So join us if you're interested in sharing your spirit with us. Peace. Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6cV1jqTklwY?si=DggtkUHF7293OZyb An American Analytic-What is your God-gven name: https://youtu.be/BkeHpJWJdLc?si=jqUPXVC9WtmadzQo If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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Language and Identity 1:44:49

il y a 21 weeks1:44:49

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We're back! Welcome to the fourth season of The Bottom Turtle Podcast. In this season of the the podcast, we're shaking things up. First, this season will be focused on the theme of the objective truth of ethics and evil. That is, the goal of this season will be to present an objective argument for ethics, which then implies that evil is the opposite of the objective ethic. But to make this argument, we first have to clearly define identity and its relation to objectivity since, as we claim, ethics is fundamental a question about relationships with others. This also makes ethics a question of how one's relationship with themselves and their own identity since one's identity depends on their relationship with others. This is the dependent origination principle of Buddhism. Dr. Ray's conversational partner for this season is theoretical physicist Ryan Scott. Ryan is currently working on his PhD at a prominent R1 university where he studies theoretical models for developing a quantum CPU using ultracold polar molecules. Beyond his academic work, Ryan is deeply interested in the logical structure of psychology and Christian theology. His mathematical interests include mathematical logic, algebras and lattices, topos theory, Lie theory, lambda calculus, and dependent type theory. Ryan also has a YouTube channel called An American Analytic where he posts his lectures on the logical nature and truth of Christian theology. In today's episode, we begin our argument for the objective truth of ethics by first discussing the relationship between identity and language. More specifically, we make an argument refuting the idea that one must accept another's self identification otherwise you are committing harm or you're doing something fundamentally immoral. We argue that this claim is fundamentally at odds with how reality works and is the moral/ethical equivalent of believing the Earth is flat. So join us if you want to hear our arguments and come to know the truth of ethics. Links Ryan's YouTube Channel An American Analytic: https://www.youtube.com/@anamericananalytic6346 If you enjoy the podcast, please support us by leaving a review, rating the podcast, and/or telling a friend. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and leave a review on our FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebottomturtle/ If you have any questions or ideas you want discussed on the show, leave us an email at thebottomturtlepodcast@gmail.com…

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The Made in the Image of God Principle and the Foundations of Ethics 39:46

il y a 49 weeks39:46