Dr. Mark Bailey on Science, Health Fields, Looking Upstream, Interventions, Spirituality, and more!

In this week's episode, we are joined by Dr. Mark Bailey. Dr. Bailey shares his invaluable wisdom on many topics relating to science and medicine. First, we explore our fundamental question: What is health? This snowballs into a discussion on balance and how it's related to health.

Next, we look at the philosophical concept of looking upstream. Dr. Bailey shares how this is a valuable tool to be used in assessing scientific research, as well as our own health. Delving into more philosophical concepts, we discuss if there is an end to scientific research and methods to reduce reductionism.

We continue on the topic of navigating the vast and confusing scientific and health-related fields, with a note on the state of these fields. We then explore which interventions are useful and how even doing nothing can be a good 'intervention.'

Lastly, we explore the relationship between science and spirituality. Dr. Bailey shares some irreplaceable wisdom in his concluding remarks. Finally, we discuss Dr. Bailey's new book!

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0:00 Intro
1:19 What is health?
2:10 What is balance?
7:30 Looking upstream in Scientific Research
13:15 Is there an end to Science? Avoiding Reductionism
20:20 How to Navigate the Scientific and Health Related Fields?
26:55 Which Interventions are Viable?
42:40 The Relationship of Science and Spirituality
50:00 Final Thoughts
59:12 How to support Dr. Bailey
1:03:18 Outro