149 - Martial Artist and Clinical Neuropsychologist David Brown - a podcast by Stephan Kesting

from 2018-06-07T01:23:55

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David Brown has spent many decades studying and teaching martial arts, including Muay Thai and Wing Chun. He's also a clinical neuropsychologist which gives him a unique insight into the mindset at work within martial arts cults. Then we also went down some major rabbit holes, including the science of sticking people's brains into scanners and the elimination of disease through new genetic technologies. I hope you like this one as much as I did!

01:02 - A journey through the martial arts

04:15 - The business of running a school

07:51 - Martial arts cults and the psychology of delusion

20:29 - Passive vs authoritative teachings

26:26 - Research in the autism field

44:35 - Treatment of autism

49:37 - Gene modification and CRISPR

57:52 - Muay Thai vs Wing Chun

You can find out more about David's school in San Antonio, Texas, at totalconfidencemartialarts.com

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