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S3: Science and Reality
36 Hot Topics/9 Quotes: In Season 3, your exploration of wisdom becomes even richer, blending ancient insights with modern revelations. Examine intriguing philosophical paradoxes, cutting-edge scientific theories, and history’s hidden lessons. Uncover insights into cognitive shortcuts, biases, and strategies for clearer thinking. These concise, engaging FAQs encourage you to question assumptions, enhance your decision-making, and grow intellectually. Each brief exploration expands your understanding, helping you live more thoughtfully and authentically amidst the noise of daily life.
Season 3: Jul 28 - Sep 25 2024
9 Episodes
Hot Topics
1. Philosophy
2. Science
3. Critical Thinking
4. History
What is the difference between a true believer, an empiricist, and a true skeptic?
Viewpoint < OVM < Five Thought Tools < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
When did humans first start using language?
Language < Prehistory < History
Are LLMs or Inference the Future of AI?
AI emerged from rigid rule-following systems, and evolved into adaptive models. The future will be a hybrind of LLMs, adaptive, and other models.
Can humans breathe the air of other planets?
Futurism < Cosmology < Science
Is the idea of superposition multiple states irrational?
Idea of Ideas < Five Thought Tools < Critical Thinking
Why was Galileo’s 1610 book so important?
In 1610, Galileo Galilei used observation to challenge belief, showing that reality, not tradition, must guide understanding. His telescope turned the heavens from imagined perfection ...
What is the MaaS tipping point?
Futurism < Philosophy
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
The egg. Long before chickens existed, eggs were a successful evolutionary strategy.
If evolution is true, why haven’t humans evolved in 50,000 years?
Humans have evolved in the last 50,000 years, just not into a new “species."
Was the USA founded as an oligarchy?
Colonial America < Post Medieval < History
Can AI evolve to destroy humanity?
Let's steer AI development toward the animal kingdom, and toward the donkey model, limited and safe. Let's avoid the tiger model.
When did ancient humans develop symbolic thought?
Neanderthals in Spain were leaving unmistakably symbolic marks on cave walls at least 70,000 years ago.
Did most humans live in caves 30,000 years ago?
Cognitive Biases < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
How did writing first evolve?
Writing < Prehistory < History
Is the Big Bang singularity scientific or philosophical?
Metaphysics < Philosophy
Does gravity travel, or does it exist everywhere all at once?
When thinking about the speed of light, remember that gravity never waits. Light can be delayed by matter, but gravity propagates freely through spacetime.
Is anecdotal evidence ever useful to prove something?
Idea Evaluation < Five Thought Tools < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Was King Shuruppak the father of Noah?
Ancient History < History
How do we experience Free Will in daily life?
Free will is experienced as a shifting tension between choice and constraint.
When did blood evolve in life on Earth?
Evolution < Science
Can a fat, out of shape person give valid nutritional advice?
Good advice doesn’t become wrong because the person giving it fails to follow it. Truth stands or falls on evidence, not appearances.
Did Confucius ever meet the Daoist Laozi?
Although we have records of their meeting going back to 100 BCE, this is a much debated story in academic circles.
Did the Buddha believe in rebirth or reincarnation?
The Buddha rejected reincarnation as the rebirth of an eternal soul and instead taught rebirth as a causal continuity driven by karma.
Did Homo heidelbergensis speak?
Language < Ancient Humans < Evolution < Science
Why do people believe wrong things?
Cognitive Biases < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
What are the six realms of karma?
India < Ancient History < History
Will AI help with file management, organizing files, and backup?
Technology < Futurism < Philosophy
How do knowledge frameworks help transform information into wisdom?
Knowledge frameworks turn raw information into wisdom by organizing ideas into sets of schemas.
What does LUCA tell us about our origins?
Evolution < Science
Why are invalid fear-based arguments so effective?
Logical Fallacies < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Were Plato and Aristotle friends?
Ancient history was long ago, much is cloudy, but yes, they were very close. Aristotle spent 20 years as a student-teacher under Plato, leaving only ...
How does science play in philosophy?
Science grounds philosophy in reality.
How far away is Voyager 1?
Cosmology < Science
How do I know what is true and what is just an opinion?
Evidence. Inductive reasoning is evidence based; abductive reasoning is a best guess from limited evidence.
Does the philosophy of Heraclitus resonate with Eastern philosophy?
Heraclitus strongly resonates with Eastern thought, especially Daoist balance and Buddhist impermanence.
What is Ontology and why is it important?
What exists and what it means to be.
Quotes
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates taught skepticism and critical thinking. He taught that a life with the seek truth tenant is required no matter what culture and time you ...
“Natural selection acts solely by the preservation and accumulation of small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being.”
Survival belongs to organisms that respond effectively to change as environments shift over time.
“We are dwarfs on the shoulders of giants.”
Transcendental intelligence is the capacity to transmit ideas beyond individual minds and lifespans, allowing knowledge itself to accumulate across generations.
“Do not speak arrogantly or do hateful things.”
One of humanity’s oldest moral instructions warns against arrogance and hatred, showing that ethical wisdom has roots running deep into prehistory.
“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.”
When Epicurus thought about epistemology within philosophy, he gravitated toward applied philosophy.
“The whole is more than the sum of its parts.”
From living organisms to societies, complex systems gain new properties through interaction and organization.
“A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.”
Ubuntu is an ethical applied philosophy stressing the need for relationships.
“Follow the path of least resistance and live in harmony with the Dao.”
Metaphysics < Philosophy