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#24 - Popper's Three Worlds

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This episode begins with a big announcement! Ben has officially become a cat person, and is now Taking Cats Seriously. Vaden follows up with some news of his own, before diving into the main subject for today's episode - Popper's Three Worlds.
In this episode we discuss:

  • The TCS parenting movement
  • Chesto's tweet to Deutsch
  • How Popper's Three Worlds differs from Deutsch's Things/Qualia/Abstractions classification
  • Would prime numbers exist if humans didn't exist?
  • What constitutes reality?
  • The existence of non-physical entities and the reality of abstractions

Having a quick glance at the following wikipedia pages will help ground the conversation:

Errata:

  • Somewhere Vaden says English is a formal language. Nope definitely not - English is natural language, which is distinct from a formal language.

Send us your best guess for whether or not we're real at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

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Manage episode 347567538 series 3418237
Content provided by Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani, Ben Chugg, and Vaden Masrani. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani, Ben Chugg, and Vaden Masrani or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

This episode begins with a big announcement! Ben has officially become a cat person, and is now Taking Cats Seriously. Vaden follows up with some news of his own, before diving into the main subject for today's episode - Popper's Three Worlds.
In this episode we discuss:

  • The TCS parenting movement
  • Chesto's tweet to Deutsch
  • How Popper's Three Worlds differs from Deutsch's Things/Qualia/Abstractions classification
  • Would prime numbers exist if humans didn't exist?
  • What constitutes reality?
  • The existence of non-physical entities and the reality of abstractions

Having a quick glance at the following wikipedia pages will help ground the conversation:

Errata:

  • Somewhere Vaden says English is a formal language. Nope definitely not - English is natural language, which is distinct from a formal language.

Send us your best guess for whether or not we're real at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Support Increments

  continue reading

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