Egoism w/ caller; the dictionary definition of "selfishness"; do we live in a simulation? & much more

28 October 2025, Livestream #61 0:00 Intro Irreplaceable Spark conference Justifying egoism; bridging the is-ought gap or facts and values Hypothetical vs. categorical imperatives (Aside: Immigration and Ohtani the baseball player) Religion/Kant 36:23 Yaron's recent interview by Dave Rubin 46:13 Reading update: up to Richard III 53:16 Wondering if a chatter (Steven McGowan) is the same person as someone I blocked (Darwin) My YouTube Analytics 1:26:20 Which area of philosophy is likely to have the biggest bang for the buck in changing the culture? (Greg Lewis) New free will video from ARI, Ayn Rand on free will and her theory of concepts What qualifies an idea as being part of "Objectivism"? Floating hearts etc. (emoji reactions) Bayesian epistemology, mathematizing philosophy, science envy The proper use of statistics 2:32:04 Atheism and materialism Philosophy of mind: materialism/physicalism; mind-brain identity theory, functionalism, dualism, zombies Forthcoming commentary video on my second call to The David Pakman Show The dictionary definition of "selfishness" "Collective punishment" and Israel 5:27:33 Egoism (w/ caller J) Are we living in a simulation? No outro (abrupt ending due to power outage) More topics and timestamps may be added to the description later. Some topics in the above list may be out of order. You may want to use the AI "Ask" feature in YouTube (if it's available) for a summary of the video with timestamps, especially if I don't have time to create a fuller description myself. Sorry about the abrupt ending to this livestream. I briefly lost power and wasn't able to re-start the stream at the same link (though I have an idea as to how I could do so in the future if there's another power outage). Thanks to those of you who participated in the chat or by calling in or who just watched/listened. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate