Perception, art, hedonism, free will, introspection & more! - calls with Oh Noes, Ray, & J

7 November 2025, Livestream #63 0:00 Intro 9:15 Reading update: Trump's 2016 campaign for president Blocking a chatter who was uncivil Is/ought & existence/identity/causality (Greg Lewis) Preying mantis sexual behavior and altruism (technical difficulties for ~10 min. while I figure out why I can't hear the caller) 1:18:18 Call w/ Oh Noes Are non-human organisms egoistic/altruistic? Background on Oh Noes: what Rand works he has read "Anarcho-Objectivism" What do "Objectivism" and "Aristotelianism" refer to? 1:45:48 Art, sensation/perception, entities 2:33:42 Sculpture, architecture, utilitarian entities Cubism, non-representational "art" Decoration, painting, music Hedonism Using Chat GPT for the first time Determinism, indeterminism, and choice Poll: Is determinism true? "The Value of Believing in Free Will: Encouraging a Belief in Determinism Increases Cheating" by Kathleen D. Vohs and Jonathan W. Schooler: https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/91974.pdf 6:13:20 Call w/ Ray Free will 9:21:34 Call w/ J Introspection Outro More topics and timestamps may be added to the description later. 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. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate