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Patterson in Pursuit
by Steve Patterson
Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas. stevepatterson.substack.com
Episodes
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A Prediction about Asymmetries in Math, Physics, and Computer Science
What an amazing few months it’s been for math. I just want to make a few predictions before the rest of the world figures this out. There were two problems with classical mathematics. The first was about infinity, which I’ve covered ad nauseam. The second is about information. Specifically, the...
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Ep. 117 - Demystifying Physics, Part 2
Part 2 of my conversation with Shilo and Anastasia of the excellentDemystifySci podcast: @DemystifySci_Podcast Watch Part 1 here: Buy the book: Paradox Lost: The Material Principles of Natural Philosophy:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6TF366C Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at...
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Ep. 116 - Demystifying Physics, Pt 1
Part 1 of my conversation with Shilo and Anastasia of the excellentDemystifySci podcast: @DemystifySci_Podcast Buy the book: Paradox Lost: The Material Principles of Natural Philosophy:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6TF366CPart 2 will be coming in a few days. (PS I found the brilliant and absurd...
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Ep. 115 - Simon Dixon on Bitcoin, Epstein, and Whether BTC was Hijacked
Simon Dixon and I talk about theories surrounding the hijacking of Bitcoin, the connection with Jeffrey Epstein, and some history about Bitcoin's funding and development.Simon's channel: @SimonDixon21 Get the Hijacking Bitcoin book: https://www.hijackingbitcoin.com/ Get full access to Steve...
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Pure Reason and the Divinity of Love
There’s a purely rational argument for the divinity of love. The core Christian claims can be translated into straightforward analytical philosophy without appealing to mystery, faith, or superstition. I am not saying this argument is true, merely that it’s reasonable, coherent, and…
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Theoretical Pluralism and Chess [Narration]
Original article here, from 2023: Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Things I Like about Christianity [Narration]
Even more recently, I’ve become drawn to Catholic Christianity, but these articles capture my thoughts from a few years ago. Part 1: Part 2: Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Understanding Marxism through Metaphysics [Narration]
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Markets Fail to Solve the Complexity Problem [Narration]
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Is AI an Empirical Breakthrough in Philosophy? [Narration]
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Ep. 114: Research and Experience with Sleep Apnea | Patri Friedman
Patri Friedman shares his experiences and research about sleep apnea, after struggling with it for decades. Patri’s website: https://patrifriedman.com/ Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Why Language Machines do not have Souls [Narration]
Original article here: And yes, this narration was generated by an AI clone of my voice. Incredible. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Ep. 113 - Eric Brakey Detained at the Border
Eric Brakey joins me to talk about his recent experience getting detained at the border after returning from a cruise. His papers and electronics were searched, and the border guards told him that his Constitutional rights didn’t apply. A story we should pay attention to. Free State Project:...
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"But What's the Mechanism?"
The desire to understand mechanism has led scientists, doctors, and researchers into grave error—the “mechanism fallacy”—thinking that correlations are not causally connected if the mechanism is not understood. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Three Confirmed Paradoxes in Mathematics [Narration]
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Ep. 112 - The Historical Novelty of the Trinity | Dr. Jared Ortiz
We've become desensitized to the novelty of the Trinity. I am joined by Dr. Jared Ortiz to discuss the history and importance of the Council of Nicaea. Guest's website: https://hope.edu/directory/people/ortiz-jared/index.html Guest's book: The Nicene Creed: A Scriptural, Historical, and…
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Intelligence and Pattern Recognition [Narration]
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Everything in Discrete Space [Narration]
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Ep. 111 - Is Civilization Older Than We Thought? | Michael Button
There are too many anomalies in archaeology to ignore. Our paradigms will have to be revised. My conversation with Michael Button, a rising star from the next generation of scholars. Check out his YouTube channel here. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at...
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Geometry as Logic [Narration]
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Mechanics before Ethics [Narration]
(From December 2022) Written article here: Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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How to Deal with Spiritual Hierarchy [Narration]
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Ep. 110 - Fixing Calculus with Computers | Ryan X. Charles
Textbook calculus is wrong because it's fundamentally continuous. We can do better, and a discrete calculus might even change how we build computers. Interview with Ryan X Charles. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Information and Spirit [Narration]
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Is Everything Quantifiable? [Narration]
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Ep. 109 - Order After Atheism | Aaron Day
I'm joined by Aaron Day of the Daylight Freedom Foundation to talk about... a completely different subject than we originally planned. He shares his story about moving away from atheist materialism, and we also discuss the role (and dangers) of social hierarchies and other topics. Get full access...
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Complexity and Natural Systems [Narration]
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Ep. 108 - I'm Trying to Understand the Trinity | TK Coleman
The biggest hangup I have with Catholicism (and all the mainline branches of Christianity) is the Trinity. I can understand a lower-case-t trinitarianism—that the concepts of “Father God”, “Son of God” and “Holy Spirit” are valid and useful—but the official doctrine of the Trinity still confuses...
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Ep. 107 - Coming Around to Catholicism | TK Coleman
The best Christian philosophy I’ve heard comes from the ancient traditions—Catholicism and Orthodoxy. I would never have expected it five years ago, but I’m coming around to Catholicism in particular… Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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The Problem of Physical Interaction [Narration]
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4 Steps to the Immaterial [Narration]
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Why We Need to Replace Mathematics [Narration]
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The Objectivity of Structure Outside our Concepts [Narration]
The world outside our mind is actually glued together; relations are mind-independent; and patterns are objectively real. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Ep. 106 - Living with the Robots | Dr. RollerGator
Trying to envision life alongside AI. How will our culture change? What will the norms be around beloved robots? Should we let the machines hijack our emotional circuitry? Will AI become the highest-level decision makers within governments? Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at...
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Ep. 105 - The Philosophy of AI (pt 1) | Alexandros Marinos
The world is ablaze with discussion about the risks and benefits of AI like ChatGPT I have not been persuaded by the doomsdayers concerns about rogue AI, but that doesn't mean the technology is actually safe. I investigate some philosophical concepts surrounding AI with Alexandros Marinos. Get…
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Ep. 104 - "No Longer a Christian" | Isaac Deitz
Wonderful conversation with my old friend Isaac Deitz who shares his personal religious journey. After decades of being a Christian, he no longer identifies with that label. In my opinion, that's only because "Christian" is a terrible term nowadays. By some metrics, Isaac is a raging Christian.…
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Our Present Dark Age
The best explanation for the current madness of the world is that we're in a dark age and have been for at least a century. The epistemic standards of the 20th century were not high enough to overcome social, psychological, and political entropy. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at...
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Ep. 103 - "Mad at Mathematicians" | Isaac Morehouse
A couple of months ago, my friend Isaac Morehouse asked me to talk about the philosophy of mathematics and why I consider it so important. Appeals to mathematics are everywhere, from COVID lockdowns to NFL play calling, and if our concepts about math are flawed, we make the world a significantly...
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Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual Schelling Points | Dr. Geoff Anders
What does scientific progress look like? Is it steady progress, getting ever closer to the truth? Or does it go through waves? What about cases where we seem to have lost knowledge or the foundations of a theory we’ve been building on turned out to be wrong? Can that still be useful? Is that…
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Critical Thinking | Zooming In and Zooming Out
A critical thinker must have the ability to zoom in and zoom out - to hyper-focus on cause and effect and to see how things interconnect in the big picture. It's a common and critical error to be too-zoomed-in or too-zoomed-out. The over-focused mind is like the mathematician who doesn't realize...
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Ep. 101- Is a Ruling Class Inevitable? | Samo Burja
Libertarians like myself tend to focus on the abuse of power hierarchies. The existence of a "ruling class" makes most of us uneasy. However, might these sociological structures serve a valuable purpose? Are they inevitable parts of human society? Samo Burja joins me to discuss. Get full access…
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Coming Around to Platonism
For years, I've been making anti-Platonist arguments. Now, I think I was wrong. The universe seems to be composed of both concrete and abstract stuff. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe
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Ep. 100 - Trying to Solve Philosophy | Patterson in Pursuit
Episode 100 of Patterson in Pursuit! Wow, what a milestone. Thanks to everybody who has listened to and supported the show. I hope it's created value for you. In this episode, I share my personal thoughts about the show, some of my motivations, the conversations that were impactful to my own...
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Ep. 99 - Non-Rationality and Psychedelics | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Do logic and rationality have limits? Are there ways to "get outside" of rational thinking? Do altered states caused by psychedelics provide true insight about the world, or are they illusory? These are the questions I discuss with Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, who shares some of his personal experiments...
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Ep. 98 - "A Consciousness-Only Ontology" | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Is everything ultimately mental? Do we need a theory of a physical world at all? Dr. Bernardo Kastrup joins me again to talk about idealism. This time, we go into great detail, both put our ideas to the test, and the result was one of my favorite interviews ever. I end up asking Bernardo some of...
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Understanding God as Nature or the Universe
Finally, after investigating for more than 20 years, I have a concept of God I can rationally grasp. The idea is one of the oldest in existence, and it turns baroque theological claims into true and important insights. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at...
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Solving the Interaction Problem
Dualism is an attractive philosophy with an Achilles' heel. Dualists since Descartes have never given a good answer to the problem of interaction. Finally, I think I've got one. I have a working resolution to the problem of interaction that I call a theory of indirect interaction, which allows...
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There Are No Objective Definitions
Lots of confusion is caused by the nature of language. This is a narration of the article "There Are No Objective Definitions", which you can read here: http://steve-patterson.com/there-are-no-objective-definitions/ Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at...
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Ep. 97 - Math Heresy: Ultrafinitism | Dr. Doron Zeilberger
Dr. Doron Zeilberger is the Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University. He's also a math heretic who thoroughly rejects the orthodox conceptions of infinity in modern mathematics. So we got along quite well. We had a fantastic conversation covering a wide range of topics,...
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Ep. 96 - Truth and Postmodernism | Breakdown of Thaddeus Russell Interview
The most requested interview breakdown ever - my conversation with Thaddeus Russell about the postmodern theory of truth. Fun episode! Can we know that experience is happening? If somebody denies that they know, is it possible to convince them? Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at...
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