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Patterson in Pursuit — 205 episodes · page 1 of 3
A Prediction about Asymmetries in Math, Physics, and Computer Science
Ep. 117 - Demystifying Physics, Part 2
Ep. 116 - Demystifying Physics, Pt 1
Ep. 115 - Simon Dixon on Bitcoin, Epstein, and Whether BTC was Hijacked
Pure Reason and the Divinity of Love
Theoretical Pluralism and Chess [Narration]
Things I Like about Christianity [Narration]
Understanding Marxism through Metaphysics [Narration]
Markets Fail to Solve the Complexity Problem [Narration]
Is AI an Empirical Breakthrough in Philosophy? [Narration]
Ep. 114: Research and Experience with Sleep Apnea | Patri Friedman
Why Language Machines do not have Souls [Narration]
Ep. 113 - Eric Brakey Detained at the Border
"But What's the Mechanism?"
Three Confirmed Paradoxes in Mathematics [Narration]
Ep. 112 - The Historical Novelty of the Trinity | Dr. Jared Ortiz
Intelligence and Pattern Recognition [Narration]
Everything in Discrete Space [Narration]
Ep. 111 - Is Civilization Older Than We Thought? | Michael Button
Geometry as Logic [Narration]
Mechanics before Ethics [Narration]
How to Deal with Spiritual Hierarchy [Narration]
Ep. 110 - Fixing Calculus with Computers | Ryan X. Charles
Information and Spirit [Narration]
Is Everything Quantifiable? [Narration]
Ep. 109 - Order After Atheism | Aaron Day
Complexity and Natural Systems [Narration]
Ep. 108 - I'm Trying to Understand the Trinity | TK Coleman
Ep. 107 - Coming Around to Catholicism | TK Coleman
The Problem of Physical Interaction [Narration]
4 Steps to the Immaterial [Narration]
Why We Need to Replace Mathematics [Narration]
The Objectivity of Structure Outside our Concepts [Narration]
Ep. 106 - Living with the Robots | Dr. RollerGator
Ep. 105 - The Philosophy of AI (pt 1) | Alexandros Marinos
Ep. 104 - "No Longer a Christian" | Isaac Deitz
Our Present Dark Age
Ep. 103 - "Mad at Mathematicians" | Isaac Morehouse
Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual Schelling Points | Dr. Geoff Anders
Critical Thinking | Zooming In and Zooming Out
Ep. 101- Is a Ruling Class Inevitable? | Samo Burja
Coming Around to Platonism
Ep. 100 - Trying to Solve Philosophy | Patterson in Pursuit
Ep. 99 - Non-Rationality and Psychedelics | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Ep. 98 - "A Consciousness-Only Ontology" | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Understanding God as Nature or the Universe
Solving the Interaction Problem
There Are No Objective Definitions
Ep. 97 - Math Heresy: Ultrafinitism | Dr. Doron Zeilberger
Ep. 96 - Truth and Postmodernism | Breakdown of Thaddeus Russell Interview
Ep. 95 - The Highest IQ in America | Christopher Langan
Ep. 94 - A Satoshi Nakamoto Story | Phil "Scronty" Wilson
Ep. 93 - Abortion, Natural Rights, and Evictionism | Dr. Walter Block
Ep. 92 - 6 Years of Mystery Illness: When Western Medicine Fails
Ep. 91 - Tom Woods on Catholicism, Papal Authority, and Intellectual Entrepreneurship | Dr. Thomas Woods
The Abuse of Apriorism in Economics
Ep. 90 - The Overwhelming Beauty of Free Markets | Jeffrey Tucker
Does Free Will Even Make Sense?
The Crucifixion: A Unification of Love and Hate
How the Rubik's Cube Solves Any Paradox
Ep. 89 - Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of Its Parts? | Dr. Andrew Brenner
Defending Zeno's Paradox
Ep. 88 - Watch Out for Bitcoin Cash | Ryan X. Charles
How Progressives Can Fix the Economy
Ep. 87 - Race and Colorblindness: Part II | T.K. Coleman
Gay Marriage and the Absurdity of Courts
Ep. 86 - Race and Colorblindness: Part I | TK Coleman
The Profundity of Poker
Ep. 85 - College Isn't for Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan
Ep. 84 - When Logic Met Math | Dr. Graham Priest
Ep. 83 - Logic, Contradictions, and the Liar Paradox | Dr. Graham Priest
Ep. 82 - Do Entities Exist? | Breakdown of Chalmers Interview
Ep. 81 - The Ethics of Eating Meat | Dr. Mike Huemer
Ep. 80 - A Debate about Truth and Postmodernism | Thaddeus Russell
Ep. 79 - Postmodernism, Marxism, Love, and Religion | Thaddeus Russell
Ep. 78 - The Case for Idealism | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Time for Writing and Health
The Puzzle of Awareness
Ep. 77 - Why I Support Catalonia's Secession
Don't Fight for Objective Definitions
Ep. 76 - Metaphysical Questions, Objectivist Answers | Dr. David Kelley
The Fashionable Thinkers
Ep. 75 - Do We Perceive Reality? | Dr. Donald Hoffman
How to Deal with Alien Abductions and Bigfoot Sightings
Ep. 74 - Race and American Politics | T.K. Coleman
Unifying the Plural into the Simple
Ep. 73 - Race, Culture, and Judgments | T.K. Coleman
Ep. 72 - The Real Story Behind Bitcoin Cash | Ryan X. Charles
Ep. 71 - Meditation and the Absence of Self | Oren J. Sofer
Ep. 70 - Should Feminism and Philosophy Mix? | Interview Breakdown
Ep. 69 - Hegel and Paradox | Dr. Donald Verene
Ep. 68 - Corruption in the Silk Road Case | Lyn Ulbricht
Ep. 67 - Catholicism, the Church, and Faith | Fr. Oscar Martin
Ep. 66 - Ethics, Capitalism, the Meaning of Life, and Social Justice | Dr. Patrick Byrne
Ep. 65 - "Ultra Spiritual" or "Actually Spiritual"? | JP Sears
Ep. 64 - Science, Peer Review, and Academic B******t | Brian Earp
Can Drugs Lead to Truth?
Ep. 63 - The Limits of the Non-Aggression Principle | Interview Breakdown
Language is Inherently Ambiguous
Ep. 62 - Bitcoin, OpenBazaar, and Political Power | Sam Patterson