There's something in the sound where it seems like Hal doesn't love that. It may be just what super intelligence does to conscious systems when in proximity with them. I didn't actually think that but I realized I was uncomfortable realizing they were talking in front of him. Then you have this weird like is that his parents that Frank is talking to like giving him a birthday message and then talking about his paycheck didn't come through. Yeah it's just a very weird scene and Frank's expression is completely even for people in this movie blank. Also that that insane like you know chiropractic table he's lying on where Hal adjusted for his comfort as like the least comfortable position. Flatter Hal
We welcome Sam Harris back to the show for a deep dive into Stanley Kubrick’s confounding 1968 masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey." How long is the Dawn of Man? What does the second monolith do exactly? Why are the humans so banal and expressionless? What are HAL’S motivations? Has he planned his mutiny from the start, or does the Council’s deception make him manlfunction? Or something else? Who is the Council anyway? Was HAL meant to go through the stargate? What is the final leap forward in consciousness? The hotel room, the starchild, all the rectangles, rectangles everywhere, the music – what does it all mean????
Plus Sam has some thoughts about our Rorty episode and David tries to rile Tamler up about Kanye’s antisemitism.
note: there's a bit of an abrupt transition between our brief opening and Sam telling a story about Rorty in around the 9 minute mark... couldn't be helped.
Special Guest: Sam Harris.
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