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This is the August 2024 AMA for Robinson’s Podcast. It is supported by the members of the Patreon. In this installment, Robinson answers questions about metaethics, art history, discipline, fashion, fitness, fantasy world-building, consciousness, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics, and more.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
01:01 What to Do
07:43 Thoughts on Discipline
17:29 Art History
20:43 Philosophy for Daily Life
23:30 Planners and Pantsers
27:53 Favorite Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics?
33:06 Favorite Color?
35:57 On Magic and Fantasy World-Building
46:32 Black Holes, Electrons, and Thumbnails
52:45 Favorite Comedy
55:37 Physicality in Life
01:02:19 Is Consciousness Emergent or Fundamental?
01:04:54 Views on Fashion
01:15:16 What’s It Like to be a Philosopher?
01:24:00 Solutions of the Fine-Tuning Problem
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, and everyone in-between.
