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#1 - Fun, Fury, Feeling
FromReason Is Fun
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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Lulie asks David Deutsch probing questions about the 'fun criterion', and they explore why it's necessary for rational thought.
They also discuss:
- Difference between mindless fun and fun-criterion 'fun'
- What about conflicts between explicit theories and what seems fun?
- What is suffering?
- Is anger good?
- Debating whether anger is an appropriate response to external suffering
- Creativity, conflicting theories and problems
- Do we need bodies and feelings to think?
- What makes the difference between enjoyable and suffering situations?
TWITTER
David Deutsch: https://twitter.com/DavidDeutschOxf/
Lulie Tanett: https://twitter.com/reasonisfun/
They also discuss:
- Difference between mindless fun and fun-criterion 'fun'
- What about conflicts between explicit theories and what seems fun?
- What is suffering?
- Is anger good?
- Debating whether anger is an appropriate response to external suffering
- Creativity, conflicting theories and problems
- Do we need bodies and feelings to think?
- What makes the difference between enjoyable and suffering situations?
David Deutsch: https://twitter.com/DavidDeutschOxf/
Lulie Tanett: https://twitter.com/reasonisfun/
Released:
May 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (7)
#-1 - AGI (with David Deutsch): Lulie asks physicist David Deutsch about his disagreements with the prevailing view on artificial general intelligence and modern AI. They discuss: • how AI differs from AGI • limits of LLMs • why the Turing Test is not a test. David: https://twitt... by Reason Is Fun