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Scott and Matt put on their thinking caps and discuss the vast array of obscure, wondrous, and intellectual topics which the world has to offer. Did you know that some human languages are entirely whistled? Can an AI successfully masquerade as a human? Is morality objective or subjective? Join us as we dive deep into these questions and many more in The Phantasmagorical Think Tank.
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Scott and Matt put on their thinking caps and discuss the vast array of obscure, wondrous, and intellectual topics which the world has to offer. Did you know that some human languages are entirely whistled? Can an AI successfully masquerade as a human? Is morality objective or subjective? Join us as we dive deep into these questions and many more in The Phantasmagorical Think Tank.
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How have different movies depicted time travel? How do they differ? Which is more plausible? Find out in this episode of The Phantasmagorical Think Tank. Time Travel in Doctor Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmiefoRcfU&ab_channel=BBC Space and Time Flips in a Black Hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePNhUJ2reI&ab_channel=PBSSpaceTime…
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The most terrifying thought experiment ever made! (Unless there's a flaw in the reasoning.) Slate: https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/rokos-basilisk-the-most-terrifying-thought-experiment-of-all-time.html Kyle Hill : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-zGHLAVLI&ab_channel=KyleHill Less Wrong Wiki: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Roko's_basilisk Rational Wiki: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk Silicon Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUSt1d3M9NY&ab_channel=FunFuse…
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How did the legend of Bigfoot come to be? Is he real? Why do we love him so much? Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8iiW--uX81YXsFcs0xmYl8bnZLU4GASgKbpWcDwkeA/edit?usp=sharing
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How did the legend of Bigfoot come to be? Is he real? Why do we love him so much? Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8iiW--uX81YXsFcs0xmYl8bnZLU4GASgKbpWcDwkeA/edit?usp=sharing
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1 26. Voting Systems & Arrow's Impossibility Theorem 31:48
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31:48Is a perfect democracy mathematically possible? Bibliography TED-Ed on different voting systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaxVCsnox_4&ab_channel=TED-Ed PBS on Arrow's Impossibility Theorem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhVR7gFMKNg&ab_channel=PBSInfiniteSeries PBS on the Condorcet paradox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAnYQZrNrQ&ab_channel=PBSInfiniteSeries CGP Grey on problems with plurality voting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo CGP Grey on single transferrable vote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI The Guardian on political dissatisfaction: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/25/american-political-parties-democrats-republicans-representation-survey CNN on political dissatisfaction: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/politics/two-party-system-poll/index.html Exploratorium on voting paradoxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJag3vuG834&ab_channel=Exploratorium…
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Lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, REM, biphasic sleep, and dream interpretation. How somniferous! Additional Resources Sleep Cycles: https://www.sleep.org/articles/what-happens-during-sleep/ Why Do We Need Sleep? https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/why-do-we-need-sleep Biphasic Sleep: https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/106/2/343/64370?redirectedFrom=fulltext World's Most Relaxing Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXgqDlrqmzo Night School: Wake Up To The Power of Sleep: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1447248406/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1447248406&linkCode=as2&tag=httpricharcom-21 Why Do We Dream? https://www.healthline.com/health/why-do-we-dream#why-do-we-have-nightmares 9 Common Dreams And What They Supposedly Mean: https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-your-dreams-2795935 Dream Dictionary: https://www.psychologistworld.com/dreams/dictionary/ The Science Behind Sleep Paralysis: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120711131030.htm What Is Sleep Paralysis? https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/295039#what_is_sleep_paralysis Koalas Sleep 17 Hours Per Day: https://www.livescience.com/27401-koalas-facts.html…
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Are video games an art form? What makes the art of video games unique? Folding Ideas presents LND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04zaTjuV60A ChronoThoughts misunderstands LND (in our opinion): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqQ-mD1LlAs Errant Signal criticizes LND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBN3R0m31bA Game Revo defends LND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lluvrus0QY0 SolePorpoise specifies LND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8PAWO4Y_rY Games as Literature inverts LND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fm7gtgW8U Clint Hocking with the article that started it all: https://clicknothing.typepad.com/click_nothing/2007/10/ludonarrative-d.html Folding Ideas discusses intended play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmivGmkjJw Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=jz4eZ9fWTE6F-Wrdl7rb9A…
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A totally safe, drug-free way to hallucinate in the comfort of your own home! Spooky, but enjoyable! Additional Resources How to Hallucinate with Ping Pong Balls (BBC): https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180124-how-to-hallucinate-with-ping-pong-balls Ganzfeld Reactions (Mulattolee Videography): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-loHQ0RfQqM More Ganzfeld Reactions (Spartan G695) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9qtI6lTwgo Changing Your Brain State Through the Ganzfeld Effect (PsychReg): https://www.psychreg.org/ganzfeld-effect/ Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=jz4eZ9fWTE6F-Wrdl7rb9A…
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A bizarre, complex, and beautiful world created by simple math. Additional Resources Play with it here: https://bitstorm.org/gameoflife/ Stephen Hawking discusses the Game of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgOcEZinQ2I The Chinese Room Argument: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ Planck Time: https://www.universetoday.com/79418/planck-time/ The Acorn: https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Acorn The R-Pentomino: https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/R-pentomino Gosper Glider Gun: https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Gosper_glider_gun Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=jz4eZ9fWTE6F-Wrdl7rb9A…
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New words to describe our complex emotions Additional Resources The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/ Sonder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkoML0_FiV4 Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=jz4eZ9fWTE6F-Wrdl7rb9A…
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You can sit there and let five innocent people die, or you can actively cause the death of one innocent person. What do you do? Additional Resources The Guardian on the Trolley Problem: https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2016/dec/12/the-trolley-problem-would-you-kill-one-person-to-save-many-others Philippa Foot: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philippa-foot/ Consequentialism: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/#ClaUti Deontology: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-deontological/ Human cause more self-driving accidents than humans (proportionately): https://fortune.com/2018/08/29/self-driving-car-accidents/ Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=jz4eZ9fWTE6F-Wrdl7rb9A…
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You could win infinite money from this game. Or could you? Additional Resources The Saint Petersburg Paradox: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/ Pascal's Wager: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/ Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=jz4eZ9fWTE6F-Wrdl7rb9A…
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The science and art of flag-making! Good Flag, Bad Flag: https://nava.org/digital-library/design/GFBF_English.pdf Artifexian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXan6Sw_okc Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=3PWC50_oTYaWcKd3O_-i0g…
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If you've got ninety-nine problems, how does your brain choose what to do first? CORRECTION! When Scott brings up Plato, he actually meant Epicurus. Bibliography Simply Psychology: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html Very Well Mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-4136760 PsycheTruth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM8SwZkvCIY&feature=youtu.be More about Çatalhöyük: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1405/ Epicurus: https://daily-philosophy.com/daily-seeds/reading-epicurus-pleasure-and-pain/ Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1WsP5M7rsE…
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11:59Did you know that some human languages are entirely whistled? Bibliography UNESCO (El Silbo Gomero): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgEmSb0cKBg Scientific American (Sfyria): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTHzOag8msM Deutsche Welle (Kus Dili): https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-whistling-instead-of-speaking/av-51108780 BBC (Sfyria): http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170731-greeces-disappearing-whistled-language UCSD (Tonal vs. Non-Tonal languages): http://idiom.ucsd.edu/~rose/Whistled%20and%20drum%20languages.pdf Theme music is "Levitation" by Mabeha. Listen to the track here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YS8xR9oPMtUvQj3C4wKHZ?si=9_Eoo7T6Q46Gq_S5DUwWaw…
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