I don't know if weight training is right wing...all I know is that gym culture - as I experience it with my gym buddies and my little social media bubble - is refreshingly apolitical.

Professor Beckeld, your video "An Atheist Defense of Religion" is no longer available to watch. Why?

Would you happen to be ethnically Jewish?

Beautiful video. Thank you

Amen

Liberalism is a complete distortion of nature, and nature/life itself will eventually delete it, via decline/downfall of the group or awakening of it's people (we see it now to some extent) who want to survive.

YES, being unfit is irresponsible

Great video, I agree completely. I would gladly give all my built muscles away to retain the gains on soul and mind. Luckily I don't have to, so it's here to stay and I can enjoy and benefit from both. Soul-building is a really good term for physical training.

I’d argue that the “progressive” mindset is primarily, if even only, concerned with the intent of the policy rather than the objective analysis of said policies failure or success. If a policy, or program, fails to achieve the intended outcome the “solution” it is almost always the double/triple/quadruple etc down of funding or commitment to said policy. I would add that yes intent of a policy/program vs the actual result is problematic in conservative societies/systems as well but I would say it seems as the paramount feature in a “progressive” one. The intent factor I think also explains the rampant Machiavellian moral licensing found in “progressives” too.

Do you use hgh?

Interesting, "light" philosophy! I still vividly remember us speaking about Aristotle and Plato while you spotted my bench presses! I never thought of training as an introvert's sport. Thanks for opening my mind in many ways! Your mother is indeed a wise woman!

You are lying the black jews were not treated properly this was national news in the USA

Good message

Amazing! Would you not say though, that the resilience cultivated in an environment where all the struggle and suffering is self-controlled and self-inflicted does not translate into real life even nearly as much as people like to imagine, given that in reality one has to deal with whims of fate much more horrible and unpredictable than anything a reasonable person would create for themselves?

The idol, ie unreal deity, of equality keeps metasticizing from benign to malignant forms. Being basically anti-real, it can only increase thru growing authoritarianism masked as "our democracy." A DEI society can only be a police state.

this is just a bunch of hot air, covered up in the concept of syntax. a couple points: - the idea that "music is mathematical" is barely explained, so what does that actually mean? sure, pitches can be represented by frequencies, intervals by ratios, rhythm can be represented in measures. but that's not what music IS. music is our perception of sounds, and while it's physical properties can be represented mathematically, our perception of and emotional reaction to it it can not. - and of course, any work of literature can be encoded into binary and therefore be represented "mathematically". the argument here rests on the idea that mathematical combinations are exhausted more quickly in music than in literature, for which there is no evidence, just the assertion that music is automatically limited because it can be represented mathematically more intuitively than literature. and the idea that mathematical combinations in music have basically been exhausted already also has no evidence for it and the constant evolution of music clearly points to the opposite - the conclusion that music is "universal" because it is mathematical is absolutely wild. any musicologist can tell you that music (and the meaning encoded into it) is deeply tied to cultural context, which is backed up by your own constant acknowledgement that our perception of music is subjective. the word "universal" is just thrown around here without any explanation to make the argument seem sounder than it is - the idea that there will basically be no "new tones" in the future is flat out wrong. the whole history of instruments and orchestration flies right in the face of that argument. for example, the emergence of the electric guitar, the drum set, the synthesizer plus all of sampling and electronic music production in the last century alone has provided us with new tones basically every day. hell, even the ways in which the human voice is used change radically over time and across different cultures, we haven't even exhausted the possibilities of our own body yet. - the assertion that beethoven is obviously more complex than louis armstrong is ludicrous (+ ultimately racist, whether intentional or not) and provided without any reasoning behind it. sure, there is a lot of formal complexity present in beethoven, but there is an incredible depth of rhythmic and folkloric complexity in armstrong that beethoven could only ever have dreamed of. this applies to ancient greek music too, the assumption that beethoven is necessarily more complex is entirely unfounded. as you allude to, the oral tradition of ancient greek music is basically lost and we have no idea what nuances it may have contained. - I can't gloss over the fact that it's an incredible coincidence that the era and style of music you have ascribed superiority to just so happens to be western classical music, in other words music from the culture you belong to and whose supposed superiority has historically been used to justify western/white supremacy (something you also seem to be doing, considering your other work) in short, an incoherent argument built on baseless assumptions in order to confirm preconceived notions of superiority. incredible that this is coming from a studied philosopher

Sorry for my comment. But I can’t handle this much cope.

You „bodybuild“ because you are short and you use the muscles as compensation for your lack of height and bone density. You can’t „better“ yourself. Or „build the body“. Your just coping with your genes 🧬. Also Bodybuilding kills cells. It’s stress for the body. Stop coping with this philosophy nonsense. Just be real with yourself. All Bodybuilders have bad genes or hate them self. That’s why they try to change there genes artificially. It’s all a massive cope. If you where the last person on earth, would you train? Case closed.

You sound like you talk to yourself a lot because other people can't stand you.

Yes. Soul, spirit, will, character, take your pick ❤

this man is hot and stunning

You can't be a serious lifter if you're a pussy. But you have to be a pussy to be a Leftist.

A little scroll down the Olympic weightlifting records suggest the communists know a thing or two about moving weight around. Thousands of children endure torture for a select few to grow and achieve those world records. The weightlifting philosophy is much different, and I expect soul crushing for the vast majority. Despite the different approach, they look carved from stone, as if Greek Gods.

What about other traditions? For example, Turkish or Indian classical music. The syntax of Indian music -- ragas and talas -- has been around for at least 700 years and doesn't seem to be in decline -- at least according to the Indian people that I know.

Reminded me of Arnold’s different take on the topic in ‘Pumping Iron’ 🤪💪 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4PYmaanZZaGq5Ysi=-iIi9cDjSfJblVpc

Always learn something new whenever the Professor posts! Danke sehr!

The argument in this video seems to be "European classical music from the period 1600 to 1900 is the best possible music by the standards of European classical music from the period 1600 to 1900, and those are the only standards that count because ... well ... because I say so". That is such a subjective and parochial point of view that I can only conclude that this video is either clickbait or hilarious satire.

You sound and look wonderful. Fitting the philosophy you espouse. Good work, Doctor!

I read a lot of Marxist literature and critical theory and I go to the gym 4 days a week. I also go to therapy. I do believe what separates me from many other modern leftists is a tendency towards assuming responsibility for my own problems, even if I do see many of them as being partly structural in origin. If I care about the world and the people around me, it’s my job to be my best self.

Incredibly based. Arete would be proud.

A sound mind in a sound body.

Bro is a Greek God in body and in mind 💀

Dear Lord, please tell me your fitness photos are fake photos....

As a lifter myself, I try to balance out any right-sided imbalances with equal reps and exertions with my left side. But still... that right calf muscle is showing its fascist tendencies and a dead give away when in public wearing shorts.

Love it

Of course I knew you just went for the Classical Athenian musculature for philiosophical reasons! Is there anything the Greeks havent shown us how to do?

Professor, what type of conservatism do you identify with? Understanding that there are various ways to be conservative.

I AM SMARTER THAN YOU !!! - this guy lmao

I really enjoyed this video. However I’m curious what your thoughts are about what to me seems like the biggest reason for these campus protests: For many years now, American universities have steadily taught students that we live in a global system that is structurally racist and white supremscist; and that “white people” are evil colonizers and oppressors of “indigenous people.” This has been constantly hammered into our heads directly from lectures, and indirectly from subtle comments professors and other students make (this has been my own frustrating personal experience as a student studying philosophy). In addition to this anti-white indoctrination, there has been a massive push for diversity at colleges. When these students look at Israel, they do not see any nuance. All they see is an example of what they have been groomed for decades to hate and protest against: a white european people colonizing indigoiunos palestinians (I am not saying this is what Israel is, I am saying this is what the students see after years of indoctrination). They are like a brainwashed agent who has been given the “activation” word to go berserk. Whether or not the state of Israel or Jewish people in general see themselves as white is irrelevant, because these students seem them as white and thus as the oppressors. I’m curious what your thoughts are on this, do you think this is too simple of an explanation?

I get what you're saying, but why should musical syntax be the metric by which we judge song? You could choose anything, it is simply your personal taste that led you to syntax. Why not choose lyrics, for example? The lyrics of greats from Bob Dylan to Nas to John Lennon are, in my mind, better than most of the lyrics in classical music. In the end, it all comes down to preferences that vary from person to person, and to pretend that one genre is inherently superior to another is untenable

I live in Gemany and am always surprised to zap between channels on the television or radio. The same opinions on everything, it's scary. Even more when you catch them lying all in unisson: That the activist Sturzenberger does not differentiate Islamism from Islam, when there are pictures of posters saying "We criticize political islam, not muslims as a whole" in the background of his stabbing scenes. And even if he didn't differentiate, that would be a valid opinion (which I kind of share), it would be no ground to call him a hate figure and minimize his stabbing like they did, with "experts in terrorism" just talking about how he's a baddie, instead of talking about the real problem, a growing anti-native migrant demographic that finds in Islamism a solution to the nihilism that our society promotes.

After today, may I say this premise is a bit moot now 🤷‍♂️

Ive thought this for a long time but never heard the proper description.

Great video, I have a question: I listen almost exclusively to bel canto opera these days (Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini etc). Given its tie to language, is it possible that this branch of classical music could be improved if the language were to improve? In other words, could a musically identical Mozart aria be improved by 'better' language?

Good point. Also informally there are multiple nations in America. Gun deaths are inflated by the black minority

I wonder if you have a good answer to this: It seems like you and I both agree that religion is necessary, or at least good for society. If that's the case, then why are the most successful countries the least religious? Are we really arguing that they are currently peaking and will now start to fall due to their lack of religiosity? Scandinavian counties seem to be doing pretty well, and they're the happiest, despite not being religious. This has always puzzled me, because it goes against my entire worldview. I know it's unrelated to this video, so maybe you can direct me to a video where you talk about this?

Have to comment again as I had just watched a documentary on the Shah of Iran’s 2500 yr Persian Empire celebration in ‘71. The big aspect of the “shin dig” was of course the incredible amount spent on it. The people of Iran viscerally angry against such spending and rightfully so. But then I reflected on the incredible and insatiable spending the American Gov’t not just engages in but that the people go along with. It puts such events like the Shah’s party to spending shame. It seems, as you say (though you didn’t spiritually state a republic) that the people in a republic do exactly as you state in that it’s either a bad or worse choice not the right choice. The people in a republic, who are suppose to be a check on the gov’t, actually engage in the very acts of its own destruction rather than saving it. Almost makes the ‘Shah’s party’ an envious expense vs the kleptocracy so rampant in Western nations today.

Quite witterwy

And this is why I don't really actually care if society is conservative or liberal, Oikophobic or not, because it all goes it cycles and it's out of our control. If a society becomes great, its people start to hate it, they cease to appreciate it, they get bored with it, and they destroy it. Once times are difficult, people become more traditional, they become driven and determined, they become moral and hardened and they create good times once again, and so on. If you say that you want society to be conservative, and libertarian on government (as I do), then that only means that society will progress quickly and then implode.

The way I say it, one can be very smart, but he will fail in philosophy if he has an inaccurate perception of human nature.