Pity so little of the lecture focuses on the text itself

Thought-provoking insights. Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy is a refreshing change from novels which ramble on for over 400 pages. Each of her novels is under 300 pages of succinct and precise prose, with every word carefully chosen.

11:01 670,000,000 mph is the speed of light -- is the speed of electricity the same?

I watched this for the first time last night and sobbed like a baby.

Beckets BREATH is nihilistic Cage 4’33 is not

Thinking of matter as fundamental is why we have ‘the hard problem of consciousness’.

The problem is not recognizing consciousness as fundamental and that mind emerges with quantum events. Basing the existence of consciousness, intelligence, and mind on an aggregate of physical elements is deeply flawed, and wrong. We are still in a material age and unfortunately that is all that is perceived. Consciousness, mind, and elements are distinct and separate although aggregate in functioning, due to consciousness and mind It is surprising that anyone who is intelligent can believe that matter is fundamental to consciousness and mind. Like believing a lamp is the cause of the light it emits.

I loved Dr. Daniel Dennett, very sad to hear about his passing, I've would have loved to meet him, he was my absolute favorite, an intellectual giant, a legend, true sage, heard he was also very kind gentle person, huge loss to civilization, I will watch tons of his lectures in the next few days in his memory 1:30:27

I loved Dr. Daniel Dennett, very sad to hear about his passing, I've would have loved to meet him, he was my absolute favorite, an intellectual giant, a legend, true sage, heard he was also very kind gentle person, huge loss to civilization, I will watch tons of his lectures in the next few days in his memory 59:00

I think what he is saying is that good health allows us the potential to make good or benefitial decisions within the deterministic framework and that that is what we should be starting from in our philosophical considerations. I don't know if I'm right about this. I haven't studied the man or his work.

Cant hear clearly

It seems by sciences own words and testimonies, quite a few important people in regards to science have befallen within some very harsh conditions and ends, without being rude, physically and mentally, while during and what could be considered as under the very sciences umbrella. If science cannot look after science, then science is not worth it. If science intends deliberately to jeopardize itself, then science is not worth it. I say this because without godel there is no general relativity, which nonetheless there still isn't, but that much that is, without godel there is not. Respect.

What undergrad was doing the sound on this gig? Fail!

I like when he says that determinism and in-determinism have nothing to do with this thing called 'Free will' - actually I dont even no why we need a word like 'Free will' when choice would suffice. Having the word 'Free' in there is the problem.....

35:30 Threshold 0 Neuron goes Brrrrrrp meme

Anyone from Economics who is seriously in confusion with our positivism ? Anyone thinking empirical enquiry maybe foundational for our subject?

Nothing said about dreams.

Its not like we only see edges - its more like we need extra bandwidth to identify edges accurately, its a form of compression.

I am rereading How the Mind Works, I wish to understand AI in a deeper level

This is a professor?! What kind of an institution hires such amatures? Some points are correct. More was a very young child when Richard III reigned. It's highly unlikely he ever witnessed anything related to that reign. It is true that More was a part of that slimy putz's, Bishop John Morton, household when young. Morton's influence on More's description of Richard are obvious. All serious historians of this Era in English history dismiss More, Shakespeare, Polydore Virgil, and Mancini as valid sources when researching Richard III.

I can only suffer pseudo-intellectualism in short bursts, so I'm glad this was only ten minutes. Glad the girl can work a dictionary. Sexy eyes.

Goodness, what a lot of negative reactions to a brilliant lecture.

Causal determinism and the illusory nature of free will are at the heart of the issue. Moral dispositions are every bit functions of causal chains as other events and unavoidable. What matters is our understanding of the world we inhabit: if we comprehend how much we are subject to causal chains that until they impinge on us have been quite unconnected to us and how the same applies to others we can have a more developed understanding of the human condition, how others can be rationally viewed or treated and how we can reflect on our own condition. The discussion of objects is instructive: we may blame a dripping tap for damage to a floor or ceiling, we might be annoyed by the tap's malfunction, but the ultimate response is to have it put right - change the washer for example to avoid the problem persisting. Similarly a causal consequence of bad luck can be measures that reduce the likelihood of recurrence of similar events. In some cases the responses could be drastic: someone who develops psychopathic tendencies as a result of an unfortunate brain tumour might have to be secluded away from others until the tumour can (if possible) be treated.

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Really thoughtful and almost profound analysis. Thank you very much in helping me reflect on this novel

Female is not a fuzzy category? If only he knew then what we know now!

Hate crime and nazis in her presentation about Godels theorem.Holy shit what a flake.

Atonement is such an unbelievably sad book, I was seriously affected by reading it

The classic raison d'être for torture is documented in Colonel Roger Trinquier's classic "Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency." Col. Trinquier fought counterinsurgencies in Indochina and most famously in Algeria with the FLN and it's his efforts in the latter that were portrayed in the magnificent film "The Battle of Algiers." Torture is reserved for terrorists who are themselves torturing, extorting, and murdering a civilian population daily to force it to their political ends. Ergo, the Cartesian rationale behind the torture is that it creates less torture. Col. Trinquier explains: "The atrocities committed by the F.L.N, in Algeria to maintain its hold over the populace are innumerable. I will cite but one example to demonstrate the degree to which they were carried in certain areas. In the month of September, 1958, the forces of order took possession of the files of a military tribunal of one of the regions of the F.L.N. In the canton of Michelet alone, in the arrondissement (district) of Fort-National in Kabyllet more than 2,000 inhabitants were condemned to death and executed between November 1,1954, and April 17,1957." These are individuals who simply refused to pay tribute to the terrorist organization, or turn over their homes and businesses to it, things like that. Or they may have collaborated with the French as they wanted to be French Algerians rather than an impoverished terror state. A good modern-day example is the "lesson of the collaborators" where Hamas will hang murdered Palestinians from lampposts for suspicion of aiding Israel. The structure of these terrorist organizations is such that torture is the ONLY method able to gain knowledge about the cancer in the general population. The adversary will blow up a café, dance hall, and open marketplace loaded with innocent civilians, but dare not meet his enemy on the battlefield. He explains: The terrorist claims the same honors (as the soldier) while rejecting the same obligations (to fight and die openly on the battlefield). His kind of organization permits him to escape from the police, his victims cannot defend themselves, and the army cannot use the power of its weapons against him because he hides himself permanently within the midst of a population going about its peaceful pursuits. But he must be made to realize that, when he is captured, he cannot be treated as an ordinary criminal, nor like a prisoner taken on the battlefield. What the forces of order who have arrested him are seeking is not to punish a crime, for which he is otherwise not personally responsible, but, as in any war, the destruction of the enemy army or its surrender. Therefore he is not asked details about himself or about attacks that he may or may not have committed and that are not of immediate interest, but rather for precise information about his organization. In particular, each man has a superior whom he knows; he will first have to give the name of this person, along with his address, so that it will be possible to proceed with the arrest without delay. No lawyer is present for such an interrogation. If the prisoner gives the information requested, the examination is quickly terminated; if not, specialists must force his secret from him. Then, as a soldier, he must face the suffering, and perhaps the death, he has heretofore managed to avoid. The terrorist must accept this as a condition inherent in his trade and in the methods of warfare that, with full knowledge, his superiors and he himself have chosen. Once the interrogation is finished, however, the terrorist can take his place among soldiers. From then on, he is a prisoner of war like any other, kept from resuming hostilities until the end of the conflict." All this may cut no ice at an English Department, but when your adversary gets down in the sewer to fight, you must also. And ethically it is case closed, as the one against torture in these scenarios is, ironically, creating more of it.

Yeah you can call it that

Shame the audio is so so hizzy. Great talk still

You have carved the roast into perfect slices dear. But isn’t a wonderful dinner the sum of its parts? I still have a good taste in my mouth.

All that in 10 mins? Amazing

The qualia I am interested in is: what is it like to be a connectionism-trashing linguist using Google Translate?

Watching this just before my AS level English Literature exam. Excellent video

Absolutely brillian analysis.

im more confused after this video of hes or shes and all the added questions

Thanks

So much over-confidence in the comment section about knowing what gödels theories actually potray, even though among their piers there is most definitely still debate upon what it actually means.

Damnnnn those were great points

Responsibility is the key word which destroys free will. Not one human is responsible for anything. How can we be? We're we given a manual how to do right or wrong? We are on this earth to experience good and evil. Nothing else.

What a trash explanation. Why not just start with an example

love this!

You have to be very careful about how you apply this. His theorems do NOT apply to knowledge. They apply to proof in a specific CONTEXT (formal axiomatic system). Indeed, if you allow the context to vary then ANYTHING can be proven. These types of "proofs" are often used to justify laziness in the form of, "You can't do it so you shouldn't try" type arguments. No Gödel didn't break philosophy. It's still true that *any* claim that is true is provable if you find the context in which the claim makes sense. The giant failure of mathematics is that we have no idea how to find the right context.

One of the issues is people do believe we have free will by the "simple minded definition" Dan Dennett should be more concerned with that issue. When he says "we have free will" people just assume that means the free will they believe in. Which it does not.

Hello, I am part of the human rights observatory of one of the provinces of Argentina. Data Science student and interested in militancy for FOSS, I share the analysis but I have several questions. Could you provide me with an email where I can communicate with you or her? I would greatly appreciate a look from a professional at the theoretical development that we are forming here.

This is brilliant. I’ve got a student studying Regeneration now, and these reflections on the novel are so well-articulated. I’ll definitely get her to listen closely to this when I see her.

Amazing Lecture mam, Thanks a lot