Syllojism is a bi-monthly science, culture, and philosophy challenge podcast on the edge of chaos.
Challenge: Read The Duobomber WoMxnifesto ← Click for a Free audiobook read by Natasha.
Show Notes:
1:18 Natasha read and edited the whole damn audiobook. GO LISTEN
2:10 Natasha and Bret start arguing about Natasha’s fundamental flaw in Ted’s argument.
4:48 Why the West Rules for Now & Guns, Germs, and Steel
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6:30 Why Ted’s An Idiot Argument Number 2:Ted the Leftist
7:00 What’s a Leftism According to Ted
9:39 The Bell Curve episode (CHARLES MURRAY. CHARLES!) which Natasha doesn’t want to do.
10:12 Brett always wants to fight
10:33 Oversocialization & The Power Process Nietzschean Bloviating
12:25 Flow State (One of Natasha’s favorite books)
14:00 Brett’s Megafaunal Extremeophile argument
15:23 Brett argues that Oregonians are not real people and challenges Natasha to a Naked and Afraid Match
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15:27 Civilized to death (Another Berk Clerb Pick)
16:07 Natasha starts Heidigging
17:14 Heidegger on our salvation “If the essence of technology, Enframing, is the extreme danger, and if there is truth in Hölderlin’s words, then the rule of Enframing cannot exhaust itself solely in blocking all lighting-up of every revealing, all appearing of truth. Rather, precisely the essence of technology must harbor in itself the growth of the saving power. In technology’s essence roots and thrives the saving power”
18:30 Surrogate Activities
19:45 Natasha takes up for academic scientists (for once)
19:55 Now accepting Bacon Sponsorship Applications
22:22 Teddy and that MKelobe Ultra Meme Analysis
27:06 MovieTed K (CHALLENGE FOR EPISODE 6!)
29:24 Brett and Natasha actually agree that Ted is a hypocrite and a leftist himself.
29:00 Yanis Varufakis Another Now
31:36 How Natasha feels about crypto
31:10 GAY shit, Brett talks about “Bomb-ass Bussy” & RIP MacAfee
32:10 Kevin Kelly What Technology Wants The Technium
33:41 Natasha wins an argument so our resident Noble Savage deviates to mansplaining about scuba diving
36:51 Brett defends his stance (not) as an anarcho-naturalist
40:14 The black box of neural networks
41:30 The Consequences of the George Jetson Class
42:09 NoCode
43:45 Brett makes a claim about daydreaming and creativity and screens but does not give us the study…and arguing ensues
47:05 The Effeminate Enbie Eloi of today (HG Wells - The Time Machine)
48:10 Brett dogs on science fuxion writers
50:10 Ted’s strategy
52:10 More Heidegging
54:30 Why Teddishness is resurging - Thanks C00V1D!
55:35 “ceNsOrShiP”
59:30 Why those with integrity will lose in the short-run
59:49 Marshmallow test
1:02:20 Preview to Bobby Sapolsky episode
Episode 5 - Duobomber Womyxnifesto