Syllojism is a bi-weekly science, culture, and philosophy challenge podcast on the edge of chaos.
This week's challenge: Read Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard.
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Show Notes:
1:51 The Challenge of the Challenge
3:40 “Brett” is a signifier for Curly-Headed Fuck.
8:10 Econ Talk and the nature of creativity
9:40 Zipf’s law
13:05 The problem with science: Scientific Shamanism
17:03 Noam Chomsky on Postmodernists
21:13 Simulating war
24:29 Why Baudrillard might be the most dangerous man in history: where existential risk meets post-modernism
27:22 Baudrillard’s nihilism vs neoliberal long-termism
30:25 The reality of the Conservative-Progressive spectrum
33:48 Sex and Simulation
37:38 The “best” film of the 2021 HUMP Film festival
40:23 Deconstructing hierarchy…and intimacy
46:56 Sexual simulation could be contributing to the evolution of humanity
51:19 Remaining optimistic despite reality and its various simulations.
52:05 Brett’s final hermeneutic hyperreal synopsis
SEASON 1 FINALE - Episode 12 - Simulacrap ?