Tag Archives: Qualia

Sep 14 2019

Potential: Jordan Peterson TEDxUofT


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Everyone talks about their potential, and the potential of other people? But what is potential? It does not yet exist, but people act and talk as if it were real. This talk servers as a good short (20 min) introduction to Dr. Peterson’s ideas.
Sep 11 2019

2017 Personality 18: Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity


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In this lecture, I talk about Big Five trait openness to experience, which is the dimension composed of an amalgam of creativity and intelligence. I also discuss IQ: how it is measured, what it means, how powerfully it predicts long-term life success, as well as the highly skewed Pareto distribution of creative production. Here’s a good representation of a Pareto distribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQ…

 

Sep 8 2019

Reality and the Sacred


Published on May 18, 2013

This public lecture, recorded by TVO, describes the way the world is portrayed in deep stories, such as myths and religious representations. The world in such stories is a place of action, not a place of things, and it has its archetypal characters, positive and negative. Culture is typically represented as paternal, nature as maternal, and the individual as hero and adversary. Culture offers people security, but threatens them with tyranny. Nature offers renewal, but also brings death. The religious path of meaning allows people to negotiate this archetypal landscape.
Sep 8 2019

Dragons, Divine Parents, Heroes and Adversaries: A complete cosmology of being


Published on Jun 16, 2014

This lecture describes the world as a place of action and value (as opposed to a place of objective things), and lays out the manner in which religious thinking is descriptive of that world. It provides a good introduction to Dr. Peterson’s other lectures.

 

Sep 1 2019

Metal Asteroid Hurtling Through Space Could Wipe Out…U.S. Debt!


Published on Aug 31, 2019

A metal asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion, hurtling through space, makes construction of a massive orbital space station substantially cheaper. At least one company is already pitching a plan for a Von Braun Gateway Station housing some 1,500 people in orbit. The resources on the single asteroid, 16 Psyche, is not only enough to build the station, but to wipe out the U.S. national debt thousands of times over. The value of Membership at BillWhittle.com is beyond calculation. These are the people who produce some 48 new shows each month, steeped in time-tested principles. Members write their own blog, and use our threaded comment sections to engage, inform and encourage each other in an atmosphere of civil dialogue, far from the toxic sewer of social media. There is a place out there where your people live in peace, your ideas are valued, and your contribution is needed. Explore it today — with a 30-day cheerful money-back guarantee — at https://BillWhittle.com/register/

 

Aug 22 2019

Sir Roger Scruton/Dr. Jordan B. Peterson: Apprehending the Transcendent


Published on Dec 14, 2018

A conversation between Dr. Jordan Peterson and Sir Roger Scruton, moderated by Dr. Stephen Blackwood, introduced by Professor Douglas Hedley, presented by The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism and Ralston College, held on Nov 2, 2018 in Cambridge, England. God willing (so to speak) I will be staying in Cambridge in October and November talking with the faculty at the Divinity School there about the book of Exodus prior to releasing a new series of videos about that biblical saga.

 

Aug 19 2019

Apollo 10’s Lunar Module Snoopy Is Lost In Space – Could We Bring it Home?


Published on May 20, 2019

The lunar module flown on Apollo 10 is the only flown lunar module which didn’t end up crashing into the moon, or burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere. After the testing in lunar orbit the ascent engine performed a burn to depletion which meant it escaped into interplanetary space. At this moment the location is unknown, but people are looking for it, however it could take decades to be sure since it only comes into the vicinity of the Earth every 15 years or so. If it were found however, would it be possible to bring it back to earth for inspection by historians and space archaeologists – time to fire up Kerbal Space Program with realism overhaul to try flying this mission. Mike Loucks’ did the math to figure out the possible orbits: https://astrogatorsguild.com/?p=240
Aug 19 2019

The Only Pilot to Shoot Down A Spacecraft – A Space Ace


Published on Aug 18, 2019

Sure space fighter pilots are an undying trope in science fiction and fantasy, but in reality the only pilot who can claim to have shot down a spacecraft is Maj. Wilbert ‘Doug’ Pearson. In 1985 he flew a modified F-15 with a specialized anti-satellite missile to shoot down an old satellite. Much of the detailed information was derived from Sven Grahn’s collection: http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/AS… http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/AS…
Aug 19 2019

New Report Details SpaceX’s Plans To Launch Starship From Florida


Published on Aug 5, 2019

While it’s still a couple of years out at least, SpaceX has been doing the important paperwork detailing their plans to launch Starship and Super Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A great deal of new info has come to light in the Environmental impact report including information on the sound levels as a result of the engines and the sonic booms from reentry. Also some detailed modelling on the chemical composition that results from the Raptor engines, gives us some more info on what to expect from the final Raptors. The report is available here: https://netspublic.grc.nasa.gov/main/…

 

Aug 12 2019

Have You Ordered Your Bionic Tail, Cybernetic Arms and Jet Hoverboard?


Published on Aug 12, 2019

Will recently-invented human-assist technology — a bionic tail, cybernetic arms and a jet hoverboard — make your life easier, or provide opportunity for greater control by Progressives over your movements? Have you ordered yours? Right Angle is a production of the Members at https://BillWhittle.com