Chaos People

On the one year anniversary episode, Phil and Nick discuss the poor choices that America has for the position of president in 2024 and ways we could select presidents in the future. Should we have a higher bar for entry for politicians in America?

In this episode of Chaos People, Nick and Phil discuss the individuality of the human race and population decline using the rat utopia experiments as a metaphor for what could happen to the human race. Is the human race destined to fail?

On this episode, Nick and Phil discuss game design in terms of difficulty and exploiting as well as Tommy Wiseau and 'The Room'. Does difficulty make a good game? Are exploits part of the gaming experience?

On a very special 50th episode of Chaos People, Nick and Phil pit Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath against each other in the battle of the century. Who is the better band, Zeppelin or Sabbath?

On this episode, Phil and Nick discuss the extremes of piety, religious education, teachers and their pay, Terrance Howard, and why charisma, memory, and insanity are the best stats to build a leader. Do you think that memory is a key attribute to have to be a popular leader?

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On this episode of CP, Phil and Nick discuss the representation and incompleteness of language, why Shaggy sounds Lebanese, the stupidity of the supernatural, and PTSD in the age of drone warfare. Do you believe in ghosts?

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On this episode of Chaos People, Nick and Phil discuss the optimization strategies of men and women, how we complete and maximize big life experiences, and the roles we take in single player RPGs. How many big life experiences do you have left?

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On this episode of Chaos People, Nick and Phil discuss the evolution of language, how we learn language, and why mythology directly follows the discovery of language. Also, they discuss the importance of ubiquity of mythology by discussing the book 'Mythos' by Stephen Fry. How do you think language evolved?

On this episode of CP, Nick and Phil discuss if the fusion of food and sex is kosher, childhood imagination, the 'Tattooist of Auschwitz,' and advances in AlphaFold. Will AlphaFold significantly change drug discovery and the treatment of disease?

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On this episode of CP, Nick and Phil discuss the recent announcement and the capabilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o and if this is the path to develop AGI. Do you think AGI is around the corner or are we barking up the wrong tree?