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Episode 98: Objectively Beautiful Flowers?
This week we discuss the chapter “Why are Flowers Beautiful?” from the book Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch. Through our discussion we consider:
Does relativism make any sense? Is preferring Mozart to a child banging on a piano really just an arbitrary preference?
If progress in art is real, will human minds ever stop increasing the level of beauty in the world?
Are humans more objectively beautiful than other species? (And are women more beautiful than men?)
Is music “cheesecake for the ears,” as Steven Pinker puts it? And is cheesecake itself even “cheesecake for the mouth”?
Is progress in science also intertwined with aesthetic progress?
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By Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen
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This week we discuss the chapter “Why are Flowers Beautiful?” from the book Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch. Through our discussion we consider:
Does relativism make any sense? Is preferring Mozart to a child banging on a piano really just an arbitrary preference?
If progress in art is real, will human minds ever stop increasing the level of beauty in the world?
Are humans more objectively beautiful than other species? (And are women more beautiful than men?)
Is music “cheesecake for the ears,” as Steven Pinker puts it? And is cheesecake itself even “cheesecake for the mouth”?
Is progress in science also intertwined with aesthetic progress?
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