I Learned Nothing

ILN EP 76: Bertrand Russell: Part I


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Pat was feeling analytical so Ben outlines for him the monumental life and work of 20th Century philosophy's horniest mad lad: British intellectual/fuckboy Bertrand Russell. In a smashing two-parter, Ben teaches Pat about Lord Russell's logical, political, and sexual escapades, which old (and we do mean old) Bertie indulged in throughout his 97 year long life and career. Ben kicks it off by talking about Russell's Paradox, a logical pothole that Russell discovered while trying to work out the fundamental axioms of mathematics. It goes like this: A town barbershop employs a barber who only shaves those who do not shave themselves. Can this barber shave himself? Guess how Pat responds lol.

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