Lunch Logic

Lunch Logic

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Lunch Logic episodes

  • Episode #67 / Why is reality understandable? (part II)
    We discuss the tools humans have invented that allow us to understand the Universe better and how they require previous knowledge of the Universe. We also relate the process to that of a video game. We talk about why the solutions of our questions in trying to understand reality is a lot like a puzzle that has elegant methods or solutions and whether they could perhaps be an evidence for the Universe trying to understand itself through conscious creatures. We share how our curiosity in trying to understand the Universe and the development of academic disciplines such as pure mathematics happen to be effective in describing different parts of nature and can become incredibly applicable.
    31 min
  • Episode #66 / Light, Mathematics, and God
    We talk about the traits that Light, Mathematics, and God all have in common such as the philosophical question of their existence, similarities between “perfect” world of heaven and the platonic world, the incredible effectiveness mathematics and religion have in the physical world, the shared trait of omnipresence in Light and God, different manifestations of Light(wave and a particle) and God(the Holy Trinity in Christianity), and etc. We also debate whether these “God-like traits” must emerge simply due to how we subconsciously understand Mathematics/Truth and Light or whether there is a theological connection between them.
    23 min
  • Episode #65 / Consciousness (part II)
    How does the physical stuff in our brain allow the emergence of the mind? Is consciousness predictable or is there a non-physical phenomena that doesn’t allow the predictability of consciousness? What causes our intuition in believing that something is scientific/unscientific? What does it mean for a theory to be scientific? Why does consciousness exist? Is it a mere inevitability due to the infinite time of our universe? Is the universe made for life? What is the relationship between language and consciousness? How do we perceive a better, more efficient language, and how can we develop it? Is the brain analogous to a computer? Are the parts of a digital computer such as a transistor fundamentally the same as a neuron of a brain?
    52 min
  • Episode #64 / Faith
    ft. Sam Wasson / We share our experiences on religion and faith while elaborating on the positive and negative consequences of religion in society. We talk about what defines religion and whether cults or spirituality is fundamentally the same. We also talk about the danger of believing you are right and others are wrong while justifying your actions based on a divine being. We briefly mention Pacal’s wager and whether grasping on to religion before death without critical thinking makes us lose our integrity based on Truth. We end off with a discussion that encompasses mathematics and religion, such as the idea of faith, the platonic world/heaven that is governing the physical world, and whether our faith in logic and mathematics is any more reliable or “noble” than one in religion.
    57 min
  • Episode #63 / Technology and Philanthropy
    ft. Malena Price / We discuss the development and consequences of major breakthroughs in technology such as the invention of the internet and smartphone as well as the ethical problems that emerge. We dive deeper into the nature of helping for the sake of attention and whether it can be morally ignored as long as it brings the same positive consequences to society or whether the innate motivation of an individual matters. We also slightly touch the nature of click-baiting and attention seeking problems that occur as more accessible methods of communication spread throughout the internet. We end off our discussion with how to manage the “unofficial rules” people follow as technology develops and to what extent the people or the government should restrict the radical technological progress as well as how to “rebel” against these norms.
    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode #62 / Mystery of Existence
    ft. Jason Resch, the creator of AlwaysAsking.com / Why is there something rather than nothing? Why not nothing? Today, we discuss the most obvious and perhaps the most mysterious question that humanity can pose. We first start off by defining what “nothing” is and whether it’s achievable by any means. By hypothesizing the possibility of something emerging out of nothing and the existence of self-existing things, we attempt to analyze the essence of candidates for self-existence such as logic, truth, numbers, possibility, the universe, a higher plane, and consciousness. We briefly talk about the idea of faith and the connection between religion and science. We also explore the three modes of existence(Math, Matter, Mind), their relations, and which one of them is the most fundamental. We, then, discuss whether reality could be replicated using information and computation and what role they play in shaping the structures of a universe. Finally, we end our conversation by discussing the social consequences of finding out the answer to the question and how we can popularize the trait of always asking across the public.
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #61 / F=ma?
    ft. Mr. Brian Stukey / We discuss the characteristics of successful physics students at different difficulty levels. We also discuss the current philosophy of education in physics and how we can improve it in the future. By analyzing the most fundamental ideas, we question the extent of the "realness" in physics. Such questions include whether ideas that were derived from the more "fundamental ideas" are equally valid expressions of reality and whether abstract ideas like "instantaneous velocity" are real.
    56 min
  • Episode #60 / Infinity

    ft. Ben Rosenfield / Does infinity exist in the physical world? If not, why does it exist mathematically? Are there different levels to infinity? What are the similarities and differences between zero, one, infinity, and negative infinity? We run through a number of thought experiments to explore the nature of infinity in both the physical world and the mathematical world.

    52 min
  • Episode #59 / Are Empirical Truths just Logical Truths?

    3rd part of “Is Math Invented or Discovered?”; We discuss how we can approach the questions of why the laws of nature have to be the way they are by analyzing the essence of empirical and logical truths. We also discuss whether the constants and patterns that appear random to us must emerge simply due to their necessity. By trying to analyze the essence of “brute facts”, we approach whether the obvious truths that must be true in our world are, in fact, empirical truths such as the Taylor series for trigonometric functions that dictate the fundamental structure of physical reality. We question if our epistemological view, in believing that those "brute facts" being trivial and undeniable, is wrong by introducing a possibility that our thoughts were programmed to think of thoughts that are only logically possible in our specific Universe(ex: how we can’t imagine a circle where its value of pi is not approximately 3.14). We also question whether logic, in its fundamental essence, contains the traits of order and elegance or if the Creator designed the Universe that allowed the emergence of ordered and elegant patterns that must follow due to his logical system. We also consider the possibility of the emergence of order that was deduced from logic being an illusion and whether there is a confusion in our language. Finally, we discuss whether the “laws” of the Universe must exist if there’s only one way for any metaphysical Universe can turn out or if those laws could’ve been different(and if so, whether they would’ve still contained the traits of order and elegance).


    P.S. take a shot every time Luke says "logic"

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode #58 / Time
    ft. Anderson Corum / Is Time a man-made concept or does it exist independently? Can an object move with an imaginary velocity or experience time greater than what the Universe allows? Is "here" analogous to "now"? Does time stop one from keeping their personal identity?
    45 min

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