The Tim Weichselbaum Show

If a tree falls in the woods and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound? Sound is a label or abstraction for a phenomenom. An abstraction can never perfectly replicate the phenomenom it is referring to. The concept of sound is not an objective truth. It was invented by animals and only exists in their minds. Does a painting exist when you aren't looking at it? It takes observation to label something a painting, whether it is a physical object or any other idea. I would say object permanence is an illusion. Babies are right not to innately believe in it.

You're allowed to think before you act in life. You're allowed to come to your own conclusions that are unique to you. That haven't gone through anyone else. It doesn't have to pass through anyone else. How you dress. How you talk. This brings us to physics, because Einstein's theory of General Relativity is incomplete.

I struggle to explain the beginnings of a Theory of Everything I'm currently developing. Turns out it's not an easy task, and it doesn't help that it's never been done before. This makes it hard to google the answers when I get stuck trying to finish defining my own concepts within the framework. Just because I thought of the premise with language being the most fundamental concept of reality means I am gifted enough to also author an entire practical framework around such a simplistic metaphor. But it's my cross to bear, and I have to remain confident that I am indeed smarter than I sound. I don't think I've ever sounded dumber on a podcast.

I define a genius as someone who effortlessly recognizes patterns that others don't, and can self-check themselves without an ego. They are continuous in their production of novel insights or works of art. They tend to be fluent in verbal and nonverbal languages and can combine them to express themselves or solve problems on the fly. They don't need to consult with other authorities before coming to their own conclusions about reality. The negative side of this is that they tend not to listen to other people, and they often resort to conspiracy theories to justify their beliefs, since no institutions take them seriously due to their poor social skills. It's really interesting that you can be a genius internally, but when you interact with others, they think you're cognitively impaired. Interaction between two people is never as efficient as interaction between you and yourself. Great, now I'm sounding like a maniac.

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I'm coming to terms with the fact that the west is pro-anti-intelligence. Dogmatic religions are dangerous, no matter how scientific they claim to be. What's the solution? Bunkers and VR. I didn't really talk about that in the episode, I mostly complained about dumb people and how I'm the next Einstein. Unfortunately I'll probably be Epsteined before anyone finds out about this gift.

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Have you ever wondered what is means for something to mean to something? What happens in the brain when it ascribes meaning to something? That's a tough thing to think about, let alone describe. How can something becoming meaningful if it cannot be described? What is our brain doing when it assigns meaning to something but can't think of the words for that feeling or idea? This episode has nothing to do with any of the above, but if you are a fanboi of Elon Musk, this one's for you.

I never appreciated the difference between network and cable TV, and that the whole point of a TV network is to sell advertising. This might already be obvious to most people, but it wasn't to me because I never actually wondered why TV shows are created in the first place. It's to make content that grabs the eyeballs of a certain demographic for the sake of selling stuff to the owners of those eyeballs.

HBO and premium networks are actually creating content for the sake of quality, not to sell products. Either way, it's just rich people paying talented people to do stuff that will result in profit. Even if it doesn't make a profit, all the people involved get recognized for being in "show business." I guess that's a blessing and a curse, but it's interesting that all it takes to create famous people and critically acclaimed "art" is a big enough bag of money.

It takes the glamour out of show business to know that anyone with enough money can start a production company and that is the only thing stopping great art from happening. It takes a businessman first to allow artists to create art. Simply creating art doesn't lend itself to a career. There has to be some rich guy out there who greenlights it. So if you aren't talented enough to be an actor, just become a rich guy. You'll get way more gratification out of that.

Why do American liberals only care about abuse of power in arbitrary latitudes and longitudes? I'm pretty sure there are worse examples of people taking advantage of their power than Puff Daddy. But he's located in America so that for some reason makes it relevant. Same with Taylor Swift. People are hating on her for being a billionaire who wastes fuel, but I haven't heard from them getting angry about the trillionaires in Saudi Arabia who sold her the fuel. Aren't they doing more damage to the environment than all of the billionaires combined? I'm not saying we should go after trillionaires. It's a beautiful thing that they are getting away with it scot free for simply not being American.

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This is another podcast I recorded to get ready for something else. My podcast in and of itself is not powerful enough to do without some outside force that initiates me to do it. Doing someone else's podcast is a great example of such a force. I don't remember what I talked about at all on this one.

I recorded this episode purely to warm up my speaking voice for a stand-up comedy show I was booked on. I didn't prepare at all in the weeks leading up to the show by actually performing in public, so this is the best I can do to at least feel warmed up. There is no substitute for actually performing in front of an audience, but I had my hands tied with coding projects which I happen to be a lot better at than comedy. It's way easier to get up and walk to the next room to do something you're already good at, than it is to drive ten miles into a dangerous city to bomb in front of people and feel worthless the rest of the night. I need to figure out how to solve my issue with agoraphobia if I ever want to be a Joe Rogan comedian. Probably won't happen. The show went well, by the way.

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