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Mathematical physicist John Baez (This Week's Finds, the n-Category Café) on whether human thought still means anything

One of the most wide-ranging conversations I've had.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:19 Chords
04:10 Doubt
07:26 Teaching
09:23 Categories
16:32 Antimatter
22:08 Meaning
29:03 AI
47:21 Tate
49:25 Heroes
51:39 Chess
57:05 Sycophancy
1:00:03 Consciousness
1:04:42 E8
1:07:13 Advice
1:10:36 Origins