The DemystifySci Podcast

Today we're joined by Dr. Brook Ziporyn, a scholar of Classical Chinese from the University of Chicago, and translator of Zhuangzi and the Daodejing. He makes the case that classical Chinese rescues us from the hard problem of consciousness where meaning comes from context and relation instead of isolation. Identity is carved out of an undivided whole, and what's cut away is devalued in the same stroke. This approach also feeds into a critique of the Western epistemological approach to the cosmos where a law that can't be wrong fuels a hidden patchwork program to protect itself.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciOUR BOOK, PARADOX LOST: https://demystifysci.com/paradoxlostHOMEBREW MUSIC :Vinyl: https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming: https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Why Does Studying Something Require Removing It First?00:05:14 What Makes a Text Impossible to Translate the Same Way Twice?00:13:01 How Did an Atheist Text Acquire Gods?00:21:16 What Happens to a Word With No Tense and No Plural?00:30:08 Which Thoughts Are Uphill and Which Are Downhill?00:39:08 Why Do Mayan and Classical Chinese Line Up?00:47:00 When Is Ambiguity the Point Instead of the Failure?00:56:24 What Grows in a Tradition That Never Wrote Down Its Rules?01:03:20 What Do You Invent When the Law Cannot Be Wrong?01:07:05 Where Exactly Does the Inside Stop?01:17:39 Why Does the West Need Things to Be For Something?01:26:24 Can You Make Something Beautiful If You Know How It Ends?01:33:28 Who Designed the Sky?01:42:32 What Is Four Billion Years of Something Not Stopping?01:53:33 Do Equations Explain Anything or Just Describe It?02:02:32 What Did Atomism Have to Invent Nothing For?02:08:57 What Is Understanding Good For If It Is Good For Nothing? #Philosophy #ChinesePhilosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #Linguistics#Metaphysics #Zhuangzi #PhilosophyOfLanguageMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

We're back to continue reading from our new book, Paradox Lost, where we are finally ready to talk about a mechanistic explanation for electromagnetic radiation - finally, we settle the question 'what is light, really?' To do this, we give physical form to the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics and explain light as an interatomic handshake across physical, filamentary extensions, which interconnect atoms into an invisible, material web. This interpretation does not require new mathematics, but instead vanquishes the paradoxes implicit in the familiar spooky actions at a distance ossified into the standard canon.Order our new book, Paradox Lost: https://demystifysci.com/paradoxlost#Physics #Light #QuantumMechanics #Photon #Atoms #FilamentaryPhysics #ParadoxLost #DemystifySciPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

DemystifySci is the place where we bring people together in search of the theories that will change the world, and Paradigm Drift is your chance to have a hand in that future. Theorists, randomly chosen, get 60 seconds to present their revolutionary idea... and then we see if it's gonna stand the test of time or if it's back into the tank for a little while longer.#ParadigmDrift, #FirstPrinciple, #FoundationalPhysics, #Quantum, #FreeWill, #Consciousness, #DarkMatter, #Cosmology, #IndependentThinkers, #physicspodcast, #openmic #philosophypodcast PARADIGM DRIFT SIGN UPShttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showOUR BOOK, PARADOX LOST: https://demystifysci.com/paradoxlostPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-hereMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

This week we're bringing you along to the Yucatán where we investigate the rise and collapse of our nearest ancient civilization, the classic Mesoamerican Maya. We make the argument that each Maya city states ran on a deal between the people and their leaders, where the few promised defense, calendars, and above all - clean, fresh water in a land without rivers. Ultimately, each city didn't die so much as empty out, abandoned when their elite demanded payment without rendering said promised services. What emerges is a common failure mode, that points us toward scrutinizing the social contracts we observe in the modern world.PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST (Our Book): https://demystifysci.com/paradoxlostHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! What does a civilization owe the people who build it?00:03:44 Why would anyone build cities in a place like this?00:10:50 How did a few people end up in charge of everyone?00:17:22 Why did the cities empty out at their peak?00:26:38 What knowledge did the elite actually hold?00:36:30 What was Chichen Itza built to do?00:42:22 Was the great ball court ever actually played?00:50:06 How much of what tourists hear is real?00:59:12 Who was pulling the strings between cities?01:10:08 What happens when the experts run out of answers?01:17:28 Did people still believe as the sacrifices grew?01:23:21 Who wins when priests and warriors collide?01:30:03 Did these cities grow, or were they planted?01:37:17 Was Chichen Itza founded or conquered?01:49:59 What did the collapse actually leave behind?01:58:44 Are we living out the same story now?02:10:16 Do today's elites still deserve their place? #maya #ancienthistory #archaeology #collapse MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

This week we continue to read from our book, Paradox Lost, exploring the hidden meaning of the word "mass" in the Newtonian sense, and see how this maps onto modern usage of the word. We apply the material principles of natural philosophy to understand mass as a product of atomic architecture in networks of physically chained atoms, experiencing basic mechanical adhesion and, ultimately, cohesion.#Physics #Gravity #Inertia #Mass #Newton #Cosmology #ParadoxLostPre-order our upcoming book, Paradox Lost: https://demystifysci.com/paradoxlostPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-showMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671