Two weeks ago, I was invited to the University of Toronto (my alma mater) to moderate a panel, hosted by ekkolápto, featuring Professor Elan Barenholtz, Ph.D. and Professor William Hahn.
We talked about:
Language as an organism running on your brain. It installed itself before you could resist.
What makes you think your thoughts are yours? Language bootstrapped you.
If God is just a token, that doesn’t make Him less powerful. It makes Him software.
And why symbols don’t point to meaning. They point to other symbols. Consciousness doesn’t live there.
If you’re interested in the topics/assertions/allegations above, you’ll love this podcast.
Note that Elan (and Will) have both been interviewed before on this podcast. Here they are below in full, whereas today’s is their theolocution.
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