Steve Patterson Philosophizes About The Nature Of The Universe | Hn 279

Adam sits down with Steve Patterson of the podcast Patterson In Pursuit for a wid- ranging, very deep, ultra-nerdy conversation about the nature of reality and our ability to perceive and understand it. Steve has some heretical ideas about math and science and believes there are some serious errors "we" have made in these areas that have been holding us back. Enjoy!00:00 — Intro. Welcoming Steve Patterson! What the heck is Steve pursuing?02:39 — What is the relationship between logic and reality and how can we know things?09:46 — What is Zeno's paradox and how does it illuminate logical confusions? When do useful mental frameworks breakdown? Also, is reality discretized or smooth?17:17 — Is calculus useful? What is it? What is "the high math" as opposed to "the low math"? Are Steve and I heretics? Is Terence Tao one?23:56 — An examination of epistemology and logic and how it relates to reality. Was Descartes doing something useful with "I think, therefore I am?" Are there foundational truth claims?43:57 — Where have our logical/mathematical errors screwed up our understanding of physics, economics, and many other fields? 1:01:15 — Adam lays his crazy epistemology on Steve to see what he thinks. Can the two conceptions be united?1:18:49 — Steve's great project: The Natural Philosophy Institute. Also, are we in a 100+ year long intellectual dark age?1:45:40 — Adam admits his own faith-based belief: Life defeats entropy.1:51:27 — Outro. Thanks for watching Haman Nature!Steve's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StevePattersonPodcast mentioned: Steve on DemystifySci: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamannature.substack.com/subscribe