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I don’t care who’s writing this stuff. It’s pure gold. Thank you. And that first meme was 💯 You gotta feel that philosophy on your bones and physics in your brain. They dance together. Toes will be stepped on but the music never stops
What are the end goal meanings provided by a religious system ? Are they not meanings that are found through living life accepting/expecting suffering and that it will be worth while, or is it a cope because of a promise of reward ? If like Sisyphus you accept that life is unfair and will involve suffering that is unavoidable, Knowing that it will happen and choosing to live on with a smile, perhaps as a cope but without the promise of reward. Perhaps I am chronically optimistic but I see Sisyphus choosing to be happy a defiance of nihilism and a rejection of the concept of life being absurd , maybe keeping busy is the best way to cope with nihilistic thoughts . Doing something religiously and the practice of religion are perhaps not that different with respect to coping . Maybe meaning if finding the cope that works .
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 You know, it would be a pretty cool video idea if you made one about how to make your own original philosophy and how to make beliefs that are convincing and understandable to others. Either way, great video!!!
In these days memes are quite literally the most consumed source of information, they are the most effective way to spread information. Memes = propaganda, look up "sublimal messaging"
I have mesothelioma, terminal cancer. "Wow, you stay so positive," is the comment I get a lot. The look on their face when I tell them it's because I've abandoned hope it's priceless. It's absurd, but I've simply found joy in living life as I can, one that includes my grief, faults, sorrow, defiance, and compassion. In a sense as detailed by Charles Bowkowski, I understand the secret. Bokowski definitely seems to fall in the absurdity camp. It would be interesting to get your take on his poetry.
This happens to me a while back. As a bartender I met various consumers, one day a beautiful girl comes alone with a hoodie. She's bald so I can guess she's had cancer. She's so joyful and make jokes with me all the time. Until I ask her why she's so positive with her recent condition. She answered that she's abandoned all hope that she gonna be cured, and her only support, her dad, recently passed away. She's tired of crying so for the first time she wanna go out and enjoy life. She's my favorite costumer and I have a little bit of crush on her at that time because of her cheerful and friendly attitude, Lol.
I honestly disagree. It's a very good channel, don't get me wrong, but the way he express the ideas of some philosophers can be vague or incomplete sometimes, due to time limitations. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, since Unsolicited Advice himself says when he's simplifying a certain topic and then recomends you to look at the original source for yourself, and it's not like this channel is suposed to be a complete philosophy lesson. But if you're here to learn philosophy, this channel isn't exactly ideal, at least not on it's own
On the topic of original thoughts, when I was about 14 I managed to piece together the idea that, in a sense, no one is responsible for any of their actions because every action we take is the result of a factor outside of our control like our circumstances or preferences. I told myself that the concept of free choice doesn’t actually exist and patted myself on the back for being the only presin to figure it out. My teenage self truly believed that he alone discovered the (very broad) idea of determinism. Just goes to show how little I actually knew.
I wouldn't discount yourself for that. Coming to ideas that other men might have been considered great for divining in the past without any assistance is in fact an achievement, of a sort.
man, I'm so glad I found your channel! I actually discovered you because of the last "philosophy memes" video, and then I just stayed. I've never been into philosophy, but the way you present it, it's just so pleasant to watch and listen to, and so understandable. keep up the good work! ps. can't wait for the dostoyevsky video, my friend has been reading some of his work lately, I already know I just have to share that with him when it comes out!
Thanks man! It is one of my favourites so I am trying to make the script really good, but also its such a complex plot that it is difficult to pitch right for both people who have read it and people who have not
With the platonic meme, it feels more like “platonic” comes from “platonic friend” being the purest form of friendship rather than a commentary on Plato’s love life
While I love your deep-dive videos, I really enjoy videos like this because you're basically introducing me to many different topics. It's like browsing for some good books at the library or bookstore when I don't really know what I want to read. Anyways, I've been binging your videos lately and your videos are great and honestly have motivated me to make reading a habit. Thanks so much
My cat just died a few hours ago and your videos are intellectually stimulating enough to numb the pain for a while, even make me smile a bit. Thank you! ❤
I appreciate much how you make what seems to me complicated ideas in philosophy more relatable. Thank you from a 69 year-old Philosophy newbie from the Philippines.
The best memes make you laugh and think, telling you "this might be worth thinking about" and "don't take this too seriously" at the same time. And I think that's actually a wise approach to life in general.
You're my favorite villain 😂😂😂 Despicable you. Seriously, I have been in the hospital for two months ( almost good to go) and I binge watched your videos on my worst first three weeks. I couldn't be in better company, for despair of the nurses. Thank you ❤
I really love these videos. They kind of show a greater scope, like general tips, not diving in too deep, but offering a springboard to do so on a variety of topics. Keep them coming (occasionally)!
I sometimes actually like these kinds of videos more than the serious ones. In case I want something lighter, this type of content would be something I'd gladly watch. Keep doing these, they are fun for us and I hope they are fun for you!
For a casual video idea (or just a reading suggestion in general): I recommend reading and reviewing the short play "The True Death of Socrates" by Frank Higgins. It's available in the The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013, which you can likely find at a library, and is also available to borrow on the Internet Archive. I'm going to be working on this short play in my directing class, and may get the chance to direct it at my school. But I felt largely inspired to pick that play as my selection because of how fascinated I've been with philosophy lately from your channel (and from prior interest - but this channel is reigniting it), so thank you! The play is a fun farcical alternate history story in which Socrates does NOT want to die and is willing to compromise his values to keep living - a compromise that leaves his student Plato aghast. Without giving too much away, the story really addresses the question of how can we know the records we have of past figures are accurate and/or reliable? When history is written by the victors, how certain can we be of the past? "How little does the common herd know of Truth..." Really fun short read (only 7 pages) if you want some Greek philosophy humor, and I really hope I get the chance to bring it to the stage soon! :D
As somebody in the US, I really appreciate you discussing the value of introspection and making time for actual thought processes to be worked out. The main American culture is absolutely allergic to questions and introspection, often genuinely afraid of spending any time alone or without a constant electronic drip of media to focus on. Most Americans can only cite identifiers about their own beliefs and dispositions, even their personality, in the context of being a consumer of certain media brands. I'm not sure which needs to happen first or if there's even a necessary order, but it would be really cool to see some of our anti-intellectualism and anti-introspection lighten up. Cheers and stay regulated
Highly recommend reading "The View From Mrs. Thompson's" and also "E Unibas Pluram", David Foster Wallace was often unnervingly prophetic in his cynicism and soothingly candid in his empathy on the beginnings of what would become the modern form of what you're describing. I just try to do my part by jedi-mind-tricking Americans on discord into noticing there might be a reason for what they believe lol
Masses aren’t capable of introspection without being forced to do so because most people are inherently not intellectually curious. Talk therapy wouldn’t exist if people naturally introspected. There are no cultures where introspection is common amongst the masses so it’s less an American thing and more a human thing.
@badart3204 I'm inclined to disagree with you, only because I very deeply believe we're so deeply conditioned in our homes and schools to become unquestioning people without emotional intelligence or a sense of inherent agency. I think I'm too aware of our systemic oppression particularly in how we view and treat our bodies and our time, to leave room to believe that we're inherently uninterested. I think it gets psychologically beat out of us by puberty.
@@objectreborn.artsewing I think you desperately want to believe systems are the issue which to a limited extent they are rather than accepting that people are inherently not good enough thus systems emerge from our own flawed psychology. These systems do not emerge out of nowhere and become widespread worldwide regardless of cultural background for no reason. Introspection requires a lot of effort and questioning your own ideals is very uncomfortable so people don’t prioritize it over other more immediate concerns and don’t find it fun enough for recreation
i really like these videos because i dont really know much about philosophy and have never read anything because i dont really do well with reading. for me this is a good way to learn jargon and peoples names and what they are about. please make more!
22:52 on this point, I’m currently doing loads of research into Axiology and the theories of value. I’m using it as a stepping stone to explore my own theory of value, and it all stems from a thought I had which considers ‘how are all these meetings, reports, documents, etc. actually adding value. I’d welcome a video from you on the topic.
19:05 for me my first favorite "philosopher" was Bruce Lee. Being told about stunts he did and watching everything on him, but hearing his philosophy and thinking about certain things is what drove me into philosophy. The man was beyond human and had a lot better understanding of things than most for sure.
I dont believe in a divine/higher objective purpose, and think that the lack of such a thing is beautiful. I am absolutely in the existentialism camp of making our own meaning, but in order for that to work one needs to have certain pillars of morality to make determinations about what path to walk. I have had to do that work doubly so because I've noticed I seem to lack the average level of empathy most people claim to have. I cannot trust my emotions alone to tell me right from wrong, so I've built up these pillars to help me weigh my opinions and options. Also if i were to have to name a single "philosopher" as an idol-esque figure it would be Alan Watts, and largely he did what you do. Communicating the teachings of others, making them more accessible than the original writings may have been. Huge appreciation for that by the way. He was quite a jovial person in his presentation of his views and learnings, and it really made it feel like he wanted the best for everyone that happened to hear him speak. And he refused to take himself too seriously, calling himself a philosophical entertainer. He would almost absolutely have been a youtuber, podcaster, and TEDtalk person were he still alive today.
I find your aesthetic undeniably villain-coded. I think I reason that way due to apparent social class; not just your accent but also your fashion choices - I find it a little, what I would consider, preppy. You come across to me as someone Richmond Valentine (from the Kingsman film) would've invited to be a VIP. Then you could consider the lighting which I think serves to enhace the intense feeling you mention feeling pride in.
The focus distance on his eyes and the average durations he looks directly down-lens are also uncanny, might just be because I am hella autistic but I've not seen other youtubers use the same cinematography as default unless trying to seem spooky. The gestures also add a lot, the kind of weighing-scale motion that rarely comes to actually level on either side gives "uno por Pedro, uno por Diablo" energy. It's all a bit unusual of a creative decision but I like that so 👍
Another meme video! Good stuff I’m currently writing an essay on Crime And Punishment, and your analysis videos have been very helpful. Your next video on The Idiot should also be helpful for my wider reading. Thank you and have a good day :D
Yeah, but how, because in some times, creating need of meaning is inevitable to us whather be a miniscule or grandeur meanings of life? Asking as a fellow absurdist.
Was in the middle of watching your video 'why hypocrisy is so annoying' but then i suddenly see you dropped a new vid then now im watching this haha, earlyy by the wayy🎉🎉
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 I wish they would come up with the best of quotes from the different philosophers without labeling who they're from so people focus more on that instead of who said that that might be popular, yeah?
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 but Hume predates analytic philosophy by 150+ years ☝🤓 I'd check out contemporary analytic philosophy, especially introductory books for those who are beginners (Michael Huemer's _Knowledge, Reality, and Value_ is a good example, but there are many good introductory books)
Haha! I think that’s exactly why he is such a good introduction to it - you can see the mark of Hume all through the 20th century, especially the first half. But Hume has the advantage of writing in such a wonderfully understandable style. Its earlier date allows you to see the germs of what will be the giants of 20th century analytic philosophy.
I genuinely love these types of videos! while i love hearing well written essays and observations, videos like these make daunting concepts feel less so through these amiable approaches. I can't wait for the video, it's such a coincidence that I'm currently reading The Idiot :D
I’m waiting for The Idiot analysis and gonna watch it while doing some other stuff because your videos are the perfect mix of distracting enough but not so distracting so i can actually focus on
I think I made a rather smooth transition from misunderstanding absurdism to choosing to define meaning for myself. When I was little, I was very religious, but I lost that over time as god seemed less and less believable to me. One of the biggest moments in that was when I was at a religious retreat and one of my group mates confided in me that she was having doubts and one of the nuns had told her that doubt was just satan whispering in your ear. And I had this INTENSE reaction to that because NO. To question is human, that’s a human impulse and it’s not evil. If you go your whole life without questioning, you’re just blind. So what I said to her was that I thought doubt was important, because how can you know that you ACTUALLY believe something if you never question it. But did that mean the nuns were only there because they never had? Or were they only saying that in an attempt to hold on to what few youths they had left? And that was more or less how I lost my religion and decided life was pointless for a hot minute. My core philosophy now is that I want to add to the world, but I’m ok with being nobody special while doing it. I am a cog who keeps things moving. I work in public service. I’m not the kind of person who’ll make the news, but I also have a valid worry that something might explode (literally and physically) if I take too long off lol. I matter, but only just a little. I’m good at what I do and what I do is necessary. We are the boots on the ground. And that is very meaningful to me.
You’re only thinking about your explicit contribution to society. But consider your indirect, implicit contributions as well. Suppose you work on a power station for an electricity generation and distribution company/state owned enterprise in your country - one way of viewing your contribution would be your contribution/value to the company, but a more accurate way of viewing your contribution wholistically is in addition considering the number of homes that are powered and humans that can be functional in their own jobs because of electricity being supplied to their home as a result of your efforts.
Plato, renowned for his exceptional physique ("Plato" was a nickname referring to his huge mass) and considerable wealth as well as being socially influential, essentially the ancient Greek version of the gigachad meme: what do you mean Platonic? Memer: It refers to not having sex Lmao I think, incidentally, that if you think of them as people and not as old men who lived a long time ago and talked about heady things all the time and one of them wrote a lot of books, Socrates and Plato take on a very different and (especially in Plato's case) more positive character. Socrates wasn't always old, but he was always kind of a prankster (and kind of feeble). Meanwhile Plato was a charismatic bodybuilder who inherited a large estate... and devoted most of his life to hyping up Socrates and making sure people remembered him (in which regard he was _extremely_ successful). I think it's fascinating that Scruton didn't call Hegel gibberish and put him on a pedestal despite his treatment of other gibberish deluge philosophers.
1:18 I can’t help but imagine that there was a brief moment this line was concluded “..very particular sense” before quickly being backspaced to think of a new synonym.
"... at least, not all the time" got a laugh out of me. I do tend to talk a LOT at a time, so it helps to remind myself to be a little more brief. I like thise philosophy meme videos, because even if the title is "taking philosophy memes too seriously" I see value in examining the points. I actually have friends who express very valid points about anything really through humor because they are embarrassed or don't any other way.
For your "Curse of Divine Knowledge" section, I would suggest reading some Eastern Orthodox theology PS love your videos. They've actually helped me out when I was struggling with the Gospel over the summer.
5:08 This Tweet is somewhat how I feel. Do we have to seek a purpose or is it possible to live without a purpose? We arrived at a point in time where we're smart enough to choose our own goals and break free from the goals of nature, the goal of reproducing to keep the species alive and dying to nourish the animals and plants. I haven't found that purpose yet and I don't want to choose one I suppose, since I know myself all to well and I would just change my purpose based on my mood, the things I experience and my current life. Is it art? Music? Aesthetics? Love? Lust and pleasure? Emotions? Experiences? Wisdom and knowledge? It's a tricky question and I might not bother to answer this for myself. I let life drift me like a river
28:10 so i had a required math class in college that was basically just an arithmetic logics class for beginners and everyone i knew hated it but me. I found it unironically fascinating to think that at some point in history, people had to conclusively prove basic mathematic theories so concretely that we dont even teach those proofs anymore, yet there i was, learning those steps and reverse engineering years of education and applying what i learned in that class to prove simple math problems.
Well, I think you look very kind in your videos actually, not like a villain at all . But I once sent one of your videos to my mother so she could practice english, and she said "He looks like a vampire" 😭 So, I don't know. Additionally, more videos on Logic would be great, I loved the video about Logical fallacies, they come very handy and are quite fun, it just means I have to take notes while watching too.
Wow, he brings up symbolic logic and its value at the end. I’ll never forget taking the course at the U of F in 1969. It is such a clean concise discipline but it gets hairy as you delve into it. Anyway, I do advocate an overview of philosophy is the best way to get into it, although Hume is a good place to start.
We also had logic during my computer science bachelor's and it did sometimes feel like we were proving a = a using a lot more pages than necessary, but I did enjoy it. Of course, I think as someone who's really into maths, this is more my jam than that of the average philosophy enthusiast.
“Bulls*it Jobs” is awesome; David Graeber has some great interviews on UA-cam. His best work is “Debt:the first 5,000 years “. He died too young but he left quite a legacy
Our use of the term "Platonic" was based on the difference between ideal forms and base realities; later feeding into Christian theological distinctions between the spiritual and the mundane. It was held that virtue was to be found in foregoing the pleasures of the flesh to emphasise the spiritual ideal. I haven't read a lot of Plato - but I'm familiar with the concept of the cave, and I do not think he considered base realities a starting point for contemplating the ideal. It was the opposite. He thought base realities were a shadow of ideal forms.
I don't think that is what the meme is referring to, but there is a French logician named Jean-Yves Girard who tries to make sense of the equality a=a, as he doesn't believe that the common answer for the definition of equality (namely that x=y iff every property of x is true of why and conversely) is satisfying in this context: for example being on the left hand side of the equality sign is a property of one of the a's that the other doesn't share.
The bigger issue I see with the common answer for equality is that it requires the use of equality to determine equality since for every property of x to be true of y, you must first prove that the properties of x are equal to the properties of y in order to determine the truthfulness of both having the property. I.e. b of x = b of y.
@@thelordz33 Not necessarily because you could imagine that properties would be a higher order item for which you don't have quantifiers or equality for instance
@@thelordz33 You can just say by definition that "x=y" means that "A(x) => A(y)" where A will be any predicate. Since equality is symmetrical, you of course don't need to also have "A(y) => A(x)". And since this is true for all A, you don't need to have either quantifiers or equality on predicates.
If I remember right, Plato was known for not having sexual relations with his students, whereas a lot of other teachers at the time did. That's why we call a non-sexual relationship Platonic
10:00 here you sound very human, with that little pause I guess I'm trying to ask if you can do more actions like this to let us know you're a human, not that I don't enjoy your usual, all too perfect, articulate speech but a moment of imperfection like this from time to time is enjoyable in its own right 😅😊
Oh god symbolic logic, it was alright when it was a=b and such, fun even, but when it started using equations like unicorn=shiny my eye would twitch. To be fair it was an online class with minimal help from the professor and I did get an A so I guess it wasn’t the worst.
11:24 I totally agree with you here Albert Camus whole idea was, as you said it, was to be able to learn to live without any purpose at all So calling it "give your life a purpose of your own" is a little wrong to associate with absurdism
What ive recently noticed growing in myself especially from a very interesting segment of this vedio is the fact that having a purpose or goal can be stressing in its own rights and the last week or a few weeks before too i have been indulging in my passions and completely being delved into it but not because i have a purpose in them or want to fullfill an ambition in them but rather for the mere fact that i genuinely am atteacted to it,so does absurdism and genuine passion go hand in hand? And is being in a relaxed and contemplative stste of mind better than what philosphers especially dioglenes tell us to suffer willingly to attain freedom?
10:00 To quote a meme I saw on Tumblr (and haven't personally looked into), "So I actually know the origin of this term because it came up when I studied Plato in my classes. Basically, in ancient Greece it was a super common practice for teachers to fuck their students. Like all the time. It was considered a way for the student to "pay" the teacher. Plato thought this was bullshit. He felt that a student could not properly learn from someone who was truly only interested in having sex with them. He didn't fuck his students and derided those who did. Other teachers who refused to fuck their students were said to have "platonic" teaching relationships with them - so named because they were following Plato's example. So the reason it's called a Platonic relationship is because Plato was heavily anti-teachers-fucking-their-students and it's one of the few things he was ever even remotely correct about."
Wow such an insightful video this was!!! I'm really looking forward to watching your analysis on The Idiot by Dostoevsky as he personally is one of the best writer in this world. If only you had a Dostoevsky playlist hahaha.
Logic is great if you have a good teacher. I loved logic. If you don't have a good teacher, it can feel like all the worst parts of algebra with no reprieve.
An original thought? Madness Also, I understand that to establish morals, truth and virtue; we need hard discussions. But "Platos Symposium" had some ideas of love that I found difficult to read, even abhorrent. Well worth a read, folks 👍
I love your videos and would be very intrigued if you could look into game philosophy as it is kind of a meme too. Heroes of might amd magic 4 original campaign was interesting from the point of view of the barbarian and necromancer campaigns.
Absurdism is the term used to describe how incredibly original the concepts within existence appear to the human mind. For example, imagine a universe without the concept of sight, and you are a participant in that universe; if a being from another universe dictated the concept of sight to you, you would be amazed... and that is essentially what absurdism is describing. Stoicism is metaphysics' method of allowing philosophers who have accrued enough wisdom to stop being afflicted by negative emotion and cognition, because although the truth may hurt to misosophers, to philosophers it is a panacea for the mind. "Personally i find the truth to make me feel much better than any Baalshizzle i have ever heard." - Ariplatocrates The Void > God paradoxically created themself from abstract information that granted God the potential to exist > everything else.
Funny enough a buddy and I were talking about this exact topic multiple times the past couple years. We have a few friends that literally take philosophy, memes way too serious, including the Chad ones. They mold their life around it, and they don't realize that they're becoming obnoxious or have taken it way over the top.
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I mean I get it but I just don’t get it, kwim?
I don’t care who’s writing this stuff. It’s pure gold. Thank you. And that first meme was 💯
You gotta feel that philosophy on your bones and physics in your brain.
They dance together. Toes will be stepped on but the music never stops
Wait, really?
What are the end goal meanings provided by a religious system ? Are they not meanings that are found through living life accepting/expecting suffering and that it will be worth while, or is it a cope because of a promise of reward ?
If like Sisyphus you accept that life is unfair and will involve suffering that is unavoidable, Knowing that it will happen and choosing to live on with a smile, perhaps as a cope but without the promise of reward.
Perhaps I am chronically optimistic but I see Sisyphus choosing to be happy a defiance of nihilism and a rejection of the concept of life being absurd , maybe keeping busy is the best way to cope with nihilistic thoughts . Doing something religiously and the practice of religion are perhaps not that different with respect to coping .
Maybe meaning if finding the cope that works .
These videos on this channel are the equivalent of when the photographer says "now a silly one" during portraits
Haha! They are a bit - they're good fun to make
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 You know, it would be a pretty cool video idea if you made one about how to make your own original philosophy and how to make beliefs that are convincing and understandable to others.
Either way, great video!!!
@@kiwispaperplanes8585he has something similar! It’s called How To Think Like a Philosopher
@@kiwispaperplanes8585 I would love to see a video like that
What? That it is still serious even though it is supposed to be fun?
Bro reads out the usernames like how a teacher reads out Kahoot names
you could say he's taking the memes too seriously
But everyone chooses to put their names as 'Hugh Jass', 'Mike Hunt', etc. instead of that one person.
people taking ANY meme too seriously is absolutely hilarious to me---especially these philosophy ones!! thank you for the video, take care of yourself
Haha! Thank you! And I do like a good bit of over-analysis
Over-analysis done well is very funny
In these days memes are quite literally the most consumed source of information, they are the most effective way to spread information. Memes = propaganda, look up "sublimal messaging"
I have mesothelioma, terminal cancer. "Wow, you stay so positive," is the comment I get a lot. The look on their face when I tell them it's because I've abandoned hope it's priceless. It's absurd, but I've simply found joy in living life as I can, one that includes my grief, faults, sorrow, defiance, and compassion. In a sense as detailed by Charles Bowkowski, I understand the secret.
Bokowski definitely seems to fall in the absurdity camp. It would be interesting to get your take on his poetry.
As Camus puts it, to live life as fully as possible 🙌
Respect bro. Not sure I could do the same. W ❤️
This happens to me a while back. As a bartender I met various consumers, one day a beautiful girl comes alone with a hoodie. She's bald so I can guess she's had cancer. She's so joyful and make jokes with me all the time. Until I ask her why she's so positive with her recent condition. She answered that she's abandoned all hope that she gonna be cured, and her only support, her dad, recently passed away. She's tired of crying so for the first time she wanna go out and enjoy life. She's my favorite costumer and I have a little bit of crush on her at that time because of her cheerful and friendly attitude, Lol.
Great way to look at it, good luck on the rest of your life mate
This is indeed the most recommended channel for learning philosophy
100%
etc.
I honestly disagree. It's a very good channel, don't get me wrong, but the way he express the ideas of some philosophers can be vague or incomplete sometimes, due to time limitations. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, since Unsolicited Advice himself says when he's simplifying a certain topic and then recomends you to look at the original source for yourself, and it's not like this channel is suposed to be a complete philosophy lesson.
But if you're here to learn philosophy, this channel isn't exactly ideal, at least not on it's own
Nah it’s definitely Jeffrey Kaplan, 100%
@@lirich0 forget about him my list
On the topic of original thoughts, when I was about 14 I managed to piece together the idea that, in a sense, no one is responsible for any of their actions because every action we take is the result of a factor outside of our control like our circumstances or preferences. I told myself that the concept of free choice doesn’t actually exist and patted myself on the back for being the only presin to figure it out. My teenage self truly believed that he alone discovered the (very broad) idea of determinism. Just goes to show how little I actually knew.
it be like that
to your credit, you may have been way ahead of the curve if free will skepticism pans out, like I suspect it does 👀
@@BenStowell👀
I wouldn't discount yourself for that. Coming to ideas that other men might have been considered great for divining in the past without any assistance is in fact an achievement, of a sort.
@@BenStowell I don't know, I'm skeptical of that.
man, I'm so glad I found your channel! I actually discovered you because of the last "philosophy memes" video, and then I just stayed. I've never been into philosophy, but the way you present it, it's just so pleasant to watch and listen to, and so understandable. keep up the good work!
ps. can't wait for the dostoyevsky video, my friend has been reading some of his work lately, I already know I just have to share that with him when it comes out!
Ah thank you! That is very kind - I hope you like the video
Oh man, I'm very much looking forward to your next video on The Idiot. Great book.
Thanks man! It is one of my favourites so I am trying to make the script really good, but also its such a complex plot that it is difficult to pitch right for both people who have read it and people who have not
im exciteddd
With the platonic meme, it feels more like “platonic” comes from “platonic friend” being the purest form of friendship rather than a commentary on Plato’s love life
etymology lesgoooo
While I love your deep-dive videos, I really enjoy videos like this because you're basically introducing me to many different topics. It's like browsing for some good books at the library or bookstore when I don't really know what I want to read. Anyways, I've been binging your videos lately and your videos are great and honestly have motivated me to make reading a habit. Thanks so much
you know the meal is going to be good when there's a new Unsolicited Advice video to watch with it
I JUST found your channel through the first philosophy meme video, and then boom - the second part uploaded 2 minutes after i finished the first one.
You did this.
Aah you're late buddy.
Aren't you a lucky one !
My cat just died a few hours ago and your videos are intellectually stimulating enough to numb the pain for a while, even make me smile a bit. Thank you! ❤
I appreciate much how you make what seems to me complicated ideas in philosophy more relatable. Thank you from a 69 year-old Philosophy newbie from the Philippines.
The quality and depth of your videos, even the ones that are a bit more overtly silly, is astounding. Keep up your good work
The best memes make you laugh and think, telling you "this might be worth thinking about" and "don't take this too seriously" at the same time. And I think that's actually a wise approach to life in general.
You're my favorite villain 😂😂😂 Despicable you. Seriously, I have been in the hospital for two months ( almost good to go) and I binge watched your videos on my worst first three weeks. I couldn't be in better company, for despair of the nurses. Thank you ❤
I really love these videos. They kind of show a greater scope, like general tips, not diving in too deep, but offering a springboard to do so on a variety of topics. Keep them coming (occasionally)!
I have to thank you for giving me even more philosophical questions I can pointlessly throw into conversations.
I sometimes actually like these kinds of videos more than the serious ones. In case I want something lighter, this type of content would be something I'd gladly watch. Keep doing these, they are fun for us and I hope they are fun for you!
I love that your do your subtitles karaoke style
For a casual video idea (or just a reading suggestion in general): I recommend reading and reviewing the short play "The True Death of Socrates" by Frank Higgins. It's available in the The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013, which you can likely find at a library, and is also available to borrow on the Internet Archive. I'm going to be working on this short play in my directing class, and may get the chance to direct it at my school. But I felt largely inspired to pick that play as my selection because of how fascinated I've been with philosophy lately from your channel (and from prior interest - but this channel is reigniting it), so thank you! The play is a fun farcical alternate history story in which Socrates does NOT want to die and is willing to compromise his values to keep living - a compromise that leaves his student Plato aghast. Without giving too much away, the story really addresses the question of how can we know the records we have of past figures are accurate and/or reliable? When history is written by the victors, how certain can we be of the past? "How little does the common herd know of Truth..."
Really fun short read (only 7 pages) if you want some Greek philosophy humor, and I really hope I get the chance to bring it to the stage soon! :D
As somebody in the US, I really appreciate you discussing the value of introspection and making time for actual thought processes to be worked out. The main American culture is absolutely allergic to questions and introspection, often genuinely afraid of spending any time alone or without a constant electronic drip of media to focus on. Most Americans can only cite identifiers about their own beliefs and dispositions, even their personality, in the context of being a consumer of certain media brands. I'm not sure which needs to happen first or if there's even a necessary order, but it would be really cool to see some of our anti-intellectualism and anti-introspection lighten up. Cheers and stay regulated
Highly recommend reading "The View From Mrs. Thompson's" and also "E Unibas Pluram", David Foster Wallace was often unnervingly prophetic in his cynicism and soothingly candid in his empathy on the beginnings of what would become the modern form of what you're describing. I just try to do my part by jedi-mind-tricking Americans on discord into noticing there might be a reason for what they believe lol
Masses aren’t capable of introspection without being forced to do so because most people are inherently not intellectually curious. Talk therapy wouldn’t exist if people naturally introspected. There are no cultures where introspection is common amongst the masses so it’s less an American thing and more a human thing.
@@cyborgninjamonkey I'm a fan of soothingly candid. Recommendations noted! Cheers ✌️
@badart3204 I'm inclined to disagree with you, only because I very deeply believe we're so deeply conditioned in our homes and schools to become unquestioning people without emotional intelligence or a sense of inherent agency. I think I'm too aware of our systemic oppression particularly in how we view and treat our bodies and our time, to leave room to believe that we're inherently uninterested. I think it gets psychologically beat out of us by puberty.
@@objectreborn.artsewing I think you desperately want to believe systems are the issue which to a limited extent they are rather than accepting that people are inherently not good enough thus systems emerge from our own flawed psychology. These systems do not emerge out of nowhere and become widespread worldwide regardless of cultural background for no reason. Introspection requires a lot of effort and questioning your own ideals is very uncomfortable so people don’t prioritize it over other more immediate concerns and don’t find it fun enough for recreation
i really like these videos because i dont really know much about philosophy and have never read anything because i dont really do well with reading. for me this is a good way to learn jargon and peoples names and what they are about. please make more!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a complete nerd!
22:52 on this point, I’m currently doing loads of research into Axiology and the theories of value. I’m using it as a stepping stone to explore my own theory of value, and it all stems from a thought I had which considers ‘how are all these meetings, reports, documents, etc. actually adding value. I’d welcome a video from you on the topic.
I actually really like these videos,good way to cross different philosophies in one video
Love the relaxed fun tone as a way of learning. Thanks
7:45 I take this to be where Daoism comes to the rescue with 'wuwei'.
19:05 for me my first favorite "philosopher" was Bruce Lee. Being told about stunts he did and watching everything on him, but hearing his philosophy and thinking about certain things is what drove me into philosophy. The man was beyond human and had a lot better understanding of things than most for sure.
I dont believe in a divine/higher objective purpose, and think that the lack of such a thing is beautiful. I am absolutely in the existentialism camp of making our own meaning, but in order for that to work one needs to have certain pillars of morality to make determinations about what path to walk. I have had to do that work doubly so because I've noticed I seem to lack the average level of empathy most people claim to have. I cannot trust my emotions alone to tell me right from wrong, so I've built up these pillars to help me weigh my opinions and options.
Also if i were to have to name a single "philosopher" as an idol-esque figure it would be Alan Watts, and largely he did what you do. Communicating the teachings of others, making them more accessible than the original writings may have been. Huge appreciation for that by the way. He was quite a jovial person in his presentation of his views and learnings, and it really made it feel like he wanted the best for everyone that happened to hear him speak. And he refused to take himself too seriously, calling himself a philosophical entertainer. He would almost absolutely have been a youtuber, podcaster, and TEDtalk person were he still alive today.
I find your aesthetic undeniably villain-coded.
I think I reason that way due to apparent social class; not just your accent but also your fashion choices - I find it a little, what I would consider, preppy. You come across to me as someone Richmond Valentine (from the Kingsman film) would've invited to be a VIP.
Then you could consider the lighting which I think serves to enhace the intense feeling you mention feeling pride in.
The focus distance on his eyes and the average durations he looks directly down-lens are also uncanny, might just be because I am hella autistic but I've not seen other youtubers use the same cinematography as default unless trying to seem spooky. The gestures also add a lot, the kind of weighing-scale motion that rarely comes to actually level on either side gives "uno por Pedro, uno por Diablo" energy. It's all a bit unusual of a creative decision but I like that so 👍
Thank you for making videos, you’re my favorite UA-camr!!! You’ve really inspired me to go deeper with my interest in philosophy.
Another meme video! Good stuff
I’m currently writing an essay on Crime And Punishment, and your analysis videos have been very helpful. Your next video on The Idiot should also be helpful for my wider reading. Thank you and have a good day :D
4:04 i figured it was ad time, and then thought it was actually him talking about the meme, and then watched the entirety of the ad
That was a very good video, thank you! I'd love to see videos from you on book recommendations. Especially for people who are just starting!
I love thinking of philosophy my brain comes alive , really looking forward to your next one , great stuff 👍
Absurdism is rebellion against the "need" for meaning. Creating meaning is philosophical suicide.
As an existentialist humanist, 9/9 of friends I asked said that my philosophy is still alive
Yeah, but how, because in some times, creating need of meaning is inevitable to us whather be a miniscule or grandeur meanings of life? Asking as a fellow absurdist.
Please continue this series
Was in the middle of watching your video 'why hypocrisy is so annoying' but then i suddenly see you dropped a new vid then now im watching this haha, earlyy by the wayy🎉🎉
Ah thank you! It is good to have you here!
Hume, the everyman's philosopher
I would highly recommend him to anyone wanting to get into analytic philosophy
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 I wish they would come up with the best of quotes from the different philosophers without labeling who they're from so people focus more on that instead of who said that that might be popular, yeah?
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 but Hume predates analytic philosophy by 150+ years ☝🤓 I'd check out contemporary analytic philosophy, especially introductory books for those who are beginners (Michael Huemer's _Knowledge, Reality, and Value_ is a good example, but there are many good introductory books)
Haha! I think that’s exactly why he is such a good introduction to it - you can see the mark of Hume all through the 20th century, especially the first half. But Hume has the advantage of writing in such a wonderfully understandable style. Its earlier date allows you to see the germs of what will be the giants of 20th century analytic philosophy.
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Love these kinds of videos
i love your content and channel man thank you for existing
I genuinely love these types of videos! while i love hearing well written essays and observations, videos like these make daunting concepts feel less so through these amiable approaches. I can't wait for the video, it's such a coincidence that I'm currently reading The Idiot :D
I can’t wait for you to talk about The Idiot ! It is my favourite Dostoevsky book!
I’m waiting for The Idiot analysis and gonna watch it while doing some other stuff because your videos are the perfect mix of distracting enough but not so distracting so i can actually focus on
I think I made a rather smooth transition from misunderstanding absurdism to choosing to define meaning for myself. When I was little, I was very religious, but I lost that over time as god seemed less and less believable to me. One of the biggest moments in that was when I was at a religious retreat and one of my group mates confided in me that she was having doubts and one of the nuns had told her that doubt was just satan whispering in your ear. And I had this INTENSE reaction to that because NO. To question is human, that’s a human impulse and it’s not evil. If you go your whole life without questioning, you’re just blind. So what I said to her was that I thought doubt was important, because how can you know that you ACTUALLY believe something if you never question it. But did that mean the nuns were only there because they never had? Or were they only saying that in an attempt to hold on to what few youths they had left?
And that was more or less how I lost my religion and decided life was pointless for a hot minute.
My core philosophy now is that I want to add to the world, but I’m ok with being nobody special while doing it. I am a cog who keeps things moving. I work in public service. I’m not the kind of person who’ll make the news, but I also have a valid worry that something might explode (literally and physically) if I take too long off lol. I matter, but only just a little. I’m good at what I do and what I do is necessary. We are the boots on the ground.
And that is very meaningful to me.
You’re only thinking about your explicit contribution to society. But consider your indirect, implicit contributions as well.
Suppose you work on a power station for an electricity generation and distribution company/state owned enterprise in your country - one way of viewing your contribution would be your contribution/value to the company, but a more accurate way of viewing your contribution wholistically is in addition considering the number of homes that are powered and humans that can be functional in their own jobs because of electricity being supplied to their home as a result of your efforts.
Plato, renowned for his exceptional physique ("Plato" was a nickname referring to his huge mass) and considerable wealth as well as being socially influential, essentially the ancient Greek version of the gigachad meme: what do you mean Platonic?
Memer: It refers to not having sex
Lmao
I think, incidentally, that if you think of them as people and not as old men who lived a long time ago and talked about heady things all the time and one of them wrote a lot of books, Socrates and Plato take on a very different and (especially in Plato's case) more positive character. Socrates wasn't always old, but he was always kind of a prankster (and kind of feeble). Meanwhile Plato was a charismatic bodybuilder who inherited a large estate... and devoted most of his life to hyping up Socrates and making sure people remembered him (in which regard he was _extremely_ successful).
I think it's fascinating that Scruton didn't call Hegel gibberish and put him on a pedestal despite his treatment of other gibberish deluge philosophers.
1:18 I can’t help but imagine that there was a brief moment this line was concluded “..very particular sense” before quickly being backspaced to think of a new synonym.
"... at least, not all the time" got a laugh out of me. I do tend to talk a LOT at a time, so it helps to remind myself to be a little more brief.
I like thise philosophy meme videos, because even if the title is "taking philosophy memes too seriously" I see value in examining the points. I actually have friends who express very valid points about anything really through humor because they are embarrassed or don't any other way.
BABE WAKE UP UNSOLICITED ADVICE DROPPED A NEW VIDEO!!!
Your channel was my great coincidence: A young man with a British accent explaining about my favourite subject 📚✨
For your "Curse of Divine Knowledge" section, I would suggest reading some Eastern Orthodox theology
PS love your videos. They've actually helped me out when I was struggling with the Gospel over the summer.
5:08 This Tweet is somewhat how I feel.
Do we have to seek a purpose or is it possible to live without a purpose?
We arrived at a point in time where we're smart enough to choose our own goals and break free from the goals of nature, the goal of reproducing to keep the species alive and dying to nourish the animals and plants.
I haven't found that purpose yet and I don't want to choose one I suppose, since I know myself all to well and I would just change my purpose based on my mood, the things I experience and my current life. Is it art?
Music?
Aesthetics?
Love?
Lust and pleasure?
Emotions?
Experiences?
Wisdom and knowledge?
It's a tricky question and I might not bother to answer this for myself. I let life drift me like a river
27:01 You should send Terrance Howard that book with that section marked! 😂
28:10 so i had a required math class in college that was basically just an arithmetic logics class for beginners and everyone i knew hated it but me.
I found it unironically fascinating to think that at some point in history, people had to conclusively prove basic mathematic theories so concretely that we dont even teach those proofs anymore, yet there i was, learning those steps and reverse engineering years of education and applying what i learned in that class to prove simple math problems.
When you touched on the downsides of an excess of freedom I was reminded of Kierkegaard's excellent euphemism for anxiety "dizziness of freedom"
Well, I think you look very kind in your videos actually, not like a villain at all . But I once sent one of your videos to my mother so she could practice english, and she said "He looks like a vampire" 😭 So, I don't know. Additionally, more videos on Logic would be great, I loved the video about Logical fallacies, they come very handy and are quite fun, it just means I have to take notes while watching too.
that's in fact a great opportunity to ponder the issue of making your own judgment and everything that it entails :D
@@lemurlaemu Yess! :^)
Fire video again
Ah thank you! That is very kind!
4:03 …The World As Will And Representation is looking menacingly at me from the shelve xD
Wow, he brings up symbolic logic and its value at the end. I’ll never forget taking the course at the U of F in 1969. It is such a clean concise discipline but it gets hairy as you delve into it.
Anyway, I do advocate an overview of philosophy is the best way to get into it, although Hume is a good place to start.
My thinker that I was (read as slightly still am) obsessed with Jacques Derrida.
We also had logic during my computer science bachelor's and it did sometimes feel like we were proving a = a using a lot more pages than necessary, but I did enjoy it.
Of course, I think as someone who's really into maths, this is more my jam than that of the average philosophy enthusiast.
Thank you for saying Inuit
“Bulls*it Jobs” is awesome; David Graeber has some great interviews on UA-cam. His best work is “Debt:the first 5,000 years “. He died too young but he left quite a legacy
That transition into the sponsor got me cackling 😂😂😂😂
Our use of the term "Platonic" was based on the difference between ideal forms and base realities; later feeding into Christian theological distinctions between the spiritual and the mundane. It was held that virtue was to be found in foregoing the pleasures of the flesh to emphasise the spiritual ideal. I haven't read a lot of Plato - but I'm familiar with the concept of the cave, and I do not think he considered base realities a starting point for contemplating the ideal. It was the opposite. He thought base realities were a shadow of ideal forms.
I don't think that is what the meme is referring to, but there is a French logician named Jean-Yves Girard who tries to make sense of the equality a=a, as he doesn't believe that the common answer for the definition of equality (namely that x=y iff every property of x is true of why and conversely) is satisfying in this context: for example being on the left hand side of the equality sign is a property of one of the a's that the other doesn't share.
The bigger issue I see with the common answer for equality is that it requires the use of equality to determine equality since for every property of x to be true of y, you must first prove that the properties of x are equal to the properties of y in order to determine the truthfulness of both having the property. I.e. b of x = b of y.
@@thelordz33 Not necessarily because you could imagine that properties would be a higher order item for which you don't have quantifiers or equality for instance
@@k_meleon how would you prove that two items have the same higher order items without some idea of equality?
@@thelordz33 You can just say by definition that "x=y" means that "A(x) => A(y)" where A will be any predicate. Since equality is symmetrical, you of course don't need to also have "A(y) => A(x)". And since this is true for all A, you don't need to have either quantifiers or equality on predicates.
Not watching the video yet but I already knows that it will be AWESOME!👏🏻
Haha! I appreciate the vote of confidence
If I remember right, Plato was known for not having sexual relations with his students, whereas a lot of other teachers at the time did. That's why we call a non-sexual relationship Platonic
Me, currently procrastinating writing my seminar paper on the Tractatus: 1:12 indeed
My 16 year old self got obsessed with the philosophy of Bruce Lee.
"Be water, my friend"
I should add that I was just as obsessed with what a bad ass fighter he was....
That might explain it better lol
10:00 here you sound very human, with that little pause
I guess I'm trying to ask if you can do more actions like this to let us know you're a human, not that I don't enjoy your usual, all too perfect, articulate speech but a moment of imperfection like this from time to time is enjoyable in its own right 😅😊
Oh god symbolic logic, it was alright when it was a=b and such, fun even, but when it started using equations like unicorn=shiny my eye would twitch. To be fair it was an online class with minimal help from the professor and I did get an A so I guess it wasn’t the worst.
11:24 I totally agree with you here
Albert Camus whole idea was, as you said it, was to be able to learn to live without any purpose at all
So calling it "give your life a purpose of your own" is a little wrong to associate with absurdism
What ive recently noticed growing in myself especially from a very interesting segment of this vedio is the fact that having a purpose or goal can be stressing in its own rights and the last week or a few weeks before too i have been indulging in my passions and completely being delved into it but not because i have a purpose in them or want to fullfill an ambition in them but rather for the mere fact that i genuinely am atteacted to it,so does absurdism and genuine passion go hand in hand? And is being in a relaxed and contemplative stste of mind better than what philosphers especially dioglenes tell us to suffer willingly to attain freedom?
'Aristotle's golden meme'? I'd love to see that one.
If we don't have freewill then we're just going with the flow
Diogenes would probably love meme creation, lol
10:00
To quote a meme I saw on Tumblr (and haven't personally looked into),
"So I actually know the origin of this term because it came up when I studied Plato in my classes. Basically, in ancient Greece it was a super common practice for teachers to fuck their students. Like all the time. It was considered a way for the student to "pay" the teacher. Plato thought this was bullshit. He felt that a student could not properly learn from someone who was truly only interested in having sex with them. He didn't fuck his students and derided those who did. Other teachers who refused to fuck their students were said to have "platonic" teaching relationships with them - so named because they were following Plato's example. So the reason it's called a Platonic relationship is because Plato was heavily anti-teachers-fucking-their-students and it's one of the few things he was ever even remotely correct about."
...what the actual f. I wish this wasn't real, but if so I wouldn't be surprised either.
5:12 imo there is no inherit purpose but I can give purpose to things myself.
Wow such an insightful video this was!!! I'm really looking forward to watching your analysis on The Idiot by Dostoevsky as he personally is one of the best writer in this world. If only you had a Dostoevsky playlist hahaha.
Logic is great if you have a good teacher. I loved logic. If you don't have a good teacher, it can feel like all the worst parts of algebra with no reprieve.
2:54 so just the classical russian version of fight club
An original thought? Madness
Also, I understand that to establish morals, truth and virtue; we need hard discussions. But "Platos Symposium" had some ideas of love that I found difficult to read, even abhorrent.
Well worth a read, folks 👍
oh I love these
Heyyy
Great
A new video like this....
Please keep making it forever
Bullshitjobs by David Graeber is a great book, his writings are really easy to understand and hid ideas are genius.
Totally unrelated but I always thought you reminded of someone and I didn't know who until now: Marty from Gilmore Girls (Wayne Wilcox)
you should make a philosophy book list. As a new comer to philosophy I would love to hear what you would have to recommend.
I love your videos and would be very intrigued if you could look into game philosophy as it is kind of a meme too. Heroes of might amd magic 4 original campaign was interesting from the point of view of the barbarian and necromancer campaigns.
My stoicism phase was getting through an underway on a submarine
having this guy yapping as i zone off and do other things is great, gonna try to use like rain to sleep later
Unsolicited advice should read blood meridian, would seem interesting you cover the book and how you would interpret the violence
18:49 for me it was David Heyd. The Davids will get you!
If Hume is a good introduction to philosophy you should really do a video on his work
Absurdism is the term used to describe how incredibly original the concepts within existence appear to the human mind. For example, imagine a universe without the concept of sight, and you are a participant in that universe; if a being from another universe dictated the concept of sight to you, you would be amazed... and that is essentially what absurdism is describing.
Stoicism is metaphysics' method of allowing philosophers who have accrued enough wisdom to stop being afflicted by negative emotion and cognition, because although the truth may hurt to misosophers, to philosophers it is a panacea for the mind.
"Personally i find the truth to make me feel much better than any Baalshizzle i have ever heard." - Ariplatocrates
The Void > God paradoxically created themself from abstract information that granted God the potential to exist > everything else.
Funny enough a buddy and I were talking about this exact topic multiple times the past couple years. We have a few friends that literally take philosophy, memes way too serious, including the Chad ones. They mold their life around it, and they don't realize that they're becoming obnoxious or have taken it way over the top.