How the Rubik's Cube Solves Any Paradox

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How the Rubik's Cube Solves Any Paradox

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May 13, 2018

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This narrated article is about using the Rubik's Cube as an analogy for philosophic paradoxes and problem-solving. There are no unsolvable scrambles...

Released:

May 13, 2018

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Interviews with intellectuals from across the globe. Exploring philosophy, politics, religion, and rationalism. Steve Patterson is an independent philosopher currently traveling the world to interview people in the pursuit of truth. Topics include logic and epistemology, skepticism, metaphysics, ethics, science and religion, truth, Christianity, Buddhism, atheism, culture, economics, the philosophy of mathematics, and every other topic that's important to humans.

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Ep. 2 - Is There Objective Truth? | Dr. Emrys Westacott: Objective Truth, Relativism, and Certainty in Philosophy by Patterson in Pursuit
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The Sliding Scale of Certainty: Can We Know Anything with 100% Certainty? by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 3 - Consciousness and Subjectivity | Dr. Emrys Westacott: Mind Versus Matter | Physical Versus Mental by Patterson in Pursuit
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The Death of Skepticism: Skepticism is a Way of Thinking, Not a Set of Beliefs by Patterson in Pursuit
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Assume Everybody is Wrong: Skepticism, Doubt, and Philosophy by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 7 - Egoism, Religion, Ayn Rand | Michael Malice: The Philosophy of Self-Interest by Patterson in Pursuit
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Tautologies Must Not Be Dismissed: True-By-Definition is Not a Flaw by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 11 - Contradictions at Columbia | Interview Breakdown: Contradictions Don't Exist (Outside of Academia) by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 8 - Completed Infinities: Possible or Not? | Dr. Gary McGuire: Does Infinity Actually End? by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 5 - American Pragmatism | Dr. John Stuhr by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 13 - Austrian Economics: Deduction, Logic, and Theory | Dr. Peter Boettke: What is the Epistemological Status of Economic Theory? by Patterson in Pursuit
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Chairs Do Not Exist: The Metaphysics of Inanimate Objects by Patterson in Pursuit
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Does the Mind Have Access to Objective Truth?: Are We Forever Stuck with Subjective Opinions? by Patterson in Pursuit
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Against "Doing the Right Thing": Ethics is about Intention, not Action by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 16 - What is Logic? | Dr. Timothy Williamson: Identity, Non-Contradiction, Paradox, and Certainty by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 1 - Introduction: Philosophy Across the World by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 14 - Understanding Quantum Physics | Dr. Simon Saunders: The Basic Concepts, Theories, and General Weirdness of Quantum Mechanics by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 6 - Interview Breakdown: Pragmatism, Objective Truth, and Anarchism: Analyzing the Philosophy So Far by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 12 - Brexit!: A Libertarian Perspective on Brexit and Secession by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 4 - Irrational Voters, Law without Government, and the Case Against Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan: Criticisms of Democracy, Alternative Systems, and the Signaling Model of Education by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 10 - Christian Beliefs, Experiences | Dr. Bob Murphy: Economist and Author Shares His Beliefs about Christianity by Patterson in Pursuit
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The Logic of Nothing: What is Nothing? Is it Something? by Patterson in Pursuit
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The Paradox of Buridan's Ass: Identical Things Cannot Be Differentiated by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 9 - Logic, Contradictions, and Dialetheism | Dr. Justin Clarke-Doane: The Limits of Logic in Epistemology by Patterson in Pursuit
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From Conservative to Anarchist: My Journey Through Political Philosophy by Patterson in Pursuit
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Democracy Fail: Trump versus Sanders: Democracy Turns Ugly in 2016 by Patterson in Pursuit
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Resolving the Liar's Paradox: This Sentence is False by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 15 - Anarchist Intuition | Libertarian Political Philosophy by Patterson in Pursuit
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Can You Judge Intelligence by Beliefs?: A Question You Aren't Supposed to Ask by Patterson in Pursuit
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Everything is Grounded in Logic: The Inescapable Foundations of Philosophy by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 104 - "No Longer a Christian" | Isaac Deitz: Wonderful conversation with my old friend Isaac Deitz who shares his personal religious journey. After decades of being a Christian, he no longer identifies with that label. In my opinion, that's only because "Christian" is a terrible term nowadays.... by Patterson in Pursuit
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Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual Schelling Points | Dr. Geoff Anders: What does scientific progress look like? Is it steady progress, getting ever closer to the truth? Or does it go through waves? What about cases where we seem to have lost knowledge or the foundations of a theory we’ve been building on... by Patterson in Pursuit
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How the Rubik's Cube Solves Any Paradox

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