Bob Wright Questions
Added 2022-07-21 07:40:32 +0000 UTCWe will have a Guru right to reply with Bob VERY SOON.
Any burning questions you might have would be good to hear.
Things we will cover:
- Our episode on Bob
- Consciousness and whether it is mysterious
- Bob's commentary on the Russian invasion and cognitive empathy
Comments
That's ok. I enjoyed the chat! You guys are doing important work for the Intellectual Light Web™
brianshmrian
2022-07-23 06:28:03 +0000 UTCAwesome look forward to listening to the podcast!
SHOUNAK SARKAR
2022-07-22 05:02:06 +0000 UTCCovered this!
Christopher Kavanagh
2022-07-22 03:48:23 +0000 UTCSorry got bogged down in Ukraine chat!
Christopher Kavanagh
2022-07-22 03:48:16 +0000 UTCWe covered this, mostly.
Christopher Kavanagh
2022-07-22 03:47:51 +0000 UTCWe did!
Christopher Kavanagh
2022-07-22 03:47:37 +0000 UTCYeah, we got to stuff about this.
Christopher Kavanagh
2022-07-22 03:47:27 +0000 UTCWe covered this I think.
Christopher Kavanagh
2022-07-22 03:47:16 +0000 UTCThis is probably not the most important thing in the world but... I'd like you to ask Bob about his takedown of Nick Bostrom's simulation hypothesis. Bob talked about this in an episode of the Parrot Room and, if I understand him correctly, his problem with Bostrom's argument is that it assumes that base reality is like our reality, and this might not be the case. But it seems to me that if your counterargument is that base reality is _not_ like our reality, then you're already conceding that we're not living in base reality.
brianshmrian
2022-07-21 17:31:23 +0000 UTCLook forward to this discussion. Ive been having heated debate with my brother about war in Ukraine since it started. My brother sounds like Bob when it comes to a lot of this stuff. Putins a cold blooded murderer since long before this war. There are many examples of Putins regime murdering dissidents or critics in brutal ways. Poisinimg etc. Dont understand how people dont see that. Does he empathisize with all serial killers? Or just those who run nations?
Justin F
2022-07-21 15:00:35 +0000 UTCPlease ask Bob if he still thinks that Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine was prompted merely by perceived NATO threats rather than Soviet nostalgia and territorial ambitions like establishing direct land access to Crimea? Hasn't this war actually united NATO members more and even made the organisation more attractive? How does Bob process this?
SHOUNAK SARKAR
2022-07-21 12:28:42 +0000 UTCAsk him why he gives Russia a special status within his cognitive empathy framework? He clearly extends much more empathy in only one direction
Kyle Wilson
2022-07-21 10:23:24 +0000 UTCPerhaps explore with Bob if he thinks we should strive for peace at any cost, such as allowing Russia to defeat Ukraine. Also ask him if the invasion of Ukraine by Putin's Russia is not an advertisement for smaller more vulnerable countries to acquire nuclear weapons, particularly if we just stand by and wring our hands while the smaller country is destroyed and/or consumed by a larger aggressor?
Tim Tripp
2022-07-21 09:07:21 +0000 UTCI was very critical of Bob's recent substack about Russian invasion and 'just asking questions' about NATO's role in it. https://twitter.com/PhilippMarkolin/status/1548320888268791811 ... rehashing Glen Greenwald's victim talking points is terrible
Protagonist Science
2022-07-21 07:52:55 +0000 UTC
