Unconventional ideas in physics, philosophy, politics | Roger Penrose, S Hossenfelder, Pinker, Ali..

You will have the opportunity to hear some of these speakers in person, including Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder and Tariq Ali.

Over the years of our London festival, we have welcomed guests from the forefront and the fringes of leading debates in physics, philosophy and politics. Dive into this compilation of their different ideas - more often than not bold, unapologetic and original.

Who is your favourite speaker? Does anyone stand out particularly? What other ideas should have space?

00:00 Introduction
02:06 POLITICS: Who has power over us? Should we accept the current hegemony? | Steven Pinker, Tariq Ali, Rory Stewart, Shoshana Zuboff
16:50 PHYSICS: Must we accept paradoxes in physics? Should we keep relying on the standard theories? | Avshalom Elitzur, Sean Carroll, Sabine Hossenfelder

26:43 PHILOSOPHY: Are we lost in metaphysics? Do we need beauty? How can we navigate this life, ethically, spiritually? | John Vervaeke, Hilary Lawson, Patricia Churchland, Galen Strawson, Roger Penrose
39:38 AND MUCH MORE: At the world's only music and philosophy festival | Olivia Lane, Rupert Sheldrake

#philosophy #physics #politics

Debates and talks featured:
The fires of progress (London, 2018)

Life and philosophy of Rory Stewart (London, 2023)

Metropolis untamed (London, 2019)

The trouble with time (London, 2023)

The poetry of the universe (London, 2018)

Gravity and the universe (London, 2023)

The shadow of spirituality (London, 2023)

The return of metaphysics (London, 2021)

Truth and beauty (London, 2018)

Trash, trends and the transcendent (London, 2021)

[robertlamantin]

Thanks for these interesting and sometimes enlightening 42 minutes. I'd like to go to your festival in London, but I'm living in Japan and no that wealthy, so, I'll stay at the Youtube video level :)

[ywtcc]

There's all manner of power in society, if power is considered broadly.
There's the power of parents over their children, teachers over their students, employers, judges, police...
When it comes to state moderation of power, most of these relationships are governed at the local level.
When we're talking about these big, modern federations of states, we're talking mainly about the power of MONEY.
In the US, at the Federal level, the monetary policy appears to be: as much debt as possible, and all taxes should be placed on labor!
In practice, this is the broadest, most undemocratic abuse of power in play, when discussing the US government.
Money is an instrument of power. Have the "experts" taken over to manage it effectively, or have they sold hundreds of millions into indentured servitude to prop up their home values?

If you're not talking about money, you're simply not addressing modern power.
I hear a lot of counter revolutionary rhetoric from the presenters, and not a lot of real governing philosophy.
It's not having a real governing philosophy that leads to revolutions, of course.
You should probably think of other ways to address problems of state!

[JojoOchoa]

GooD ConVerSaTion Thank You??!!//JOJO❤❤❤

[Roses-lilac]

I really wish that annoying very loud background music would go away!

[MatheusLegenda]

What was that speaking about the WAIS exam and about wisdom vs. foolishness?

[donaldwhittaker]

Those first 2 minutes are captivating. Well done.

[DevasiaNv]

How many died of poverty?no one cares to say that!!!!

[Mike.G]

Does anyone know at @9:05 any citations or references to literature on the claim that the violence acts of culling the czars and police chiefs of Russian regime

Were acts of violence mostly carried out by women?

[brendawilliams]

A lot of groups were discussed. Enlightening. Thankyou

[andrewgraves]

“I’m afraid I haven’t done my homework, ” hahaha! But what a pleasure to sit in class and have it wash over me. Thanks

[ALavin-enkr]

They are all interesting. I find P. Churchland as the least interesting as she is a materialist, not open to consciousness and mind but just eliminative materialism.

[Sulekha-]

Tariq Ali's words have got this subtle ideology bias through which he sees the world. No wonder the situation of the present world isn't going to resolve anytime soon as long as people like him get the stage to speak their mind.

[jamesruscheinski]

transition from human sovereignty to God sovereignty