Noam Chomsky on Jung, Wittgenstein, and Gödel (Ask Me Anything)

Noam Chomsky in his only Ask Me Anything in years. Links to what's been mentioned in the video are below (scroll).

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:03 What do Gödel's incompleteness theorems say about mathematical realism / linguistics? (Prof. Rebecca Goldstein)
00:04:25 Progress on the science of consciousness? (Prof. Anil Seth)
00:09:52 Modern Ptolemaic models in science
00:11:29 Analyzing infinitival phrases (Prof. Daniel Bonevac)
00:14:38 Are there units of culture, like memes? (Prof. JT Velikovsky)
00:21:55 Extralinguistic experiences being fathomed only through linguistics? (Andres Zuleta)
00:25:16 Can you perceive a thought even if you don't verbally express it? (Rivulet)
00:27:37 Is there a Chomskyan pre-grammar for religion like Eric Weinstein suggests? (Aro Own)
00:33:52 On Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and its influence on Chomsky (Jack McGreevy)
00:39:51 Conscious volition vs. unconscious "wiring" in relation to free will (Joel Suro)
00:44:51 Is mathematics itself the domain of all languages? (Boris Costello)
00:46:33 Is language created from the top down (enforcement from authorities) or bottom up ("the people")?
00:49:47 Social constructionism vs. Chomsky
00:51:47 Jung's archetypes' relationship to Chomskyan grammar
00:54:02 Bakunin, freedom, language, and human nature
00:57:51 What revolutionary words / phrases have we forgotten that we should re-learn?
00:58:39 How has Chomsky's views on universal grammar changed since he conceived it?
01:08:13 Change vs. Evolution (variation, replication, selection)
01:10:40 Unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics
01:10:59 Advice for Curt, who's developing a Theory of Everything
01:15:12 The invention of terms like LatinX and BIPOC, etc. Is there something different about them?
01:17:14 The Sapir Whorf hypothesis

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Rebecca Goldstein's interview: Rebecca Goldstein: Gödel's Incomplete...

Anil Seth's interview: Anil Seth: Neuroscience of Consciousn...
Anil Seth's twitter: Twitter: anilkseth

Velikovsky's PhD blog: https://storyality.wordpress.com/
Velikovsky's treatise on Memes/Units of Culture: https://storyality.wordpress.com/2020...

Daniel Bonevac's YouTube channel: philoofalexandria

Eric Weinstein interview: Eric Weinstein: Geometric Unity & Noo...

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FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/141Z0...
TRANSCRIPT BY: Antonio Pastore and Linda Kristiansen

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