Reza Negarestani Intelligence and Spirit

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• 00:00:30

  Thank you. I just thought he was asking for some kind of symbolic class, like all this part. Did you ask him? No, he said that I asked him. I don't know who. Reza. One second. The volume. I'll be checking. Can you say something? Like, just do an out loud. One second. Can you repeat something now? Yes, I…

• 00:14:59

  In that case, I, for number four, I actually discussed about the idea of computational cost and so on and so forth. Okay, let's then not talk about rational interpretation. What is criteria of determination of post-human futurity? Let's just talk about empirical computation. But the very criteria by which Rodin sets…

• 00:27:16

  Or for example, look at the new work of Orly Shanker. S-H-E-N-K-E-R. Orly Shanker. Orly Shanker's thesis about physicalism online. Now you see that things have fundamentally changed. These terms and terminologies come in variations. And not all of them mean the same thing that, for example, we traditionally use. We…

• 00:40:33

  Sure. Of course, this is actually quite a difficult question, and I'm not going to be steady on my own answers on this. It's something that I need to think about. But all I can say at this point is that I do take side with Pata, in the sense that, for example, you should understand where Pata is actually coming from…

• 00:52:52

  So he only believes from that point of view in the move upstream toward the logical structure, toward the enrichment of the logical structure…

• 01:04:45

  And from them, make different conclusions about the sense data. But also dimensions of dimensions of dimensions of dimensions of dimensions of dimensions But also dimensions of dimensions of dimensions of dimensions dimensions dimensions from a philosophical perspective. And I think that even though I still think that…

• 01:16:11

  And I mean, this is a question that you asked me to ask anybody who will be at the school. And that is, I mean, there is a classical question of how neo-rationalism differs with classical rationalism. And that is at some point answered by Pete Segal. And I think he's the one who's going to be exposed…

• 01:27:31

  Well, take care. Take care. Very much. All right. Thank you. Bye-bye. So, this concludes the track on neo-nationalism. And I want to say thank you to everyone who was present. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to those of you attending at school and to those who survived our technical problems, all problems, an insane…