I Hope This Helps: Modal Realism
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Stephanie regrets passing up a great opportunity. Can modal realism help?
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After Stephanie passes up an opportunity to attend a prestigious university, she falls into a deep hole of regret. But there’s one solution she hadn’t thought of: modal realism.
About I Hope This Helps
A wise man once said: ‘Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.’ Sam Dresser emphatically agrees. In Aeon’s first original web series, he uses arcane philosophical theories to help solve your personal problems. For more advice from Sam, take a look at our originals video channel.
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This is the best modal realism humor I've seen.
this channel is gold
Good and funny. Although, you slipped up and used described Lewis's philosophy using the word "actually" in a manner contrary to how Lewis defines it. In his scheme, other worlds are "real" but only ours is "actual".
Haha, key to happiness is low expectation? That is me right there, but didn't expect to hear it here.
Very funny and clever! Please keep it up. “There are also other counterparts that I’m trouncing” haha
The Philosopher with the 'cheekiest face award' goes to... :-) - yes the videos help; can you please do one on free will?
Sounds like a twist on the Eternal Recurrence
Do more of these videos please!
Love this guy. Laugh out loud funny at times, for me, removed from "lol" references elsewhere.
Everything everywhere all at once :)
all other possible worlds Superman is real. only here is it only comic books.
I'm a fictional realist... well, an agnostic fictional realist. I would say your statement falls under that idea. It's taking this idea and applying human imagination to it.
It's certainly a good mind exercise. It's hard to tell for me if there is a difference between this idea and that of some kind of multiversetheory. I am also not certain if a universe where in a block uranium a neighbouring atom decays but without any consequence for the rest of the universe, can't be considered as part of a set of all world where the differences are so small that they can be bundled somehow. Then perhaps there could be universes that look alike a a certak moment but have a different history. The brother you talk to could have a different world history then you even. Perhaps you could be someone in a universe where you have false memories coming from other you's who have joined with you. So the picture you have from yourself is perhaps fake. Perhaps you are in a universe where you just now "popped" up completely with everything else around you that also has a false memory. So in the end even "I think, therefore I am" becomes a shaky thing ;-)
1:20 - What's the word after Christian? - I know it's some religious branch but I can't get the word. Anyone help?
"teatotaler"
@@jeffreycgoodman3132 Thanks. I presumed that's what he meant, but I think he's saying 'I could have been a Christian and a teetote' right? Not sure that's even a word.
The closed captions didn't help - 'I could have been a Christian in a tutu' :D
@@neoepicurean3772 That is how he seems to be pronouncing it! And right, not a word, as far as I'm aware.
great acting :)
great-!
haha! love this
1:42
Does not exist in any possible world.
LOL that's good weed
Stop drinking while teaching... 😒 😒 😒
grow a mustache