Studious

Life's hard. Sometimes it's hard to determine. Sometimes, it's due to hard determinism. We all want to make the right choices in life, but are we really capable of making any genuine choices? I mean, we're all the captains of our own ships here. We are the ones in control. Right!?! Please tell me, I'm right. Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away.

Today on Studious, we are gonna harken back to the old school... of rational thought. I used to bristle against the teachings of Plato, but maybe I've actually convinced myself here that there's merit to his musings; particularly in his teachings about the Allegory of the Cave. I probably was so worked over by this allegory, that I was Plato in his hands...

We touch very briefly on Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory in this episode. We could probably explore more about how this concept affects us in every day life, and especially in conjunction with cancel culture, social media, and politics. In the least, I hope this encourages you to learn more about Girard and the polymath that he was.

In this episode, we explore the thought experiment, The Ship of Theseus . What is it, exactly? Why should we care? It has more ramifications than you previously thought. Like the Ship of Theseus, this episode isn't the same one as when it was first incepted. Inceptiones? Nothing is impervious to change, even this podcast.