+academyofideas The videos of you I watched so far seem really excellent. I'm contemplating creating a German version of all your 50+ videos; translating your audio and adding German translations on the video material. This is essential information that I believe should be also accessible to people who do not understand English very well. Would it be acceptable for you if I did this? I would add reference and credit for your channel in the beginning of every video.

+Brocaserter That sounds like a great idea. Why don't you pm me or email me to discuss further details.

+Jordan Q Ditto that! I've always had trouble understanding how one could maintain the existence of final causation in the universe without simultaneously maintaining the existence of a designer.

here, here ... these are fantastic summaries, keep up the great work

+amakhija1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear

there was a lot of shit they didn't understand in 300BC. we now understand what they didn't because we have very advanced science. most of the things they couldn't explain back then are now explained. so using modern techniques to study the ancient philosophers would lead anyone to know that god doesn't exist.

You can't know God doesn't exist since it's unfalsifiable.

AlchemistOfNirnroot I love your name, but disagree with your statement.

@@deannam1981 then how does he not exist? To make it clear, we are speaking of god from a deistic perspective, not exactly christian.

@@deannam1981​​⁠​​⁠what a ridiculous claim that your last sentence is. Which is obviously false since it’s not true that anybody who studies modern techniques thinks this. You don’t understand the distinctions between scientific and philosophical claims.

That the availability of and capacity for knowledge varies, does not change the fact that humans thirst for knowledge.

@@differous01 nah, I think most thirst for anything but knowledge...I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

@@KatyWantsToGo Which begs the question: "What are you comparing 'most' to?" Aliens? Angels?

@@differous01 not really interested in deciphering your comment...

@@differous01 if folks were really thirsty for knowledge they wouldn't own 3 tvs, be in debt up to their neck, or vote. I could go on for hours...

Yes, thats exactly what he believes. Act precedes Potency.

read existentialism

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Why's that?

Many came to Refute The first teacher but none succeeded

@Hans Bauer Well done, you are the first person to ask this question. I have a background in designing and developing software for target tracking systems which boils down to something called a Kalman filter. The Kalman filter is a target tracking algorithm and if you study the basic equations or watch a good KZfaq video you will see that target tracking or goals, objectives, intentions require the observer to make a prediction, the target tracking process forces the observer or measurer to make a guess, expectation or a prediction, this is hardwired into the algorithm. The physics of information theory (Claude Shannon) states that maximizing entropy results in minimizing redundancy of your messages or communication which means that you are optimizing your mutual information or prediction. Syntropy is the name given to this process of optimizing your mutual or common information. The word syntropy literally means 'a tendency to converge'. The word entropy means 'a tendency to diverge' or differentiate. Convergence is dual to divergence. Syntropy is dual to increasing entropy -- the 4th law. The word convergence (syntropy) in physics is usually applied to particles, atoms, masses, charges or localized forms or targets, goals, it is a 'focusing' process. Generalization is dual to localization. Divergence and convergence are used in the 'diffusion equation' and the 'continuity equation' of physics. Syntropy means to converge on a target or form a target, target tracking -- teleology. Syntropy is a dual process to that of increasing entropy which means that duality is being conserved. Your brain is continually maximizing entropy so it is also maximizing syntropy or forming optimized predictions to track targets. Your brain forms an expectation or prediction map this is well known in neuroscience, watch the first episode of this series:- www.eagleman.com/thebrain In physics you can connect syntropy with black holes which are convergent. Energy is dual to matter -- Einstein Dark energy is dual to dark matter. The importance of the 4th law is that it leads to the idea of duality: two sides of the same coin. I was watching the following film about Claude Shannon last night:- thebitplayer.com/ In this film Mr Shannon actually uses the phrase "two side of the same coin" he is therefore talking about duality. Aristotle and these Greeks were smart people.

@Hans Bauer Information is related to probability and prediction. In a communication channel the receiver of the message is trying to predict the message sent by the sender. If the receiver can predict completely the message then the mutual information between sender and receiver is maximized. If the mutual information between sender and receiver is zero then the message is completely unpredictable or random. Prediction and mutual information are the same thing. Syntropy is the process of maximizing mutual information or optimizing your prediction. Syntropy (mutual information, prediction) is dual to entropy -- the 4th law. Teleological physics is dual to non teleological physics. The relation between mutual information and entropy is stated in the following equations:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_theory Entropy is converted into mutual information (prediction) by minimizing the conditional entropy in the relevant equation -- Syntropy or convergence towards a target of optimized prediction. Randomness is dual to order (predictability). Randomness (entropy) is converted into predictability -- syntropy Information is becoming mutual information, the word mutual implies duality between sender and receiver. Entropy = mutual information (prediction) when the conditional entropy = 0. Your brain is constantly turning entropy (information) into optimized predictions to track targets -- teleology, the dual process of syntropy.

@Hans Bauer Once you understand the concept of syntropy then you should realize that duality has to be conserved at all times. The conservation of duality becomes the 5th law of thermodynamics! Energy is duality, duality is energy. You can prove the 5th law with Noether's theorem. Symmetry is dual to conservation -- the duality of Noether's theorem. The conservation of duality means the following is correct:- Energy is dual to mass -- Einstein. Dark energy is dual to dark matter.

Philosophy indeed makes you more knowledgeable aware of any subject. The main reason I chose to learn more about it was because I believe it can boost my comprehension and my learning abilities which I could make use of in the fields I desire, mainly software. You seem knowledgeable. Do you believe the same? Are there any books that helped you in understanding? Do you believe nowadays this form of thinking is ignored and the ones who don’t ignore it, don’t say anything either for the power this form of thinking can bring?

@@vladimirchudyk995 Knowledge is dual according to Immanuel Kant. Synthetic a priori knowledge -- Immanuel Kant, for instance space/time is something we just have to accept as given. Space is dual to time -- Einstein. If you read "The Critique of Pure reason" then Immanuel Kant does explain this. I like the following series of lectures:- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8ekY718ydu7YWw.html I have modified my ideas about Aristotle's four causes:- Start is dual to finish, beginning is dual to end. First or efficient cause is dual to final cause -- Aristotle. Formal or material cause are by-products of conserving this duality. The universe or reality of matter and energy exists between or amid the initial and final causes, matter and energy = material and formal cause. Energy is dual to mass -- Einstein. Dark energy is dual to dark matter. "Concepts without percepts are empty, percepts without concepts are blind" -- Immanuel Kant. Concepts are dual to percepts -- the mind duality of Immanuel Kant. "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind" -- Einstein. Science is dual to religion -- the mind duality of Albert Einstein. Einstein pinched his quote from Kant. Optimized or rational, analytic thinking results in optimized predictions (syntropy) which are used to track targets and goals -- thinking is a syntropic process, teleological. Mind (the internal soul, syntropy) is dual to matter (the external soul, entropy) -- Descartes. The mind/soul is dual according to Descartes! Photons or electro-magnetic waves connect your mind to the outside world of matter. Photons or pure energy must therefore be dual, electro is dual to magnetic. Energy is duality, duality is energy -- generalized duality.