Noam Chomsky on Consciousness, Reality, Mind Body Connection, and Mathematical Realism

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/xNXqAaF_cxU Consciousness has NOT been explained, says Chomsky. Sponsors:  -Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off  -Algo: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9IfRw1QaTglRoX0sN11AQQ and website https://algo.com  Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch LINKS MENTIONED: -April Fools / Ranking every TOE: https://youtu.be/QOV1pcSOoZ4 -April Fools / Announcements for TOE: https://youtu.be/a5hp-7sGo0A -Chomsky TOE playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlORiRfcaQe8ZdxKxF-e2BCY -Chomsky TOE playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlORiRfcaQe8ZdxKxF-e2BCY -Dennett's Quining Qualia: https://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/quinqual.htm -Michael Levin TOE podcast: https://youtu.be/Z0TNfysTazc TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:41 Putnam and Mathematical Realism 00:09:06 Are numbers "real"? 00:10:01 Text vs. Meaning / Content vs. Meaning 00:13:28 Are all words "contrast words"? (only making sense in terms of their negation) 00:16:01 How can the word "meaningless" ever be "meaningful"? 00:17:38 Reference vs. Referent 00:28:32 Daniel Dennett's "Quining Qualia" 00:30:44 Consciousness explained? 00:34:27 Mind Body dualism ("body" is no more fundamental than "mind") 00:44:32 Is Chomsky an idealist? 00:46:29 We can't answer anything with certainty 00:50:53 Articulating what's ambiguous (what the heck is going on!?) 00:58:24 Studying consciousness from the 1st person vs 3rd person perspective 00:59:34 How do we generate "definitions" 01:04:59 Curt's question to the audience (for linguists) * * * Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it.