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Podcast: Stay Human, from the Artificiality Institute
Episode: Eric Schwitzgebel: The Weirdness of the World
Description: In this conversation, we explore the philosophical art of embracing uncertainty with Eric Schwitzgebel, Professor of Philosophy at UC Riverside and author of "The Weirdness of the World." Eric's work celebrates what he calls "the philosophy of opening"—not rushing to close off possibilities, but instead revealing how many more viable alternatives exist than we typically recognize. As he observes, learning that the world is less comprehensible than you thought, that more possibilities remain open, constitutes a valuable form of knowledge in itself.The conversation centers on one of Eric's most provocative arguments: that if...