Objective reality, faith/God, grad school, metaphysical v. manmade, immigration & more! (5 calls)
The Dan Norton Show, 17 May 2026, Livestream #100…
May 24, 2026
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The Dan Norton Show, 17 May 2026, Livestream #100
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0:08 Intro
7:28 Job paths for philosophy majors
AI impact on grad school / higher education
13:54 Are you afraid of AI psychosis? (Super Chat)
My use of AI
33:07 Is the Bible a good book?
The garden of Eden
54:40 Call with Conrad
How do we know we're experiencing reality and not just something in our minds?
Consciousness has an object
The universe, time, and space
A fish in water
1:22:22 Passage from Ayn Rand on existence and consciousness
The prior certainty of consciousness
Self-consciousness and animals
Solipsism, Berkeley's idealism
Creating a poll on what to discuss
1:50:10 AI and robots (Super Chat)
Philosophy and dreaming (Super Chat)
Axioms and assumptions
Definitions of axiomatic concepts
What would constitute evidence for mind-independent existence?
Contrast argument and object permanence
2:29:13 Faith in objective reality?
2:36:46 End of call
2:39:58 Call with Hayden about faith and God
New Testament passages on faith
Faith and confidence
The meaning(s) of "faith", passages in the New Testament
Miracles as evidence, the Trinity
Magnetic force
3:07:43 Why don't I believe in God?
Universe, Big Bang, time/space, finitude & eternity
Wikipedia vs. the Bible
3:48:38 End of call
Poll results
4:02:05 Induction (Super Chat)
4:18:22 Considerations on going to grad school in philosophy (Prophet Divinityy)
4:33:28 Should there be a one-state world?
4:42:37 Break until 4:53:52
Engaging with chat
5:17:44 Call with Mellow Mau
Objective reality
Metaphysical vs. man-made
Reading a text re: abortion
6:15:26 Metaphysics textbook example
"Empiricists are greedy"
Article on rockets example
6:37:22 End of call
Screening a caller; he turns out to be a troll
6:51:29 How would you define "arrogance"? (Super Chat from Audrey)
7:10:11 Why didn't Rand include aesthetics in her standing-on-one-foot summary of Objectivism?
"Introduction to Objectivism" by Leonard Peikoff
"Arrogance" definition (continued)