Jack Symes

Very well. Thank you for having me.

Very well. Thank you for having me.

Very well. Thank you for having me.

Nice. Yeah, so I think it's interesting to think why philosophers need to think about the multiverse, right? It tends to be like a theory thrown about by physicists and stuff. But I think at the moment, we don't want to be talking about philosophy as a society. We're like... stuck in this idea of scientism, the view that science can solve all of these problems and questions.

Nice. Yeah, so I think it's interesting to think why philosophers need to think about the multiverse, right? It tends to be like a theory thrown about by physicists and stuff. But I think at the moment, we don't want to be talking about philosophy as a society. We're like... stuck in this idea of scientism, the view that science can solve all of these problems and questions.

Nice. Yeah, so I think it's interesting to think why philosophers need to think about the multiverse, right? It tends to be like a theory thrown about by physicists and stuff. But I think at the moment, we don't want to be talking about philosophy as a society. We're like... stuck in this idea of scientism, the view that science can solve all of these problems and questions.

So you've probably heard people like Lawrence Krauss or Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Brian Cox. They all say something along the lines of, like, philosophy is dead. So just before we get into the multiverse, it's probably best to say, like... what philosophy is and what the point of talking about the multiverses.

So you've probably heard people like Lawrence Krauss or Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Brian Cox. They all say something along the lines of, like, philosophy is dead. So just before we get into the multiverse, it's probably best to say, like... what philosophy is and what the point of talking about the multiverses.

So you've probably heard people like Lawrence Krauss or Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Brian Cox. They all say something along the lines of, like, philosophy is dead. So just before we get into the multiverse, it's probably best to say, like... what philosophy is and what the point of talking about the multiverses.

So this is something I ask every philosopher I speak to, like what they take philosophy to be, because it's really interesting to see how all the ideas they discuss fall into the wider projects. One of the ideas that I love is this one by the late great British philosopher Mary Midgley. She likens philosophy to a kind of plumbing. Right.

So this is something I ask every philosopher I speak to, like what they take philosophy to be, because it's really interesting to see how all the ideas they discuss fall into the wider projects. One of the ideas that I love is this one by the late great British philosopher Mary Midgley. She likens philosophy to a kind of plumbing. Right.

So this is something I ask every philosopher I speak to, like what they take philosophy to be, because it's really interesting to see how all the ideas they discuss fall into the wider projects. One of the ideas that I love is this one by the late great British philosopher Mary Midgley. She likens philosophy to a kind of plumbing. Right.

So like we have these conversations in our societies and like these conversations are flowing around. And likewise, we have these pipes running underneath our houses, keeping the water flowing. But occasionally it gets clogged. And so the philosopher needs to. pull up the floorboards, see what the clog is, and help the conversation move along again.

So like we have these conversations in our societies and like these conversations are flowing around. And likewise, we have these pipes running underneath our houses, keeping the water flowing. But occasionally it gets clogged. And so the philosopher needs to. pull up the floorboards, see what the clog is, and help the conversation move along again.

So like we have these conversations in our societies and like these conversations are flowing around. And likewise, we have these pipes running underneath our houses, keeping the water flowing. But occasionally it gets clogged. And so the philosopher needs to. pull up the floorboards, see what the clog is, and help the conversation move along again.

So these are things like what it is to be a woman or what it is to have free speech or what it means to say that a gene is selfish. So that's, I see, like the primary job of the philosopher, something we're all doing every day, like trying to understand the concepts we're using.

So these are things like what it is to be a woman or what it is to have free speech or what it means to say that a gene is selfish. So that's, I see, like the primary job of the philosopher, something we're all doing every day, like trying to understand the concepts we're using.

So these are things like what it is to be a woman or what it is to have free speech or what it means to say that a gene is selfish. So that's, I see, like the primary job of the philosopher, something we're all doing every day, like trying to understand the concepts we're using.

Then also there's this bigger aspect of philosophy, which is like how it all hangs together in the broadest possible sense of the term. Like, let's put all of the pieces of the puzzle together from physics, biology, and the arts, and let's try and get a big picture of the world. And if we're missing a piece of the puzzle, let's have our best guess about what that piece could be.

Then also there's this bigger aspect of philosophy, which is like how it all hangs together in the broadest possible sense of the term. Like, let's put all of the pieces of the puzzle together from physics, biology, and the arts, and let's try and get a big picture of the world. And if we're missing a piece of the puzzle, let's have our best guess about what that piece could be.