Exclusive AMA w/ Noam Chomsky on Jung, Wittgenstein, and Gödel

Noam Chomsky in his only Ask Me Anything in years. Links to what's been mentioned in the video are below (scroll).

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:03 What do Gödel's incompleteness theorems say about mathematical realism / linguistics? (Prof. Rebecca Goldstein)
00:04:25 Progress on the science of consciousness? (Prof. Anil Seth)
00:09:52 Modern Ptolemaic models in science
00:11:29 Analyzing infinitival phrases (Prof. Daniel Bonevac)
00:14:38 Are there units of culture, like memes? (Prof. JT Velikovsky)
00:21:55 Extralinguistic experiences being fathomed only through linguistics? (Andres Zuleta)
00:25:16 Can you perceive a thought even if you don't verbally express it? (Rivulet)
00:27:37 Is there a Chomskyan pre-grammar for religion like Eric Weinstein suggests? (Aro Own)
00:33:52 On Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and its influence on Chomsky (Jack McGreevy)
00:39:51 Conscious volition vs. unconscious "wiring" in relation to free will (Joel Suro)
00:44:51 Is mathematics itself the domain of all languages? (Boris Costello)
00:46:33 Is language created from the top down (enforcement from authorities) or bottom up ("the people")?
00:49:47 Social constructionism vs. Chomsky
00:51:47 Jung's archetypes' relationship to Chomskyan grammar
00:54:02 Bakunin, freedom, language, and human nature
00:57:51 What revolutionary words / phrases have we forgotten that we should re-learn?
00:58:39 How has Chomsky's views on universal grammar changed since he conceived it?
01:08:13 Change vs. Evolution (variation, replication, selection)
01:10:40 Unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics
01:10:59 Advice for Curt, who's developing a Theory of Everything
01:15:12 The invention of terms like LatinX and BIPOC, etc. Is there something different about them?
01:17:14 The Sapir Whorf hypothesis

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Rebecca Goldstein's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkL3BcKEB6Y

Anil Seth's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hUEqXhDbVs
Anil Seth's twitter: https://twitter.com/anilkseth

Velikovsky's PhD blog: https://storyality.wordpress.com/
Velikovsky's treatise on Memes/Units of Culture: https://storyality.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/memes-bce-bio-cultural-evolution/

Daniel Bonevac's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PhiloofAlexandria

Eric Weinstein interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KElq_MLO1kw

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