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Me, Myself, and AI · Jan 20, 2026
Connecting Language and (Artificial) Intelligence: Princeton’s Tom Griffiths
“Philosopher obsessed with creating a universal character language for mathematical reasoning”
Mathematical foundations of artificial intelligenceCognitive science and computational approaches to understanding the mindLarge language models and their training mechanisms
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The Rest Is Science · Dec 9, 2025
Is Music Getting Worse?
“Philosopher who argued for objective measures of beauty and quality in art and music”
Music quality measurement and methodologyPsychological biases in nostalgia and memory (reminiscence bump, rosy retrospection)Democratization of music production and distribution
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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Oct 20, 2025
332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music
“Historical philosopher quoted on music as the mind's pleasure in counting without awareness”
Musical scales and frequency ratios (Pythagorean tuning, just intonation, equal temperament)Harmonic consonance and overtone structure in instrumentsDiatonic and pentatonic scale systems across cultures
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