Ep 884 - Abacus Dow Letter 6: The Land of the Rising Son

Infants on Thrones

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 17 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

You are invited to join us all in solving a mystery.

A man named Dow signed up for a mysterious clinical trial called The Abacus Project. It uses advanced technology to explore the very nature of reality. Dow has written 18 letters describing his experience with this project. This is letter 6.

Joining the Letter 6 mystery sleuthing team this week are the insights of physicist David Tong, anthropologist Victor Turner and cognitive psychologist Merlin Donald.

Kind of.

In a learning out loud AI Puppet Show kind of way.

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0:00.0	Baby steps.
0:04.0	This is Infants on Thrones.
0:07.0	I'm looking for the further light of knowledge father promised to sing me.
0:10.0	Baby step.
0:11.0	Look for the good in everyone.
0:16.0	Welcome back everybody.
0:17.0	Today we're doing something a little different, a deep dive that's, well, intensely
0:23.3	personal and full of mystery.
0:24.7	It all stems from a piece sent to us, just labeled letter six, more a puzzle than just
0:29.7	a story.
0:30.7	Exactly. To help us figure it out, we're bringing in three brilliant minds. David Tongue,
0:36.6	Victor Turner, and Merlin Donald.
0:38.6	Talk about an all-star team. Each brings a totally different perspective to the table.
0:43.3	Physics, anthropology, and cognitive science.
0:46.1	Which is perfect. Because this letter, well, it covers everything.
0:50.2	From quantum mechanics to like ancient Buddhist philosophy.
0:54.2	It's almost like you knew we'd need a physicist to tackle the idea of being time,
0:58.3	an anthropologist to understand the rituals and symbols,
1:01.2	and a cognitive scientist to put it all into the context of, you know, how humans think.
1:06.0	Oh, and let's not forget the mysterious abacus project mentioned in the letter.
1:09.7	Right.
1:10.5	Adding a whole other layer of
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