A conversation with Teage Allen. We talk about whether younger people have less interesting things to say, learning first-hand versus second-hand and the sphere of human knowledge, me and Teage’s learning trends, the difference between wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge, Teage’s backstory, multitasking and hearing differences between ears, withdrawing from the world and the global decrease of attention span, becoming an atheist in a christian environment, the Cosmological argument for God’s existence, why we care if people believe unsubstantiated or illogical ideas and more on Teage’s backstory, what sparked Teage’s interest in music, the concept of the "angry atheist," Presuppositionalists, necessary presuppositions, and the problem of induction, and CosmicSkeptic’s (possible) slow slide into christianity.
More differences between wisdom, knowledge, and intelligence (according to me and others):
-Intelligence is the ability to solve a problem. Wisdom is the ability to avoid a problem.
-Greater and greater intelligence allows you to solve harder and harder problems. Greater and greater wisdom allows you to have fewer and fewer problems.
-Those with knowledge know the things they should do; those with wisdom do them
-To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
-Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
-Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
The Cosmic Skeptic podcast episode we talk about at 2:07:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vc1AiY_0Ts
Books to read:
The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris
Stealing from God by Frank Turek
The Ancestor’s Tale by Richard Dawkins
Youtube channels mentioned:
Peanutbutter Gamer
Game Grumps
NinjaSexparty
Genetically Modified Skeptic
CosmicSkeptic
Matt Dillahunty
