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32: Brian Pinsky - logic, linguistics, levitation

32: Brian Pinsky - logic, linguistics, levitation

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Brian is a logician pilot with linguistic insights. We will delve into:

- why to keep logicians alive

- what to put on aviation checklists

- where humor influences education

- how to ignore people better thanks to linguistics

Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu

Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/

Timestamps:

(0:00) introduction

(2:56) Russell's Paradox and the Hilbert program

(12:28) the importance of logic

(17:21) engineering versus logic

(30:08) the philosophy of safe flying

(42:15) skillsets for different planes

(55:40) parallels between flying and other fields

(1:05:55) aviation checklists

(1:18:00) humor and education

(1:26:11) everyday linguistic applications

(1:32:51) unusual hobbies

Links:

- Russel's paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox

- Gödel's incompleteness theorems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems

- the collision that ended well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-air_collision

- Checklist manifesto: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6667514-the-checklist-manifesto

- Czech phonology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_phonology

- trucker's hitch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucker's_hitch

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