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

Dustin Young is the president of the Rutgers chess club with an interest in historiography. We will explore:

- what was Newton's take on religion

- why study the interface of history, science, politics, and philosophy

- where does chess come from and how it evolved

- how to impress friends with a Taylor series party trick

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

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

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

Timestamps:

(0:00) introduction

(0:56) historiography, Newton, and religion

(17:31) natural philosophers and seperation of sciences

(22:35) sources, bias, and motivation

(36:03) cultures and approaches to chess

(44:35) origin and developments of chess

(57:15) no true objectivity

Links:

- Newton project: https://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/

- council of Nicaea: https://www.britannica.com/event/First-Council-of-Nicaea-325

- De Morgan's laws: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/de-morgans-law/

- bongcloud: https://chess.fandom.com/wiki/Bongcloud

- Taylor series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series

- chaturanga: https://www.chess.com/terms/chaturanga-game

- xiangqi: https://www.xiangqi.com/history

Alex Kontorovich is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University with lots of experience in teaching and outreach. In our talk, we will touch on diverse topics, including:

- why care about math (and its history)

- what can outsiders bring to the table

- how useful it is to be the dumbest in the room

- where music meets math and where it doesn't

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

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

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

Timestamps:

(0:00) introduction

(00:46) problems, proofs, and thinking styles

(13:16) outreach, motivation, and explaining concepts

(28:06) interdisciplinarity and outsiders

(33:30) people teaching computers and vice versa

(39:52) stamina, humility, music, and gratitude

Links:

- MoMath: https://momath.org/

- Natural Number Game: https://adam.math.hhu.de/#/g/leanprover-community/nng4

- Lean in the browser: https://live.lean-lang.org/

- Prime Number Theorem project: https://github.com/AlexKontorovich/PrimeNumberTheoremAnd

- other Lean projects: https://leanprover-community.github.io/lean_projects.html

- polymath projects: https://polymathprojects.org/

- Alex's website: https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~alexk/