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أغنيه بتوصف وجهه نظري الفنيه في ما اقدمه   صاغها العبقري  محمد قنديل و ترجمها توزيعيا  صديقي القريب مني جدا أحمد آمين 

يا رب ت عجبكوا 

أنا فكرة مش صوت ..ولا سلطنة على كيفك
 والفكرة مش هتموت ولا ف انتظار تصقيفك
 وياسيدي مش مهم اعجب ..لاتستعجب ولاتقاوح
 ولاتقطم ولا تبرطم عشان ندهة بصوت رايح
 لاانا الشيخ اللي ليه مريدين ..ولا انا عامل صلاح الدين 
كلامي ان فهمه بس اتنين ..هكون مستكفي
 انا ومبسوط أقله لما اسيب الارض أكون سايب أثر وخيوط
 دا مش وقتي ومسيره يفوت ..ويقولوا فهمنا تخاريفك
 منا فكرة مش صوت ..ولا سلطنة على كيفك

أحمد سالم -أنا فكره مش صوت - سنجل

Making 'Silicon Valley', testing 'Beavis and Butt-head' and losing an actor to cancer -- this and more from Mike Judge and Alec Berg.
     


Mike Judge and Alec Berg on Making HBO's "Silicon Valley"

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On Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Judgment (1790), Pt. 1, Book 1.

Kant thinks that finding something beautiful is different than merely liking it. It’s a certain kind of liking, not dependent on your idiosyncratic tastes (like your preference for one color or flavor or tone over another) or on your moral opinions. He wants these judgments to be subjective in the sense that they’re not about the object, but about the fact that people receive pleasure from it, yet he also wants them to be universal, so that if I (correctly) find something beautiful, then I expect others to feel the same way, and moreover, if they have taste, they should.

Of course this is all put into very difficult Kantian language with virtually no actual examples, so the regular foursome had a good time attempting to translate it to something you can get your head around.

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Kant on Beauty

On Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, and Strategies (2014) with the author, a philosophy professor at Oxford.

Just grant the hypothetical that machine intelligence advances will eventually produce a machine capable of further improving itself, and becoming much smarter than we are. Put aside the question of whether such a being could in principle be conscious or self-conscious or have a soul or whatever. None of those are necessary for it to be capable, say, of developing and manufacturing a trillion nanobots which it could then use to remake the earth.

Bostrom thinks that we can make some predictions about the motivations of such a being, whatever goals it’s programmed to achieve, e.g. its goals will entail that it won’t want those goals changed by us. This sets up challenges for us in advance to figure out ways to frame and implement motivational programming an A.I. before it’s smart enough to resist future changes. Can we in effect tell the A.I. to figure out and do whatever we would ask it to do if we were better informed and wiser? Can we offload philosophical thought to such a superior intelligence in this way? Bostrom thinks that philosophers are in a great position for well-informed speculation on topics like this.

Mark, Dylan, and Nick are also joined by former philosophy podcaster Luke Muehlhauser.

Dangers of A.I. with Nick Bostrom

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Why Eating Local Can Sometimes Be Worse

On Sigmund Freud's On Dreams (1902), a bit of The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), and the lecture, “Revision of the Theory of Dreams” (1933).

Are dreams just a bunch of random crap? Freud says, no, they're actually the first and best way to figure out the structure of the mind, which (surprise) involves the unconscious and how repressed, anti-social desires get (sort of) revealed to us, albeit smashed together through chains of association with what seems like random crap.

How can Freud support such a view? Is it science? What are its implications for our capacity to philosophize? Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan are here to sort of hint at telling you, but in a repressed sort of way. Read more about the topic and get the texts. Sign up to attend the Aftershow on Sun., 6/7, 3pm Eastern.

Freud on Dreams (Part 1)

Continuing our discussion of Sigmund Freud's On Dreams (1902) and related works. Listen to Part One first:

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Freud on Dreams (Part 2)

On Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy (1872), which was his first book.

What's the connection between art and society? Nietzsche thought that you could tell how vital or decadent a civilization was by its art, and said that ancient Greek tragedy (like Antigone) was so great because it was a perfect synthesis of something highly formal/orderly/beautiful with the intuitive/unconscious/chaotic. He calls these two elements the Apollonian and the Dionysian and gives a whole history of the rise and fall of ancient Greece as seen through their art. They were noble savages, but channeled their savagery in a way that formed what Nietzsche later called master morality. Whereas later, playwrights like Euripides lost touch with the chaotic side, really lost sight of themselves, and this was reflected in Western philosophy and later science from Socrates to the present. Can we stir the pot now to get a re-birth of tragedy in this awesome sense? Nietzsche was ultimately not optimistic.

Read more about it and get the text. If you're interested in that Nietzsche biography mentioned at the beginning of the episode, look here.

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Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art (Part One)

Angela Yee is joined by co-hosts Stephanie Santiago, Sasha DelValle and Claudia Jordan as they interview porn star Layton Benton. The ladies reveal whether or not you should pull out all your tricks the 1st time you have sex, what makes a man wack in bed, the difference between sex with white guys vs black guys, and how to have sex with someone you're not attracted to.  Claudia talks about her experience with being drugged in the club, and Layton reveals who she wants to have sex with (yuck!)

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Imagine forcing scientists to write and perform spoken word poetry. That’s what Erman Misirlisoy from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience did with the help of the Train and Engage team. Comedian & Head of UCL’s Public Engagement Steve Cross chats about the poetic adventure.

This is an episode of the podcast series 'Clever people doing things'. Produced by UCL Public and Cultural Engagement, the five episodes are based on their training and funding project, 'Train and Engage', following the stories of researchers and their public engagement work.

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We discuss Un-Willing: An Inquiry into the Rise of Will's Power and an Attempt to Undo It (2014) with the author, covering Socrates, Augustine, Aquinas, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Sartre, compatibilism, the neurologists' critque of free will, and more.

What is the will? Is it an obvious thing that we all can see in ourselves when introspecting? If so, then why is there so much disagreement in the literature about what it is? (e.g., Is it a causal force or just an epiphenomenon? Is it opposed to desire or the expression of desire? Is it an expression of individuality or is it a trans-personal force à la Schopenhauer?)

Eva (whom you may recall from our Heraclitus episode) thinks that the notion is a historical artifact that causes needless philosophical confusion, and worse, has had a damaging effect on our culture.

A History of "Will" with Eva Brann (Part One)

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Ever wonder why some buildings are more prone to graffiti than others? So does Sabina Andron. That’s why she’s working on her phD at The Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. Sabina talks to host Steve Cross about the immersive workshops she ran with the help of the Train and Engage team.

This is an episode of the podcast series 'Clever people doing things'. Produced by UCL Public and Cultural Engagement, the five episodes are based on their training and funding project, 'Train and Engage', following the stories of researchers and their public engagement work.

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Continuing our dicussion of Un-Willing (2014) with the author. In this segment, we explore and critique Eva's picture of the less-willfull life and try to figure out how her historically driven account relates to modern debates about free will.

Listen to part one first.

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A History of "Will" with Eva Brann (Part Two)

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True evil is rarely obvious. It is quiet, patient.

Insidious.

Awaiting the perfect moment to strike.

Joy Malone finally knows who she is, where she comes from, and how to live in two worlds at once. And now she can introduce her family and friends to her mysterious boyfriend, Indelible Ink. But when Ink's twin sister, Invisible Inq, calls in a favor, Joy must accept a dangerous mission to find a forgotten door between worlds - a door hiding a secret that some will kill to keep.

Unseen enemies, treasonous magic, and an unthinkable betrayal threaten both the Twixt and human worlds as Joy races to expose an ancient conspiracy and unleash the unalterable truth - some secrets cannot remain secret forever.

MONTANA ROYALTY by B. J. Daniels

They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now 12 new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection.

She's known for her delicious cakes, but there's no recipe for dealing with the new man in her life. Charlotte owns the best bakery in Louisiana, and clients come from near and far for her renowned wedding cakes. And while the wedding scene is Charlotte's place to shine, her own love life is duller than ever. After a string of failed relationships - and men who actually were too good to be true - she has decided to throw herself into her craft and leave love and marriage to her clients.

Will is a successful entrepreneur but devotes much of his spare time to caring for his ill mother. He knows he doesn't have much time left with her, so he has done everything he can to guard his heart from relationships. And what girl would understand that he needs to spend all his time with his mother? But when his best friend calls in his help for his September wedding, Will can't refuse. He's always been there for those closest to him. And when he finds out they don't have a wedding cake yet, he knows exactly where to go - the bakery owned by the beautiful, mysterious young woman he buys treats from.

Charlotte assumes Will is just another party boy who flirts with all the bridesmaids. But is Will hiding something that explains his behavior? And despite their reservations, will they be able to deny the chemistry between them?

©2015 Betsy St. Amant (P)2015 Zondervan

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LOVE TAKES THE CAKE by Betsy St. Amant

In his eagerly anticipated follow-up to the enormously successful Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas gives us seven captivating portraits of some of history's greatest women, all of whom changed the course of history by following God's call upon their lives - as women.

Each of these world-changing figures - Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Maria Skobtsova, Corrie ten Boom, Mother Teresa, and Rosa Parks - is an exemplary model of true womanhood. The teenaged Joan of Arc followed God's call and liberated her country, dying a heroic martyr's death. Susanna Wesley had 19 children and gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn writer, her sons John and Charles. Corrie ten Boom, arrested for hiding Dutch Jews from the Nazis, survived the horrors of a concentration camp to astonish the world by forgiving her tormentors. And Rosa Parks' deep sense of justice and unshakeable dignity and faith helped launch the 20th-century's greatest social movement.

Writing in his trademark conversational and engaging style, Eric Metaxas reveals how the other extraordinary women in this book achieved their greatness, inspiring listeners to live lives shaped by the truth of the Gospel.

©2015 Eric Metaxas (P)2015 Thomas Nelson Publishers


SEVEN WOMEN by Eric Metaxas

In Episode 3 James and his guests, Sheldon Thomas, Yvonne Roberts and  Martin Bright, turn their attention to the epic subject of Crime and Punishment.

Crime

The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion.