Listen ""On the Anthropic Principle" by Frederick Turner"
Episode Synopsis
Mea culpa: "The Neural Lyre" was published in 1983, not 1994. Don't know why I said that! Read today's poem hereTopics discussed in this episode include:-William Paley's watchmaker analogy-Problems with teleological arguments-Brandon Carter's Anthropic Principle-Multiverse/many worlds theory-John Archibald Wheeler's Participatory Anthropic Principle-"It from bit"-George Berkeley's Idealism-Vedanta Hinduism-"The Anthropic Cosmological Principle" -Barrow and Tipler's Final Anthropic Principle-"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's theology of the noosphere and omega point-"Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor-Turner's essay, "The Neural Lyre" -Turner's book, "Natural Classicism"-Turner's epic poems: The New World, Genesis, Apocalypse-The transtemporal community of humanitySupport the showBUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE. VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok: @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)
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