Intro to Metaphysics


 * Metaphysics for beginners
 * Examples:
 * Object permanence [and REALITY]
 * Space and time?
 * Cause and Effect
 * Flat earth
 * Heliocentrism etc. [compare view from mars]
 * One of the times I was mistaken for a ghost
 * Fibers growing from my skin!?
 * Snow ball burning instead of melting!?
 * Ufos
 * the recent videos in the news are explained here (the first link is a general writeup, the rest are videos):
 * UFOs Are Not That Remarkable
 * Explained: New Navy UFO Videos
 * Gimbal UFO: Why Does the Glare Rotate When the Horizon Does Not?
 * Explained: The Gimbal UFO's Glow/Aura is Just Image Sharpening
 * Explained: "Go Fast" UFO Video - Not Low and Not Fast - Like a Balloon!
 * "Pyramid UFO" - NEW FOOTAGE. It's Just Bokeh, not a Pyramid
 * Is the Nimitz UFO Video Just a Plane?
 * Nimitz FLIR1 "Tic-Tac" UFO Video - No Sudden Moves!
 * Ancient aliens
 * “Conspiracy theories”
 * Anti-physicalism, metaphysical idealism
 * The point of all this, the general motives and uses of metaphysics, interpretation, models
 * Metaphysics [“of the gaps”][“what’s over the horizon?”][“what is there when i’m not looking?”][“what exists that i can’t see?”/”god is invisible but so is the wind!”]
 * More relevant stuff?  Sociology?  Propaganda...spin, marketing…”narratives”
 * State religions etc.
 * Epistemology, bayes, models, map vs territory…
 * “Outsider test of faith”, since ANY theory can fit the evidence, you have to compare.  Use bayes.  Etc.
 * Correlation, causation, and coincidence
 * Theoretical modeling
 * What about the future?  Prophecy, hope, etc...
 * Art
 * Minority Report!
 * Surrealism, david lynch?
 * The X-Files
 * Magic tricks