For a philosophy site that's at the same time bizarre, funny, and genuinely informative, see garygeck.com. His "Secret History" video series appears to be baiting crackpots and cranks everywhere only to give them a good dose of ... the philosophy of mathematics (to begin with). To see what a (sometimes too loud) soundtrack and visuals can do for a subject that might otherwise bore you to tears, see the first video on Cantor, in which Geck defends the Leibnizian method in calculus (which makes use of the concept of the "infinitesimal" rather than today's more typical use of concept of limit). This makes it all worthwhile: "In other words, the sober-minded mathematical public had been forced to stare at actual infinity for over 100 years, and absolutely despised it" (9:17). The icing on the cake is the thoroughly amusing rap/Leibniz video (embedded above) that Geck sent me, in which we get to see "motherfuckin' Leibniz" dancing. I like.
- Wes
Wow, this is the strangest combination of actual real philosophy and complete and utter midlessness. It’s bizarre. I like his second video on Cantor where he quotes Plato’s Philebus…that dialogue is under appreciated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejnMdfFbj7k
The only qualification this guy seems to have to actually know anything about the universe is that he is clearly crazy.
Maybe I’ve misinterpreted as comedy what’s really just lunacy? Not sure. I woke up in a certain mood.
It’s neither lunacy nor comedy…the profound will always warp the minds of those who encounter it.
In other words, I was being quite serious when i said that this guy’s insanity is evidence he might know what he’s talking about. OK let me rephrase what i meant: if this guy wasn’t insane, he does not know the meaning of life. Since he is crazy, there is still a chance that he does…granted the odds are overwhelmingly against him!