Part 1 of the Measurement Problem: The Ideal as a Judge, Gauge Blocks and the Requirement to Measure Up to The Master
The Meaning Code · Karen Wong
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Show Notes
Brad Bilski, a designer of testing equipment, joins The Meaning Code for a discussion of the measurement problem and the need for a covenant between language and truth.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro (reading from Paul Feyerabend's 1975 book, Against Method
04:00 Can facts exist outside of a narrative? A response to John Vervaeke
11:25 Gauge block: "We call it a Master." ANSI
19:45 Calibrations differ; error exists
29:45 Rooted in Christ
31:30 Copenhagen interpretation? Or Many Worlds?
40:30 The sliding scale from mercy to justice
52:15 The dystopian world that arrives if we destroy our ideals
1:00:35 Subjective and objective and the issue of measurement. The limits of our perception
1:10:00 The anomaly is a gift
1:17:30 The focal point creates the meaning. The part must measure up to the Master.