The Bottom Turtle Podcast
Join quantum physicist Dr. Shannon Ray as he reimagines reality using only the concept of information. Each episode is a small part of the larger whole as the hosts build their metaphorical structure for conceptualizing reality. So join us if you're interested in seeing things from a new perspective that you won't find anywhere other than The Bottom Turtle Podcast.
Episodes
39 episodes
Dr. Ray vs. Ray the computer science professor
In this episode, Dr. Ray argues with a computer science professor named Ray about our recent claims of objective ethics. After posting the episode "Making a case for objective ethics" on YouTube, we had some "constructive" criticism in th...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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50:57
Grappling with incompleteness and the nature of subjectivity
In this episode of The Bottom Turtle Podcast, Dr. Ray recites another poem entitled "Inspiration from reading your thesis". As the name suggests, it was a poem inspired by reading the thesis of Reasonable Fideist; A friend of the po...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:04:06
To be conscious: A self analyzing algorithm loop
If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. -James 3:2All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can ...
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Season 4
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4:12
Creating order beyond meta level zero
In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Ray presents another ramble where he discusses creating order at deeper meta levels. In the Bottom Turtle language, meta level zero is the space of the obvious. This is the space where we draw our...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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57:49
Making a Case for Objective Ethics
In this episode, Dr. Ray and Ryan Scott present an argument for the objective truth of ethics. This episode builds on the previous two episodes of the season where the notion of identity is discussed and defined. Foundational to their arg...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:21:07
You are me, I am you
Hello everyone and welcome back to the fourth season. In this episode, we continue our argument on the objective truth of ethics by further discussing the concept of identity. More specifically, we discuss the concept of a universal...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:18:08
Language and Identity
We're back! Welcome to the fourth season of The Bottom Turtle Podcast. In this season of the the podcast, we're shaking things up. First, this season will be focused on the theme of the objective truth of ethics and evil.&nb...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:44:49
The Made in the Image of God Principle and the Foundations of Ethics
Welcome back! In this episode, Dr. Ray discusses how the principle that we are made in the image of God and Jesus’ two commandments, which are (1) we must love God above all else and (2) to love our neighbor as ourself, formulate the foun...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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39:46
It's Turtles All the Way Down is the Correct Answer!
The last utterance of this episode is a citation to: https://thebottomturtlepodcast.buzzsprout.com/1454935/14079529-the-ultimate-abstracti...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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33:02
Purity and The Void
Now we're cooking with gas!Welcome back to the bottom turtle podcast. In this episode, Dr. Ray goes on an epic rant where he discusses the symmetry between art and communication, quantum states as voids consisting of the symmetrie...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:09:45
To Agree or Not to Agree
In this episode, Dr. Ray discusses the role of agreement in creating objective truth. In previous episodes like It's Algebra All the Way Down and It's Context All the Way Down, the host makes the argument that objective truth comes from l...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:31:24
The Ultimate Abstraction
Welcome back to the Bottom Turtle Podcast! In this episode, Dr. Ray recites his poem The Ultimate Abstraction. The theme of the poem is understanding the relationships between paradoxes, abstractions, faith, and truth.
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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49:29
The Many Worlds Interpretation of Buddhism
In this episode, Dr. Ray uses his knowledge of quantum physics to communicate his understanding of Buddhism. The main idea is the concept of symmetries and how it relates to the realm of form in Buddhism. One of the goals is to comm...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:17:19
All as One
In this episode, Dr. Ray takes a critical look at religions and asks the question, what is the code for us to see each other as one? To investigate this question, he discusses the messages of Christianity and Buddhism and how they both di...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:14:53
It's Context All the Way Down
Welcome back! We break our long hiatus with a new episode format entitled Dr. Ray's Rambles. Unfortunately, this will be the first episode without our cohost Oyani Onimiya. Oyani has left the show to pursue his dreams and ambi...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:13:50
An African American Perspective
In this episode, Oyani and Shannon discuss their experiences as black men in America. Oyani gives his perspective as a young man who grew up in Nigeria and moved to the U.S. later in life, and Shannon gives his perspective growing up in Kansas....
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:43:20
The Faith Component
Welcome back to the third season of The Bottom Turtle Podcast! We kick off this season with a discussion about the necessity of faith when worshipping one’s god. Like our episode “What is the Matrix”, we talk about how faith is need...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:14:45
SE2 Finale: Love, Worship, and Gods
In this episode, Oyani and Dr. Ray discuss their views on the concept of God and the idea that love is worship. They also discuss their experiences with Christianity and how it has impacted their views on religion. To ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:50:08
The Space of Speculation
In this episode, Dr. Ray and Oyani discuss the consequences of speculating and what it means to speculate meaningfully. As minds, we are forced to make judgements based on partial information, but how we choose to speculate affects our pe...
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Season 2
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1:08:58
It's Algebra All The Way Down
In this episode Dr Ray and Oyani Discuss Algebra, Coarse-Graining and Surfaces of Ignorance using a recently finished paper written by Dr Ray.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:22:46
What is The Matrix?
In this episode, Dr. Ray and Oyani discuss the importance of faith when actualizing your optimal self using The Matrix, Evangelion, and mixed martial arts. In their review of the Matrix, the hosts discuss the importance of Neo and why he’...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:22:19
Art, Meaning, and Computational Resources
Welcome to the Bottom Turtle Podcast! In this episode, Quantum Physicist Shannon Ray and Visual Designer Oyani Onimiya discuss what it means to sacrifice for one’s art and the value of creating. They discuss the value of art i...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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56:17
Liberals and Conservatives
In this week's episode, Dr Ray and Oyani, discuss The Liberal and Conservative spirits from a non-political perspective. We discuss what the extreme versions of these spirits look like and why finding harmony between both spirits should be the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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59:17
Archetypes and Eternal Spirits
In this episode, Oyani and Dr. Ray discuss the concept of eternal spirits using Jungian archetypes and the concept of pointing as introduced in the previous episode "Pointing in the Continuum". In their discussion, they define eternal spi...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:10:08