The Ship of Theseus: How Do You Know You’re Real? | Odd Salon IMPOSTER 6/7
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 09/10/2017

How do you know you are who you say you are? Presenting an exploration of the problem of identity from the Greeks to Relativity, we'll explore what makes us ourselves, as well as one paradox & thought experiment involving SHIPS.

Matt Mills ~ The Ship of Theseus: How Do You Know You’re Real?

Odd Salon: IMPOSTER: Stories of cunning charlatans & mischievous mountebanks, fakes, frauds & great pretenders. 

Recorded live 11/3/2017 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Michael Brodhead 

Camera: John Adams
Edit/Post production: John Adams
Sound: Steen
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