High IQ college lectures on YT

[SwiftQuill]

I highly recommend this playlist to those who like listening to college lectures on YT. Really high quality, informative and even somewhat entertaining lectures on Intro to Psych.

Do you guys know of similar playlists on other subjects? I'm particularly interested in anything related to art and literature. What's a shame is many lectures on YT have bad audio recording which ruins the experience. And some professors are too boring.

[Puer Aeternus]

Great find! I've been meaning to review basic psych stuff anyways.

 

I really like Robert Sapolsky's lecture series. From ages ago, but the audio quality is decent enough. He's very intelligent and his presentations are not only thought provoking but also entertaining (to me at least).

 

Here's the first of the series (25 lectures):

 

Edited May 23 by Puer Aeternus

[SwiftQuill]

@Puer Aeternus already seen that one as well lol. I like Sapolsky but I get annoyed with the hyper materialistic perspective.

"Everything you are is genetics and chemicals in your brain."

Kind of a buzz kill.

Currently I'm gaining interest in Greek tragedy so I'm looking for lectures on that topic.

[Puer Aeternus]

@SwiftQuill Yeah that's a fair criticism, I honestly just ignore it and sort out the good stuff.

 

Interesting, Greek tragedy? You mean like theatre?

[SwiftQuill]

@Puer Aeternus yes theater plays.

Greek plays were both a form of entertainment and spirituality. To them it wasn't equivalent to us going to the movies. Each play, each story had a lesson. These lessons revolved around harsh moral truths, and lessons about punishment, regret, and suffering. 

They were called "tragedies" because they had either bad or bittersweet endings. This is because the purpose was to reflect the harshness of life.

A "comedy" on the other hand was a story with a good ending (not necessarily about humor).

The plots in some of these plays were beautiful, in terms of literature. I recently read one which had an interesting plot twist.

These plays were also often about Greek mythology. So the stories weren't always original.

Imagine if each time you went to see a movie in the theater, 90% of the time the movie was about one of the stories from the bible?

That's their concept of Greek plays. They were related to their religion. Fascinating stuff. In terms of history, spirituality, and literature.

But of course the lessons were also super harsh, stage blue levels of cruelty. I was a bit disgusted with how morbid the last play I read ended lol.

Edited May 23 by SwiftQuill

[Puer Aeternus]

@SwiftQuill That sounds really, REALLY interesting actually. Thanks for mentioning I'll have to look into that.

 

I do now loathe the predictable, corny, inevitable happy endings of modern movies. So this should be a breath of fresh air. Loaded with like you said lots of history and spirituality. I don't mind some harshness.

 

Do you have any plays in particular you'd recommend? 

[SwiftQuill]

@Puer Aeternus I only got into this topic very recently. The only Greek tragedy I read about is Oedipus Rex.

I read the summary of it, but I'll read or listen to the full version of it soon.

I can't tell you anything about the story because it's one of those that has plot twists so it would ruin the experience.

Or maybe I'll watch one of the reenactments on YT.

[Cireeric]

4 hours ago, SwiftQuill said:

@Puer Aeternus yes theater plays.

Greek plays were both a form of entertainment and spirituality. To them it wasn't equivalent for us to go to the movies. Each play, each story had a lesson. These lessons devolved around harsh moral truths, and lessons about punishment, regret, and suffering. 

They were called "tragedies" because they had either bad or bittersweet endings. This is because the purpose was to reflect the harshness of life.

A "comedy" on the other hand was a story with a good ending (not necessarily about humor).

The plots in some of these plays were beautiful, in terms of literature. I recently read one which had an interesting plot twist.

These plays were also often about Greek mythology. So the stories weren't always original.

Imagine if each time you went to see a movie in the theater, 90% of the time the movie was about one of the stories from the bible?

That's their concept of Greek plays. They were related to their religion. Fascinating stuff. In terms of history, spirituality, and literature.

But of course the lessons were also super harsh, stage blue levels of cruelty. I was a bit disgusted with how morbid the last play I read ended lol.

Nice! You should check out Nietzsches "The Birth of Tragedy" then, he is probably the greatest contender for greek tragedy: