Does Entropy Explain Beauty? (12 min clip)

multiversity (42)in #philosophy • 5 years ago (edited)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; or is it? In this clip, students of the Multiversity dive into the science and philosophy of aesthetics to debate whether beauty is subjective or objective, and what entropy has to do with it.

Can low entropy explain why we find art, young people and scientific achievement beautiful? Or is it possible to find beauty in chaos, destruction, and the bittersweet feeling of knowing that everything is finite? Join us as we travel through Alex Gray’s oeuvres, Jackson Pollock’s works, and the flaming vistas of Burning Man.

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The Multiversity Project is a podcast for higher dimensional education. Join your hosts Arielle, Chris, Kurt, and Katy as we explore philosophy and the multiverse, and uncover the strangeness within.