The Endless Knot
We discuss etymology, history, literature, science, and language, and the connections between them.
We chat about stories, myth, and cognition -- and some of the ways narrative shapes our understanding of the world around us. Includes more Doctor Who talk, and some Latin and Old English.
The Latin word novi, from nosco
"The Storytelling Animal" by Jonathan Gottschall
As We Like It: A podcast about film adaptations of Shakespeare
We discuss Plato's views on writing, the effects of technology and relationships on memory, and the naming, origin, and mythology of Pluto.
We discuss and play "A Detective Story" (6'40'' - 20'40''), touching on Sir Gawain, Sherlock Holmes, memory palaces, and other ways to remember things.
"A Detective Story" blogpost has more information and relevant links.
"Sir Gawain & the Green Knight" at The Toast by Mallory Ortberg, @Mallelis (I mixed up her name, sorry!)
The opening quotation in the video is from "A Scandal in Bohemia"
The text of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
The cognitive science heptagram
The "Method of Loci" or Memory Palace
The "Sherlock" episode about the blackmailer: His Last Vow (3.3), loosely based on the Doyle story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"
Plato quoting Socrates in the Phaedrus, arguing that the invention of writing led to forgetfulness