Episode notes
By the end of this episode, you’ll see how René Descartes — sitting alone by candlelight in the 1600s — questioned everything: the world, his senses, even his own body. From this radical doubt, he discovered the one truth that cannot be destroyed: Cogito, ergo sum — I think, therefore I am.
Descartes gave us Methodic Doubt, Rationalism, and the idea of a Mechanistic Universe, reshaping science, philosophy, and even the questions driving AI today. His legacy asks you: If everything you see could be an illusion, what’s real?
Doubt is not destruction — it’s courage. Awareness is the spark proving you exist. You think. Therefore, you are.
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