Andrew (host)

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6,033 appearances 22 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 17 Aug

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Send Me To Sleep · Send Me To Sleep | Libraries · 14 Aug 2026 podcast

billion years old, thereabouts. voice-verified

This is literal information that one can take in as long as you accept it. voice-verified

And that would be a part of cultural and personal context too. voice-verified

The knowledge or information, we'll get on to that discussion, that one has pre-existing up to the date that you are beginning to read the text. voice-verified

So your interpretation of that text and the information contained within voice-verified

will be at odds or you know in conflict in constant conflict or regular check-in I suppose with the information or knowledge that you happen to already have in your mind at that point so for example in this learning of the age of the universe if you grew up in a voice-verified

an orthodox christian society and perhaps at this stage believed that the earth was much younger than that you may look at this piece of information with great skepticism because of your pre-existing context and pre-existing knowledge but perhaps on a deeper level than that you may have had experiences in your life voice-verified

through people perhaps you respect and love who have raised you that give you this unspeakable perhaps subconscious wonder to the lens through which you look at life i.e. voice-verified

perhaps we could call it a mysticism towards the universe and voice-verified

learning something and taking on a fact like the universe being 14 billion years old might then with it voice-verified

have accompanied a feeling of wonder a feeling of awe towards the universe and that then adds a little bit to the lens through which you look at the universe to know that it is very very old gives you a sense of perhaps reverence to the universe voice-verified

based upon those specific experiences and ways of looking at the world you've learned. voice-verified

In contrast, you may be someone who has been around more people in their life who have an analytical mind, a literal mind. voice-verified

Perhaps you were raised by an engineer who thinks about things in very practical terms. voice-verified

And to come upon this piece of information would voice-verified

perhaps feel more practical in that sense perhaps also learning or perhaps if you had the context that the earth itself was four billion years old you might begin to think that the universe actually was quite young and you might simply begin to spiral off into other thoughts about voice-verified

wondering how old stars might be or simply wondering how long the universe could live given its current age you might just yearn for more information in order to have an understanding rather than sitting with the information in an awe-filled wonder perhaps voice-verified

That is one small example of how our personal context can influence our understanding of a text. voice-verified

And as I've tried to describe these layers of interpretation to you, you might have seen how I've been very much stumbling between these ideas of information and knowledge. voice-verified

And even as I've tried to describe them and the ways in which I've used these words, it might be a little bit clearer to you voice-verified

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