Brett & Brad
Season 4 · Episode 41
Linguistic Relativity & "SI", Pocatello, the 4th Amendment
About this episode
Brett and Brad start on an extended tangent about 'Linguistic Relativity', a term Brad couldn't recall at the time, that theorizes that the vocabulary and structure of the language(s) you know influence how you fundamentally think and reason about things. Brad ties this to 1984's newspeak and the recent executive order renaming Artificial Intelligence as Super Intelligence. Brett shares the origin of why you don't say "Macbeth" in a theater. After the break, Brett entices you to see the CWRU MFA show, "Pocatello" at Playhouse Square. Finally, Brad discusses the 4th Amendment and discusses one judge's opinion that Flock camera surveillance is unconstitutional.
Brad's notes
- More on Linguistic Relativity, the general name of the topic we start with today.
- Executive Order on renaming Artificial Intelligence Super Intelligence
- Pocatello playing through Oct 17th at Playhouse Square
- Today’s song: The Good Life by Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman
- Pat’s playing at the Agora this Sunday
- Most constitutional info sourced from Constitution Annotated
- Court Case on ALPR: United States v. Kyle, No. 26-CR-00189-SEH (N.D. Okla. Oct. 1, 2026)