Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea We all know who Harry Potter is, and can conjure an image of him in our minds. There are specific properties that make a Harry THE Harry (glasses, scar, wand, etc), so it's safe to say that we're all sharing a consistent idea. But do these physical properties mean that Harry Potter EXISTS? Harry Potter doesn't have a physical referent, but the fact that we collectively KNOW Harry Potter (or Hermoine, Ron, or even Batman for that matter), doesn't that mean there's SOME SORT of existence? Watch the episode and find out! On WotW Faked Outrage: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.html More from Mike & Anthony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orxQ23MeDw TRANSLATE THINGS @ http://ideachannel.subtitl.us/ ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Sources Kripke - Naming and Necessity Kripke - Vacuous Names and Fictional Entites Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosphy: Fiction -- plato.stanford.edu/entries/fiction/ ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Level 5: Room for the Homeless http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Binaerpilot "Geeks" http://bit.ly/10N0UBf "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Chiptune - Kenzalol http://bit.ly/15vKwpN ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Tweets of the Week: https://twitter.com/SimonBoba/status/437394259721740288 https://twitter.com/thepipsqueaks/status/437038200607866880 Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq And the Idea Channel Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/1eVl4vP ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? What is Fiction (ft. War of the Worlds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsXG8od4Ss What's The Deal With Unboxing Videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA Why Do We Hate Selfies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j7SIxMGj5Q