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- Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:37 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
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Re: New series of podcasts
Finally, we have reached the last episode of my new “Not 42” series of podcasts. In this episode, I will return to the question of God, and I will try to show why theism is incredibly dangerous. Another question discussed is whether our species might be “terminally ill with the genetic disease of pa...
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:54 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
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Is patriotism a good thing? Could it be that Vladimir Putin is really a soft, soppy, old sentimentalist? In the penultimate episode of the “Not 42”, series of podcasts, “Putin, Patriotism and Peacocks”, we will find out. In this episode I’m going to explore what I’ve called human “deep nature” and w...
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:51 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
- Replies: 16
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Interesting topics, I may indulge. Do you use the word Supervenience in the podcast on consciousness? And epistemology in the podcast on Truth? I'll return if something catches my ear, thanks for the content. Thanks, Interbane, I would certainly welcome any comments you would want to make. I don't ...
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:32 am
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Midterm thoughts
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Re: Midterm thoughts
From here across the pond, the results of particular states don't get much coverage beyond the fact that they went red, or blue. Interesting to see how strong the Democratic fightback seems to be. For me the election denial and especially the Capitol riots should be the end of Trump, in the minds of...
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:17 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Winston Churchill Quotes
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Here's a humorous one: One evening, Churchill is supposed to have encountered the politician, Bessie Braddock. She is supposed to have said: "Sir, you are drunk!" To which Churchill is supposed to have replied: "Yes, Madam, and you are ugly, but in the morning, I will be sober!" ...
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:07 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
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This is where the podcasts get controversial… and spicy. Here’s a scary thought: Do we have a genetically imposed “Deep Nature” that makes us think, believe and act in certain ways? Do we think the way we do because we are animals, and our kind of animal was programmed to think like this? What about...
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:21 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
- Replies: 16
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This is where the podcasts get controversial… and spicy. Here’s a scary thought: Do we have a genetically imposed “Deep Nature” that makes us think, believe and act in certain ways? Do we think the way we do because we are animals, and our kind of animal was programmed to think like this? What about...
- Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:39 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
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Re: New series of podcasts
What is Consciousness?
How does it relate to the physical structure of our brains?
Can science explain - will it ever explain - consciousness?
The next episode in my series of podcasts: “The Consciousness Problem” is live now:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2001904/11261685
How does it relate to the physical structure of our brains?
Can science explain - will it ever explain - consciousness?
The next episode in my series of podcasts: “The Consciousness Problem” is live now:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2001904/11261685
- Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:26 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
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Could this creature be Nova? This animal, metaspriggina, lived in the mid-Cambrian. So it could be, but maybe a bit late for Nova. The fossil evidence from before that time is not so good: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metaspriggina_NT_small.jpg#/media/File:Metaspriggina_NT_small.jpg I di...
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 6:09 am
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: New series of podcasts
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Here's the next episode: You’ll want to listen to this one! Where did meaning come from in the universe? Why am I claiming that the little creature I’ve called Nova, was far and away the most important animal ever to have lived? Could she really have fundamentally changed our world, and perhaps even...