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Nov 30, 2015 — Robert Wright & Steven Pinker
Why humans are becoming less violent
The dark side of our moral sense
Just how deluded are we?
Bob tries to get Steve to say something nice about religion
How science gives Steve’s life meaning
The problem with “evil”
Nov 28, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Dan questions the rationale for a liberal arts education
Massimo defends the liberal arts
Does studying the humanities make you a better citizen?
Campus protesters with a little learning
Valuing the liberal arts for their own sake
Massimo: The humanities are dangerous
Nov 23, 2015 — Robert Wright & David Carr
How personal trauma inspired David’s book on trauma and the Bible
Ancient Israel’s transition from polytheism to “monolatry”
The Babylonian exile and the birth of Abrahamic monotheism
The link between trauma and God’s covenant with Israel
Why the crucifixion of Jesus shocked his followers
Why have Biblical texts survived?
Nov 22, 2015 — Robert Wright & Greg Snyder
Greg’s work teaching Zen meditation to Brooklyn teens
How Greg went from anger to Zen
What young people learn from meditation
Comparing Zen with other branches of Buddhism
The experience of “emptiness” through meditation
What’s the purpose of Zen koans?
Nov 20, 2015 — Robert Wright & Paul Knitter
A Catholic questions whether Jesus is the “one and only savior”
How Paul integrates Buddhism and Christianity
Paul: Jesus, like the Buddha, “fully woke up”
How “interbeing” leads to loving thy neighbor
Meditation, the Eucharist, and the feeling that “all is well”
Paul: Peace in the world starts with peace within yourself
Nov 16, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Leslie Baynes
Digging into C. S. Lewis’s “Liar, Lunatic, or Lord” argument
Did Jesus assert his own divinity?
Unpacking “son of God” and “son of man”
The Jesus of John vs. the Jesus of Mark
How to use the New Testament as a historical document
Why Leslie, a Christian, wants to rebut Lewis’s apologetic
Nov 15, 2015 — David Bryce Yaden & David Vago
Science and mindfulness meditation
Dave: “Self” and “other” are societal constructs
Teaching cognitive neuroscience to Tibetan monks
Understanding the self as “500 milliseconds of selfing”
Are mindfulness and creativity in conflict?
New technology to facilitate meditation
Nov 14, 2015 — Robert Wright & Jonah Goldberg
Finding meaning in faith and family
How to be political yet non-tribal
Friendship as a source of corruption
What Donald Trump gets wrong about the value of money
Our special connection with dogs
On confronting the inevitability of death
Nov 9, 2015 — Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman
Oliver’s book on happiness and negativity,
The Antidote
What’s the worst that could happen? Imagine it!
Similarities between Stoicism and Buddhism
What our fear of death is really about
What’s the connection between money and happiness?
Why you should “hang out” in negative situations
Nov 5, 2015 — Robert Wright & Gregory Hickok
The theory of mirror neurons…
…and why Greg believes this theory is wrong
How the mirror neuron theory became so popular
Explaining “embodied cognition”
Quantum physics and our perception of reality
Is consciousness a fundamental property of the universe?
Nov 1, 2015 — Robert Wright & Jeffrey Schloss
Jeff reviews Jerry Coyne’s book,
Faith vs. Fact
How likely was the evolution of intelligent life?
A contradiction in Coyne’s case against divine purpose
Bob argues for a materialist teleology
Are there true moral facts, or just rules that work?
Is moral judgment an evolutionary “spandrel”?
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