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May 31, 2016 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo’s new book,
The Nature of Philosophy
Two ways that philosophy and science progress
Logic, mathematics, and the physical world
Does physics depend on mathematics too much?
Comparing mathematics to games and fiction
Why does mathematics describe the real world so well?
May 30, 2016 — Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
A theory of evil that isn’t supernatural
Could “moral imagination” have prevented the Iraq War?
Was saying “We are Charlie Hebdo” a bad idea?
Knowledge as a moral good
How “moral imagination” fits into a larger spiritual worldview
Paul Bloom interrogates Bob
Questions from the audience
May 27, 2016 — Robert Wright & Bernard Beitman
Bernard’s new book
Connecting With Coincidence
Debating whether coincidences are significant
Jungian synchronicity and archetypes
The weird coincidence involving the sun and the moon
Mental states that make coincidences seem meaningful
Should you take guidance from coincidences?
May 25, 2016 — Robert Wright & Dacher Keltner
Dacher’s new book
The Power Paradox
How being nice can make you powerful
Gossip and other ways to keep leaders in check
How getting power can make you mean
The bully politics of Donald Trump
Stories the rich tell themselves
May 23, 2016 — Robert Wright
Why science calls for a new agnosticism
Consciousness seems more mysterious than ever
The intellectual hubris of the “New Atheists”
The holy war against religion
Cognitive biases that fuel tribalism
Questions from the audience
May 19, 2016 — Robert Wright & Hank Peirce
The roots of Unitarian Universalism
Who are the Unitarian Universalists today?
How a Christian church became “post-Christian”
Belief in God is analog not digital
The search for a universal religion
Does embracing all beliefs mean holding no beliefs?
Providing pastoral care to people who have no god
May 16, 2016 — Robert Wright & Anantanand Rambachan
The Hindu philosophy of Advaita Vedanta
The nature of reality according to the
Upanishads
Anant explains “not-two is not one,” the subtitle of his book
Is “unity” in Hinduism the same as “emptiness” in Buddhism?
Comparing Hindu and Buddhist views of suffering
The meaning of “liberation”
Caste in India as an example of religion gone wrong
May 15, 2016 — Annabella Pitkin & Alyson Prude
The
delog
: Himalayan Buddhists who return from the dead
The horrors of Buddhist hell realms
Telling stories about the Buddhist afterlife can be dangerous
Why most
delog
are women
How a
delog
death experience changes your life
What Alyson learned while living among
delog
May 13, 2016 — Philip Menchaca & Troy Campbell
A few theories about climate science skeptics
Troy’s “solution aversion” theory
Testing beliefs in the lab
Ideology as identity
How do you convince people that your cause is right?
When you should get aggressive with your message
May 12, 2016 — Daniel Engber & Robert Kurzban
Is willpower a limited resource?
When scientific results can’t be replicated
“The bigger the idea, the less I trust it”
Where has science gone wrong?
The legacy of bad ideas
Separating good science from bad
May 10, 2016 — David Kyuman Kim & John Jackson
How does it feel to be a problem?
In praise of discomfort
Empathy isn’t enough
Confronting difference
Confronting power
“To love well is to risk”
May 6, 2016 — David Bryce Yaden & Roland Griffiths
The road to scientific study of psilocybin
The dark side of psilocybin use
Spiritual experience is difficult to define—or miss
Flavors of unity and sacredness
Using psilocybin to give up smoking
May 3, 2016 — Philip Menchaca & Jenny Butler
The diversity of Pagan beliefs
What happens during a Pagan ritual?
Magic!
Putting the Irish in Irish Paganism
Environmentalism as a spiritual practice
Why study Paganism?
May 2, 2016 — Robert Wright & Anne Klaeysen
New Atheists focus on belief, religious humanists on behavior
Origins of the Ethical Culture movement
Why do atheists and agnostics join congregations?
What does a non-theistic Sunday service look like?
What is the demographic of humanist churches?
Filling the void of lost religion
May 1, 2016 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
The ethics of eating
Why Massimo changed his eating habits
The problem with utilitarianism
Morality from a virtue-ethics perspective
Considering ethical obligations
Are some virtues more important than others?
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