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Jun 11, 2016 — Robert Wright & Daniel Kaufman
What makes Bob’s worldview “spiritual”
Scientific arguments for a spiritual discipline
The expanding grounds for intellectual humility
Does evolution have a purpose?
The mystery and value of subjective experience
Is consciousness a scientific problem?
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consciousness
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evolution
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science
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spirituality
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?
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mathematics
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philosophy
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physics
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science
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
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Donald Trump
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politics
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power
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psychology
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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
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consciousness
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Islam
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New Atheists
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religion
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science
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terrorism
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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
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cognitive science
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psychology
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science
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social science
Apr 25, 2016 — Nikita Petrov & Jay Mutzafi
The spectrum of dream awareness
How to start lucid dreaming
Ways to use the virtual reality of your mind
Dream practices in Tibetan Buddhism
Scientific perspectives on lucid dreaming
Inducing lucidity with sound, light, electricity and supplements
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dreaming
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meditation
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Apr 5, 2016 — Robert Wright & Krista Tippett
The origins of Krista’s show, On Being
Considering “spiritual” vs. “religious”
Krista’s new book,
Becoming Wise
Faith, fear, and the flesh
The challenge of loving others
A hopeful vision of the future
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Mar 17, 2016 — Robert Wright & Chris Impey
The unique weirdness of light
Time travel and the theory of relativity
Comparing “emptiness” in physics and Buddhist philosophy
Why Einstein never accepted quantum physics
Can physics really explain why there’s something rather than nothing?
Teaching science to Buddhist monks
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cosmology
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physics
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science
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time
Feb 19, 2016 — Philip Menchaca & Pablo Sender
What is Theosophy?
A Theosophical explanation of psychic phenomena
Do all religions contain the same truth?
Synthesizing religion, philosophy, and science
Is there an ordering force in the universe?
Theosophy’s most important teaching
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meditation
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occult
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philosophy
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religion
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science
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spirituality
Dec 27, 2015 — Robert Wright & John Horgan
John’s new old book,
The End of Science
How grand is the unified theory, really?
Cancer, brain lasers, and other things that matter
Mind-blowing potential of dark energy and dark matter
The mind-body problem
Will science shed any new light on basic philosophical questions?
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mind-body problem
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philosophy
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physics
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Dec 19, 2015 — Robert Wright & Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence on religion’s “most immoral” aspect
A defense of giving offense
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Bob accuses Lawrence of avoiding the key question
Debating whether evolution has directionality
Can science fill religion’s place in people’s lives?
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atheism
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cosmology
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evolution
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New Atheists
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philosophy
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physics
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religion
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Dec 15, 2015 — Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama
Revisiting Frank’s “End of History” thesis
Trump, China, and the threat of illiberal democracy
Frank: The singularity is an “idiotic” idea
Should we fear homemade eugenics?
Why Americans need to improve their moral imaginations
Does religion unite more than it divides?
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Donald Trump
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history
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Oct 16, 2015 — Robert Wright & Lee Smolin
What Lee means when he says “time is fundamental”
Understanding the universe as a network
A (very) tentative theory of consciousness
Did the laws of physics evolve?
Is the universe fine-tuned for the emergence of life?
Applying Lee’s theories of time to everyday life
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consciousness
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cosmology
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evolution
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free will
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physics
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science
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time
Sep 19, 2015 — Robert Wright & Salman Hameed
Why the Quran doesn’t give rise to young-earth arguments
Islam’s relationship with science
The politicization of evolution in Muslim societies
Creationism as an expression of minority identity
The debate among Muslims about evolution
How Richard Dawkins has fueled the rejection of evolution
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colonialism
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evolution
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Islam
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New Atheists
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science
Sep 18, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Glenn Loury
How scientific are the social sciences?
Glenn defends the reliability of economic predictions
The strengths and weaknesses of “natural experiments”
How much does culture affect economic behavior?
New insights from behavioral economics
Dan: We trust the social sciences too much
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economics
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human nature
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philosophy
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psychology
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science
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social science
Aug 29, 2015 — Robert Wright & John Horgan
Is the meaning of life a matter of taste?
Suicidal despair vs. the wonder of existence
John: We must believe in free will
The downsides of free will
Finding meaning in psychedelic experiences
John’s craziest drug trip: “God chewing his fingernails”
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free will
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mysticism
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religion
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science
Aug 28, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
How Bertrand Russell changed Massimo’s life
Russell’s waning influence on philosophy
The legacy of Russell’s “Why I Am Not a Christian”
How Gilbert Ryle turned Dan away from Platonism
Category errors and “knowing how” vs. “knowing that”
Why history is more important in philosophy than in science
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ancient philosophy
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atheism
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history
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philosophy
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religion
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science
Aug 22, 2015 — Robert Wright & Jerusha Lamptey
Why Jerusha doesn’t call her path to Islam a “conversion”
Jerusha: In Islam, science and belief are not in opposition
Constructing a Muslim feminist theology
Taqwa
, the egalitarian idea of “God consciousness”
What the Koran says about the salvation of non-Muslims
Female Muslim scholars are between a rock and a hard place
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Christianity
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gender
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Islam
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religion
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science
Aug 4, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
The “strong AI thesis”: Can a machine think?
Debating the usefulness of the Turing test
Could your brain be swapped with a silicon replica?
Massimo: You’ll never be able to upload your consciousness
Digging into the famous “Chinese room” thought experiment
Dan: Neuroscience won’t solve philosophy of mind puzzles
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biology
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cognitive science
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consciousness
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mind
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philosophy
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science
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technology
Jul 19, 2015 — Robert Wright & David Sloan Wilson
How understanding evolution can improve the real world
Is human nature mismatched to the modern environment?
Why we believe kooky things
“Meaning systems”—religious or secular, everyone’s got one
Can science and religion form a unified meaning system?
David’s latest book,
Does Altruism Exist?
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altruism
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evolution
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genetics
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nationalism
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philosophy
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psychology
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religion
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Richard Dawkins
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science
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self
Jul 8, 2015 — Robert Wright & Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Was Spinoza spiritual but not religious?
Why Rebecca left Orthodox Judaism for atheism
Transcendent experiences within a materialist universe
Is science displacing philosophy?
Finding Plato’s mysticism
Rebecca: In moments of despair, I turn to Spinoza
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ancient philosophy
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Judaism
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mysticism
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philosophy
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religion
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science
Aug 17, 2014 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
The case against “scientism”
Quantum mechanics can’t help us understand a dollar bill
What’s the point of knowledge?
Beyond the Enlightenment
What is science, exactly?
Extrascientific ways of knowing
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philosophy
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physics
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science
Jul 26, 2014 — John Horgan & George Johnson
Prominent physicists bash philosophy
Can materialism explain consciousness?
The problem with Lawrence Krauss’s “universe from nothing”
Why “mathematical mysticism” leaves John cold
Are mathematical truths discovered or invented?
Environmentalists who want more energy usage
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agnosticism
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atheism
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climate change
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consciousness
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cosmology
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Daniel Dennett
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evolution
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mathematics
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physics
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religion
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