Wandering Stoic: Recent Episodes
Frank Mosher
This is the Wandering Stoic podcast. A place where I talk about Stoicism, Confucianism, politics, history, and culture.
Currently living in Taiwan, studying history, anthropology, and philosophy. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wandering-stoic/support
In this episode I talk about abductive reasoning vs inductive and deductive reasoning, and I present my argument for why it is unrealistic to think that Russian disinformation did not influence the 2016 election.
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I talk about why Taiwan is similar to JRR Tolkien's Hobbiton, and how Taiwan can save the world too!
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I talk about the foundation of morality, how we justify harm, what it means to be a hero, and where evil comes from. I argue for what I claim is the universal nature of morality, an objective moral foundation that is an emergent property of our brains.
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What is Libertarian Socialism? Is that a contradiction? I talk about history, how socialism became popular, and what Libertarian Socialism means to me.
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I address the current controversy around Elizabeth Warren's plan for how to pay for Medicare for All. I read from a few articles, but mostly read directly from Elizabeth Warren's plan, providing commentary and analysis on it as I go.
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I talk about what might have stopped China from developing the scientific method, and even brought innovation to a halt.
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In this episode I talk about the development of science from antiquity, and how far from being a product of Europe and Greek philosophy, China played a huge part in it.
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What is political correctness? Is free speech under attack? Must we always walk on eggshells so we don't offend people? Or is there something more to it?
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What is scientism? Should we be worried about it?
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I talk about taxes, justification for a progressive tax rate, and dramatically cutting taxes for small businesses.
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I begin by talking about universal morality, but as usual I'm all over the place.
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I talk about when and where socialism has worked.
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I talk about when we set fallacious standards for evidence. And Covington Catholic High School.
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Are most people good? Are they evil? Do good people do bad things? What attitude should we approach the world with? Does democracy work?
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I talk about some of the history of Socialism, and the various policies socialists have advocated for. I attempt to correct some of the narrow interpretations of it, and get at the heart of what is driving socialist thought. I also present some of my policy suggestions.
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Archived episode where I ramble about how beautiful Switzerland is, before diving into the Just World Fallacy... In this episode I talk about how gorgeous Switzerland is... and then I talk about the Just World Delusion and compassion.
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Archived episode from the early days of the podcast. A loose dialogue between Hui-Chun and I about suffering from a kidney stone while camping outside a small village in Mongolia....This episode I'm joined by Hui-Chun as we talk about the last 24 hours dealing with my kidney stone! There is a long pause before the audio starts
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