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Actions have consequences, but how important is this to moral reasoning? Some people think the only thing that matters is consequences. Others think consequences are an important incentive to make people question their choices.
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Consciousness is perhaps the most mysterious concept in all of philosophy. If it weren't for the fact that we possess it, we probably wouldn't even know it exists. People have been arguing about it since the very beginning of philosophy. This week, although we have been talking about it privately for years, we are bringing our arguments public so you can share in the frustration of this slippery idea.
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The ultimate paradox of freedom is the freedom to sign away your own liberty. This week, we consider the implications of such an ability and question whether it's really possible in a free society.
Louis Rossmann video about the FTC non-compete ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Vq83ua1Gs
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There is somewhat of a culture struggle between those who want to see humans venture out into space and explore the galaxy and those who instead want to focus on a simple life and resourcefulness here on Earth. This week, we contemplate the ramifications of either of these choices.
Apologies for audio issues this week. We had some technical difficulties in the studio, so you might hear a couple of drop-outs.
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Media hysteria aside, most of the time, our modern democratic societies feel like they could continue for a very long time. Yet, throughout history, societies come and go like the blink of an eye. What forms of government are stable enough to stand the test of time?
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This week, we discuss why most people don't really care about what's going on politically, and how the people who do care make life worse for the rest of us.
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This week, David's mad that the kids are coming up with words for things that don't need them. Is it really just the kids that are doing it, though? And are the names really unnecessary?
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This week, we discuss the implications of the commodification of influence and the personal character of so-called "influencers".
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Employers and employees have differing ideas of what makes a good employee. This week, we examine this dynamic and what sorts of tensions it causes in the workplace and the job market.
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It seems the question underlying all political discussion is that of fairness. This week, we consider the question of fairness and some of the weird decisions Western democracies have made in pursuit of fairness.
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Have you ever neglected a responsibility or moral urge because you felt you had already done enough good that day? This week, we explore some concepts of transactional morality and moral licensing.
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This week, we explore the subject of struggling, specifically the value our culture places upon it. Is it really virtuous to struggle, suffer, and sacrifice, or is this just a common trait of other virtuous behavior?
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This week, we consider the odd relationship between the people of the past (who set government policies), the government of today (who must carry out those policies), and the people of today (who may not like them anymore).
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This week, we talk about some real philosophy: what's real, and what do we think is real that we really just decided?
a better way to count: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qID2B4MK7Y0
the best way to count: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDDaEVcwIJM
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If you're confused by the title, you'll understand within the first 11 minutes of the show.
This week, we revisit the topic of justice. Rather than enumerating the various goals and conceptions of justice, we instead explore hypothetical situations to see how people's intuitions and feelings led us to the systems of justice we see today.
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In today's technological world, it's easy for people to blame our problems on technology and long for the world of the past. This week, we discuss the problems with glorifying "nature".
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Warning: we spend a fair amount of time discussing video games in this episode.
This week, we got talking about how game developers try to do everything when the classics all stick to a core concept. This led us into the broader topic of keeping things simple versus trying to be everything.
David's favorite performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrR1nCsvDNg
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What are friends for? This week's topic is the nature of friendship and why it's so hard to adults to make new friends.
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This week, we discuss issues with the status quo of science funding and propose an alternative which prioritizes results.
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Atheism is not a religion. Nevertheless, it competes with religions in the culture. This week, we discuss the subject of whether or not atheists ought to do their own sort of evangelism.
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Democracy is sold on the principle that people will choose representatives that align with their views. It turns out this is true, too true. Politicians quickly figure out that the winning strategy is to pick winners and losers to win over a critical mass of votes at the expense of a society worth living in.
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This week, we discuss the origins and nature of holidays, as well as the concept of duty, which is usually foregone on holidays.
Historia Civilis video about Saturnalia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OImabGvoQNs
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This week, we revisit Eliezer Yudkowsky in another essay entitled The Sin of Underconfidence. This essay explores the tendency for intelligent people to be too humble.
Read for yourself: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pkFazhcTErMw7TFtT/the-sin-of-underconfidence
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This week, we read and respond to an essay regarding online forum moderation and how the goal of maintaining a community worth being in is at odds with our academic intuition that censorship is evil.
Well-Kept Gardens Die by Pacifism: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism
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This week, we contemplate an interesting case of someone changing their public identity for explicitly political reasons. We look further into a well-known historical movement of this sort and get distracted along the way.
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Violence is generally prohibited in civil society, but everyone seems to have a different idea of what qualifies as violence. This week, we analyze the meaning of violence and whether certain forms of political protest qualify.
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This week, we learn about the philosophy of Henry George, who believed that a single tax on land value would be sufficient for all of society.
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This week, we ponder the reasons why certain European countries are considering new blasphemy laws and the consequences these sorts of laws bring for generations to follow.
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Last week, we answered the first half of the DozenValues quiz. This week, we finish up and analyze the results.
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This week, Joe and David take the DozenValues political test and discuss the very meanings of the questions. This is part 1, in which the first half of the test is completed.
See the quiz for yourself: https://quark88.github.io/dozenvalues/index.html
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We are generally anti-war on this show, but this week we decided to entertain the question of when war is truly warranted. Essentially: when would a libertarian declare war?
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Nobody seems to like salespeople, not even other salespeople. This week, we take a look at the qualities of salespeople that make them so hated and whether or not we could ever have a world without them.
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When we think about societies, we tend to think only of human societies, but many other animals have their own sorts of societies. One type that seems to captivate zoologists and philosophers alike is eusociality. This week, we discuss what eusociality might look like for humans, whether it could even happen, and a slightly related topic: eugenics.
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The very fabric of our universe has inherent limits, and so too does human creativity. What are the implications of running up against these limits?
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What does it mean to waste one's time, and why do we judge one another for doing it?
RuneScape documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpPJY-xdA3M
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There is a phenomenon in online communities known as the Eternal September in which an existing culture is overrun and destroyed as a result of rapid popularity or accessibility. This week, we discuss this phenomenon, its practical effects, and whether this is even a bad thing in the first place.
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The internet has enabled people of obscure ideologies to find and encourage one another. Some people think this is counterproductive to progress. This week, our thoughts on the matter.
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What do people mean when they talk about leadership? What distinguishes a leader from a boss? Is leadership itself a skill, or is it merely emergent from expertise?
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This week, we discuss the ideal of volunteer or citizen politicians and why we are instead ruled by people whose only life experience is ruling over others.
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This week, we discuss what it means for an economy to be sustainable, how our current economy is looking in that respect, and what a sustainable free market would look like.
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It seems that for just about everything people are interested in, a culture forms around it to which people end up conforming. This week, we explore some categories for which we think this shouldn't happen and why we think so.
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There's a lot of activity online that people would like to prevent, from the mildly distressing to the utterly abhorrent. This week, we discuss the fundamentals of the Internet that make it so hard for governments to control.
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The internet seems to be saturated with self-proclaimed experts. This week, we discuss some examples and their techniques.
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This week, we discuss how financial and economic illiteracy in a democracy cause the system to implode.
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In decades past, "selling out" was considered a great human failing, sacrificing genuine emotion and creativity for money. These days, it's more and more common for ordinary people to try to monetize their very lives and create a personal brand. This week, we discuss the history and progression of this phenomenon and consider its impact on the personal lives of those involved.
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History shows us that people tend to become much more accepting of authoritarianism during a societal crisis. This week, we discuss why this happens and our thoughts about whether this is a healthy part of human psychology.
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One of the defining characteristics of "big government" is the scope of its jurisdiction. Many proponents of smaller government wish to start by placing more focus on local laws than national laws. This week, we discuss the merits and drawbacks of local and global laws.
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It seems like we have a lot of problems in society with easy solutions that nobody seems to be trying. We hear cries time and time again to "do something" about these problems. This week, we discuss the human tendency to propose seemingly obvious solutions that never seem to work out in practice.
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In a slight departure from our usual subject matter, this week we talk about the meaning of success in our society, how people try to achieve it, and why it often goes awry.
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It seems that all forms of government other than monarchies and dictatorships are structured as they are in order to avoid devolving into a dictatorship themselves. Why is dictatorship the default state of government, and is there anything we can do about it?
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Sometimes it's fun to imagine how scenarios might play out in a society that fully adopted a certain ideology. This week, we do some thought experiments about "ideal" communist, fascist, and democratic societies.
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We promise this is the last one. This week, we take an overview of "critical theory" as it relates to postmodernist thought.
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This is our second episode about postmodernism, in which we discuss the implications of diluting language and how a society might fail if most of its members adopted postmodernist thinking.
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People talk (and often complain) about postmodernist thinking. This week, we discuss some of the tenets of postmodernism and modernism which came before it.
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This week, we finally introduce our favorite contentious topic to the show. We begin by discussing the limits of science in exploring consciousness, followed by an argument about the very nature of consciousness, and finally David diagnoses Joe with visual aphantasia.
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This week, we discuss so-called megaprojects. In particular, a city called Telosa that a billionaire intends to build and implement a system he calls Equitism. We briefly discuss Georgism, which is the clear inspiration for this system, as well as parallel ideas of detaching from mainstream society to live by different rules.
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This week, we take a look at a less known vision for the aesthetic of the future: solarpunk. This vision revolves around sustainable energy and consumption as well as harmony with nature.
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What differentiates a bad deal from a scam? This week, we discuss our history with scams and ways you can identify scams in the wild.
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We can hardly believe it: 200 episodes of Fauxlosophers. This week, we take a look back at the last 100 episodes and decide our favorites, discuss the history of the show's production, and announce an upcoming change.
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This week, we respond to the notion that nothing significant has been invented since the mainstream take-off of computers.
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The concept of land ownership is quite well established in today's societies, but it wasn't always this way. This week, we explore the conditions that created this concept and the later philosophical justifications given for it. Finally we confront the most meaningful question: do you actually own anything?
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This week, we continue our last episode discussing dogma in liberal/progressive culture.
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A couple of weeks ago, we talked about some contradictions in conservative logic and culture. This episode, we consider a few undeniable dogmas in today's liberal culture.
Soft White Underbelly's interview with a Klan member: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN6Sb4SrK4c
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In this episode, we discuss various causes of homelessness, a more effective method for reducing it, and whether it is truly a problem in the first place.
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This week, we examine some quirks of modern conservatism that appear to be contradictory under scrutiny, many of which seem to be a product of how liberal values have become traditional in America.
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AI technology has reached the point of producing creative works much sooner than was anticipated by speculators. This week, we consider the impact this will have on the existence and role of working artists in the near future and a proposal for how to help today's working artists during the transition.
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We the Hosts of the Fauxlosophers podcast, in order to cement our status as old and cringe, have decided to undertake the task of analyzing a meme word in a philosophical context. In particular, "based" as well as its apparent counterpart "woke". What do these terms mean in practice, and are they detrimental to thoughtful discussion?
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It is a common criticism of government subsidies that if something is not profitable, it must not be that important. This week, we consider this proposition and a few examples of things most people consider to be important that are not always profitable.
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This week, we consider the implications of the notions of "punching down/up". Is this double standard reasonable, and should we hold people accountable for directing others to behave badly?
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For some reason, people feel that money cheapens the authenticity of various activities, including relationships and art. This week, we explore this psychology and contemplate various scenarios in which the involvement of money is looked down upon.
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This is another episode on the topic of how to argue, or in this case how not to. In this installment, we explore various things people have to say when their debate opponent is apparently making a point against their position.
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Boredom is one of the worst feelings one can experience, and despite the fact that there are more things than ever to do today, people still find themselves bored. This week, we explore the causes of boredom and the ways you can better occupy your time and improve your life.
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This week, we reflect on how the web has changed over the past two decades. David thinks it was better before.
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Human ideas about ethics have changed throughout history. This week, we contemplate some ways ethics is likely to change in the future.
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It's no secret to long-time listeners that we have strong opinions about communism. This week, we finally dedicate a proper episode to our feelings about it and our reasoning behind those feelings.
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Finally, the much dreaded and anticipated episode in which we discuss children, infamous destroyers of all elegant philosophical theories. Join us as we ponder our own childhood experiences and why children aren't people.
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This week, we contemplate the situation old folks find themselves in and the reasons that younger people care for them.
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The very existence of our legal system has given rise to some peripheral occupations that wouldn't otherwise exist. This week, we discuss bail bondsmen, attorneys, and private prisons.
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Some people say that comedians are the philosophers of our time, the great source of truth in a society where nobody feels safe to speak their mind. Others say that comedians are callous and have no place in polite society. Is there truth to either of these? This week, we explore a bit of the history of comedy and contemplate the value of comedians today.
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Activism is considered virtuous in basically all democratic societies, but is it really a positive thing? What does it really mean to be an activist, and are some types of activism more impactful than others? And if not through activism, how can you make a positive impact on your community?
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Is interstellar government even possible? What kind of people would be willing to leave behind their home planet forever? And worst of all: what happens when you can no longer get the latest baseball updates from space?
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Chivalry is dead, but what it ever really common in the first place? What does it mean to be honorable, and is it fair for society to hold you to that standard? This week, we discuss the function of honor and the visceral pleasure of predicting failure.
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This week, we discuss the question of whether anything is truly an accident and the role insurance companies play in deciding this.
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"We choose to go to the moon and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard." Why do we value doing things that are difficult? Why should it matter how much effort went into doing something if the outcome is the same? People tend to think differently about this depending on the context. This week, we discuss a way of measuring the difficulty of an achievement and weigh it against various things people are impressed with.
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It seems everyone and everything is fascist these days. What even is fascism, and is it really all that different from communism?
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No society lasts forever, and these days it seems like more and more people feel that we are on the verge of collapsing ourselves. What does it really mean for a society to collapse? Is it all that bad?
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This week, we discuss the meaning of marriage and whether no-fault divorces should be allowed.
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Most cities in North America are designed for automobiles as the primary means of transportation. There are many who complain that this design makes cities less safe and less accessible. Is this true? And how does this relate to why children don't play outside anymore?
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Birth rates in the West are declining. At this point, the local population doesn't have enough children even to replace itself, and economies are kept stable by immigration. Is this a problem? If so, what can even be done about it?
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This week, we consider some of the reasons people give why a government is necessary and the services an ideal government should provide.
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We've talked before about needs. A related topic is wants, but people often have trouble getting hold of what they mean when they say they want something. This week, we explore the meaning of wants as well as some philosophy of when it may or may not be acceptable to want.
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Do you believe in democracy? What gives it its legitimacy over any other form of government? How could we have it any other way? These questions and a few tangents explored in this episode.
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Are you entitled to have your needs met by society? What even is a need anyway? And what does it mean to have a vote?
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Especially in the time of the Internet, the rapid spread of misinformation can create great dangers for society and the people living in it. How do we characterize and deal with misinformation? This week, we explore various contexts in which misinformation arises and the consequences of suppressing ideas.
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This week, we explore why the news always makes you angry and some other information hazards.
This Video Will Make You Angry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc
Information Hazards paper: https://nickbostrom.com/information-hazards.pdf
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This week, we explore a philosophy which seeks to combine the theory of libertarianism with the pragmatic mechanism of counter-economics. It is perhaps the only political ideology with a clear direction for achieving its goals nonviolently and without such wishful thinking as getting an entire society to agree to its principles beforehand.
The book: https://archive.org/details/SEK3_AnAgoristPrimer
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We commonly hear it asked "who needs a gun to protect themselves?" This week, we address this mindset and the danger of expecting safety.
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This week, we discuss the fundamental difference between so-called hard and soft sciences. Why do people take chemistry more seriously than psychology? Why does anyone care what we call them in the first place?
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This week, we explore where ideas come from and the cosmic luck of fame and success.
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This week we discuss the philosophy of absurdism and go on many barely-related tangents.
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The internet is brimming with "content" for us to "consume". When did we start seeing online productions as a means to fill in the gaps in our dull lives instead of real works that people put effort into? Is it too late to go back, or are creative people forever doomed to become part of the content machine?
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This week, David presents a moral argument for veganism, and Joe says it doesn't matter. Why do many of us agree with veganism in principle but ignore it in practice, and how could we go about incentivizing people to change? Those topics and more in this episode.
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What started out as an episode about qualified immunity quickly turned into a contemplation of how the police ended up in their current situation and how the old way was much better. Join us as we consider a vision for police that are both effective and relatable.
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Is it okay that prosecutors get to choose which cases they take? This week, we imagine a world where government officials have to do their job all of the time.
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What are the differences between a job, a profession, and a career? This week, we discuss these nuances as well as deep-rooted memes in our culture such as the importance of one's particular employment and the idea that you can do anything if you try hard enough.
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We've talked about education before, but this week we look more closely at the experience of school and imagine how things might look if we didn't take it so seriously.
CGP Grey's "Humans Need Not Apply": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
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NFTs could be the future of ownership, but right now, people seem to have some wacky ideas about how this would be implemented. Can digital things really be owned? And now the Zucc himself is trying to sell you a world where NFTs are the only meaningful form of ownership. How's that going?
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We're all frustrated with fake and misleading online reviews of products and services. This week, we discuss the issue and try to come up with a solution for keeping them trustworthy.
TomSka "Please Fire Me" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32JcVrowndw
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Many in our society decry its rampant consumerism that destroys the environment, further impoverishes people attempting to appear wealthy, and funnels money to the rich who exploit it. But what is consumerism really? Why is it that we are so upset at ourselves for wanting things? Is there a good reason to hate it, or is it actually good for us? Additionally, we'll discuss one weird trick you can use to get out of paying your debts... so long as you don't care about your credit score.
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This week, Joe expresses his concerns about desensitization to violence and sex in media, and David wonders whether we've really changed over the past several decades.
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Most people treat the law with great respect. We justify everything through the letter of law. Even when exercising our most basic human rights like the freedom of speech, we lean upon laws like the First Amendment to justify it. But there's a dark side to all this as well. We are right to have and use laws to protect our individual rights, but tyrants are just as happy to use the letter of law to justify their atrocities. Where did we go wrong? How did we resolve conflicts in the past? This week, a serious contemplation of legalism.
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Due to some recent personal turmoil, we were unable to record a full episode for this week, so please enjoy this from our archive: a reading of Paul Graham's essay The Four Quadrants of Conformism. Paul has written many compelling essays, and this is one of our favorites. It outlines a basic lens with which to understand many archetypes in our culture that seem to transcend time.
You can find the original essay here: http://paulgraham.com/conformism.html
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Is all art political in one way or another? Why do people get so upset at political messaging in art? And how does nostalgia make it more difficult to appreciate new works?
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There's a growing movement of people protesting the status quo of the labor market. What motivates this idea? Should you quit your job?
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This week, we complete our discussion on the right to exist. This time, we discuss nations and countries as well as animals and species. What does it even mean for a nation to exist, and why are humans so special among animals?
CGP Grey countries video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AivEQmfPpk
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Is it a person's right to exist? The universe is rather apathetic to our existence, so why should society feel any burdens to protect you? If people do have the right to exist, what does this really mean philosophically? Do you have the right to demand labor from others to preserve your existence or to demand that others recognize a particular identity of yours?
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This week, we take a deep dive into the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer as well as the Greek philosopher Epicurus. Each of them have interesting takes on pleasure and pain and their importance in how one should make decisions in their life. However, we found that although these conceptions are aesthetically pleasing, they leave room for problems to emerge if put into practice.
CGP Grey's 7 ways to maximize misery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1mTELoj6o
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This week, we explore the controversy of child labor laws. How did we get into the situation we now see? How was childhood and child labor viewed historically? Is it time for children to be allowed to work again?
Roblox controversy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY
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What even is a conspiracy theory? Conspiracies are real, so why is there such a negative connotation with the phrase? How can we recognize and question irrational conspiracy theories? All this and more, this week.
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This week, we consider the demographics of the people who wrote the history we read today as well as how people in the far future will see our time based on what we leave behind. Who had the motivation to write history, and how accurate could they have been? Considering the cultural differences between urban and rural lifestyles, how accurately will today's history be portrayed for the future?
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What's changed in the way we view communities? How has internet culture shaped and been shaped by the structure of online communities over time? This week, we'll discuss such things as the awkwardness of meeting your neighbors and how reddit's downvote button is totally a "disagree" button.
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Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today. How did we get here, and why do many of the richest people in our society seem to promote anti-capitalist virtues?
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This week, we discuss the ethics of people with influence exploiting their social reach for monetary gain. From Elon Musk to Veritasium, money makes a difference.
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What was/is the New Atheism movement, and why has the term become a pejorative? What mistakes were made that could have avoided this outcome, and how can we apply this knowledge today in our pursuit of truth?
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This week, we discuss why people hate and fear doxxing, the act of revealing someone's personal information online. Why do people value their anonymity, and is it really so healthy that people do so?
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Should governments protect their citizens abroad? This week, we discuss the complicated and touchy relationships between governments surrounding law, embassies, and military bases.
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This week, we discuss some illuminating takes from non-Americans on American freedom. Would life be better with somebody else making the decisions? Should we bring back the king? What type of mindset leads people to resent freedom and willingly sacrifice it?
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This week, we discuss the tiers of advanced civilizations and the possible motivations of alien civilizations. What might an encounter with intelligent aliens be like? Why haven't we seen any yet? Will there be war?
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Science fiction often includes themes of a united humanity. If humanity could ever truly unite, what should our goals be? We discuss just that this week, along with such tangents as intelligent aliens and nuclear war.
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In this episode, we discuss the importance of stories and myths to their respective cultures, and we consider the possibility and ethics of deliberately altering narratives to achieve a cultural shift.
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It is intuitive that language is shaped by the culture that uses it, but it is also proposed that the language you speak has great influence over the way you think about everything. This week, we explore a few examples of this phenomenon and consider the consequences.
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Many of our disagreements on this show have come down to whether intentions should be taken into consideration when judging someone's actions. This week, we dive straight into the topic of consequentialism, the view that only the consequences are relevant when judging actions.
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This time, we discuss the confusing and amusing Sovereign Citizen movement. Have your Articles of Confederation ready.
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In this episode, we discuss the personality types of conformists and nonconformists. What happens when they clash, and how would the world look without them?
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In this episode, we discuss strategies to get more favorable outcomes when dealing with pseudoscience online.
Inspired by this fantastic video by potholer54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezbREhH_Eg
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In this episode, we discuss a relatively forgotten philosopher, Max Stirner, and his philosophy of Egoism.
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This episode features a sensitive subject. Listeners are strongly encouraged to listen to the entire recording before forming final judgments.
We'll be discussing the phenomenon of "communities" of minority groups and how they imply a double standard against majority groups.
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This episode is a reaction to Bo Burnham's "Welcome to the Internet" song which draws attention to the psychological quirks of the internet and how it affects people.
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In this episode, we contemplate some of the weird ways society views dying, how we impose great financial burdens on the family of the deceased, and how these views may psychologically harm us by interfering with natural coping mechanisms.
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Probably not, but why do people seem to like the idea, and what are people not always thinking through when considering the possibility?
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In this episode, we discuss various implications of technology concerning identity, such as cloning and transporters.
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Should police be held accountable for enforcing unjust laws? What about following military orders or even doing unethical things because your boss told you to? Who's responsible when unjust orders are carried out?
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What counts as propaganda? Is propaganda really all bad? What makes us fear it so, and how can we dull its effects?
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What are civil rights, really? What distinguishes them from other classes of rights? In this episode, we explore the definition of civil rights and evaluate the most commonly held principles of its proponents.
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This is part 5 in our series on emerging tech which enables free society. This time, we discuss ways crowdfunding can improve several aspects of our lives as well as its current shortcomings.
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This episode is part 4 in our series about emerging tech which enables free society. This time we discuss the concept of mesh networking, how it's been used to thwart government suppression of speech, and how you can get started using it today.
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This is part 3 of our series on emerging technologies which enable free society. We'll discuss blockchains, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts and how they seek to eliminate people's biggest hang-up about free society: trust.
3blue1brown on Bitcoin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4
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This episode is part 2 of our series of emerging tech which enables free society. In this entry, we explain strong cryptography, how it is used, and its importance in free society.
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In this short episode, we introduce a new series in which we'll explain and discuss new technologies that make a free society feasible.
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Why would we let someone off the hook for a crime just because they evaded capture for a certain amount of time? Is there a way we could incentivize criminals to turn themselves in?
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One of the issues that arises in a free society operating under the Non-Aggression Principle is dispute resolution. In this episode, we discuss some scenarios in which disputes arise and how to resolve them without resorting to violence.
Note: "Ancapistan" is a name given to an imaginary "country" with no government. Its name derives from Anarcho-Capitalism.
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Why do governments meddle in the market by bailing out big companies, subsidizing certain goods, and enforcing minimum wages? What effects do these policies have? Do they achieve the goals they set out to achieve?
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People often say things like "society is failing these people", but what is the role of society in the first place?
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People often complain that the news media don't report the straight facts. What does it really mean to be a journalist, and how do market forces influence them?
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In this episode, we react to a 2020 interview arguing a justification for looting in certain circumstances.
The article: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting
NOTE: This episode was recorded in January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic and following politically motivated rioting across the United States. While we generally avoid "current events" topics, we felt this might be relevant to future situations that may arise.
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Is it possible to violate your own principles, or does that negate the very meaning of principles? Is it ethical to advise others against what you are doing? Should we even bother calling out hypocrites at all?
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When can we hold someone responsible for helping someone else commit a crime?
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In this episode, we revisit one of our earliest topics: what is truth, and how can we know anything about it?
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Let's take a look back on the last two years of Fauxlosophers.
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How should contractual agreements be considered in light of changing circumstances?
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Is it wrong to enable bad behavior? If so, what can be done about it?
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Does anything truly matter?
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Jordan Peterson's philosophy of "cleaning your room" has been adopted and praised by many people, but how reasonable is it really? What benefit is there to focusing on local issues rather than the bigger picture?
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In this episode, we discuss the difference between political pundits and citizen journalists, as well as the benefits and drawbacks to each.
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Often we think of morality as a compulsion to act or not act. Is this a wise view, or are there some acts to consider moral which are not compulsory? This week, we discuss a framing of morality which draws a distinctions between obligations and virtues.
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Many times, famous people have claimed a right to their "likeness" when others portray them in media. Does this really make sense under scrutiny? In this episode, we discuss where this notion comes from, its similarity to intellectual property, and how the concept gets in the way of free expression.
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Most people agree that it's wrong to coerce people. It's the primary tenet of the concept of human rights. However, it remains somewhat ambiguous what things count as coercion. In this episode, we explore what it really means to coerce and the implications of various inclusions in the definition.
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Can parents be trusted to know what's best for their children? In this episode, we discuss the implications of compelling parents to vaccinate their children.
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From the beginning, communication technology has tried to capture all the information that's exchanged in an in-person human conversation, but ultimately it has come up short. How has technology progressed to this point, and how will things change if technology enables us to exchange even more information than a direct conversation?
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In this episode, we discuss different notions of how to determine the value of a good or service and its implications in the ethics of job offers.
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In this episode, we explore the implications of two US court cases in which students were punished by their schools for things they said or published online outside of school.
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Respect is earned, not demanded, so it is said, but many people seem not to understand the concept. Let's explore the different types of people who expect respect and why their expectations are unreasonable and detrimental.
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In this episode, we explore the concepts of multiculturalism and cultural appropriation. Why do people feel the need to keep cultures distinct, and can it even be done?
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What challenges will we face with the emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI)? Is it possible to peacefully transition from our current economic systems to one where machines do everything for us? How can we stop a single company from taking over the world with the power of AGI?
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The debate around human rights tends to center around whether people are entitled to action on the part of others. The technical name for such an entitlement is a "positive right". In this episode, we discuss the differences between positive and negative rights, their relationship to one another, and whether each has a place in society.
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In this episode, we contemplate the role symbols play in our societies, from the most primitive symbols like hand gestures to today's internet meme culture. How difficult is it to change a symbol, and what is the point of it all?
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In yet another Devil's Advocate, Joe defends the death penalty with some very interesting implementation options.
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In this episode, we discuss the costs and benefits of compromising, as well as some historical compromises we can learn from.
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Time travel is a common device in film and literature, but few instances contemplate the ethical issues which would arise from time travel. In this episode, we discuss the types of time travel we know to be possible, as well as various portrayals in fiction, and we consider the unconsidered implications of the different interpretations.
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In this episode, David plays Devil's Advocate on behalf of double standards, which are generally regarded as unfair. Is it sometimes fair to hold people to different standards?
Note: this episode was recorded in 2020 and may contain some dated material.
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In this episode, we discuss various situations in which AI systems need to make decisions about ethical dilemmas. How can a computer know who deserves to die? Are there any techniques we can use to systematically assign responsibility in a world with AI everywhere?
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Western culture places a high degree of value on the freedom to peaceably protest. Why do we protest, and does it actually work?
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In this episode, we discuss the meaning of education, its role in society, and some alternative education systems.
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What really is art, anyway? The definition of art tends to be a bit slippery, but this week we try to nail it down and discuss some benefits and drawbacks to art in society both today and throughout history.
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Do we lose our humanity as we improve ourselves with technology? Is it such a bad thing to lose humanity if it means eliminating the strife of the human condition? This week, we discuss the philosophy of transhumanism, the intersection of techno-optimism and humanism.
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In a more lighthearted episode, we set out to answer: what's in a game, and why do we play them? What benefits do we gain by voluntarily competing against one another for arbitrary goals not necessary for survival?
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What happened to liberalism? Looking through history at the usage of the term, it seems today's liberals have largely abandoned the philosophy the term once represented. In this episode, we discuss liberalism in general as well as its modern American evolution.
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In this episode, we explain the political philosophy of conservatism as well as our own opinions on its merits and drawbacks.
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When is it acceptable to use qualified definitions of words instead of the lay meanings? There are times when we need technical language in order to communicate effectively, but technical or qualified language is often used to derail conversations by nitpicking someone's verbiage without addressing the substance of the claim. In this episode, we consider this issue and which contexts are appropriate for technical language.
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In this episode we consider the implications of a Chinese meme "chabuduo", which says that it's acceptable not to fulfill your exact requirements so long as you get close to them.
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It sucks.
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In this episode, we discuss an interesting phenomenon in which people's perception of a situation can determine its outcome.
Note: this episode was recorded at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some comments may date this episode.
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This episode has no particular topic. We talked about various things on our mind that week.
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The development of technology has created new problems of scales never before possible. Much of our political philosophy was conceived in times before these problems emerged. What are some situations where the principles of a free society run up against real, deadly consequences?
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Does legal authority really matter, or is it just an excuse tyrants use to get what they want? In this episode, we explore the implications of the trial of King Charles I of England, in which the will of the general public essentially nullified all pretenses of legal authority to overthrow the king.
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In this episode, we discuss the issue of thinking of things in terms of black and white, why it's so tempting to think this way, and what problems arise from doing so.
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In this episode, Joe argues that altruism is fundamentally incompatible with capitalism. David doesn't quite think so.
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Why do we romanticize military service as we do? Most people do not see war as positively as they once did, yet we are still taught that soldiers are heroes, and we give special treatment to war veterans. In this episode, we consider possible explanations for this phenomenon.
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Is it ever rational to believe an unfalsifiable claim? Where do we draw the line between necessary working assumptions and irrational speculation?
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In this episode, we discuss whether it's acceptable to deny service to customers and on what criteria they may be denied. What happens in a free society when a business owner is a bigot?
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In this episode, we explore the ethics of biological enhancements such as genetic modification.
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Are people entitled to citizenship by being born in a country? If so, when should this entitlement take effect? What does it really mean to even be a citizen? Should there be other qualifications required for citizenship? These questions addressed and more in this episode.
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Beliefs inform our actions, but our beliefs are easily shaped by feelings and whims. Does it really matter if our beliefs are "true" in the conventional sense? Can we fault people for acting on tradition and speculation? In this episode, we explore the distinction between "feels" and "reals".
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In this episode, we enumerate some situations that occur that poison productive discourse.
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In this episode, we discuss the social and moral implications of obligations toward family, friends, society, and humanity.
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In this episode, Joe has a gripe with terms whose definitions are merely the contradiction of some other term, especially ideological labels.
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In this episode, we discuss the cultural barriers that the West's religious history creates that hinder progress toward a free society.
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What is the distinction between an ordinary paid endorsement and shilling? Is it even humanly possible to be impartial? In this episode, we look briefly into the history of the term and some ethical implications.
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"It's better to ask forgiveness than permission," the saying goes. In this episode, we explore the implications of doing things without permission and breaking agreements.
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People often justify their decisions after committing to them. Is it wrong that we do this? What are some consequences that could arise from accepting post-hoc reasoning?
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(note: this episode was recorded near Halloween 2019)
"Woo" is a category of memes which hinge upon the mysterious nature of various phenomena that may be understood but for whatever reason are ripe for misconceptions and misunderstanding. How can we identify woo when we see it, and what are some common examples?
This is one of our sillier episodes, and we muse about the realism of various Halloween-associated creatures after discussing the category of woo.
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People tend to be uncomfortable with the idea of others harming themselves, either in mundane cases like smoking tobacco or in extreme cases like suicide. However, most liberal thinkers tend to agree that bodily autonomy is important in a free society, and that if an action does not have a victim, there's no moral implication. Can we identify cases where self-harm does have victims and we can declare it immoral?
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This week, we're joined by Chad Perrin, author of the Metaphysical Moral Caution essay and founder of the Copyfree Initiative, to discuss the morality of military intervention abroad.
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Nobody likes to be offended, and we see people who offend others as rude and generally undesirable in society. However, the nature of taking offense can make it difficult for someone to avoid offending others, and sometimes avoiding offense can lead to suppression of factual information that people might object to. What can be said about the morality of offending others? Can we make a case of objective harm to others who are offended, or should we ignore it to preserve freedom of information?
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In this episode, we explore the possible consequences of failing to see one's current circumstances accurately. How do we downplay our circumstances and get into trouble, and what can happen when we assume the worst case scenario?
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The Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) is the core principle around which a free society must be built. Where does this concept break down? What situations might we conceivably find ourselves in where the NAP seems to fail us, and how might we move forward without resorting to violence?
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Is it fair to hold someone responsible for actions they take because they are gullible? How does this relate to defamation law? In this episode, we discuss several scenarios involving liars and their gullible believers and whether claims can be brought against liars by those who are affected by their lies.
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As we judge others for their actions, either in criminal justice or everyday life, should their intent be taken into consideration, or are the consequences the only thing that matters?
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This week, we discuss what it means to be open-minded and the merits of open-mindedness.
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Self-ownership is often proposed as a handy metaphor that gives intuitions about individual rights, but how useful is this concept, really? Does it create contradictions with our other conceptions of property? Is it permissible for a person to sell oneself? Is it moral to interfere with a suicide attempt? In this episode, we challenge this concept and try to make sense of our intuitions about self-ownership and agency.
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There are many different conceptions of property. In this episode, we try to come up with a coherent definition based on the societal goals that the concept of property is meant to achieve.
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Why is it that we form coalitions, and why do they always seem to break down? What effects do these coalitions have on our societies? Can we achieve the benefits of coalitions without the costs?
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"If you don't like the way things are here, you can always leave," so we are often told. Just how realistic is that claim, and how does it apply to politics and social media alike?
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What does it mean to be willfully ignorant? Should we hold people responsible for being willfully ignorant, and if so, where do we draw the distinction between unwillingness to seek out new information and unwillingness to question our own beliefs?
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What does it mean to believe? How is it different or similar to knowing? Is it a choice? Believing is something most all of us do seemingly without thinking about it or really talking about the process of believing itself. In this episode, we discuss these questions and the implications of their answers.
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What is an expert, really? Oftentimes in news, courtrooms, or even regular conversations, you'll hear the phrase "experts say..." Who are these experts? What does it mean to be an expert? And what is the impact, role, and maybe even responsibility of these experts in societies?
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"Those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them," so the saying goes. When we look at the past, we do so with the benefit of knowing the outcome. With this benefit, however, we have the cost of understanding those of the time we consider. When looking at the past, and especially when judging actions of the past, should we make special consideration?
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This week we discuss a specific type of tribalism so prevalent that it gets its own name!
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What is your responsibility, directly or indirectly? How many times have you been told something is your responsibility only to stop and think, "is it?" Today let's talk about how we know what is our responsibility and why.
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What does it mean to commit a crime? Do you have to know what you're doing, or can you break the law accidentally? This week we discuss crimes which are only crimes when you know they're crimes.
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Does a correlation exist between societal decline and economic/technological progress?
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Technology is advancing faster than we can keep pace with, and there is no shortage of "doomsday" rhetoric around it. There are also those who look at all the advances and have hope for a technologically constructed utopia. Let's talk about our perceptions of technology and what can be gleaned.
Vector fields: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_di4Zn4wz4
Moore's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law
Measuring Technological Progress paper: https://www.jeremygreenwood.net/papers/structures.pdf
How Machines Learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OHn5ZF4Uo
Nick Bostrom's "Superintelligence": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GCBvWPF2I
AI stop button problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYT1QfdfsM
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Modern problems require modern solutions, or so they say. What about an old problem in a modern context? Let's take an old concept, the "public square", and consider what appears to be replacing it in our modern age: social media.
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We talk at great length about talking; however, this week we talk about actions. When are they justified? Often people talk about what they would do in a scenario, but scenarios don't often emerge suddenly; they are gradual. Let's talk about what lines need be crossed for actions to be justified.
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Terrorism at its mention strikes fear, almost as if that was its intended purpose. Let's put the fear aside and address the idea of it at its core.
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Authority and Power, two core concepts in social philosophy. These words get used interchangeably from time to time, however they mean very different things. Let's discuss how they are related and how understanding these concepts have far-reaching consequences in practical matters.
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In another installment of Devil's Advocate, where we debate a topic with each fauxlosopher on either side of the issue, we talk about the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, a regulatory commission focused on creating and enforcing policies which govern almost all wireless communications which occur in the electromagnetic spectrum. Primarily, we will discuss the necessity of this institution, and what truths lie in the outcome of our discussion.
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Copyright: what is it? But more importantly, should it exist? The Fauxlosophers take both sides of the issue to discuss copyright from opposing stances: One against copyright, and the other its Devil's Advocate.
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A continuation on our discussion on lying, we discuss a real technological game changer on the concept of deception: Deep Fakes. How does our "common sense" approach to honest stand up when our senses begin to become insufficient to determine the truth?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMF2i3A9Lzw
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Lying is wrong, right? Is it always wrong, though? What about lying to a murderer about their would-be victim's whereabouts? Maybe lying deserves a more honest look.
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Continuing our discussions on taboo topics, we go even further down the rabbit hole and discuss slavery. Looking through an objective lens, let's see how this concept has echoed through time to become the taboo it is today.
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Abortion, one of the most fiercely debated topics of our time, rarely sees a change of opinion from people on either side of the issue. Why is that?
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Let's talk about what we're not supposed to talk about, by definition: taboos. What's the harm? Are there things so dangerous or harmful that just mentioning them can be considered wrongful? What does that mean for us as a society?
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What truly is justice? Why do we feel the need to qualify the word? Let's talk about what we're talking about.
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"You have the rights of a citizen and thus the responsibilities of a citizen," but what does that mean? Where does responsibility come from?
Xhale City Vape Shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-mnbH4s74
United States Constitution: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution
John Locke's theory of property: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_property
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Does free will exist in the universe? Do humans possess it? What are the implications either way?
AntiCitizenX video on free will: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBbzkR8t-5c
CGP Grey video on split brains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYbgdo8e-8
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In our last installment on Christianity, we make our closing remarks and summations on the last three episodes and offer an epilogue on dealing with the unknown. Let's talk about what we've talked about, and where we are going from here.
Outro song "Golden Sunrise" by Josh Woodward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QSB28yQjjw
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In this episode, we continue our series on Christianity, this time addressing arguments from personal experience and from morality.
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Was Jesus always considered a historical figure? How reliable is eyewitness testimony? Can we trust the Bible? In this episode, we continue our series about Christianity and address these questions.
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This is the first in a four-part series arguing against fundamentalist Christianity. This part gives a rough overview of our goals with this series as well as dispelling some common fallacious hand waving we commonly encounter when discussing this subject.
Bill O'Reilly "Tide Goes In, Tide Goes Out": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3AFMe2OQY
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Discord, paradoxes, fallacies, oh my! Whenever you are engaged in civil discourse, discussion, or debate, sometimes things just get frustrating or weird. Let's talk about why.
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Can't we all just get along?
Islamic Golden Age: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age#Culture
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Morality is a frequent topic of discussion, but what does it really mean? Where does morality come from?
The Selfish Gene: https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Popular-Science/dp/0192860925
Moral Caution: http://nap.univacc.net/theory/moral_caution
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The core of our endeavor is the truth. Why does it matter? Is the truth even good, and if not, is it worthy of pursuit?
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Why does it even matter what other people think? Let's discuss.
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When is it acceptable to violate another's privacy? Why is privacy so important to us?
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Our take on how the Internet of today has affected society.
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Our first episode. For those listening in release order, this might appear confusing coming right after the trailer episode "Who We Are and What We Do". We recorded this podcast for a year before creating the trailer, but since there was still a good discussion regarding ideal discourse, we figured it made the most sense to release this episode anyway.
Please forgive the poor quality audio. We've gotten a lot better since we first started. Enjoy the very beginning of our journey together!
Sincerest apologies to Mr. Grey, for butchering your channel name.
CGP Grey on changing your mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlsU_YT9n_g
Magnabosco Example of Ideal Discourse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5tjfvPysSI
CGP Grey on coffee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVE5iPMKLg
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A brief introduction to The Fauxlosophers, Joe and David.
Correction: The episode about beliefs is actually the 4th episode, not the 3rd.
Street Epistemology: https://streetepistemology.com/
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