Speaking for the Devil: Recent Episodes
Ryan Stevens & Chris Harris
Speaking for the Devil is a podcast started by Chris Harris and Ryan Stevens, focused on stress testing each other's beliefs on a wide variety of subjects through friendly arguments.
Should we want to live forever? What makes life worth living - and what makes it not worth continuing?
Listen to the podcast and let us know what you think!
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Is it ok to eat animals? Should we treat them with human-like moral consideration? Is there such a thing as a moral grey area? In this episode we explore the sensitive area of animal ethics; please listen and let us know what you think!
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What's happened to journalism in recent years? Is it better or worse now that journalism has been democratised? Is the current political situation causing to the toxicity and partisanship of news, or is the news causing the current political situation? Is capitalism working for our society? Listen to the podcast and let us know your thoughts!
journalism #politics #capitalism
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What's the most compelling answer to the Fermi Paradox? Where are all the aliens? Did they interfere with human evolution? Listen to the podcast and let us know what you think!
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What needs to change in policing? How have protest movements spread all around the globe? Does social media need to be regulated? Have a listen to this week's podcast and let us know your thoughts!
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Does the Placebo Effect work to reduce pain? What are the limits of the Placebo Effect? Is it ethical or unethical to use the Placebo Effect in medicine? Listen to the podcast and let us know what you think!
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Should we edit human babies to fix diseases, or even enhance them? What are the ethics of not doing this if we can? Will gene editing affect the global population and climate change crisis? Is it better to live forever? Listen to the podcast and let us know what you think!
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Should the world be ruled by one super power? Is the amount of money that people earn still aligned with the amount of value that they have contributed to society? Are nuclear weapons actually a good and stabilising influence on the world? Listen to the podcast and let us know what you think!
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Chris and Ryan discuss whether colonising Mars actually makes sense, how humanity will manage to transport our consciousness around the universe, and what the hell is going on with the recent UFO declassifications.
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Chris and Ryan discuss the possibility that we are living in a simulated reality, how this relates to determinism and free-will, and whether we are truly conscious.
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Chris and Ryan discuss the recent societal disruptions of Coronavirus, argue about the future of communication, assigning value to human life, and the ethics of 'snitching' on others in these uncertain times.
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