Is the Soul Just a Metaphor? Evolution, Meaning, and the Mystery of Personhood @RalstonCollegeSavannah

Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

In this short clip from Ralston’s 2025 Sophia Lectures, evolutionary biologist, Bret Weinstein, argues that the notion of the soul can best be understood as a profound and guiding metaphor explainable by evolutionary processes.

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