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Paul describes the view from Toronto 2:28
Zero- and non-zero-sum aspects of the pandemic 15:47
Paul: Canada’s multiparty system helps defuse polarization 27:09
A disaster without solidarity 32:19
How our emotions caused us to underreact to the pandemic 35:07
Masks and mobs 45:50
Trump’s fragile feelings 49:30
Why has the external threat of the disease not united humanity? 56:48
A deep dive into the meaning of statistical significance 1:04:18
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (Yale University, Against Empathy, Just Babies)
Recorded June 1, 2020
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Paul describes the view from Toronto 2:28
Zero- and non-zero-sum aspects of the pandemic 15:47
Paul: Canada’s multiparty system helps defuse polarization 27:09
A disaster without solidarity 32:19
How our emotions caused us to underreact to the pandemic 35:07
Masks and mobs 45:50
Trump’s fragile feelings 49:30
Why has the external threat of the disease not united humanity? 56:48
A deep dive into the meaning of statistical significance 1:04:18
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (Yale University, Against Empathy, Just Babies)
Recorded June 1, 2020
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![The Psychology of the Pandemic | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gq_tAG7N5RU/hqdefault.jpg "The Psychology of the Pandemic | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom [The Wright Show]
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Paul describes the view from Toronto 2:28
Zero- and non-zero-sum aspects of the pandemic 15:47
Paul: Canada’s multiparty system helps defuse polarization 27:09
A disaster without solidarity 32:19
How our emotions caused us to underreact to the pandemic 35:07
Masks and mobs 45:50
Trump’s fragile feelings 49:30
Why has the external threat of the disease not united humanity? 56:48
A deep dive into the meaning of statistical significance 1:04:18
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (Yale University, Against Empathy, Just Babies)
Recorded June 1, 2020
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![Are Philosophers Experts? | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h6YWt5TEn08/hqdefault.jpg "Are Philosophers Experts? | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci [Sophia]
Are philosophers experts? 0:24
Socrates didn’t have a PhD 5:10
Massimo hates when teachers claim to learn “just as much” from their students 18:15
What does philosophers’ expertise actually consist of? 29:35
How much is philosophy like mathematics? 37:54
What philosophers of science can teach scientists 53:50
The disappointing personal morality of moral philosophers 62:42
Grandmothers, the examined life, and the people who live best 77:47
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY Graduate Center, Platos Footnote, How To Be a Stoic)
Recorded November 18, 2019
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![Grace-Filled Naturalism | Robert Wright & Roger Haight [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hImiKbr3fSI/hqdefault.jpg "Grace-Filled Naturalism | Robert Wright & Roger Haight [The Wright Show]
1:11 Why Pope John Paul II did not like Roger’s book Jesus Symbol of God
7:49 Roger’s new book, Faith and Evolution: Grace-Filled Naturalism
12:00 The intractability of the problem of evil
19:10 Ways to understand God not as a big person in the sky
38:21 Is natural selection an instrument of divine creation?
53:20 Roger’s heterodox view of Jesus of Nazareth
66:14 Roger’s problem with original sin
72:49 What is a “grace-filled naturalism”?
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Roger Haight (Union Theological Seminary)
Recorded November 4, 2019
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![Is Pansexuality Obligatory? | Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hJC-v-5qxIw/hqdefault.jpg "Is Pansexuality Obligatory? | Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis [Sophia]
Robert’s essay examining whether pansexuality is obligatory 0:36
Orientation vs. desire 13:49
Is the push for trans rights undermining gay and lesbian rights? 20:01
Dan: Sexual attractions can’t be subject to moral scrutiny 31:06
Kant and the malleability of sexual consciousness 36:22
Dan fears the totalitarian impulse 45:59
Trans activists vs. lesbians 61:42
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Robert Gressis (CSU Northridge)
Recorded February 12, 2020
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![Why I Am Not a Buddhist | Robert Wright & Evan Thompson [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/heSq98tNTlM/hqdefault.jpg "Why I Am Not a Buddhist | Robert Wright & Evan Thompson [The Wright Show]
Evan’s new book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist 0:22
Evan’s critique of “Buddhist modernism” and “Buddhist exceptionalism” 11:15
Which of Buddhism’s major claims are naturalistic? 21:39
Is Buddhism fundamentally different than other religions? 35:30
Bob defends Buddhist insights into human psychology 41:39
Evan’s case against “neural Buddhism” 1:02:00
Does a clearer view of reality make you more equanimous? 1:14:38
All about nirvana 1:35:30
Debating evolutionary psychology 1:46:59
Evan: This book is friendly criticism 2:11:57
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia, Waking, Dreaming, Being)
Recorded March 31, 2020
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![Saving the World One Podcast at a Time | Robert Wright and Rob Wiblin [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iBPHIPM0B3w/hqdefault.jpg "Saving the World One Podcast at a Time | Robert Wright and Rob Wiblin [The Wright Show]
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1:14 Defining effective altruism
7:46 Rob explains the meaning of ‘80,000 Hours’
18:27 Should young people dedicate their careers to fighting climate change?
25:59 The Apocalypse Aversion Project
30:02 How cognitive biases fuel tribalism
43:12 Bob: We need a psychological revolution
59:19 Are external threats the best way to bring people together?
1:11:57 The balance between surveillance and public safety
1:20:23 Bob: Lets retire the word apologist
1:25:55 Making rationality cool
1:44:20 Rob challenges Bob to find flaws in The Moral Animal
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Rob Wiblin (80,000 Hours). Recorded May 8, 2021.
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![The Microfoundations of Marxism | Robert Gressis & Jaime Edwards [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/icn02zUn6Gk/hqdefault.jpg "The Microfoundations of Marxism | Robert Gressis & Jaime Edwards [Sophia]
0:00 Jaime explains how Marx understood ideology
11:58 Our tendency to get facts wrong in a self-serving way
24:27 Cognitive biases that lead the working class astray
35:09 Why do we have reason?
58:42 “Thank God for the ruling class!”
70:46 How do the elite get what they want?
89:17 Imagining the meetings of the megarich
Robert Gressis (CSU Northridge) and Jaime Edwards (St. Norbert College)
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![Just Faith | Robert Wright & Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ifoqPDl91nA/hqdefault.jpg "Just Faith | Robert Wright & Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons [The Wright Show]
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0:00 Guthrie’s new book, Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity
6:41 Guthrie’s personal faith journey
10:34 The tradition of liberal Protestantism
18:56 Human sexuality and evangelicalism
26:35 Guthrie sees a liberatory counternarrative in Scripture
42:22 What drives militant atheism?
47:02 What happened to Christian antiwar activism?
50:56 Do young progressives privilege identity over class?
1:03:17 Why Guthrie prays for President Trump
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons (Just Faith, Center for American Progress). Recorded October 7, 2020.
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