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Episode 73: Authentic Apes and Infinite Torture
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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Aug 11, 2015
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Podcast episode
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In what is possibly our most repugnant first segment ever, David and Tamler break down the ethics of zoophilia and investigate the true nature of consent. In the second segment we answer some listener emails and address our first question in our new capacity as International Ethics Experts.™ If your family is religious, how honest should you be with your children about your non-belief? Do the comforting aspects of religious belief outweigh the fears and anxieties? What’s the deal with Christians and hell?Plus, sex-ed from a female perspective, a brief nostalgic trip to The Electric Company, and David overcomes his horror of self-promotion to thank some people for praising the podcast. LinksTop 25 Podcasts for Men [hiconsumption.com]People Behind the Science podcast episode featuring David [peoplebehindthescience.com]Radio Tatas! Episode 37: "In a Row?!?" (their review of VBW starts at around the 30:00 mark) [radiotatas.libsyn.com]Cecil the Lion [wikipedia.org]New York Court: Chimps Are Still Property, Not People [npr.org]The Electric Company Intro [youtube.org]Suggestions for our listeners for the next podcast episode: Santa on the Brain by Kelly Lambert [nytimes.com]James Randi (aka "The Amazing Randi") [wikipedia.org]An Honest Liar [anhonestliar.com] (Available on Netflix in the U.S.)The Honest Truth about Dishonesty [amazon.com affiliate link] (Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies [thedishonestyproject.com]F is for Fake [imdb.com]
Released:
Aug 11, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1: Brains, Robots, and Free Will (Free Will and Morality Pt. 1): Dave and Tamler talk about the new wave of skepticism about free will and moral responsibility in the popular press from people like Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne, and argue that neuroscientific data adds little of substance to the case other than telling us what we already know: human beings are natural biological entities. Dave comes out as a Star Trek nerd and asks whether we're all, in the end, like Data the android. They also wonder whether a belief in free will is all that's keeping us from having sex with our dogs. Finally, Dave grills Tamler about his new book on the differences in attitudes about free will and moral responsibility across cultures. by Very Bad Wizards