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Scott Lohman - Star Trek and Humanism
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41 minutes
Released:
May 31, 2011
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Podcast episode
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Host: Robert Price
Do you often wish you lived in the far future? Or on a different planet? Do your friends and family think you belong there, too?
Cheer up! This may not be just because you're a science fiction nerd! It may be because you espouse a worldview that is in the distinct minority in our time and place—Secular Humanism! It is a vision of a better future. And that is no doubt why many of us feel such an affinity for SF, and of course for Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. It is a vision of a future when scientific Humanism has prevailed.
Join Robert Price, himself a notorious Sci-Fi/Fantasy geek, as he interviews the far more respectable Scott Lohman, a lifelong Trekker and a prominent leader and broadcaster for Humanists of Minnesota.
And by the way, did you know Captain Kirk never once said the words "Beam me up, Scottie"?
Do you often wish you lived in the far future? Or on a different planet? Do your friends and family think you belong there, too?
Cheer up! This may not be just because you're a science fiction nerd! It may be because you espouse a worldview that is in the distinct minority in our time and place—Secular Humanism! It is a vision of a better future. And that is no doubt why many of us feel such an affinity for SF, and of course for Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. It is a vision of a future when scientific Humanism has prevailed.
Join Robert Price, himself a notorious Sci-Fi/Fantasy geek, as he interviews the far more respectable Scott Lohman, a lifelong Trekker and a prominent leader and broadcaster for Humanists of Minnesota.
And by the way, did you know Captain Kirk never once said the words "Beam me up, Scottie"?
Released:
May 31, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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