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This episode was recorded on June 6th, 2021. Dr Peterson, Steven Pinker, and Jonathan Haidt sit down to discuss truth, how societies function, utopias, the role of religion, & more. Steven Pinker is a psychology professor at Harvard. He's the author of Enlightenment Now and The Blank Slate. His 12th book, "Rationality," is out now. Dr. Pinker has received many awards and often writes for The Guardian and The NY Times. Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU Stern. His research focuses on the intuitive foundations of morality across cultures. He's the author of The Righteous Mind and The...

Please support our work ► http://www.paypal.me/JungNaiv We meet Noam (and his wife) in his office at MIT in Cambridge. Tilo asks Noam to pretend to be an alien for a moment. An alien who looks down on Earth. What does he witness? Chomsky explains what the objective observer from out of space would see: What is humanity up to in the 21st century? Will it be our final century? Are we going to survive? What existential dangers are we facing? What's the most dangerous organization in human history? Tilo and "Alien Chomsky" also talk about the American Empire: Is it...

This episode was recorded on November 25, 2021. Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the "Waking up" app. Dr. Harris and I discuss the is/ought problem, dreams, attention, evidence, consciousness, logic, psychedelics, religion, Waking Up, and much more. Meditate with the Waking Up app: https://wakingup.com Listen to the Making Sense podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5rgumWEx4FsqIY8e1wJNAk?si=14b735150ec24b84 Sam’s website: http://SamHarris.org _____________ Timestamps _____________ [00:00] Intro [02:48] Background [06:04] The debates [12:25] Waking Up [16:18] The is/ought problem (1) [23:42] (Breaking out of) everyday patterns [24:22] Experience & Expectations [32:26] Evidence &...

J.M. Bernstein continues to discuss Kant's project and Copernican Turn, focusing on his moral philosophy and famous categorical imperative. This is from the second lecture of a course on Kant's Third Critique (The Critique of Judgment) as part of the so-called Bernstein Tapes. I thought it provided a good introduction to Kant, but I don't plan on putting them all up. Note, the audio has been improved and edited. #Philosophy #Kant #Epistemology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-lZzxgM830 0:56:2 2023-06-25T13:58:19Z

The feeling of nihilism, specifically existential nihilism, is something many of us have experienced during our life. Existential nihilism is the idea that life has no intrinsic meaning or value to it. Existence, including all action, feeling, and suffering, is ultimately senseless, completely without purpose. On the journey to understanding how to overcome nihilism, if it’s even possible, one ought to examine the philosophy of Friederich Nietzche. Nietzche was the first thinker to write about nihilism seriously, dedicated much of his life to understanding the concept, thinking about how to overcome it, and studying the human condition as a whole....