Free Will, Science, and Religion
A discussion of free will belief relevant to science, religion, biology, psychology, and philosophy. Guests and cohosts are welcome to join us. If you like talking about the difficult topics such as no the injustice of god sending people to heaven or hell in the absence of free choice, or other great talks about morality and social issues. This is the podcast you want to listen to and speak with us on!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Episodes
- 181
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2021
146. Relationships and Attachment Theory
Felicia Hogan introduces attachment theory to Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Michael Walsh and Jamie Soden. They talk about how their own backgrounds affect their current relationship…
Mon 15 Feb 2016
145. Humans Want To Feel Special
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J, and Jamie Soden talk about a common problem humans have when it comes to their sense of self and the meaning or value of their lives. Many humans have a bizarr…
Sun 14 Feb 2016
144. Defining Religion in the Dimensions of a Donut Shaped Universe
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, David Joseph, Michael Walsh, and Jamie Soden talk about how to define what a religion is. However, as usual, they got sidetracked over terms like "super…
Sun 07 Feb 2016
143. Fear of the Future
Chandler Klebs, Mitch J, and George Ortega talk about some ideas that are taboo because of misplaced fears people have about the implications of giving up free will belief, religion, or pain. Some fe…
Sun 31 Jan 2016
142. Different Explanations of Why Free Will Makes No Sense
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega use different explanations of why our choices cannot truly be caused by us. Different scientific principles(causality, acausality, the unconscious, and the pleasure p…
Sun 31 Jan 2016
141. Pragmatic vs Fundamental Responsibility
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about the difference between a practical type of responsibility which we operate under compared to being fundamentally responsible for our choices. Nobody is the…
Sun 31 Jan 2016
140. We don't Freely Will Our Hunger
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about why what we eat and how much we eat is causally determined by genetics and conditioning. If we had a free will, it would make no sense for people to even h…
Fri 29 Jan 2016
139. It's About Time
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, David Joseph, Trick Slattery, Mitch J, and Mike Walsh discuss different views on time and their implications for free will, determinism, and even fatalism. During this …
Mon 25 Jan 2016
138. The Universe Questioning Itself
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about all kinds of bizarre topics that will blow your mind. Free will belief that keeps us from asking bigger questions of the infinite regress of causality that…
Sun 24 Jan 2016
137. Fight Free Will Instead of Religion
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about why the free will belief is the main force behind the harm caused by many religions. Because of this, many atheists and anti-theists have been attacking re…
Sun 24 Jan 2016
136. The Future World Without Free Will
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about what changes they expect to see in the future when people finally understand that nobody has a free will. They will not blame anyone for anything in the st…
Sun 17 Jan 2016
135. Video Game Decisions Are Not Freely Willed
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about what causes us to play video games and the connection between the free will belief and our emotional reaction to winning or losing at games. We don't need …
Sun 17 Jan 2016
134. Semantics of Science, Religion, Philosophy, and Logic
Chandler Klebs, Michael Walsh, Trick Slattery, and George Ortega talk about the similarities and differences between different topics. Which branch of Science, Religion, or Philosophy does the free w…
Sun 10 Jan 2016
133. Depression, Suicide, and Empathy
Chandler Klebs, Mitch J, George Ortega, and David Joseph talk about our inability to maintain positive and happy thoughts. Depression is a fine example of why people aren't able to control their mood…
Mon 04 Jan 2016
132. Different Refutations of Free Will
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega explain why we don't have free will/free choice. The Hedonic Imperative, Determinism, Indeterminism, and the messages that influence us subconsciously are great ways …
Sun 03 Jan 2016
131. Conflation of Ideas
Mitch J, Chandler Klebs, and Jamie Soden talk about many different issues and their connection to the belief in free will. They try to clear up the confusion that results when people believe that peo…
Sun 27 Dec 2015
130. Epiphenominalistic Zombies
George Ortega, Trick Slattery, and Michael Walsh talk a bunch about epiphenomenalism, consciousness, zombies, pizza, and materialism vs dualism. Chandler Klebs and David Joseph were also on the call …
Mon 21 Dec 2015
129. Clearly Defining Free Will
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, David Joseph, and Michael Walsh talk about how to best define free will. It is often done in relation to “control”, “could have done otherwise”, or “mor…
Sun 20 Dec 2015
128. Is Anything Possible?
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega have a fun talk about whether acausal events are a possibility and what implications it would have if we could know for a fact acausal events were happening. Furtherm…
Sun 20 Dec 2015
127. Causally Confused Correlation
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, David Joseph, Trick Slattery, Daniel Miessler, and Neal Gafter talk about free will, causality, and acausality. Neal doesn't have that much interest in taking a positio…
Mon 14 Dec 2015
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