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
126. Losing Weight By Losing Free Will
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J, Michael Walsh, David Joseph, and new cohost Daniel Miessler discuss new projects they have in mind to help educate people on why we don't have free will and wh…
Mon 07 Dec 2015
125. Sophisticated Compatibilism and other Oxymorons
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J, Michael Walsh, David Joseph, and new cohost Daniel Miessler discuss what the practical differences are between the goals of incompatibilists and compatibilists…
Sun 06 Dec 2015
124. New Project Proposal
In the last episode, George Ortega had ideas of a new project involving creating a series of questions related to obesity that will allow people to arrive at the conclusion that it's not their fault …
Mon 30 Nov 2015
123. The Free Will and Obesity Connection
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega revisit the topic of obesity and fat shaming. People are often blamed for being fat as if they somehow freely willed it on themselves. We want people to see why thei…
Sun 29 Nov 2015
122. What Does it Mean for Something to Exist?
Chandler Klebs, Mitch J, Jamie Soden, and Jessica Gillette talk about what it means for something to exist. Some ideas such as free will are so incoherent that they don't make any sense and can't be …
Sun 22 Nov 2015
121. Wishful Thinking
Trick Slattery, Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J., David Joseph,and Jamie Soden share their personal biases and discuss the problems of wishful thinking when trying to accurately describe reali…
Mon 16 Nov 2015
120. Free Will Belief Doesn't Make Us Happy
Some people say that believing that they have a free will makes them happy. Why would someone want to take away their happiness by showing them the truth? In this episode, Chandler Klebs, George Orte…
Sun 15 Nov 2015
119. Commenting Dude Bro
Chandler shares a lot of free will related posts and comments on Facebook. One of his friends is a commenting dude bro who frames his moral code after Immanuel Kant, Jainism and The Batman. Chandler …
Mon 09 Nov 2015
118. Happiness is Our Priority
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Jamie Soden started talking about veganism and religion. Later on we talked about happiness being the most important thing and how our level of happiness affects ou…
Sun 01 Nov 2015
117. I Have no Need of That Hypothesis
In recent podcasts (114-116), George Ortega has attempted to reconcile determinism – and a rejection of free will -- with a pantheistic notion of god. Nick Vale supports George in this endeavor, but …
Sun 25 Oct 2015
116. Biotheism and Intentional Evolution
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega continue their talks about God and the Universe. In recent episodes, George has presented his case that God is the Universe. Chandler has a different idea than George…
Sun 25 Oct 2015
115. Part 2 of No Free Will, and a Proof for God's Existence
In part 2 of this series, George Ortega, Chandler Klebs and Jamie Soden explore a proof of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God based on the following commonly held attributes, which are listed on the Wik…
Tue 20 Oct 2015
114. No Free Will, and a Proof for God's Existence
Following from our lack of free will, George Ortega presents a logical-scientific proof for the existence of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God that is based on similarities between God's commonly-held …
Mon 19 Oct 2015
113. Debunking Compatibilism
Mitch J, Trick Slattery, George Ortega, and Chandler Klebs talk about some different types of compatibilism and the reasons why compatibilists feel the need to keep people believing in free will. Thi…
Sun 11 Oct 2015
112. Why can't we do what we want?
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about how most of the time we are not able to do the things we want to do. Most of our time is spent doing what we need to survive. Rarely do we act on our desir…
Sun 11 Oct 2015
111. Reality and Rationality
Mitch J, Chandler Klebs, Michael Walsh, Trick Slattery, and Jamie Soden talk about a variety of topics. The cohosts have a lot of trouble when it comes to defining certain terms such as rationality, …
Mon 05 Oct 2015
110. No Free Will Talk About Morality
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Mitch J, and Jamie Soden talk about morality. Truth be told, George, Mitch, and Trick did most of the talking. Since we understand that we don't have a …
Mon 28 Sep 2015
109. How atheist refutations of God and compatibilist defenses of free will are similar
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and wsdtime talk about the omni attributes which are usually assigned to God in monotheistic religions. George reinterprets these terms to make the case that God is the…
Sun 27 Sep 2015
108. We don't choose our preferences
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and wsdtime(AKA Will) talk about the difference between the ability to do what we want and the ability to choose what we want. Will may feel that his decision to eat a …
Sun 27 Sep 2015
107. Free Will or Religion: Which Goes First?
In the last episode, Michael Walsh raised the question of whether we should explain the illusion of free will to religious people or whether they must first give up their religion before they are abl…
Mon 21 Sep 2015
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Chandler Klebs ([email protected]). This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.