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
86. Donald Trump Fat Shaming
George mentioned Donald Trump called Rosie O'Donnell a fat pig in the recent republican debates. Why is it acceptable to mock people for being fat in the culture and even be allowed to promote themse…
Sun 09 Aug 2015
85. Free Will and Politics
Chandler Klebs, Michael Laster, and George Ortega talk about politicians and specifically how republicans base everything on free will belief. The free will belief allows blaming people for being poo…
Sun 09 Aug 2015
84. Free Will of the Gaps
When people don't have a real explanation, they use a non-explanation. Free will is one of those common explanations to explain the unexplanable. Some people use God, some Unicorns, some randomness, …
Tue 04 Aug 2015
83. Breaking Free of Free Will Belief
Chandler, Mitch, Jamie, and David start out by briefly explaining how they came to see free will as an illusion. Later on we moved into other topics such as the documentary Super Size Me and the topi…
Mon 03 Aug 2015
82. You Did Not Freely Will Obesity
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about the topics of weight gain and how people's inability to lose weight is not something they can be blamed for. For many people this is more of a personal way…
Sun 02 Aug 2015
81. The No Free Will Diet
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and David Joseph talk about why nobody is fundamentally responsible for being fat! One the the major problems with the belief in Free Will is that it allows people to b…
Sun 26 Jul 2015
80. Losing our sense of Free Will
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Jamie Soden have understood for some time why free will is an illusion and know that they don't control anything. However, fully living under this new view takes ti…
Sun 26 Jul 2015
79. Morality and Free Will
There are many different ideas about morality. For some it's based on an authority figure that tells them what is right or wrong. For others, it's all about empathy and the hedonic imperative. Whatev…
Sun 19 Jul 2015
78. Mistakes Were Made
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Mitch J talk about the reasons behind why people make mistakes and do what is not even in their best interest. This is a powerful example that shows we don't have t…
Sun 19 Jul 2015
77. How Free Will Belief Causes Denial
When people believe they have a free will, they feel responsible for their actions including those that cause harm to others. To avoid the pain of guilt, they go into denial by ignoring the problem o…
Mon 13 Jul 2015
76. Free Will Fruit Flies
This episode is about people believing there is some significant kind of difference between humans and other animals that allows humans to choose with a free will instead of being only "instinct" dri…
Mon 13 Jul 2015
75. What do people need to hear?
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Mitch talk about the best way to communicate the message that we don't have a free will and exactly how it applies to society as a whole. If people apply this knowl…
Sun 12 Jul 2015
74. Randomness makes no sense
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Mitch talk about the belief in randomness or acasuality. Some people think that acausal randomness allows for a free will. It doesn't because no person can be the c…
Sun 12 Jul 2015
73. Equal Standards for Ourselves and Others
The truth is that no one can be credited or blamed for their choices since they are the effect of causes prior to the existence of the person. However, we may not always succeed in applying this equa…
Mon 06 Jul 2015
72. Independence Day and Free Speech vs. Free Will
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about the major difference between political freedom(such as freedom of speech or freedom of religion) and free will(free from causality and acausality). Politic…
Sun 05 Jul 2015
New Guest Roni Cairns part 2
We are talking with Roni again. She believes in free will and we are trying to explain causality to her. However she does not think causality is in conflict with free will. Maybe she means something …
Wed 01 Jul 2015
New Guest Roni Cairns part 1
We have a new guest who loves to talk about all kinds of topics. For her there seems to be both negative and positive types of blame. We will continue talking with her about the topics of choice, res…
Tue 30 Jun 2015
69. Luck Reversal
Knowing that we don't have a free will doesn't fix everything. Bad things still happen and they don't always work out for the better. However, at least we don't need to blame ourselves or others for …
Mon 29 Jun 2015
68. Can thoughts be a crime?
A lot of people are made to feel guilty just for having certain thoughts. Our thoughts can reveal a lot about our past and may actually be a useful tool. If we can recognize where our thoughts are co…
Sun 28 Jun 2015
67. Sexuality is not a choice
Even those who believe in free will may still be able to understand that sexual orientation is not something the individual chooses. If more people understood this, then they would stop blaming other…
Sun 28 Jun 2015
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