We Are Not Saved

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/11/12/i-dont-know-if-everything-will-be-okay-my-thoughts-on-the-election/ 

In the wake of the election many people were declaring that everything would be …

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/11/05/the-value-of-free-speech/ 

It is tempting to restrict the speech of those you disagree with, but in doing so you may very well reduce your protections…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/10/29/scott-adams-and-what-counts-as-censorship/

I make three arguments for why banning and censorship, particularly shadowbanning by Twitter and Facebook …

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/10/22/and-there-was-silence-in-heaven/ 

I engage in rampant speculation about what the half hour of silence mentioned in the Book of Revelation means. From…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/10/15/taking-democracy-for-granted/ 

Do we take democracy for granted. I argue that the two presidential candidates are strong evidence that we do. Looking…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/10/08/artificial-intelligence-and-lds-cosmology/ 

As artificial intelligence research has progressed one of the key issues which has been identified is the…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/10/01/the-politics-of-the-zombie-apocalypse/ 

I explore a theory for explaining the difference between people on the left and people on the right. The firs…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/09/24/not-intellectuals-yet-not-idiots/ 

Taleb coined the term "Intellectuals Yet Idiots". While I completely agree with his designation and the problems a…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/09/17/hillary-clinton-and-the-criteria-of-embarrassment/ 

I discuss getting to the bottom of what's really happening and how difficult that can be. That of…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/09/10/the-harvest-is-past/ 

The US has grown at an average of 2.9%/ year since 1650. That can't continue. At some point in order to continue to grow at that…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/09/03/the-secular-answer-to-fermis-paradox/ 

An examination of the explanations offered for Fermi's Paradox offered by Stephen Web in his book If the Unive…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/08/27/fermis-paradox-as-a-proof-of-the-existence-of-god/ 

In 1950 Enrico Fermi asked "Where are they?" Referring to extraterrestrials. In this episode I ex…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/08/20/is-it-finally-time-to-start-thinking-about-voting-third-party/ 

There are two reasons to vote. To decide the election and to express a preference. Gi…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/08/13/nukes/ 

The Cold War is over and people have largely assumed that the threat of World War III and global thermonuclear war have passed. But I argue th…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/08/06/sports-the-sack-of-baghdad-and-the-upcoming-election/ 

There is a difference between history and politics. We can get so caught up in wanting our tea…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/30/taboos-and-antifragility/

Support for organized religion is as low as it's every been, but in this episode I argue that organized religion does have a…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/23/on-the-limitations-of-science/

A discussion of the role of morals and religion when approaching science. How the replication crisis illustrates some o…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/16/lgbt-youth-and-suicide/

Several articles have been written pointing out that there has been an increase in suicides by LGBT youth, and have blamed tha…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/09/atheists-and-unavoidability-of-the-divine/

The lack of some universally recognized logical system of morality means you can rely on God for morality o…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2016/07/03/77/ 

In this episode I discuss religious objections to a technological singularity, particularly those objections arising from an LDS perspective. And…