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Did Humans DESIGN God or Did GOD Design Us? | Hn 128
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00:00 — Intro. We have two new fans! And they're famous!
02:20 — Go watch this conversation between Bret and Tucker first! (link below)
03:02 — Bret explains the principle or parsimony in relation to the God v. evolution debate. Does his argument hold water? Or does Tucker's "simpler" explanation have more explanatory power?
14:32 — Where does evil come from? Must it be supernatural? Or is there an evolutionary explanation for such awful things as human sacrifice and cannibalism?
39:20 — If religion isn't true, can it still be useful? Bret introduces "the meta-natural". Narratives convey useful truths without getting impossibly bogged down in complexity.
49:02 — Why is life superior to death? Sez who? Where does morality come from, with or without God? How do we bridge the is/ought gap?
1:00:37 — Time to solve the problems in the Middle East, via evolution AND religion!
1:17:46 — Final thoughts: Small talk and intuition and prayer explained, evolutionarily.
1:25:36 — Outro. Thanks for watching Haman Nature!
Tucker Carlson - Bret Weinstein conversation mentioned:
Daryll Cooper's Martyr Made series on Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism
Theorist mentioned: Rene Girard
Peter Leeson's bizarre paper on human sacrifice:
Book mentioned: M Stanton Evans's The Theme is Freedom
Adam on X: @Rerazer
Bob on X: @BobMurphyEcon
Adam's other podcast: Natural Order Podcast
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