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Hinduism, Reincarnation, and the Mind-Body Problem
Episode 177
Arjuna Gallagher is the host of the YouTube Channel called Theology Unleashed and a Hindu. He discusses Hinduism, reincarnation, karma, and other religious subjects as they pertain to the relationshi…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
What Does It Mean to Be Human in an Age of Artificial Intelligence?
Episode 176
What makes mankind special? And what does it mean to flourish on the frontier of a technological future? Robert J. Marks discusses new technology, what artificial intelligence can and can’t do, and t…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Discussing Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem
Episode 175
What does it even mean to be aware of something, to be conscious? Why do the vast majority of people only have one consciousness? Will computers ever experience consciousness? On this Bingecast, Dr. …
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Don’t Blame Me; I’m a Meat Robot.
Episode 174
Methodological naturalism invariably draws certain conclusions. One of these notions is that we have no free will, and therefore, no culpability. We are essentially puppets hanging from genetic strin…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
The Body and the Soul
Episode 173
Dr. Michael Egnor and Dr. Joshua Farris continue their conversation about the nature of the body and the soul, starting with whether or not Thomism and Cartesianism can be blended and ending with an …
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Why Cartesian Dualism?
Episode 172
Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesia…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Neuroscience, Quantum Physics, and the Nature of Reality
Episode 171
Dr. Michael Egnor and Dr. Bruce Gordon discuss quantum mechanics, the nature of reality, idealism and how to interpret the finding of modern neuroscience. Prepare to cover a lot of ground on this Min…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Design versus Naturalist Origin Theories of Animal Algorithms
Episode 170
The programming inside the animal brain is much like a game of Jenga. If one tries to pull the wrong block, then the entire stack comes crashing down. Robert J. Marks and Eric Cassell discuss how ani…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Jaw Dropping Algorithms That Allow Social Behavior to Thrive
Episode 169
How do bees know how to build their hives? Insects have a wide variety of fascinating social behaviors. Where do they come from? Robert J. Marks and Eric Cassell, author of Animal Algorithms, discuss…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
The Astonishing Algorithms That Allow Animals to Navigate & Migrate
Episode 168
An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure to perform a specific task. We usually think of algorithms as being performed by computers. Did you know that animals have built-in algorithms of their own? S…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago