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Exploring Alien Civilizations | Isaac Arthur
Isaac Arthur, president of the American National Space Society, discusses the nature and likelihood of alien civilizations.
What sort of alien civil…
1 year, 10 months ago
Can Animals Create Art? | Yolandi Coetser
This live episode of Brain in a Vat investigates the boundaries of animal creativity through real-life examples, thought experiments, and philosophic…
1 year, 10 months ago
Population Decline and Pronatalism | Paul Morland
Paul Morland, author of 'No One Left', joins the Brain in a Vat podcast to discuss demographic changes and Pronatalism. Paul explores the idea of hav…
1 year, 10 months ago
Love and Limerence | Georgi Gardiner
What is the difference between love, limerence, crushes and squishes? Can someone be mistaken about whether they’re in love? And is limerence harmful…
1 year, 10 months ago
Aliens, Social Groups, and the Golden Record | Jason Werbeloff
How would we explain our social structures to aliens? Can we define our social groups in a way that is easy to articulate and understand?
Jason Werb…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ayn Rand and the Ethics of Selfishness | Tara Smith
Has selfishness been misunderstood? Is there a way of defending Ayn Rand’s egoism?
Tara Smith confronts challenging questions about morality, indivi…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Fine-Tuning Argument for God’s Existence | Aaron Zimmer (with Nathan Bray)
Is intelligent design the best theory for how perfectly calibrated our universe is? How does God as an explanation compare with competing theories, l…
1 year, 11 months ago
Fatphobia | Kate Manne (with Travis Timmerman)
Kate Manne discusses how fatphobia impacts the lives of fat-bodied people in various domains, including healthcare, education, and employment.
Manne…
1 year, 11 months ago
Money, Institutions, and Social Groups | J. P. Smit
What is the nature of social institutions? Is Searle correct that collective agreement is the key to understanding social phenomena, or should we pur…
2 years ago
Left vs Right, Polarization, and Political Legitimacy | Oliver Traldi
Oliver Traldi explores the polarization of modern politics, mechanisms of belief political formation, the influence of social costs on public reasoni…
2 years ago